Are you embarrassed where you shop

5rtytry56 · 10-08-2015 12:44PM

Hey Diddle Diddle, ALDI and LIDL,
SUPERVALUE, TESCO watch out,
DUNNES STORES are not over the moon,
The poor little CENTRA just cannot compete,
And the Cash ran away with the Purse

10-08-2015 12:59PM

5rtytry56 wrote: »

Hey Diddle Diddle, ALDI and LIDL,
SUPERVALUE, TESCO watch out,
DUNNES STORES are not over the moon,
The poor little CENTRA just cannot compete,
And the Cash ran away with the Purse

You know they're called nursery rhymes? :pac:

skittles8710 · 10-08-2015 01:02PM

The only thing I'm embarassed about is my ulterior motives. I do a small shop in the local Supervalu as some fine male specimens frequent there.

I do my main shop in Aldi.

kfallon · 10-08-2015 01:12PM

I'll shop anywhere from Dealz to M&S, from the euro shops to Dunnes and I don't give a gee what anyone thinks about it tbh!

pcardin · 10-08-2015 01:14PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

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

and here comes the sneaky Eastern Europe = third world = lesser humans comment again, didn't take too long. :mad:

I've actually seen a TV program why no one should buy any pork meat from Ireland. Check YouTube, that video is still on.

Having said that, I would be worried to touch chicken fillets for 40c either no matter where they come from, just too suspicious. :rolleyes:

rubadub · 10-08-2015 01:20PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

You know they're called nursery rhymes? :pac:

better attempt here.

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

efb · 10-08-2015 01:22PM

Well I buy Bord Bia quality assured fresh meat from lidl- no complaints

Buona Fortuna · 10-08-2015 01:59PM

pcardin wrote: »

and here comes the sneaky Eastern Europe = third world = lesser humans comment again, didn't take too long. :mad:

Well it was more a comment on how far the things have travelled rather than trying to make some sort of Borat reference, but be my guest.

I've actually seen a TV program why no one should buy any pork meat from Ireland. Check YouTube, that video is still on.

I hear YouTube is quite big these days. Put the link or make the point.

Having said that, I would be worried to touch chicken fillets for 40c either no matter where they come from, just too suspicious.

Awwww shucks, so you agree with me, you just want to have a go at my East European attitudes?

jobbridge4life · 10-08-2015 02:17PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

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

Eh... it is Irish meat. It can be any meat that wasn't sold. The quality has nothing to do with at all. I've gotten organic, irish corn feed chicken for 40 cent.

Vandango · 10-08-2015 02:18PM

I'll use Aldi in Ireland and I use Aldi in Holland. I couldn't care less about where people shop tbh.

Buona Fortuna · 10-08-2015 02:18PM

jobbridge4life wrote: »

Eh... it is Irish meat. It can be any meat that wasn't sold. The quality has nothing to do with at all. I've gotten organic, irish corn feed chicken for 40 cent.

Fair comment - if it was Irish its probably fine.

jobbridge4life · 10-08-2015 02:34PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Fair comment - if it was Irish its probably fine.

Its just the short dated stuff. As result of over stock and poor stock rotation. You can get literally anything that has a sell by date. From the most expensive Irish organic meat, to those awful processed microwavable burgers, to daily baked goods, to fresh cut flowers. You can actually live pretty well on it but you need to be able to get to a few different shops and at the right times and have a freezer. You also need to be aggressive.

Son Of A Vidic · 10-08-2015 02:38PM

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Are you embarrassed where you shop

Fúck no and imo, you'd have to be pretty feeble minded to be embarrassed about where you shop.

pcardin · 10-08-2015 02:47PM

Buona Fortuna wrote: »

Awwww shucks, so you agree with me, you just want to have a go at my East European attitudes?

I agree on 40c piece part which you could also describe without involving sneaky Eastern Europe comment. An hell yeah, I didn't like you attitude.

Wacker The Attacker · 10-08-2015 03:37PM

It pays to buy your **** materials in a discrete fashion.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 10-08-2015 04:15PM

Like others have mentioned you can always wear a hoodie or a hat and sunglasses if you're worried about been seen in Lidl. It's a bit sad though, people need to get over this hangup.

Buona Fortuna · 10-08-2015 04:30PM

pcardin wrote: »

I agree on 40c piece part which you could also describe without involving sneaky Eastern Europe comment. An hell yeah, I didn't like you attitude.

Shucks and I was hoping we could have been buddies.

