Panic buying...

[marinyork]

Not so sure about that. I bought a tins of soup in Aldi, it had big lump of plastic in it!.
I emailed them there reply "you are the only person to complain about plastic in soup " and "take it back with your receipt And you will get a refund "
As if I still had the tin?
Or could be bothered to do that?
Buying by business has nothing whatsoever to do with laziness, supermarkets are often cheaper for some items.

It's standard to ask for you to take it back.

Buying by business does have to do with being arsed. Many local businesses walk/drive around the corner and fill up. That's how it is. It's something that people pretend doesn't happen, but in normal times can have an effect on stock levels.

 

[oldwheels]

Shops like the coop could try to make their stock control a bit more flexible. Living on an island we are dependent on a daily lorryload coming in. This does not get off the ferry until about 0850 and then has a 21 mile journey to the shop and has to be unloaded before the shelves can be stocked. In tourist season cars parked on double yellow lines and unable to see no parking cones have to be dealt with to allow access.
This means that during "pensioners hour" from 0800 to 0900 the shelves are empty. All it needs is a temporary increase in stock for some carry over to the following day to allow a small amount to be available in the morning. This is beyond them apparently but on the Isle of Bute such a fuss was created by their local paper and the MP that it miraculously became possible in Rothesay.
You may gather I have no admiration for the management of the Coop in Manchester who seem to create this debacle.

 

[classic33]

Would anyone really rule out Tesco or Asda-WalMart having bunged them a few quid? It would be far from the worst thing they ever did

You've moaned about the way Aldi stocked their premises, blaming that for the way you do your shopping in there.
Don't like somewhere, don't use them. It's as simple as that, In this respect they are the same as every other retailer out there.

 

[mjr]

You've moaned about the way Aldi stocked their premises, blaming that for the way you do your shopping in there.

I am completely confident you have confused me with someone else or misremembered what I've written. Queues mean I've not been in an Aldi in many months.

 

[classic33]

I am completely confident you have confused me with someone else or misremembered what I've written. Queues mean I've not been in an Aldi in many months.

September 2017

 

[Mike_P]

I go to Aldi in the evenings, even in the current situation I find all that I really need is in stock and provided you avoid Thursdays when the days special buys might result in queuing later in the day than normal it's usually a case of walking straight in.

 

[mjr]

September 2017

Did you enjoy that deep dive into my posts?

I said back then that I don't shop there much because it's "small and not in a great location for cycling access". I said nothing about the way I shop.

 

[classic33]

Did you enjoy that deep dive into my posts?

I said back then that I don't shop there much because it's "small and not in a great location for cycling access". I said nothing about the way I shop.

No deep diving required. If it was deep diving, I'd have given the date.
You replied to my posts.

Cost cutting, from another named supermarket, was your complaint back then.

 

[ColinJ]

I go to Aldi in the evenings, even in the current situation I find all that I really need is in stock and provided you avoid Thursdays when the days special buys might result in queuing later in the day than normal it's usually a case of walking straight in.

Daytime queuing has finally been brought in at my local Lidl. A security guard stands at the door and keeps an eye on things. I have stopped going during the day and shop after 7 pm now - no queues at that time.

 

[classic33]

Daytime queuing has finally been brought in at my local Lidl. A security guard stands at the door and keeps an eye on things. I have stopped going during the day and shop after 7 pm now - no queues at that time.

Council imposed limits on the number of people inside the shops, staff included, earlier this week.

The store warehouse's have similar limits in place.

 

[PaulSB]

I go to Aldi in the evenings, even in the current situation I find all that I really need is in stock and provided you avoid Thursdays when the days special buys might result in queuing later in the day than normal it's usually a case of walking straight in.

I can only I say how well a store is stocked seems to be extremely patchy. I'm very aware others are having a different experience to me.

We have two ALDI stores within easy reach and another which is 4/5 miles away. All three have been fully stocked** throughout the crisis and I have once had three people ahead of me in the queue. I have visited at whatever time of day suited me.

We have two Tesco stores within equally easy reach - one opposite an ALDI!!! Tesco have been terrible and for me clearly unable to cope with or address the situation. I queued for 40 minutes on one occasion, when I did get in shelf after shelf, aisle after aisle was empty. The next time I turned up the queue was twice the length so I left.

For me ALDI have responded tremendously and Tesco totally failed. These I'd suggest are things people remember. ALDI locally is busier on a normal day.

** Admittedly there was a visit when I couldn't get look roll or Arborica rice. No risotto for tea that night. Another time when I had two wait to weeks for Kavanagh's oats to be in stock. Boiled eggs for breakfast for a while.

 

[Mike_P]

What I do not get is whilst most stores are either cleaning trolley handles or providing the means to do so none seem to doing anything about basket handles

 

[PaulSB]

What I do not get is whilst most stores are either cleaning trolley handles or providing the means to do so none seem to doing anything about basket handles

All the local supermarkets in my area have removed baskets from use.

 

[NorthernDave]

All the local supermarkets in my area have removed baskets from use.

That's so you can panic buy more items.
Every little helps.

 

[Notafettler]

Oh my god, the world has come to end for me. I am going to run out milk. Milkman doesn't come till Tuesday morning. It is 8miles to the supermarkets. What will I put in my cappuccino tomorrow? Help me someone help me!!
Well at least I'm not dieing from Coronavirus!!!