The middle aisles in Aldi.

Davarus Walrus · 13-05-2014 10:41PM #1

There was a survey published yesterday showing that an increasing amount of Irish people are flocking to Aldi to do their shopping.

I've become a bit of a fan myself. The quality of most of the food is of high quality, and I've found them to be better than the other supermarket offerings at the same price point. My issue is with the middle aisles. You'll wander down there for a gawk and end up with a bicycle stand, paint brushes, a Bruce Willis DVD collection, chainsaw, and a set of screwdriver heads.

Does anyone else have the same issues with these aisles of temptation? Do the good folk of AH now have a shed/bedsit/attic/spare bedroom filled with **** they really didn't need, but which seemed like a good idea at the time?

syklops · 13-05-2014 10:42PM

Who wouldn't want a Bruce Willis DVD collection?!?

For Forks Sake · 13-05-2014 10:44PM

1. Buy Aldi horse blanket
2. Something
3. ?????
4. Win Kentucky Derby.

Links234 · 13-05-2014 10:45PM

I generally shop in Aldi and find a lot of their products better than the likes other supermarkets might have, and no, I've never gone in for cereal and come out with a chainsaw and some decking, but one time I did buy Freddy Got Fingered though just because I want to see how bad it really is. That's the only Aldi impulse buy I can think of.

dee_mc · 13-05-2014 10:45PM

I have an aunt who buys 2 of every second special deal in Lidl/Aldi...

dpofloinn · 13-05-2014 10:49PM

Doesn't effect me because of my superior willpower and very empty wallet ,but mostly because of my willpower

ratracer · 13-05-2014 10:52PM

If you'd started shopping in Aldi seven or eight years ago you'd be sick of buying all the **** you don't need by now, and hence saving even more money!!

radia · 13-05-2014 10:54PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL7jyXCQ2Zc

Davarus Walrus · 13-05-2014 10:54PM

Links234 wrote: »

I generally shop in Aldi and find a lot of their products better than the likes other supermarkets might have, and no, I've never gone in for cereal and come out with a chainsaw and some decking, but one time I did buy Freddy Got Fingered though just because I want to see how bad it really is. That's the only Aldi impulse buy I can think of.

I liked Freddy Got Fingered. Funny. Possibly funnier with 10 bottles of Aldi's Pale Ale down the hatch.

kneemos · 13-05-2014 10:55PM

Most of it is crap in truth.

Son Of A Vidic · 13-05-2014 10:57PM

syklops wrote: »

Who wouldn't want a Bruce Willis DVD collection?!?

Probably some chainsaw wielding loon.

The Domonator · 13-05-2014 10:58PM

radia wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL7jyXCQ2Zc

Is that Joan Burton in the bottom left of that thumbnail?

syklops · 13-05-2014 11:01PM

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Probably some chainsaw wielding loon.

Yippe ky-yay mother-****er

Pawn · 13-05-2014 11:04PM

Davarus Walrus wrote: »

Does anyone else...

Yes, just today I got the car polisher for 17.99€

mbur · 13-05-2014 11:08PM

Good interview on RTE1 John Murray show this morning about the mind games that these supermarkets play on unsuspecting shoppers. Might be worth a visit

Caitriona Redmond - Supermarkets Tactics

dmc17 · 13-05-2014 11:10PM

You go in to buy a pound of butter and come out with an inflatable dinghy.

mbur · 13-05-2014 11:11PM

The Domonator wrote: »

Is that Joan Burton in the bottom left of that thumbnail?

Mary Harney surely

rainbowdrop · 13-05-2014 11:14PM

dmc17 wrote: »

You go in to buy a pound of butter and come out with an inflatable dinghy.

In for a tin of beans, out with a surfboard.....

The One Doctor · 13-05-2014 11:14PM

Have to admit to never being tempted by any of the special offer stuff as I know I'd never use it.

corner of hells · 13-05-2014 11:18PM

Recent purchases include a 16 foot barge pole fishing rod and a lime green jacket , I only went in with the OH to buy a bottle of wine .

anewme · 13-05-2014 11:20PM

Also, the way the Brochures that are in the Sunday papers and stores advertise what's coming next.

My Mum and Dad love those brochures.

Example, it could be horse week, a saddle, horseblanket and the like.
Next week could be running week, all the (good) running gear. Then it could be old people week, lots of stuff for old fogies. Gardening week. Ski week. Cooking week. Dog week. (Especially loved the dog basket with a photo of a labrador in it and underneath the comment, dog not included) Scuba Diving Week.

The selection of products are so random, its brilliant. You'd wonder who thinks them up.

Green farmer · 13-05-2014 11:22PM

I'll probably get suckered into buying more apple and pear trees again this year !!! I also have about 5 sets of spanners from there and 10 garden hoses !!!

Karl Stein · 13-05-2014 11:31PM

Was only in ALDI yesterday evening getting lemonade and left with bicycle lights, a bicycle lock and cycling jacket and I don't even have a bike.

kneemos · 13-05-2014 11:31PM

I saw somebody's mother sitting in the middle isle one day,forget to check the price.Very sad.

vicwatson · 13-05-2014 11:34PM

I feckin love Aldi

Stheno · 13-05-2014 11:34PM

I rarely buy the middle aisle stuff, but the one chuffing time I was looking for something specific (merino thermals) I met a mother at the checkout looking for the same thing.

She was ahead of me, and being a sap I gave her mine, ran down to where I'd gotten the first lot and desperately rooted for another in my size.

Kindness is overrated in Aldi

umop.episdn · 13-05-2014 11:34PM

I bought a bottle of limencello from aldi.....cheaper than buying cif lemon cleaner in tesco

Wossack · 13-05-2014 11:35PM

Im gonna have to sit my dad down, with his powerfix stapleguns and ultrasonic jewelery cleaners and have an intervention

90% of the stuff doesnt even get the plastic removed

vicwatson · 13-05-2014 11:37PM

Stheno wrote: »

Kindness is overrated in Aldi

And Lidl.

What is this phenomenon about people letting others go ahead of them at the checkout if they see they only have a couple of items and they have a trolley full?

Never saw it happening in Tesco, Superval et al

Stheno · 13-05-2014 11:39PM

vicwatson wrote: »

And Lidl.

What is this phenomenon about people letting others go ahead of them at the checkout if they see they only have a couple of items and they have a trolley full?

Never saw it happening in Tesco, Superval et al

I actually did this in Lidl last Saturday, she only had two items in fairness?

I'd a trolley of stuff worth 99e

Piliger · 13-05-2014 11:41PM

I prefer Lidl. Cheap and brilliant.

The middle aisles in Aldi.

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