Aldi have arrived in my town

Competition is good though ✔️
In the square below us we have a modern Aldi, Sainsbury’s with a Starbucks coffee shop, Iceland (10% off on Tuesdays 😁) a Home Bargains and a Poundland. All doing well. We are lucky here to have such choice. Plus of course Boots with their 3 for 2 offers and a Thornton to spend the money I save on their boxes of fudge ….

Grannynannywanny

PS I find their dishwasher tablets as good as the top brands at less than half the price

Oh yes, forgot those off my list. Really good buy.

I never have a prob with their fruit and veg. And the 30% off bags of spinach, cauli and broc etc are great value.

I agree about the Lacura make up too. Their BB Cream is excellent.

Grannynannywanny

I do most of my shopping at Aldi. Their own brands are very good and competitively priced. Baked beans, ketchup, biscuits etc. Fruit and veg is lovely and I’ve never had a problem with it. Your biggest problem will be sticking to your shopping list and avoiding the middle aisle. You’ll be tempted to buy things you didn’t know you needed 😆

You may have previously heard the Ballad of Lidl and Aldi but it still makes me laugh.

youtu.be/cL7jyXCQ2Zc?si=wL7D6hjCAJAX_KtB

That is brilliant... such great humour the Irish have...

I wish Aldi or ‘anyone’ would arrive in NZ to break up our current suffocating duopoly!! Tusue - astounded at the price of the salmon steaks you quoted. This country surrounded by water the price of fish is horrendous!

Aldi Specially Selected lemon curd iced buns are heavenly.

Thank you so much Grannynannywanny for that link it give me such a laugh when I really needed one. I love Aldi too though I still shop elsewhere for certain things. Their wine is especially good value!

We always stock up on unpitted black olives, they are good. Their nuts, the unsalted ones, are cheaper than anywhere. The one problem I have is that things do not always remain on sale. Some foods are just occasionally available like venison steaks or duck legs. There are few branded goods but usually an equally good alternative own brand

PS I find their dishwasher tablets as good as the top brands at less than half the price

I do most of my shopping at Aldi. Their own brands are very good and competitively priced. Baked beans, ketchup, biscuits etc. Fruit and veg is lovely and I’ve never had a problem with it. Your biggest problem will be sticking to your shopping list and avoiding the middle aisle. You’ll be tempted to buy things you didn’t know you needed 😆

You may have previously heard the Ballad of Lidl and Aldi but it still makes me laugh.

youtu.be/cL7jyXCQ2Zc?si=wL7D6hjCAJAX_KtB

At the end of the Covid lockdown I wrote to the boss of Sainsbury suggesting they close on the coming Boxing Day as a thankyou to his staff, allowing them all two days at home fir Christmas after working throughout the pandemic.
I got no response at all. No doubt he was at home with his family while his staff manned the shops on Boxing Day.
No one needs to go shopping on Boxing Day.
I was disappointed but not surprised.

silverlining48

Havnt mentioned the middle aisle, it’s a cornucopia of things you never knew you needed.

And almost certainly don't!

I buy much of my clothing there.
Good quality and keen prices.

I buy
Greek Yogurt
Olive oil
Houmous
Cooked Meats
Cheeses (especially at Christmas)
Nordpak butter as good as Lurpak
Lacura toiletries
I buy lots of packets of seeds and nuts.
Sourdough bread
Wines regularly recommended by experts

Lots of things

I especially like their frozen lamb shanks in red wine sauce.. they last me for 4 meals..

I love shopping in our local Aldi, I’ve never had a problem with their fresh produce and their own brand cosmetics are fab, I recently bought 3 bunches of Alstomerias and they flopped after 4 days, I took them back and was given a full refund as I happened to have my receipt.
Staff are great, seasonal foods and homeware excellent,I’d be lost without this store.
Today they had an offer on for 4 fresh salmon steaks at £5.99 which I thought was a good price.

I'm another Aldi fan. I find most of their own products absolutely fine - and in many cases, better than the well-known brands. I also like that they support Scottish producers - their shortbread is especially good. My husband is a big fan of their wine - they do a 'dupe' of the Barefoot wines which he says are just as good, but much cheaper.

Thank you all for your recommendations, I think I'm going to love Aldi too, I fear Sainsbury's will be down on their footfall, possibly Waitrose too, I wouldn't want to lose either but competition is good, Aldi are certainly competitively priced from what I could see, some of their Christmas bits and pieces looked nice. Oh yes I forgot to mention I also bought some sliced Salami, not for me, my family are coming this weekend and my granddaughter likes it in a sandwich, much cheaper than Sainos.

Good to know they take care of their staff.

It was in the news yesterday that Aldi is top of the list of all supermarkets for their Christmas range of food and drinks. Beat M and S again, Waitrose, Sainsbury, Tesco etc.

We love their 0% fat authentic greek yogurt.
torchon ham
Toffee apples
country cream drink (like Baileys)
Luxury chocolate cookies
pink lady apples
ham and Pineapple Pizza
prawn Wellington
5% fat steak mince

As are the sun creams (have been top on Which).

Their dishwasher capsules and washing powder/capsules are Which? Best Buys that I use.
The Specially Selected all butter mince pies 🥧 are second this year, just behind the Waitrose ones. I can’t vouch personally for any of them as I don’t like them.

Havnt mentioned the middle aisle, it’s a cornucopia of things you never knew you needed.

Oh, I like Aldi. I can’t criticise anything really. They do a nice sourdough loaf, keffir yoghurt, (v. Healthy) meat is good as is wine and beer. Havnt had problems with fruit or salad.

Another reason I like Aldi is they take care of their staff. The pay is higher than most and they close on Boxing Day and new years day so the staff can be at home like the rest of us, unlike Sainsbury. As do Lidl I think, possibly because their shops in Germany aren’t open on bank holidays. Sundays too I think.

SO many. I don't think it's true about the fruit and veg. We buy it from there regularly. We buy their:

Torchon ham
Baked beans (nicer than Heinz) in our opinion.
Red label tea bags
Large bags of sea salted crinkle crisps
Skin on frozen chips
Fish fingers
Cakes, bread, rolls, crumpets
Wine and gin
Frozen desserts

Much more - most things really. I love Aldi.

At this tine of year, they sell a particularly nice salmon, prawn and white wine wellington. We’ve had several and they are delicious. Don’t tell everybody though😁!