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Old 29-12-2016, 14:24
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Although I think Lidls is a great place to shop, The following things annoy me about shopping there.
If you park there for more than 90 minutes, there is a £90 fine
I know the reasons for this restriction, but their competitors allow 2-3 hours, which is more reasonable.
Some may think 90 minutes is more than adequate, but if you are doing a big shop, and want to browse their latest bargains in homeware , and are stuck in a long queue at checkout, then time quickly passes. If you are a bit slow moving around, or in a wheelchair, then it must be stressful worrying about keeping within the time limit.
After the goods have gone through the till, they amass in a small space, where it is difficult to bag them up . What Lidls wants you to do is chuck the lot back into the trolley, take it it to one side and bag up or take it out to the car, unlike other supermarkets where you can sort frozen food, veg, tinned goods into different bags
Lidls staff seem specially trained to shunt the stuff along, and get rid of you, so as to maximise the amount of shoppers along the conveyor belt
I don't find the shopping experience at Lidls a very relaxed one, which is a shame as they have good quality stuff at lower prices
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:32
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So go to one of the bigger chains and pay a lot more. Sorted.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:34
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You're not supposed to pack at the till, that's what the long ledge behind the tills is for. You can do it at your own pace there and not hold up the other customers.

Lidl typically don't have the parking space of bigger supermarkets, so they need to move people along. If they did everything the same as the others, they wouldn't be Lidl, with Lidl prices. Lidl wanted to demolish an old branch once, and build a new one that was entirely on a raised first floor so that more ground space could be freed up for parking, but the local council refused planning permission on the stupid grounds that they thought some of the (private) land should be used for housing instead. So the old building remains and no housing was built either way.

You'll also notice the staff in Aldi and Lidl work much harder, and the tills monitor the time between customers. If they don't move customers along fast enough, they get told off by the management. They also work hours they don't get paid for, unlike the big supermarkets.

I don't find the shopping experience in Poundland or Savers very nice. I'm free to go to big supermarkets and buy the same stuff for twice the price, but I don't.

The Lidl website tells you all about their weekly bargains. You can browse that, saving time walking around the store.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:35
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Do you know if they have imposed this so called 'fine' on anyone though? We have an Aldi close by where I shop from time to time and their underground car park has a £1 minimum pay & display ticketing system.

I have never bought a ticket because I refuse to pay for shopping with them, and have never received a single 'fine' or parking charge request from them.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:41
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So go to one of the bigger chains and pay a lot more. Sorted.
Thought someone would make a silly remark like that!
Our new Lidls has as big a car park as the Sainsburys next door,
There is no reason why Lidls staff should be pressured to move customers along faster, nether should they have to work harder than staff in other supermarkets, or work unpaid hours
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:48
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Our large Sainsbury's also has a 90 minute restriction on parking. I wonder how many fines they handed out of the Christmas period. It takes longer than 90 minutes to do a Christmas food shop and get through the queue at the till, even if you are able-bodied.

No parking restrictions at Asda.

I don't use Lidl often because they don't stock half of what I want to purchase so I still have to go to another shop, which defeats the object slightly.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:48
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Thought someone would make a silly remark like that!
Our new Lidls has as big a car park as the Sainsburys next door,
There is no reason why Lidls staff should be pressured to move customers along faster, nether should they have to work harder than staff in other supermarkets, or work unpaid hours
It isn't silly at all. Lidl makes cuts across the board to keep costs (and therefore prices) down. It's their business model.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:49
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I don't shop at chaotic supermarkets.

I can't stand the random way goods are arranged in such places and nor do I appreciate being hassled by checkout staff lobbing my shopping through the checkout as fast as possible.

Supermarket shopping is a miserable and frustrating enough process as it is, without the supermarkets themselves going out of their way to make it even more so.
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:55
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Although I think Lidls is a great place to shop.
Why do you choose to call it "Lidls" instead of "Lidl"?

I've noticed that many people of, shall we say, sub-prime intelligence often add an extra "s" to the names of retail outlets...

