Are you embarrassed where you shop

conorh91 · 10-08-2015 12:55AM

I agree with the M&S comments, no way would I buy basics in there. Great for grabbing lunch on the go, certain meal deals when you're too busy to cook dinner, and of course disgracefully tasty cookies.

Otherwise, it's predominantly Lidl for us. Their fresh veg is unmatched.

LETHAL LADY · 10-08-2015 12:57AM

Ruu wrote: »

I run out of Londis with my coat over my head into my car with blacked out windows and speed off.

Were you laughing maniacally during this Ruuse?

The_Honeybadger · 10-08-2015 01:11AM

Move between Supervalu tesco and lidl. I don't have an aldi near me. I'm more concerned with the quality of the food I'm buying than the price but I definately am conscious of getting value for money. Couldn't give a flying sh**e what people think of where I shop so not embarrassed. Most of my colleagues at work, many of whom have very good incomes shop in lidl or tesco as well and don't care who knows it either.

I think that snobbery is largely gone at this stage.

Putin · 10-08-2015 02:09AM

I'm not bothered about where I shop because I'm a shopping slut, the nearest supermarket will always do.

Shenshen · 10-08-2015 08:53AM

We'd mostly shop in Lidl and Aldi, with bi-weekly trips to the farmers market for fresh fruit and veg the discounters don't stock (white aubergines, artichokes, yellow courgettes, gooseberries, varieties of lettuces, that sort of thing)and local cheeses, and maybe going to Tesco once a month for everything else.

I would admit to being a reverse food snob - I can't understand people paying over the odds for inferior food. Especially if they then complain about the recession and how their salary only lasts them 2 weeks...

Stojkovic · 10-08-2015 09:03AM

uch wrote: »

or are we back to the days of shíteing on about how great you are because you paid €5 for a pound of butter in some fancy shop

Paying a fiver for a pound of butter doesnt show how rich you are it shows how stupid you are.

I mix it up, Aldi and M&S.

10-08-2015 09:06AM

uch wrote: »

I've seen a lot of people recently trying their one man up manship about where they shop, but could you really give a shít, it's all about price for me. Is the Celtic Tiger back. Does it matter if it's Tesco, Aldi, Lidl or wherever suits best, or are we back to the days of shíteing on about how great you are because you paid €5 for a pound of butter in some fancy shop

Does that really happen?, the vast majority shop where its cheapest followed by where its handy.

I might go to M&S if I was passing to try something interesting but I would never do a full shop in it.

Buona Fortuna · 10-08-2015 09:08AM

I tend to mainly shop in Lidl. I'm so ashamed, I go in disguise.

Seriously OP.

I shop where I want taking a mixture of quality, variety, price and convinience, parking - blah, blah. Very rarely in Dunnes, I just don't like their ethos - unless I need new sheddies then I just discard my principles.

Meat I get in the butcher . He gives you exactly what you want, quantity and cut - no vacuum packed $hoite. Oh and he'll usually chuck in a bit of liver for nothing.

pickarooney · 10-08-2015 09:44AM

lulu1 wrote: »

was in Aldi last week ans was just about to lift a few packs of mushrooms at 29c a pack when these three lads came in and lifted what was left of them about 5 boxes and away they went to the till

That ended me and the mushrooms

What difference does the price make if you're going to steal them?

cloud493 · 10-08-2015 09:58AM

Sure I don't give a ****. I shop between marks and spencers, dealz, tesco, and aldi.

efb · 10-08-2015 10:32AM

Lidl and Dunnes are the nearest supermarkets so that's where I shop. More so in lidl. It's usually trash and toiletries I buy in Dunnes.
proper food and household is lidl

Sheep Lover · 10-08-2015 10:41AM

I cut holes out of Tesco bags and wear them over my head, Rubberbandits style, just so everyone knows I can afford to shop in Tesco.

anncoates · 10-08-2015 10:46AM

M and S is usually for people that think that splashing money obscures the fact that they still live on ready meals.

5rtytry56 · 10-08-2015 10:50AM

I very occasionally visit Toymaster and Hamleys to browse hornby and scalextric stuff.
95% of both stores' custom is for the under 10 agegroup.
So yeah a bit embarrassed.
I tell myself each time not to ask the staff anything hornby or scalextric related.
Either store offers good value for accessories in these lines from time to time.

jobbridge4life · 10-08-2015 10:51AM

Are there really still people so stupid that they would look down on certain shops or feel better about themselves for only shopping in other shops? Its the price/quality equation fools!

I shop in Lidl, Aldi, Marks and Spencers, Dunnes and Tesco I'd shop in a Supervalue but there is none in the city centre, well none near enough to me. Not only that but I try and buy as much discount food as possible and I mean the stock reduced because of its sell by date I'll cut a B!tch for some 40 cent chicken fillets.

5rtytry56 · 10-08-2015 10:52AM

anncoates wrote: »

M and S is usually for people that think that splashing money obscures the fact that they still live on ready meals.

"TV dinners"

suicide_circus · 10-08-2015 11:02AM

I avoid Dunnes due to their industrial relations history

I avoid Tesco due to their constant pricing "anomalies"

I find Supervalu weird for some reason

M&S is outside my price range.

Lidl and Aldi it is!

jobbridge4life · 10-08-2015 11:06AM

suicide_circus wrote: »

I avoid Dunnes due to their industrial relations history

I avoid Tesco due to their constant pricing "anomalies"

I find Supervalu weird for some reason

M&S is outside my price range.

Lidl and Aldi it is!

you might want to rethink that...

