Went to Lidl and spend over £50. The guy behind the til scanned voucher giving me a tenner off.
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Newbold
7 Dec 15#35
And so have I - though I see you're carefully avoiding mentioning which Lidl competitor is overcharging you. I read all the labels, and I know what they mean. I also know which suppliers in many cases. There's no point talking to people who won't listen, and just follow blind prejudice. Unless, of course, you're just another Morrisons/Tesco/Sainsbury/Asda employee desperately trying to talk down the opposition (including Aldi) which is slowly wiping out their existing business model.
Elevation
7 Dec 15#34
I've had experience of both - which is how I know how god-awful the muck in Lidl is. Thanks all the same. As for same suppliers? Uuumm clearly you're so desperate to save money that you never actually read labels. Read them a bit more carefully, then we'll talk.
mirandaleivers
6 Dec 15#33
It's a great deal. I've used 3 this week and if I had the time, would have used my 4th to get my free Xmas turkey, as recommended by Phillip and Holly!
sandrabear
6 Dec 15#32
I have two local stores one you could spend £50 easily and the other sells a much more limited selection of products. They are still lacking in some areas particularly pet food items for fussy pets, also some things you just can't get there. I find some things are nice others I prefer elsewhere. I used one only due to it being the run up to Christmas.
bonzobanana
6 Dec 15#31
I do make bad choices with food I must admit. I buy a lot of processed food which is what I find poor quality in Lidl. Most of my shopping in Lidl is fresh food, fruit and veg, meat etc. In that way its actually improving my diet! I don't think the baked beans there are any healthier just horrible tasting. I remember having a tin of curry that tasted like toothpaste it had soo much mint in and I threw it away but saw someone else buying half a dozen tins shortly after. The other day I tried their chef select lasagne, the large one, it was absolutely vile! Very wierd tasting. Still don't get me wrong I've gotten to know what I like in Lidl and it can be great value especially some of the weekly offers in hardware etc.
I prefer Aldi but our local store closed because it was in a poor location. Hoping they come back to Yeovil.
Elevation
6 Dec 152#11
To be honest I think I'd have started self harming before I'd spent long enough in Lidl to rack up a £50 spend.
Newbold to Elevation
6 Dec 15#30
What a sad life you must lead - perhaps you'd care to elaborate on which shops attract your custom for the same goods, from the same suppliers, but at around 30% greater cost? :smile:
Elevation
6 Dec 15#29
Thank you, Lidl, for pointing this out. SEE bonzobanana? It isn't that the food there is trash, it's that you have the wrong taste in trash!! Lower your standards and save a bit of money. People are just so fussy.
juggler1
5 Dec 15#2
Have some heat- I know about this deal, used another one today, but I like the imaginative pic :smiley:
dTee86 to juggler1
6 Dec 15#28
Thanks :laughing:
Suzy Q 231
5 Dec 15#1
I think you were lucky as the voucher was in the last Saturday's Mail & Sun newspaper, which you had to buy. I used mine today. Well, worth it though!
LongPockets to Suzy Q 231
5 Dec 15#6
I saw the checkout guy pull a voucher out from under the counter and scan it to give a customer the reduction. They hadn't even known about it. It is a bit of a feat to spend £50 in Lidl, though.
dTee86 to Suzy Q 231
6 Dec 15#27
Wow, I must have been. Maybe he fancied me.
samk20
6 Dec 15#26
I got my voucher from the mail newspaper and it expired end of closing today . I always go aldi , thought I will give lidl a try as I never been before. and I'm not going again! expensive compared to aldi
mistafaz
6 Dec 15#25
I hate Lidls unbranded crisps/chocs/canned stuff.
Fruit is the only high quality stuff they have.
Asda are way cheaper and offer multi-buy discounts and they sell branded food.
Suzy Q 231
6 Dec 15#24
Well, I agree with bonzobana's comments re European market.
I went to a Lidl in Vilamoura, Portugal and it was even better than mine!!
2kg of fresh strawberries for approx £3.00 & I brought the remainder home! Perfect quality.
Suzy Q 231
6 Dec 15#23
It may depend on where your Lidl is. Mine in Leeds is in an up & coming area Chapel Allerton and stocks a lot of very good quality fruit and vegetables, in store bakery, as they all have, and good quality fresh meat, fish and some excellent high quality fish / frozen such as sea bass at £2.99 for 2 fillets.
They are stocking a lot more quality and branded goods too now.
I have saved around £50.00 a month by shopping there, it is quite hard to spend £50.00 in there, but my shop included loads of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and Duck, Chicken and Lamb. No rubbish food, all fresh & I know that shop in say Asda would have cost around £20+ more.
WiggyDiggyPoo
6 Dec 15#22
Lol at people saying its a struggle to spend £50. Should it be more expensive to make it easier for you?
tora123
6 Dec 15#21
There are very few poor quality products now in Lidls, Its your taste which is different to the eurpoean market where these items are manufactured. A bake bean is a bake bean but the sauce which it comes in is from a different recipe normally a healther version with less sugar and additive which is why it may not taste as nice as Heinz.
The reason there are very few brands in lidls is because the band manufacturers dictate the high price you have to pay for there product. The unbranded products are often just as good for a lot lower price.
Customers are now realising this which is why lidl and aldi are doing so well.