For example

Tescos - Tesco
Asdas - Asda
Lidls - Lidl
Aldis - Aldi

You never hear well educated people saying that they are "popping along to Waitroses"
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Old 29-12-2016, 14:57
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Although I think Lidls is a great place to shop, The following things annoy me about shopping there.
If you park there for more than 90 minutes, there is a £90 fine
I know the reasons for this restriction, but their competitors allow 2-3 hours, which is more reasonable.
Some may think 90 minutes is more than adequate, but if you are doing a big shop, and want to browse their latest bargains in homeware , and are stuck in a long queue at checkout, then time quickly passes. If you are a bit slow moving around, or in a wheelchair, then it must be stressful worrying about keeping within the time limit.
After the goods have gone through the till, they amass in a small space, where it is difficult to bag them up . What Lidls wants you to do is chuck the lot back into the trolley, take it it to one side and bag up or take it out to the car, unlike other supermarkets where you can sort frozen food, veg, tinned goods into different bags
Lidls staff seem specially trained to shunt the stuff along, and get rid of you, so as to maximise the amount of shoppers along the conveyor belt
I don't find the shopping experience at Lidls a very relaxed one, which is a shame as they have good quality stuff at lower prices
Try parking in our main carpark which serves Sainsbury's and M & S where during the day it costs 20p for 30 minutes but if you arrive after 6pm, yes 6pm there is an automatic charge of £1. The council says it is to stop overnight parking, well why not change that to at least 8-9pm? Many who have been working all day want to pop in and get something for dinner or even general things like milk etc.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:00
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:02
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I never spend much time in Lidl,….I’m usually out of there very quickly;

…more often than not being chased by the security guard.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:03
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Our Lidl has a smallish car park and they had to an impose a time limit because people were parking there and going into town. You now have to give your car reg number at check out.

Can't imagine anyone needing more than 90mins for a grocery shop tbh.
If you slower due to being elderly I also doubt you are doing a big laborious family shop so that's not an issue.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:04
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Why do you choose to call it "Lidls" instead of "Lidl"?

I've noticed that many people of, shall we say, sub-prime intelligence often add an extra "s" to the names of retail outlets...

For example

Tescos - Tesco
Asdas - Asda
Lidls - Lidl
Aldis - Aldi

You never hear well educated people saying that they are "popping along to Waitroses"
Well actually, I DO consider myself to be well educated, and I 've heard many intelligent people say Lidls
For whatever reason, I tend to add the S to Lidls, but not the others, and it certainly doesn't make me less intelligent!
Don't generalise, stop being snobby!
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:07
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How on earth is it possible to spend 90 minutes on a single shop in Lidl? Surely, you would need to be pushing a convoy of ten trolleys to take anywhere near as much time as that?
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:11
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I only go to Lidls to buy some of their weekly special items such as electrical goods or clothing.

I try to go when it is quiet and go straight to the special buys get what I want and get out.

Their till system just doesn't work as they expect.

The tills are too long and thin and they hardly open them all up anyway.

They should have fewer tills that are thicker and slightly shorter.

The tills don't move any faster than any other supermarket tills do.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:12
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Why do you choose to call it "Lidls" instead of "Lidl"?

I've noticed that many people of, shall we say, sub-prime intelligence often add an extra "s" to the names of retail outlets...

For example

Tescos - Tesco
Asdas - Asda
Lidls - Lidl
Aldis - Aldi

You never hear well educated people saying that they are "popping along to Waitroses"
You are ‘Stephen Fry’ and I claim my £25 !
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:12
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How on earth is it possible to spend 90 minutes on a single shop in Lidl? Surely, you would need to be pushing a convoy of ten trolleys to take anywhere near as much time as that?
Very easily
Most people don't whip round the store like a tornado, they like to take time viewing the products, and there are are also Homewares to browse
This morning I did a big shop; it took an hour, but easily could have extended to 90 minutes, if crowded, or if there was a long queue at the checkout
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:15
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I don't shop at chaotic supermarkets.

I can't stand the random way goods are arranged in such places and nor do I appreciate being hassled by checkout staff lobbing my shopping through the checkout as fast as possible.

Supermarket shopping is a miserable and frustrating enough process as it is, without the supermarkets themselves going out of their way to make it even more so.
Same here.