For a start, Lidl’s track record where industrial relations are concerned has been marred by many allegations from employees and their unions. Like Wal-Mart, Lidl does not recognise unions. In fact, it was reported that, in Germany, it split its business into more than 400 separate and nominally autonomous businesses so as to sidestep the legal obligation of having to facilitate Works Councils, the trade union bodies representing workers on site.

Read more: http://www.shelflife.ie/the-scarlet-pimpernel-lidls-secret-society/#ixzz3iPBfTR2g

lawred2 · 10-08-2015 11:06AM

uch wrote: »

I've seen a lot of people recently trying their one man up manship about where they shop, but could you really give a shít, it's all about price for me. Is the Celtic Tiger back. Does it matter if it's Tesco, Aldi, Lidl or wherever suits best, or are we back to the days of shíteing on about how great you are because you paid €5 for a pound of butter in some fancy shop

maybe it's the circles you move in; but I don't know one single person who gives a sh!t

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 10-08-2015 11:10AM

Butchers for meat, Aldi for everything else, though I do pick up their rib eye steaks and marinated chicken legs/thighs. I top up bread & milk in the local centra.

I couldn't go to two separate supermarkets like some people do, I find the trolley lap in a busy supermarket to be like a scene outta Ben Hur, by the time I've collected my groceries, paid for them and packed them up all I wanna do is go home & have a cuppa tay, not do it all again a day or two later :eek:

Bio Mech · 10-08-2015 11:15AM

I shop in Lidl or Aldi on occasion or for the specials. But anytime I have done a bigger shop I get frustrated at their lack of choice so I don't go there often.

PowerToWait · 10-08-2015 11:21AM

I used to do some shopping in M&S, like 10 years ago. I occasionally will stop in there if passing, feeling very flush and want a nice pear or nectarine.

But holy fulfcuk, it's the guts of a fiver for 4 bits of fruit. Having a mooch around and waiting at the tills I see people with trolleys loaded. 200 quid plus for a shop, of what is predominantly fancy 'artisan' ready meals.

It's an outrageously overrated and overpriced shop imo.

suicide_circus · 10-08-2015 11:26AM

jobbridge4life wrote: »

you might want to rethink that...

For a start, Lidl’s track record where industrial relations are concerned has been marred by many allegations from employees and their unions. Like Wal-Mart, Lidl does not recognise unions. In fact, it was reported that, in Germany, it split its business into more than 400 separate and nominally autonomous businesses so as to sidestep the legal obligation of having to facilitate Works Councils, the trade union bodies representing workers on site.

Read more: http://www.shelflife.ie/the-scarlet-pimpernel-lidls-secret-society/#ixzz3iPBfTR2g

Meh, i'm poor, can't afford to have that many principles. ..gotta shop somewhere.

AMKC · 10-08-2015 11:40AM

I shop in Aldi,Dunnes,Lidl and Tesco. I buy different things in each store but always look for the best deals and bargains. Dunnes would be the one I shop in the least amount.

the_syco · 10-08-2015 11:49AM

uch wrote: »

Does it matter if it's Tesco, Aldi, Lidl or wherever suits best, or are we back to the days of shíteing on about how great you are because you paid €5 for a pound of butter in some fancy shop

I'd one-up them, and tell them I bought the exact same butter in Aldi for €3 less.

I primarily shop in Lidl, and Tesco for certain branded bits. I only goto Dunnes for certain drink deals, black jeans and black shirts.

Buona Fortuna · 10-08-2015 12:10PM

jobbridge4life wrote: »

I shop in Lidl, Aldi, Marks and Spencers, Dunnes and Tesco I'd shop in a Supervalue but there is none in the city centre, well none near enough to me. Not only that but I try and buy as much discount food as possible and I mean the stock reduced because of its sell by date I'll cut a B!tch for some 40 cent chicken fillets.

That's the one thing I'd avoid. I'd eat a bread sandwich rather than touch them.

Heard a thing on the radio. Those cheap chicken fillets are most likely from Eastern Europe, they've been hawked all round Europe and they come to us (furthest away) right on the end of their legal to eat date.

Irish meat or go without

zl1whqvjs75cdy · 10-08-2015 12:12PM

What kind of clown gives a ****e where you or anyone else shops. If any of my mates started acting the billy big balls for shopping in M and S I'd just stop talking to them. Utterly bizarre carry on from supposed adults.

newacc2015 · 10-08-2015 12:16PM

I stopped buying in Tesco, they were selling Thai Chicken prepacked for sandwiches. I know they are here to make a profit, but all you really going to keep the BS up about supporting Irish farmers and suppliers, when the Irish chicken was an extra 20 cent?

I love how Lidl, mainly has only Irish products at decent prices. You dont see Thai Chicken or Danish bacon. You will mainly see only Irish products. I refuse to shop at a certain British Retailer also, as they constantly press suppliers to cut their prices every year and charge them money for premium shelf space

Lidl and Aldi, both pay their workers excellent wages compared to Tesco, Dunnes.

FloatingVoter · 10-08-2015 12:20PM

Lidl (it's about three doors down from me) .
Tesco - free because I get vouchers from the opinion polls that I do.

My designer garments are all charity shop / second hand (and a lot of the heads in the society pages are regulars in those shops too).

The cigarettes are Meath Street originals.

Menas · 10-08-2015 12:41PM

Lidl, Tesco, M&S, Supervalue Centra, farmers market, little Rosie Clancy's lemonade stand on our street....I go to the shop that sells what I like for the price I like.
Could not give a fck who sees me shop or who I see...leave the snobbery to others.

Are you embarrassed where you shop

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