to be excited about new Aldi opening?

Not a part of Bedford I go to then. Phew!

MawBroon it is on Ampthill Road next to Morrison's. Traffic chaos is predicted!!!

and Lidl also do loose almonds etc

Lidl do bags of dried fruit; prunes, figs, apricots, mixed, and good sized bags of nuts and seeds at a reasonable price.

Although living in darkest North Devon, we have had a Lidl store in Torrington for some time.

We now have an Aldi in Bideford, plus a new, bigger Lidl, also in Bideford, as well as the one in Torrington.

Having shopped in both, although the products are similar, or perhaps even the same, both Mr P and I have decided we prefer Lidl.

I like Aldi because their cleaning products are not tested on animals.

So where in Bedford is it to be? Out near Waitrose? Or near the Clapham Sainsbury's? Well it be easy to get to?

Find it difficult to choose between Aldi and Lidl but since Aldi is slightly closer I tend to go there. I buy their pickles and jars of olives amongst other things. They also do fantastic jars of things like artichokes, roasted peppers and sun dried tomatoes all in oil and all at 99p I think which are great for adding to salads or pasta sauces. Last time I was in I bought a large bag of ready to eat prunes for half the price of the same in Tesco. However things do seem to disappear so possibly as well not to rely on them for some things.

I like Aldi, but prefer Lidl. The Aldi dishwasher tabs are good however, better than Lidl's. Aldi have some gorgeous hazlenut chocolate bars, only 55p each. I'm addicted!

Our very fussy cat will eat Aldi cat food and we really like their ground cafetiere coffee, £1.69 and as good if not better than the brand we used to buy at over £1 per pack more. Dishwasher tablets are excellent, cheese and cooked meats and bacon excellent and their chocolate and biscuits are great. Especially the cookies with crystalised ginger chunks.....

I especially like the sirloin steak which is always tender. Although cheaper, quality isn't compromised so its a win win situation.

Charleygirl - I swear you must live near me!!! Our Lidll is in the process of being built (and I am disproportionately excited about it!). It is opposite B&M, just along from a big Sainsbury, and not much further along the road is Aldi

I was equally excited about Aldi when it opened. I am spoiled for choice as I am about midway between two branches - one with much better parking than the other. I love their fruit and veg selection, especially their super 6, and their meat, as has been said further up the thread, is marvellous. They have a wonderful selection of cold meats too.

I don't think I have ever had a bad buy from Aldi, and now that I have mastered the knack of loading the checkout belt in the right order to be able to swiftly put the stuff straight into my trolley bags, even the checkout process is stress free :D

There is a new Aldi opening in Glastonbury on Thursday too. May call in as we have to pass by the town at the weekend.
We used to have one in the town next to ours but it closed down about 6/7 years ago. It was a horrible store, very dark and always looked grubby. Shame as their stuff was ok but I don't think people liked going to it. I am surprised they haven't had another shop built as the nearest to us is a long way off and all the big names will be in town as a big new Sainsbury shop is being built soon.
We have recently had a new Lidl store open (now two in same town), I do about 50% of my shopping there. Morrisons a couple hundred yards along the road so an easy weekly shopping outing.

Have fun trying out the Aldi products.

Agree with Vero122 - you can get a pack of 24 size one nappies for £1.15!! My DD stocked up before DGD no 2 was born and as they are slightly bigger than Asda's size 1 DGD no 2 is now wearing them. Their wine is cheap and you can get a bottle of spiced rum for £9.99 . I also buy among other things their crisps, chocolate and when I had a cat, their cat food.

Loved our Aldi although parking was always tricky. However now i am a convert to Lidl -parking much easier,fruit & veg fresher and bread freshly baked on premises.

Their wines are amazing Also good are crisps,meats-cooked and uncooked,frozen foods, bread.

Ive got 2 within 5 miles either side of me. Love having a weekly wander and get some good products for good prices there plants are good value to. Thumbs up from me.

Well after all these suggestions I'm even more excited!

My DH came home with a packet of Lidl filter coffee recently. I was dubious as I am fussy about tea and coffee. It was lovely and we buy it all the time now. £1.69 for the same size pack that we were buying before of branded coffee.

Their nappies are great quality!!

I received the latest Lidl newsletter email the other day. I really think I need this week's offer of a hydraulic car jack for £19.99. Please convince me that I don't need one!!

I lived in Germany for a couple of years where both Aldi and Lidl are mainstream food retailers (I still pronounce it LEE-dl in the German style - can't bear the dumbed down LID-l that they use in their advertising here. Buy everything from them EXCEPT tinned soup (where only Baxters will do).

I love Aldi, cheap is lovely.

Aldi have grown from 3.9% to 6.2% of the grocery market in the 3 years from Jan 2014 to Jan 2017 and Lidl from 3.1% to 4.5% but even if shoppers do not visit these two brands they still gain as the other supermarkets have been forced to reduce their prices to compete.

love aldi, their fruit/veg and flowers are amazing great value fresh ,my dog loves loves the aldi own make dog food dry and wet.are local store has in fact just moved slightly down the road as it is so popular they had to build a larger one. this opened 3 weeks ago massive, very popular,enjoy and save money i know we do