I worked in a fast moving retail job for 20 years so I fully understand that the staff are under pressure to be quick. But that doesn't matter as the customer in front of you is currently the most important one. Anybody who sends my shopping flying off the end of the belt will have to wait while I finish packing.

I'm usually very quick and will be out of the way in seconds or throw it in my bag and get organised on the shelf. But treat me like an inconvenience and I'll slow right down.

I also hate the stupid way they display the prices above the items and not below like everybody else. I'm pretty sure they deliberately put similar items with vastly different prices around each other just to trick the customer in to paying more.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:22
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Very easily
Most people don't whip round the store like a tornado, they like to take time viewing the products, and there are are also Homewares to browse
This morning I did a big shop; it took an hour, but easily could have extended to 90 minutes, if crowded, or if there was a long queue at the checkout
I'd like to know where these uber Lidl stores are. Those near me are about the size of a Co-op supermarket and certainly wouldn't take more than 45 minutes to get around even when browsing slowly while trying to figure out what the chuff you're buying.

Even the giant Tesco and ASDA stores that stock most things don't need much more than an hour on a busy day. Perhaps two hours if it's really busy and you visit the cafe.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:24
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Near here we have a brand new "concept" Lidl store. Bigger and a lot more glass everywhere. Bigger till areas, self service check outs etc. Being in north Devon I'm not sure what the larger ones where are like elsewhere but this one has been advertised locally as the future of Lidl stores.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:24
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How on earth is it possible to spend 90 minutes on a single shop in Lidl? Surely, you would need to be pushing a convoy of ten trolleys to take anywhere near as much time as that?
Agree 100%. No one can spend more than 1 hour max in Lidl they don't stock enough lines to spend any longer. Anyone who is spending longer than this needs to take a good hard look at their life.

We do our weekly shop at Lidl - in and out within 20 minutes tops. They offer great value for money and the stuff they sell is excellent quality. All the meat they sell is sourced from Red Tractor UK farms too.

What people aren't saying in this thread and perhaps there's a touch of dishonesty here, is that many people I have seen our in our local store will put their Lidl shopping in their cars then walk off into town to do some more shopping elsewhere. I expect that is what the poster is doing if truth be told hence why they want more time.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:25
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My local Aldi has a local council-owned car park next to it which is 50p for 30 mins or £1 for an hour. If you spend more than £10 and give the cashier the tear-off bit of your ticket you get a pound back, so I pay 50p, hammer round the shop, and pocket 50p profit at the end. Sticking it to The Man.
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:31
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[quote=Faust;84993906]Agree 100%. No one can spend more than 1 hour max in Lidl they don't stock enough lines to spend any longer. Anyone who is spending longer than this needs to take a good hard look at their life.

We do our weekly shop at Lidl - in and out within 20 minutes tops. They offer great value for money and the stuff they sell is excellent quality. All the meat they sell is sourced from Red Tractor UK farms too.

What people aren't saying in this thread and perhaps there's a touch of dishonesty here, is that many people I have seen our in our local store will pack their cars then walk off into town to do some more shopping elsewhere. I expect that is what the poster is doing if truth be told hence why they want more time.[/QUO

Not true, I get my shopping and go home
I wouldn't want to leave frozen food in the car while shopping somewhere else
Some of us like to look at what we're buying, not do a trolley dash
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Old 29-12-2016, 15:31
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Why do people not understand the concept of Lidl and Aldi ? You get cheap food and cut price items BECAUSE they can cut back on staff . You cant have your cake and eat it .Either you go elsewhere and pay more for your shopping and have it packed for you and a free car park .Or you go to Lidl and get cheaper shopping and do the work yourself .Its not rocket science to figure this out .You have a choice where you go and if you choose to want cheaper items then you suck it up and pack your own shopping from the filled trolly over by the counter . Simple

You dont walk into a Pound Shop and expect to get M and S quality items .,If you want quality you go the M and S and pay or you go the Pound Shop for the cheap prices .
You cant go to Pound Shop for the cheap goods and then bleat that it doesnt meet your standards
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