You chose to read into the comment, what you chose to read in to it. My intention, as I believe was the intention of the radio programme I heard, was to say that chicken transported by road from the furthest part of europe from us would hardly be at its freshest, when it reached us for sale.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 10-08-2015 05:09PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

It pays to buy your **** materials in a discrete fashion.

Are you not better off buying them all at once? :pac:

Aldi's closest to me right now, so I mostly shop there. If I'm in the vicinity of Tesco I usually go in and check the reduced fruit and veg, got a bunch of bananas there for EIGHT cent a couple of days ago, obviously they were pretty...ripe but I just used them for banana bread. Other times I'd get stuff that's grand for stews and soups.

I go to the Asian food shop near me too because you get some stuff crazily cheap in there, god knows how they can sell it at those prices though.

Clothes are almost all second hand, don't care who knows.

One place I do avoid is Dunnes. When I was a kid I used to wonder why all the staff were so grumpy and miserable looking, from college onwards I started meeting people who worked for them and it all made sense

boobar · 10-08-2015 05:20PM

Go where you get value...

For me its Aldi all the way.

beardybrewer · 10-08-2015 06:18PM

I saw a Maserati Quattroporte parked at Aldi the other day. Is being worried about being caught in Aldi/Lidl really still a thing? My only problem with being seen shopping smart is the crowds since the rest of the country wised up after the recession.

my3cents · 10-08-2015 06:36PM

Before shopping in Aldi and Lidl each week I do a quick look around the 4 charity shops in town. Embarrassed? No. I tend to wear only quality brand name clothes that no way could I afford otherwise.

kupus · 10-08-2015 06:42PM

Genuine question but when did m&s become considered as an upmarket supermarket?

Menas · 10-08-2015 06:46PM

kupus wrote: »

Genuine question but when did m&s become considered as an upmarket supermarket?

Since the 70s in our house. My mum used to love her annual shop in M&S and made sure that half the town knew about it.

my3cents · 10-08-2015 06:47PM

kupus wrote: »

Genuine question but when did m&s become considered as an upmarket supermarket?

In the UK M&S has always been considered in line with Waitrose for food. I can't afford to do a weekly food shop in M&S.

The Dogs Bollix · 10-08-2015 06:48PM

I always shop in lidl and aldi and have done so for years. I save so much compared to other shops.

I have a family member who turns up their nose at the German shops. But they have recently went in and came out boasting how great it was and how much you save. They only buy cleaning products. Like the food isn't worth it or something. But its okay for the rest of the country.

my3cents · 10-08-2015 06:54PM

The Dogs Bollix wrote: »

I always shop in lidl and aldi and have done so for years. I save so much compared to other shops.

I have a family member who turns up their nose at the German shops. But they have recently went in and came out boasting how great it was and how much you save. They only buy cleaning products. Like the food isn't worth it or something. But its okay for the rest of the country.

I'm sure a lot of us have stories like that, our next door neighbor was exactly the same wouldn't go near Lidl saying what a frightful shop it was but now they do their weekly shop there. The reversal was so obvious its become a local legend.

ToddyDoody · 10-08-2015 07:05PM

If I have the money I'll generally shop in Dunneses, as I feel Ben Dunne is my kind of guy.

If Im looking to penny pinch, or just want to see what's fashionable among people who do drugs, it's Lidl.

Lidl reminds me of when I was on the (Bob) Dole. (and didn't have a bob)

The only place i'd be embarrassed of shopping would be an adult store, for a dido or what have you.

anncoates · 10-08-2015 07:09PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

If I have the money I'll generally shop in Dunneses, as I feel Ben Dunne is my kind of guy.

Getting caught doing coke with prostitutes and bribing politicians before getting forced out of the family business could happen to the best of us.

my3cents · 10-08-2015 07:10PM

ToddyDoody wrote: »

If I have the money I'll generally shop in Dunneses, as I feel Ben Dunne is my kind of guy.

If Im looking to penny pinch, or just want to see what's fashionable among people who do drugs, it's Lidl.

Lidl reminds me of when I was on the (Bob) Dole. (and didn't have a bob)

The only place i'd be embarrassed of shopping would be an adult store, for a dido or what have you.

I think you would be embarrassed asking for a dido?

Subcomandante Marcos · 10-08-2015 07:13PM

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

I make a very good living and have no mortgage, I have a pretty high level of expendable income, I still check for Aldi super six and special buy items.

I'd rather spend big money on a weekend in Berlin or a ski trip in France than on my weekly shop.

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