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Original poster

...... to think this shop has a bit of a cheek.

96 replies

SnickersWasAHorse · 31/05/2017 18:43

I stopped by a small independent shop on the way home today to pick up a loaf of bread as I had forgotten.
They had the normal Kingsmill etc but the also had some sliced bloomer loaves in brown paper.
Preferring this kind of loaf I bought it for £1.40.

When I got it home I realised it was an Aldi loaf.

Nothing wrong with Aldi but AIBU to think they have a cheek to sell it in their shop!

OP posts:
luckylucky24 · 31/05/2017 20:15

I think this IS a serious problem and I am sure shops cannot do this. How can Aldi guarantee that their product is safe if it has been handled by another store and possibly contaminated.
If for example you got ill off a product from that shop, turned it over and saw Aldi, you could complain. If it turned out that for some reason that product had caused you harm then you could sue and Aldi would be liable even though the other shop sold it and could have tampered with it.
I would bet that if you contacted Aldi head office with this info they would have to investigate. You may even get a thank you.

Original poster
SnickersWasAHorse · 31/05/2017 20:19

The sad thing is that there is a really nice bakery close by and I had hoped they would sell their bread.
(You can see the bakery from the shop but it's on the other side of the river and therefore a ball ache to get to)

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libbyliz83 · 31/05/2017 20:20

I used to work for a supplier, this is not allowed! I'm pretty sure trading standards would have something to say as well as Aldi!

Bacere · 31/05/2017 20:25

Very surprised!

PUGaLUGS · 31/05/2017 20:27

I bought the exact same loaf in Aldi this afternoon. 99p

I am sure another shop shouldn't be selling it.

iklboo · 31/05/2017 20:29

Odd thought but could the bag be from Aldi and the bread is their own? Maybe they nicked a load got some empty bakery bags from somewhere?

ComputerUserNotTrained · 31/05/2017 20:30

Well you could get on to Aldi and trading standards about it and have the shop close down, which would help who, exactly?

I agree op that it would be nice if the shop stocked bread from the local bakery, but maybe that bakery won't supply them, or maybe they do stock bread from that bakery but they'd sold out. Bread is one of the staples that brings people into a grocery shop like that - if a customer stops by once and there's no bread, they might be disappointed. If that customer stops by a second time and there is no bread, then the third time they won't even bother trying.

malovitt · 31/05/2017 20:31

You are definitely not allowed to do this.
My friend had a small cafe and sold Sainsbury's own brand crisps - she was reported to trading standards and Sainsbury's threatened to sue her if they heard of her selling any of their own brand products again.

Waterlemon · 31/05/2017 20:34

Recently in Lidl, the sales assistant would not allow the guy in front of me at the checkout to buy the trolley load of bourbon biscuits - because they said they needed to leave some for other customers and knew he sold them for way more in his own shop and they had already "reported him" although to who I don't know! I presume trading standards.

He then started to smash up all the biscuits Shock - security escorted him out!

(Useless fact of the day - my local lidl employ retired Gurkhas as security guards and parking attendants!)

mermaidsandunicorns · 31/05/2017 20:37

I know for a fact as an employee that Aldi are mega protective of their brand The company's social media policy book is enough to tell me this.

They will be down on this like a tonne of reasonably priced baked beans.

phoenixtherabbit · 31/05/2017 20:38

mermaids that really made me laugh Grin

londonrach · 31/05/2017 20:39

I have seen restaurants staff with names of the restaurant buying garlic bread etc in lidl but never thought to question it, not sure its illegal but you right re the paper trail for health and safety.

ComputerUserNotTrained · 31/05/2017 20:39

Poor Aldi and Sainsbury having their own-brand products resold by small businesses :(

ComputerUserNotTrained · 31/05/2017 20:45

london if a restaurant or a shop is buying stuff from a retailer, it will come from petty cash and receipts will be kept. There will be a paper trail.

Retailers have no more control over the stock they sell to you and I - and how it is kept from the time it's bought to the time it's consumed - than they would over stock sold to a business.

rhinorocks · 31/05/2017 20:51

Most bread is made in 1 factory. it is then branded as sainsburys, tesco etc. When I worked for sainsburys we often got different brand bread in by accident- it came directly to each store from the bakery. Probably what happened.

Maudlinmaud · 31/05/2017 21:00

It's probably just something they do when they run out of bread. I would rather be able to buy a loaf from the corner shop than find out they had run out. Simply convenience.

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SnickersWasAHorse · 31/05/2017 21:10

Well you could get on to Aldi and trading standards about it and have the shop close down, which would help who, exactly?

I don't want to get the shop shut down, it just strikes me as a bit wrong.

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RJnomore1 · 31/05/2017 21:18

Is there not some tax related issue with this?

RJnomore1 · 31/05/2017 21:18

I mean buying at wholesale as opposed to high street retailers?

Blondielongie · 31/05/2017 21:54

I know someone who works in dominos and they also told me they do this when they run out of potato wedges!

foreverandalways · 31/05/2017 21:58

They are 99p at Aldi!

innitprawn · 31/05/2017 22:30

Poor shopkeeper trying to make a living!! People are bloody harsh! OP is still fucking standing and talking about her bread!

Leave the independent shopkeepers alone you cruel people!

Try making a living yourselves surrounded by a world of corporates that manipulate the market!

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SnickersWasAHorse · 31/05/2017 22:47

Poor shopkeeper trying to make a living!!

So it wouldn't bother you if a shop keeper was doing something illegal or immoral then, as they are an independent shop keeper and just trying to make a living.

Quite frankly I don't really care that much. I just feel that it is a bit off but I couldn't really put my finger on why. I wondered if others would feel the same way. That is all. I'm not going to trading standards or anything like that, but it just seems odd to me that someone is driving a mile up the road to buy stuff and sell it in their shop. I guess it isn't really that different to going a mile and a half up the road to the cash and carry but it just seems a bit wrong.

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PrincessLeia80 · 31/05/2017 22:59

I used to work in a shop which picked up a few bits from the supermarkets when things ran low. Doubt it's illegal why would it be? The supermarkets are only too happy to help I remember being sent to Tesco to get milk and they couldn't be more helpful even asked if I wanted to make it a regular order!

ComputerUserNotTrained · 31/05/2017 23:12

It's neither illegal not immoral though Confused

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