Down to Aldi Quick before closing.
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Just walked past Aldi and all bakery stuff and most of the veg is half price. Bought stuff for the freezer and lots of veg.
Close at 6pm.
Close at 6pm.
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jazzyjazzy
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Same really but Aldi have a little more choice.
At the checkout, as hub was paying another customer came to us and gave us a £6 voucher, which was wow, and hub used some more vouchers he had, so ended an interesting shopping expedition.
Your turn now, did you have any adventures whilst getting your shopping?
One other adventure, on way home, we got to a road full of cars on both sides, and wondered what was happening, then a car coming down told us 2 cars ran into flooded water and were stuck, so we turned round and used another road home, and glad to be back.
Given the state of the Llanelli M&S Aldi would be like harrods.
people waiting outside as 6am (store opened at 7) by 10 am it was like that episode of the simpsons and the hurricane very little on the shelves the bad weather had delayed/stopped deliveries people going nuts. Screaming in the carpark.
this is all after the black Friday fights that saw the police called to many locations
Aldi/lidl are doing something right because the amount of awards they keep winning are putting the major supermarkets in the shade.
Not judging by the amount of Mercs, Audis, BMWs and various 4x4s you see in the car park of the one nearest to me.
Both Alid and Lidl, but especially Aldi, keep winning awards for the quality of many of their products too.
Same at ours and they are recruiting more staff all of the time. I remember a year or so ago if someone started an ALDI thread all the shopping snobs would come out and say they couldn't shop anywhere other than M&S or Waitrose and threw in a few unfounded insults about the people that shop there. Not anymore it seems. I'll shop anywhere but imo M&S went downhill about 18 months ago and Waitrose is such a cold, impersonal place and that's without mentioning the prices. I couldn't do a whole weeks shop at ALDI but, for some items, the prices are so much lower you would be stupid to buy elsewhere. (That's assuming you have an ALDI close by of course.) I mean, why give Tesco £1.60+ for 6 large free range eggs when eggs farmed to the same regulations are £1 in ALDI?
Up early - all Christmas stuff sorted so Aldi bargains now almost ready for freezer and ££££££'s saved off next weeks shopping bill, in fact not much left to buy as we are veggies, so Thank You Aldi.:)
There's not much choice in there and quality not the same as others although it's what you get your body used to I suppose.
Me I only like Heinz beans but someone has to eat the second best ones otherwise they would stack up everywhere.
The fact that you couldn't do your whole weekly shop in Aldi or Lidl puts me off. I don't have an Aldi close by anyway but Lidl is about 5-10 mins away in the car and I just can't be bothered to have to do two shops. I'd end up spending more I think.
What does that mean? Their veg is the same as Asda etc but cheaper.
You're right there, it's actually better than many supermarkets
Well if you ate the same for everyday you could get your weeks shopping in one go and save money.
As I say it's what you get used to.:cool:
You think it's the same that's the difference but if it works for you Great. :cool:
Not very different. Both are German owned discount stores.
It's for people who are not food snobs and are willing to pay less for the same stuff you can get at a higher price in other bog standard supermarkets.
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For the same reason, I can get absolute bargains in the pound shops and Amazon Marketplace for example.
Pound shop(s).
15-20 quid books for a quid.
CDs, DVDs for a quid, e.g. Kylie, The Corrs, Madonna, Robbie Williams, East 17, Die Another Day, depending what's on offer, have a rummage around etc.
Computer accessories. Cables, mouse mats, headphones etc.
(All brand new or nearly new in the case of CDs and DVDs.)
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Amazon Marketplace.
Well, have a look around.
You know. Why pay £1 for a PAYG SIM card in the local shop and even the pound shop, when you can buy them for 1p on Amazon Marketplace.
I bought a nearly new 'Times Atlas Of Britain' (latest edition) for £3 from Amazon Marketplace (RRP £90) a few weeks ago.
I really don't think there is one single supermarket I could do a whole weeks shopping in. I shop for the best quality at the best price wherever it may be. ALDI basics such as eggs, plain flour, sugar, milk etc are as good as anywhere else, just cheaper. They also do a very acceptable strong cheddar for everyday eating much cheaper than the big stores. Veg are good quality as well. I tend not to buy much tinned or frozen foods anywhere so can't make a comparisson. As previously mentioned some things can be better quality just as some things are not so nice but that's the same in every store imo. Apart from food, things like kitchen foil, kitchen towels, shower spray, food bags etc are all as good, if not better, than the big supermarkets.
As I pulled out of my spot in the Aldi car park last week, a very nice Porsche Carrera was waiting to pull in
I park my Audi A6 in Aldi then go to Morrisons as you get one hour before you agree to pay £90 :cool: