Just shopped at Lidl's for the first time in years great value
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Had a bit of an expensive month and need to cut back till payday a week on Friday.
Can't believe how much bargains you get ok its brands you have never heard of but I am giving them a go.
May consider going there permanently and stop going to Tescos which is horrendously expensive now
Can't believe how much bargains you get ok its brands you have never heard of but I am giving them a go.
May consider going there permanently and stop going to Tescos which is horrendously expensive now
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There were a lot of East Europeans shopping when I was in
Nah, the people I know around here who all have loads of cash all shop in Lidl. They have some really good stuff.
I get my meat from the local butcher, get cold meats and cheese from the indoor market and my veg from the outdoor market, but I go to Lidl for items like plum tomatoes, kidney beans etc, fruit juice, and they have a lovely smoked salmon that tastes better than the more expensive ones in other supermarkets.
I'm not bothered about brand names. So long as it tastes good, why pay more?
Edited to say - and around Christmas they do these stollen bits that are ever so tasty. I always look forward to them!
Because they are truly awesome as well as cheap.:D
I like them, not just for mostly lower prices (note, some items ars same price as other shops), but for the different brands. Some of these different brands IMO taste better than the very similar product we are more used to in (for example) Sainsburys.
Downsides, well, unlike previous years they let themselves down on the run up to Xmas 2012. They had a quite a good Xmas line up early on, but 2 weeks before Xmas most of their Xmas lines were being taken down and the normal ones put back in place. Other people we know who went there also said the same thing. Dont know what they were up to.
For us, Lidl is only 8miles away, but on the wrong side of town, so it means getting stuck in traffic. Would go more often if we lived that side, or they opened a store on our side.
The nearest Aldi store is 12-14miles away so we cant justify the fuel to go there (and back).
Fruit and veg is quite good value for money and the one near me quite often has cheap game (got two ducks and 6 quails for £8 )
It doesn't cost much less my usual Sainsbury's shop though tbh.
This, so much.
Supermarket snobbery is just bizarre, and a reflection of how insecure those people are imo.
No its not awful .I have no problem saying I shop there and in Aldi .Because I do not throw my money away in supermarkets that are double the price .
Have you tried their cakes ? biscuits ? jars of gurkens ? Some things in fact I go in for as they are better than some name brand
You like named brands , Good for you .Maybe some of uis like Lidl brands .You might not like them doesnt mean its awful .
Not sure about Lidl but I buy Aldi Pringle type crisps usually. This week I bought some real Pringles because they were on special offer and they were horrible. The overwhelming chemical smell when I opened them was enogh to put me off before I even tasted them
Our Aldi always has quite a few BMWs etc in the car park.
That's the problem with them. You go in for a jar of gherkins and come out with gurkens.
Gurkens are much nicer !!!!
Our Lidl has a bipolar clientele.
There's always people from the council estate... and then lots of very wealthy people. One woman I know about actually lives in a manor house and she shops there all the time!
It's the paranoid "keep-up-with-the-Joneses" middle class folk who avoid Lidl like the plague.... and I've even seen a few of those in there a few times.... cramming multipack Lidl loo-roll into their Waitrose bag-for-life!