[Closed] Aldi - dispatches.

your probably right but then i wouldnt eat wotsits or cinnemon cereal anyway.

i tend to stick to the ingredients to make real food and i then work with the bagged extra fruit and veg - extra stuff and left overs... thatll be soup and smoothies then - or even banana bread. MMMMMMM

I don't shop in Aldi for 2 reasons:

1. their own brands are complete rip offs of other companies' products - simply ripping off a brand that someone else has designed and in most cases heavily invested in the promotion of is unethical.

2. Aldi take up to 120 days to pay suppliers. It's not difficult to run a low cost business when your suppliers (in many case small companies) are effectively providing your working capital.

I was accused of dropping a pallet of jam in the warehouse and demanded to see the video footage and it went away quietly.

Are you me? That sounds very familiar.

1. their own brands are complete rip offs of other companies' products - simply ripping off a brand that someone else has designed and in most cases heavily invested in the promotion of is unethical.

They all do that so where do you shop?

The blocked fire exit was the only major issue in the documentary.

I do sometime get annoyed at some of the very fast checkout operators or the shelf fillers who block the aisles and barge you out of the way. We top up our shop in Sainsburys which is over the road from Aldi and the staff behaviour is markedly different - those on the shop floor are like zombies and don't appear to be doing anything of any purpose. Those on the checkouts are slow and insisting on asking inane hairdresser style questions about my day.
On balance I prefer the Aldi staff although some perhaps the speed targets shout be knocked down a bit.

This programme messed up and got you all confused Aldi are not selling out of date food. The L code is not the best before or use by date but in fact the date it was packed L32 06 for instance means it was packed in the 32nd financial week of the year on Saturday. They only carry over 20% of fresh stock maximum into the next day so In the morning all the stock left will go on top and is usually gone by 10-11am. They are able to deliver such no costs no because the quality is less but because the biggest cost to a business by far is personal cost so they keep this extremely low by understaffing stores and staff do twice as much work as other supermarkets. This is graded in productivity points. For instance an asda taking 100k would probably have around 40 staff to man tills and work delivery. An aldi 10-15 staff. This allows them to give you a high quality product at a low price. Lidl and aldi have pretty much an identically business strategy.

They all do that so where do you shop?

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Can't find the Aldi one but Lidl do the same
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blatantly coppied and intended to deceive ------the hard of sight.

. Tesco, Sainsbury etc have their own branding.

Which copies the higher branding just like Aldi.

For example I bought a bottle of Aldi Anti-Dandruff shampoo as my Sainsbury's one was getting low. They're identical both copying Head and Shoulders.

No They don't. The Aldi own brand stuff copies the branding of higher value products. Tesco, Sainsbury etc have their own branding.

using a cylindrical tin for the bake beans shocking !

i also have a slight issue in that - i couldnt give a shit whats on the packet.....

scribbled on in a sharpie would do me so long as whats in the packet is of decent quality.

i also have a slight issue in that - i couldnt give a shit whats on the packet.....

scribbled on in a sharpie would do me so long as whats in the packet is of decent quality.

Snap!

tesco's and sainsbury's can't do it to the same extent as aldi and lidl, but they probably would if they could, as they stock the branded goods and the own brands side by side, Aldi and lidl don't stock the branded goods.

Which? says and demonstrates different

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your probably right but then i wouldnt eat wotsits or cinnemon cereal anyway.

I don't tend to either but they're useful with us both working full time and Jr needing feeding on the hoof from time to time.

i tend to stick to the ingredients to make real food

As do I and that's the reason I don't shop at Aldi. Anything but the most basic herbs and spices are beyond them, as are a great many other ingredients I tend to use when cooking from scratch. If I wanted to eat meat and potatoes every day then Aldi would be fine but I like to push the boat out a bit further than that.

Out of interest, what does Aldi not sell which you need for cooking from scratch?

He must be a very exotic cook.

"To a greater or lesser degree", also Sainsbury's were famously done a few years ago for copying, almost identically, the Nescafe branding, so are probably treading lightly.
Picking Monster Munch is not conclusive either that they are not doing it. The truth is that they are as you so aptly demonstrate with the Carte d'Or. When rushing around the supermarket I would probably not realise my mistake until I got home.
Don't forget they spend a lot of money on branding, there's a reason why they choose colours, images, packaging materials, styles, etc.
Are you also immune to all marketing too?

Out of interest, what does Aldi not sell which you need for cooking from scratch?

It's not much use for SE Asian cookery, but then neither are the mainstream supermarkets - I go to a Chinese supermarket for stuff like fish sauce, tamarind, etc. For day-to-day cookery it's fine.

[quote=Drac]Are you me? That sounds very familiar.

If you lived in Hessle and worked in Morrisons in Beverley then we may just be the same person. That's quite worrying.

When rushing around the supermarket I would probably not realise my mistake until I got home.

That's what they're counting on. You're not paying attention, you buy own brand by mistake. I guess they hope you like it and buy it next time.

Chainreaction employee reviews on Glassdoor also appear to have been deleted.

If you lived in Hessle and worked in Morrisons in Beverley then we may just be the same person.

Phew! We're not.

Out of interest, what does Aldi not sell which you need for cooking from scratch?

Can't remember exactly (Harissa and Garam Masala spring to mind. Got a feeling I couldn't even get Rosemary?) but I went in a couple of times when ours first opened and came away without quite a few items on my list.

Some people on here seem to get very touchy when it comes to Aldi. If you're happy shopping there then whoopy-doo, go for it. Simple fact is though that it's a compromise over the mainstream and not one I, or many others are willing to make.

