Lidl introduce Nespresso compatible capsules

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

'He' or 'they'? It's only a conspiracy theory, if it isn't true.

But those on the conspiracy theory forum would tell you that it is only a conspiracy if it is true!!

Anyway, maybe its only the Citiz machine that has this problem as that's what I have and what these two 'nestle' employees also have!

Curious or not wrote:

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules? I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

Dsym74 wrote:

Exact same thing happened to my 2010 citiz. Not happy. They are clearly not compatible.

maxwell smart wrote: »

He read the posts, decided he wanted to contribute and registered. Conspiracy Forum that way :eek:

'He' or 'they'? It's only a conspiracy theory, if it isn't true.

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Hmm... 'New user' registers account to post about their negative experiences with Aldi/LIDL pods. Is this the new Nescafe marketing machine in action?!

Or maybe, like quite a few boards users, he searched for problems with compatible capsules and Citiz machines, boards came up. He read the posts, decided he wanted to contribute and registered.

Conspiracy Forum that way :eek:

Hmm... 'New user' registers account to post about their negative experiences with Aldi/LIDL pods. Is this the new Nescafe marketing machine in action?!

Dsym74

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

Exact same thing happened to my 2010 citiz. Not happy. They are clearly not compatible.

WHIP IT!

nicky5mx wrote: »

Have tried the Lidl capsule.......no problem working them in the machine.....would rate them 80% as good as original but at 50% of the price they seem good value.

This would pretty much sum me up too. Not quite as tasty - but a whole lot frickin cheaper and easier to get a hold of... All in all, a thumbs up!

nicky5mx

Have tried the Lidl capsule.......no problem working them in the machine.....would rate them 80% as good as original but at 50% of the price they seem good value.

Col_30

I bought the Lidl espresso capsules last night. They worked fine in my Krups CitiZ. I was impressed with the quality of the capsules. They fitted perfectly in the machine and dropped into the dump box no problem. The coffee tasted really nice. I'm not a connoisseur, but I think it's as good as any of Nespresso blends I have tasted. I'm thrilled that I don't have to queue up in BT's anymore to buy coffee.

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

I also have tried a proper Nespresso capsule after a Lidl one. Machine worked fine (Lidl capsule did stick a bit). I have a Citiz 2013 year. I won't be risking a broken machine to save a couple of cents (and get a poorer taste).

Nespresso capsule defo tasted better!

Tin Foil Hat

Curious or not wrote: »

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

I have. Mine is a Pixie. It's fine.

Curious or not

Interested to know if anyone has tried an original Nespresso capsule after using the Lidl capsules?

I have a 2010 Citiz and it now won't pierce the capsule. Not good. €116 to repair...

Just to clarify the point I was making, while there is of course a crossover in demographics visiting both stores, their target demographics are very different.

There would be a higher crossover of people who visit BT's and Lidl / Aldi for example.

This is based purely on the locations of Dealz vs the location of your average Lidl / Aldi. Lidl / Aldi are both (mostly) destination stores aimed at people who have cars. Dealz are mainly high street locations (and usually based in a lower socio-economic area).

Loosely keeping to the topic of the thread, are the Lidl capsules better than the Dealz's one?? My above theory would suggest yes!

Krusty_Clown wrote: »

Why do you say that?

<lovin' the direction this thread is headed>

Well in my opinion and personal experience the shops have 2 different target markets and demographics. I find that there is usually a difference in the income levels of the people who shop in the two shops. Now this is just my personal experience and opinion.

However I don't think that this opinion is supported by other members of this thread considering people were making comments about me being well off because I said I preferred shoping and purchasing the official nespresso capsules in BTs.

Cherrycoke

ComputerKing wrote: »

On Maxwell Smart's point I'd have to agree its not the same demographic visiting both Dealz and Brown Thomas.

Myself, my family and a lot of my friends shop regularly in both

ComputerKing wrote: »

On Maxwell Smart's point I'd have to agree its not the same demographic visiting both Dealz and Brown Thomas.

Why do you say that?

<lovin' the direction this thread is headed>

Thargor wrote: »

I think they'd be running the planet by now if that was anywhere near accurate...

I think its actually closer to 20% and starting to slow down in recent years thought however the increase in sales year on years is extremely impressive.

On Maxwell Smart's point I'd have to agree its not the same demographic visiting both Dealz and Brown Thomas.

Thargor

maxwell smart wrote: »

Also, I think they have growth of over 30% every year for the last 20+ years. I'm sure they are very worried about Dealz!

I think they'd be running the planet by now if that was anywhere near accurate...

Cherrycoke

maxwell smart wrote: »

Why?

Hardly the same demographic visiting those two shops?

You'd be very surprised how untrue this statement is :rolleyes:

Gran Hermano wrote: »

From George Clooney and BT to Dealz.
Nestle must be rethinking how they position their Nespresso Club.

Why?

Hardly the same demographic visiting those two shops?

Also, I think they have growth of over 30% every year for the last 20+ years. I'm sure they are very worried about Dealz!

And after trying the Lidl ones I will not be trying again. The plastic capsule is not strong enough for my machine and kept getting stuck. Apart altogether from the poor taste of the Lidl coffee itself!

Tin Foil Hat wrote: »

There's not much to rethink. Drop the price a bit and sell 'em in Dunnes and Tesco.

Not going to happen I'd say it seems like Nespresso pride themslef in their exclusivity and won't lower the brand name. However they'll probably do something to the new machines to prevent the use of knock off capsules.

Tin Foil Hat

Gran Hermano wrote: »

From George Clooney and BT to Dealz.
Nestle must be rethinking how they position their Nespresso Club.

There's not much to rethink. Drop the price a bit and sell 'em in Dunnes and Tesco.

Gran Hermano

From George Clooney and BT to Dealz.
Nestle must be rethinking how they position their Nespresso Club.

Cherrycoke

Dealz are selling a version of these now aswell. I'm not sure how many are in the box, but they're €1.49.

Sulla Felix wrote: »

http://www.amazon.com/Capsuanlin-Capsules-Fillable-Nespresso-Compatible/dp/B00CHNW7Q8

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HasBean

So you get all of the inconvenience, all of the extra cost and all of the landfill?

Why not invest in a reusable pod, or an alternative method of making coffee?

Sulla Felix

http://www.amazon.com/Capsulin-Capsules-Fillable-Nespresso-Compatible/dp/B00CHNW7Q8

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HasBean

WHIP IT!

ComputerKing wrote: »

Tried all of these. I drank a full box of these and I don't think they're good. I'll stick to the nespresso capsules as I find they taste better, there is a better range, I don't shop in lidl so I have to go out of my way to get them, BTs is also one of the main shops I shop in so it's really easy to just pop up stairs when I'm in there to get them and lastly I can use my BT loyalty card and get points while buying the capsules.

You're well off. We get it.

Tried all of these. I drank a full box of these and I don't think they're good. I'll stick to the nespresso capsules as I find they taste better, there is a better range, I don't shop in lidl so I have to go out of my way to get them, BTs is also one of the main shops I shop in so it's really easy to just pop up stairs when I'm in there to get them and lastly I can use my BT loyalty card and get points while buying the capsules.

prospect

Lidl Pods work perfectly in our Krups Maestria machine.

Also, on the cost, we normally buy in bulk from the Nespresso website, if you buy 200 or more capsules you get free delivery.