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href="http://www.urbanomic.com/MT/undercurrent/archives/000 006.html">http://www.urbanomic.com/MT/undercurrent/archives ... LIDL’s uk outlets are part car-boot sale, part eastern-bloc theme park, part 70s simstim. It’s an extraordinary place that goes against every rule of the cutting-edge supermarket. You know how in Goodbye Lenin Alexander has to go out and get the old east-german pickles for his mum and finds the supermarket transformed into a cornucopia of glossy overpackaged goods from all over the planet? Going to LIDL is like that, in reverse. Other chains can be pleasingly parochial (at the Somerfield I went to in London there was a small section of an aisle signposted as ‘foreign foods’ – including that rare exotic creature, pasta). But LIDL tops them all for making no effort. Semiologically, it’s neither hot nor cool, it’s colder than Iceland, it’s where lifestyles go to die. ... |
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The worst place on earth. I recommend their gummi sweet, "Vitamin Friends". |
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And their apathetic, barely concious staff sometimes scan single barcodes on mulitpacks and don't notice that it only cost £1.20 for 6*2 litre bottles of pepsi :D You get some really weird hardware in lidl too. Halogen lamps on tripods, variable height trestle table legs (sold on their own- not paired or with a table top!) Some mental foreign foods there too. Unknown brand alcohol and chocolate that you might be able to pass off as "exotic" were it not for the shoddy packaging desings. |
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I think alot of the food is actually very good, the chocolate ice cream is great! |
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a lot of good cheap food. fruit+veg section leaves a lot to be desired. but for tinned/cereals/frozen/breads etc theyre usually pretty good. mad deals on german made laptops, dvd-burners + external hard drives sometimes too. the question is, who would win in a lidl vs aldi contest? |
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hey dont bash the lidl... i got a digital camera, price 260 ¤ for 150¤, and the stupid staff put in a 128 mb memcard instead of a 64 mb one. and i dont care about how it looks really :) the food does not taste bad at all, some things are better than the grade a brands |
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true, and the difference between how much decent food you can get for £30 in lidl and, say, £30 in sainsburys is phenomenal. |
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heh thats what i mean the veggies look like spraypainted dog poo .. but the other food is damn good :D when you wanna buy hardware you'd better get there early becuz sometimes the computers sell out in 2 hours |
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I work for the Albert Heijn, which is the most expensive supermarket out there... everything has to be clean and look shiny and new and fresh sometimes it pisses me off.. the scandalous price difference between the aldi/lidl and the high end supermarkets |
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this i know - had to get a couple of external hds for my old man last month. ceri is right though - the staff are often somewhat vacant. but ive worked in a small grocery/newsagent before, and that was mindnumbing enough. so i can understand where theyre coming from. |
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where are you from? ive not heard of the Albert Heijn chain before. |
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Tell me more. Lidl are establishing in Norway these days. There is a lot of fuzz about how bad the employees are treated. Still people apply for jobs as if they were mad |
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I like Lidl, its funny to say and then sell steak in a can which is very nice. Also fake twix bars called Mr Choc Caramel Biscuits are mouthwatering. They have their niche. |
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i tend to find that people who slate lidl's food are doing so purely on price. theyve never actually eaten any + seem to have been brainwashed into the delusion that, in order to get good food, you have to pay waitrose/sainsbury/tesco prices. most of the price difference goes into interior design + tv advertising campaigns, not into getting better, fresher food. |
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I agree that lidi plays its part its just the shampoo makes my hair fall out . |
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hahaha thats true. happened to a friend of mine. my advice is not to buy their shampoo. |
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lidl is the shit. |
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I saw quite a good thing (on Kilroy of all places) where they explained the reason behind people's snobbishness regarding supermarket stores (I mean, does it matter where you buy Kellogs cornflakes or Cadbury's hot chocolate?!) Years ago, cheaper green grocers etc. used to "cut" food in much the same way drug dealers do with drugs now. For example, fine grain flour was cut with plaster etc. As health and safety, trading standards and ethics generally have improved (as well as decreasing costs in food production) have resulted in all stores (even the cheap ones) having "acceptable quality" food. On the subject of store's own brand foods, it's a myth that it is *all* generic. True, the same bakeries provide the same crumpets for Tescos, Somerfield and some namd brands, but even within one supermarkets ranges there are differences. Tesco's "Finest" range for example is different food (not just packaging) to their "value" range. |
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I hate people who so their "weekly shop" in Marks & Spencers. Overpriced nonsense. I buy all my food from local shops, expecially my fine grain flour which, if I don't use it all before it's sell by date, I can use for filling holes in the wall. I refuse to go into a Spar, I won't shop at Netto, I occasionally set foot in Asda and Sainsburys, but that is very rare. I like to cook my own meals, with proper ingrediants, not buy packets. |
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Refuse to go to Spar? You're missing out on something very special; Spar's own brand vodka. A fantastic way to demonstrate to someone that you're not just "paying for the label" and that all vodkas do not taste alike. NB: It really is rough as boots, don't ever drink it. I prefer proper cooking to "ready meals" too. I keep a few pasta bake sauces and curry sauces in the cupboard for quick meals when I'm busy/feeling lazy, but they're hardly a staple of my diet. It's cheaper to make your own meals etc. too. I tend to make several portions and freeze most of them. |
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lidl is not bad at all. actually loads of products are better than the leadeing brands baby wipes (i have a son) are half price and the quality is better than pampers johnson's also for the ice cream nad the chocolate soem are excellent (milk chocolate and whole almonds ) |
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the beer they sell tastes weird...atleast here in finland..but its cheaper... |
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