Aldi seems to have gone downhill these days

I go every Sunday at 9.30am
coffee from Greggs and a chat with everyone while waiting for it to open, at the till for 9.50 and home for 10.15. If you speed past the dithering people you get the whole store to yourself
it’s great

Yep. Gone back to Tesco. Longer dates and better quality.

I tend to buy ingredients in Aldi, not ready meals. They don’t have everything though, so I go to Lidl for risotto rice, coconut oil. But tins, baking stuff, stuff to make granola, bread, all the cheeses, yoghurt, coffee, avocados, jars of peppers, olives. coffee, butter, softest loo roll etc etc are all fine. M&S for meat.

Just last year a pack of chocolate peanuts was only 79p when I got some yesterday they was £1.39.
Aldi have the best chocolate peanuts but I won't be buying them often.

I love Aldi. I know where everything I need is in the store layout and when child-free and with a list I can blitz it in ten mins. I've also noticed they are starting to stock more basic ingredients for those that like to cook from scratch. Prices have gone up recently admittedly but it's still way cheaper than Tesco etc with their stupid two tier clubcard pricing + Tesco etc always seem to swap their store layout about which really annoys me no end walking up and down the aisles searching for things.

Both are in serious financial trouble.

I loved Morrisons as their fish ( unlike M&S and Waitrose ) isn’t frozen and defrosted and they had a focus on British produce. It’s a shame it’s gone to the wall.

I dislike Waitrose. It’s very expensive and bland. Doesn’t make me want to cook.

I love Aldi. I don’t have , and never have had, a problem with their fruit and vegetables going off. I’ve still got raspberries in the fridge that I bought last Saturday that are fine to eat. I find the quality of the meat, especially the chicken breasts, much better than Asda and Tesco.

I must have bought at least 20 books for DGS for £2.99 or less which would have been double or more elsewhere. Last year I picked him up a little waterproof coat and a pair of waterproof dungarees for less than a tenner for the pair. I wish I’d bought them in every size because it’s one of the best things I’ve bought him. Aldi is great just for the middle aisle.

We have 2 aldis nearby. One is great and one was more disappointing experience than sunday roast in wetherspoons.
No bots needed!

Love Aldi, I cook from scratch, can do nearly all my shopping there and get what ever else I need from Booths. Dislike Asda our nearest one has the heating turned off and the lights are dimmed, it’s miserable.

My local Aldi is very good, however Asda and Morrisons are poor and quite depressing.

I find Aldi much cheaper as they do “dupes” of a lot of my teens’ favourite snacks - e.g. Oreo dupes, Ben and Jerrys dupes, pepperami dupes, fridge raider dupes, monster munch dupes etc - with three hungry teenagers it helps massively!

Completely agree

Well today I've bought some lovely raspberries, sweeteners, king prawns, a bowl of salad, with some crunchy bits and dressing, and a box of skinny whips oh and some dettol floor wipe type things, for about 8 quid so I think it's still a bargain

Just to add- anything I have ever had to return to Aldi, mainly from the random aisle, there have been no questions asked and things come with a 3 year warranty. It has not been often I have but staff in store have just sorted it, no issue

I have shopped at Aldi for years. One opened near my old office and the car park was always full of high end cars, staff are always pleasant and efficient, quickly refurbished after opening to be a bit less 'just take if off the palette'. There are a few near me in my city, the one in the student area is a bit more hellish but all are absolutely fine. Aldi has gone up in price but is still far cheaper than most supermarkets. Tinned tomatoes, dried pasta, butter etc if you cook. There are always people pile onto these threads and say things go off more quickly. That has never been my experience. Aldi keep costs low by having local suppliers for fruit and veg, so maybe this is specific to certain stores.

Aldi ones aren’t great. Lidl on the other hand do lovely ones. The Luxury Collection ( still dirt cheap) is great. Plum and Rosewood smells like my favourite posh clothes store

Exactly. I save £40 a year just on that alone.

It’s called a discussion! Ya know, what this site is designed for?!
Are you really ‘White Knighting’ for Aldi?! How sad

Dunno you can usually tell. I just rolled my eyes, it's like the monthly thread.

Shop there don't shop there. It doesn't matter.

Mostly like everywhere else: some things are ok, others aren't. I do find that they still lack variety in fresh foods (fresh being fruit & veg).

Agree they are excellent for baking ingredients.

So more expensive than Aldi.

Good for baking ingredients like ground almonds

Aldi only started the click and collect for Covid. We used it ourselves and was great to avoid contact in those days
They carried on for a while after but
They no longer do it now

Similar to me, my main food shop is in Aldi, and I'm always picking up little household bargains - I also got some lovely christmas lights, mine were £2.99 bargain! And their dupe for Olaplex is fab.
But I do pop into M&S and Waitrose reguarly. Wild horses wouldnt drag me into Asda, its shit these days.