As for spending £50 easy, toilet rolls washing liquid and lots of other long life products mixed in with essentials like veg.
cxv
6 Dec 15#20
thanks!
sjhendo
6 Dec 151#19
Thank you
It's great to know staff are putting through the vouchers. I might use this when I get the special malts at £49.99
MrsMcNoodles
6 Dec 15#17
No idea how people struggle to spend £50 in Lidl.
bonzobanana to MrsMcNoodles
6 Dec 15#18
Firstly its a much more limited range than other supermarkets. It doesn't sell many brands people want to buy and also many of the products are poor quality and lastly what there is you want to buy is often fairly cheap for example fruit and veg. For me I would guess what I'd want to buy from Lidl without a voucher is probably £10-12 in total. I wouldn't buy the stuff Lidl charges more for than Tesco's, Asda etc i.e. tins, cereal etc that is sold as smartprice, everyday value etc in normal supermarkets but is at a higher price in Lidl under a fake brand or often inferior than the supermarket value brands like the awful lidl baked beans etc.
I just keep to the stuff that is great quality or good quality and good value. I'm not very loyal I keep shopping at all the supermarkets making use of vouchers to buy the products I like from each shop or their offers. Most supermarkets have something they do better than other supermarkets or is better value.
bonzobanana
6 Dec 15#16
I went in with someone else and each of us had to get to £25 so we could have a fiver off each. Still a bit of a struggle. Bought 3x the half price chili chicken offer and 2 of their £1.49 curries plus a load of fruit and veg and 8 cans of pear cider. The only way I got the chili chicken was by finding it in another chilled fridge as its proper section was empty. The Lidl was very poorly stocked in places and some of the veg was really manky but the store is closing in a few days so maybe that explains it. I was hoping for some additional offers due to closure but didn't see anything.
blue1971
6 Dec 15#15
Brilliant deal we bought loads of costly extras which are not so costly at Lidl jus to make up the £50,quality place to shop along with Aldi
landerson07
6 Dec 15#14
same happened to me the other day and I spent over £90 quite easily
hotphoenix30
6 Dec 15#13
It is not hard to spend £50 in there if you have a freezer! I bought (amongst other things) 2 large pork joints, 2 large chickens, 5% fat beef and mince beef (great if you are doing slimming world), chicken pieces and a large bottle of their most expensive brandy for my FIL. I can confirm that it did not challenge my brain to spend £50!!
Ozzie
6 Dec 15#12
lucky op , don't forget last weeks vouchers run out today
shame I couldn't save them for the workshop tools offers starting Thurs
stevos9
5 Dec 152#5
Just spent mine tonight, tbh I really struggled to spend £50 I definitely prefer Aldi although lidl ok for smaller shops...
aym280 to stevos9
6 Dec 15#10
Same here! It is a nightmare. I bought a rice cooker for £9.99, took it back to the shop and found out there were loads, so refunded the bought one and dumped a new one to make up the £50. Extremely hard work. HOWEVER, they had pellet-loads of chicken legs going at £1.12 for 4 or five. And you can also try the Eridanous PEPPADEW & CHILLIES stuffed with Greek cheese in it at £1.69. It is lovely when pureed for sphagetti. Every time I go there, I grab 10. It makes incredible flavour and tastes like those in Prezzo
benjammin316
6 Dec 15#9
Not really a deal
rodman
6 Dec 15#8
LOL
cold from me
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5 Dec 151#7
Not really - spent £90 in there this week, including jumper, xmas decorations, wine and beer
jimmybo
5 Dec 151#4
OP was lucky with their local Lidl store - which was mentioned/posted in the actual deals
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I prefer Aldi but our local store closed because it was in a poor location. Hoping they come back to Yeovil.
Fruit is the only high quality stuff they have.
Asda are way cheaper and offer multi-buy discounts and they sell branded food.
I went to a Lidl in Vilamoura, Portugal and it was even better than mine!!
2kg of fresh strawberries for approx £3.00 & I brought the remainder home! Perfect quality.
They are stocking a lot more quality and branded goods too now.
I have saved around £50.00 a month by shopping there, it is quite hard to spend £50.00 in there, but my shop included loads of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, and Duck, Chicken and Lamb. No rubbish food, all fresh & I know that shop in say Asda would have cost around £20+ more.
The reason there are very few brands in lidls is because the band manufacturers dictate the high price you have to pay for there product. The unbranded products are often just as good for a lot lower price.
Customers are now realising this which is why lidl and aldi are doing so well.
As for spending £50 easy, toilet rolls washing liquid and lots of other long life products mixed in with essentials like veg.
It's great to know staff are putting through the vouchers. I might use this when I get the special malts at £49.99
I just keep to the stuff that is great quality or good quality and good value. I'm not very loyal I keep shopping at all the supermarkets making use of vouchers to buy the products I like from each shop or their offers. Most supermarkets have something they do better than other supermarkets or is better value.
shame I couldn't save them for the workshop tools offers starting Thurs
cold from me
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/10-off-a-50-spend-voucher-lidl-wednesday-s-daily-mail-60p-2340153
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/10-off-a-50-spend-voucher-lidl-december-lidl-news-mag-saturday-s-daily-mail-90p-2336452?page=6#comments
Try this in most Lidl stores without the voucher and you'll have to put all your shopping back - or pay the full price
Not a deal!