He must be a very exotic cook.

If you call not having meat, carrots and potatoes everyday exotic then yes, I probably am. 😉

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Out of interest, what does Aldi not sell which you need for cooking from scratch?

Fresh curry leaf.

If you call not having meat, carrots and potatoes everyday exotic then yes, I probably am

I must have a different Aldi as ours sells more than that.

Fresh curry leaf.

And you use that every day?

Aldi and lidl don't stock the branded goods.

Fresh curry leaf.

Chipotle paste? non (both of which sainsburys claim to sell but are never in our HUGE Supermarket)

Our small one does. 😀

how are aldi supposed to market their "weetabix" anyway ? they come from the same factory, I know the girl who handles the invoicing. Maybe a plain brown paper bag.

Aldi is one of the things I miss most from the UK.

Straightforward prices, happy staff, quality products, not paying for pointless endless choice.

I'm not sure looking at one supermarket chain gives a balanced view!

Our small one does.

My Local Aldi is further away than the closest Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, and is next to the closest ASDA, yet I will shop in Aldi before I would go to any of the others.

Really depends what your are after I suppose, if you are super particular that your Mars bars and Wotsits must be just so, then yeah dont go to Aldi and buy their versions. My fussy kids don't like it in Aldi because their stuff is "different", but if you are buying ingredients to cook with then it is definitely the place to go. All the stuff I buy from there is as good or better than the from the other supermarkets, but costs maybe 65% as much.

My guily pleasures are Toro Loco, Wiennerschnitzel, Taurus pear cider, and that Mather Ross (sp?) chocolate or is that Lidl, not sure? I also enjoy the "lets check out everything they have in the random lucky dip aisle" distraction from the shopping too.

Costco for the meat, Poundland for all the branded crisps and chocolates for the kids packed lunches

i know right klunk....

i have a packet of tesco wheet biscuits on my desk atm....

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And you use that every day?

Of course not, I have to get it flown in from south west India and they only fly out on Wednesdays.

Bane of my bloody life. 🙁

Tesco have two wheat biscuits in the bowl, whereas Aldi have three Wheat Bisks stacked up (three whole Wheat Bisks!!!)...

I'm not sure looking at one supermarket chain gives a balanced view!

Yeah. I wonder why there wasn't some sort of comparison to the others, as you write, just for balance. It also made me wonder at the motives/incentives behind the program and who knows who etc.

Channel 4 Dispatches - sticking their nose in other folks business since forever...

Fresh curry leaf.
Tesco and asda also do not sell this. I find all of the supermarkets crap for particulars. Fresh Jalapenos? non. Chipotle paste? non (both of which sainsburys claim to sell but are never in our HUGE Supermarket)

The bigger supermarkets seem to stock some of their shelves more according to the local demand.
"South London" Asda had a whole aisle like an asian supermarket - always had curry leaf. And about 10 types of chillis, but can't be certain fresh Jalapenos.
"Surrey" Sainsburys thought it was a ****ing Waitrose. All the ingredients jars- chipotle, harrisa, Ras el Hanout etc.
But don't see them in the local one now that's about 4 times the size.
Suffolk Asda was full of local cider, sausages and free range pork.

Aldi just sell what they sell, doesn't really as much matter what the customer wants.

Yeah. I wonder why there wasn't some sort of comparison to the others, as you write, just for balance. It also made me wonder at the motives/incentives behind the program and who knows who etc.

Big four secretly commissioning a stitch up to try and arrest the loss of market share to Aldi? My tin foil hat is shiny today...

Btw that Scottish store is my local Aldi - the staff are always excellent. The manager js a loudmouth bawbag but in my experience (part-time work in the past) I think thats fairly standard for supermarket managers!

Big four secretly commissioning a stitch up to try and arrest the loss of market share to Aldi? My tin foil hat is shiny today...

Heh. I added a bit about removing my tinfoil hat but decided to omit it from my final post as it read like I was accusing Hugo of wearing one.

But yeah, it's probably not true...

oh and something else i noticed while out at lunch doingmy weekly shop.

no zero hour contracts on offer at my local aldi.

minimum of 25hours.

tesco or asda are ?

Hmm, this documentary really was quite poor.

I'd thought it might be an investigation into the supply chain and the supplier/grower/farmer exploitation that might occur due to the food being so cheap.... However as that was not shown, is it really that Aldi only minimises overhead costs to sell the food so cheap?

This programme messed up and got you all confused Aldi are not selling out of date food. The L code is not the best before or use by date but in fact the date it was packed L32 06 for instance means it was packed in the 32nd financial week of the year on Saturday.

This is exactly what I thought the code was, a packing date, hence in being in 'code'

generally I do not have a problem with people copying brands but even I am appalled at someone trying to copy Monster Munch.

Back off and have some respect. You can't mess about with Monster Munch.

Is nothing sacred anymore?

Enjoyed 2 bottles of £3 wine last week also.

I'm intrigued by this (regardless of where they were bought) were they actually enjoyable?! 😀

The thing is, the duty (in addition to VAT) on a bottle of wine is fixed at £2.05. So £3 less VAT is £2.50, then less the duty leaves 45p per bottle.

Out of that 45p you've got to grow the grapes, pick the grapes, process the grapes into wine, store the wine, transport the wine and then bottle the wine. Plus there will be producer/supplier mark ups all within that 45p

If you paid £4 a bottle you'd have £1.28 going into the production of the wine