Aldi...........pahhhh

[Cycleops]

I am enjoying this thread. Never knew Supermarkets could evoke such passions!

 

[Lullabelle]

After seeing all the adverts over the years, and Aldi selling top brands at lower prices.....we decided to see if they were as good as the ads make them out to be, so instead of our usual shop in Asda we went 5 miles to our nearest store

what an absolute waste of time, it was horrible, full of chavs all pushing and shoving, mums barging through people with buggies.............very uncivilised, we bought a loaf of bread and bolted for the door, whoever made those ads wants stringing up

10 Minutes later we back in the tranquillity of Asda


Never again

With us it is the other way around, ASDA shoppers avoid the hygiene aisle so they can afford to spend more on booze and junk food, and the staff are surly and rude.

 

[Riverman]

Also noticed that Budgens haven't half gone up a class or two. They're more like waitrose now than the bargain shop they're supposed to be, at least in Hedge End, Southampton

 

[Colin B]

With us it is the other way around, ASDA shoppers avoid the hygiene aisle so they can afford to spend more on booze and junk food, and the staff are surly and rude.

Slight bit of stereotyping there or are you saying this happens at your store

 

[Lullabelle]

We don't have a Lidl or Tesco near us so we use Sainsburys for our weekly shop but do like M&S for something a special meal and their crisps

 

[Lullabelle]

Slight bit of stereotyping there or are you saying this happens at your store

This is our Asda, shame really as they are supposed to be a good store

 

[Colin B]

One I drive for is OK and big nothing round here can compete with it for choice , I have to admit though I hate Christmas run up because its packed .

 

[Colin B]

Got some maple syrup from aldi andbits stunning on porridge good value too imo

 

[Crackle]

Have any of you loyal customers thought about finding who's selling the cheapest of what you like and shopping in several stores for it, not necessarily all in one week, before the logistics of doing that addle your brain. You never know, it might have the effect of driving down prices a bit more for the rest of us. And in case you hadn't figured it out, stores that do loyalty offers tend to auto print out, dosh off, vouchers when they realize you've just popped back in and haven't done your normal big shop.

 

[Colin B]

Have any of you loyal customers thought about finding who's selling the cheapest of what you like and shopping in several stores for it, not necessarily all in one week, before the logistics of doing that addle your brain. You never know, it might have the effect of driving down prices a bit more for the rest of us. And in case you hadn't figured it out, stores that do loyalty offers tend to auto print out, dosh off, vouchers when they realize you've just popped back in and haven't done your normal big shop.

Yeah I use mysupermarket.com tells me where I need to shop for cheapest in big stores

 

[Dangermouse]

Have any of you loyal customers thought about finding who's selling the cheapest of what you like and shopping in several stores for it, not necessarily all in one week, before the logistics of doing that addle your brain. You never know, it might have the effect of driving down prices a bit more for the rest of us. And in case you hadn't figured it out, stores that do loyalty offers tend to auto print out, dosh off, vouchers when they realize you've just popped back in and haven't done your normal big shop.

We do and for the 1p saving here and 3p saving there...........I would much rather keep the £5 petrol in my tank and spend a few pence more

 

[Colin B]

We do and for the 1p saving here and 3p saving there...........I would much rather keep the £5 petrol in my tank and spend a few pence more

I'm lucky in that sense all the shops I go to are in a straight line . I shop monthly on main part and daily/weekly on essentials which I get while I'm in .
To me the false economy in shopping is so called ready meals or box meals they are over priced crap and apart from the quorn stuff my daughter has there's nothing boxed in my freezer .I bought ingredients for a lasagne my son said why not buy one ready made I said cosnthis tastes better and its quicker box meals make people lazy

 

[SS Retro]

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Sometimes I'll cycle to Booths in Ilkley and pretend that I am posh.

Ahhhhh Booths makes Waitrose look like Netto( if it was still around)! excellent world and local beers and they come and grind your coffee for you mind that's all I buy from them when feeling flush.Really don't mind where we do our shopping tend to go in the week when its quite but do quite like aldi there fruit and veg far outlasts Asdas.

 

[Crackle]

We do and for the 1p saving here and 3p saving there...........I would much rather keep the £5 petrol in my tank and spend a few pence more

So you don't, otherwise you'd know it wasn't pence we're talking about and here's another handy hint. Do your shopping on your way to somewhere else so you don't waste fuel. Don't worry, I've got more tips, in case you're worried I've run out.

 

[Crackle]

Yeah I use mysupermarket.com tells me where I need to shop for cheapest in big stores

I may be wrong but I thought mySupermarket.com was driven by Asda, it's not always accurate but it ain't bad.