To say there's nothing wrong with shopping at Aldi/Lidl?

[LidlSoph]

Hi all,

I went round an aunts of mine today and thought I'd bring her some of the (Aldi ingredients) homemade cake I made. The opinion was that it was really yummy but she saw my Aldi reusable bag (those up notch material ones with the handles) and said "Oh, you shop at Aldi then? You sure you're okay financially babe?" (This was in a dead serious, concerned tone).

I was really taken aback! Yes, I'm doing absolutely fine financially. Why does it matter where I do my weekly shop? If anything I've more money.

AIBU to think "live within your means" comes to mind with this aunt? I love her to bits, but she is solely reliant on benefits and I can't see how she's in the position to be commenting on my finances.

I switch between Aldi (some Lidl) for the weekly shop, and M&S for my treats/sweets. I think the quality is lovely in Aldi and I don't have an issue.

I didn't make any harsh comments to my aunt, just smiled genuinely and said "you should give it a go, I'll even give you a lift one evening and we'll go together". She had a face of thunder and said "well I like my Tesco thanks" and walked off into the lounge!

Why do people have such high prejudices against these places? I find it quite humorous that she was concerned for my finances by a bloody Aldi bag.

Might I add she does most clothes shopping in Primark and all my presents as a child were Primark jarmies, year after year

My local aldi is on a little retail park a few doors up from a Home Bargains.

It's like a penny pinching orgasm for me every week.

FIL is like this. He thinks he's more superior because he shops at Waitrose. He thinks it's great because he "can only hear English accents in there"

Lidl makes me want to scream and punch people after about 10 minutes. Other people seem to like it but it does my head in - can't find anything but aisles of weird assorted gardening tools, pocket chainsaws and the like.

Other people seem to like it though so YANBU

I assumed your Aunt was going to be a Waitrose/M&S shopper so I found it quite funny that she believes Tesco are so superior to Aldi! It doesn't even sound like she's ever shopped there, so I'm not sure how she can pass judgement. I'm not poor either but I love shopping at discount supermarkets and buying reduced items etc. Finding bargains is fun to me.

One of my DS first words was Aldi!

I think it's ok, DH only shops there when I'm away but I find I can't get all the ingredients I need. I find that the soft fruit goes off after a couple of days or even one day and that's more of a hindrance than a help to me as I don't want to go food shopping every other day. Saying that I don't believe Tesco quality is any better. I normally go to Sainsburys or Waitrose. I prefer Waitrose as it's smaller.

shopping at tesco is the height of conspicuous consumption obviously.

I am wealthy enough to shop at Waitrose but I love Aldi and Lidle. I don't care what anyone thinks. I might be well off but I am not stupid and Aldi and Lidle provide great value for money.
U.K. Supermarkets are a well known rip off.
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