ALDI..why so manic with your shopping?

[avidcameron 10]

I do usually shop at Morrisons, the Hillsborough one, mainly because its the nearest supermarket to me. I try to get Morrisons own-brand stuff such as serials; if you shop cleverly there you can get quite a lot for your money.

 

I like serials,especially Life on Marks,and What Remains,not forgetting cornflakes and weetabix.

 

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Does anyone know when the Aldi at Langsett Rd opens?

 

The one on London road opens at 830 am.

[JME52K 10]

I use Millhouses and also the Dronfield Aldi and have never had an unpleasant cashier or shop floor worker. Admittedly there aren't as many staff around as Sainsbury's or Tesco but if you need help, I have always found them very good.

[Super Hans 10]

I like this thread, the more slow people being put off going to Aldi, the quicker my visits will be.

 

The fact is this, the quicker they put stuff through the tills, the quicker they get through the queue, the fewer till staff they have to employ, the lower the food costs overall.

 

If you want someone to help you pack your bags, well there are places to go, Morrisons and ASDA and the likes will happily do that for you, and it's one of the reasons their stuff is more expensive.

 

On the subject of till staff, why people would expect someone on minimum wage to sit there with a grin on his face when he gets idiot customers all day long complaining that he's scanning too fast...I don't know.

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[Bypassblade 10]

I like this thread, the more slow people being put off going to Aldi, the quicker my visits will be.

 

The fact is this, the quicker they put stuff through the tills, the quicker they get through the queue, the fewer till staff they have to employ, the lower the food costs overall.

 

If you want someone to help you pack your bags, well there are places to go, Morrisons and ASDA and the likes will happily do that for you, and it's one of the reasons their stuff is more expensive.

 

On the subject of till staff, why people would expect someone on minimum wage to sit there with a grin on his face when he gets idiot customers all day long complaining that he's scanning too fast...I don't know.

 

People aren't saying they want someone to pack their bags, what they are saying is they want to be able to pack them in a relaxed area at end of till & not feel rushed. I think we all know why Aldi do it, but I like the Asda way where the wife can bag it, and still be sociable with the till clerk.

[Super Hans 10]

People aren't saying they want someone to pack their bags, what they are saying is they want to be able to pack them in a relaxed area at end of till & not feel rushed. I think we all know why Aldi do it, but I like the Asda way where the wife can bag it, and still be sociable with the till clerk.

 

It's a shop though not a social club.

 

Efficiency, efficiency is cheaper and that means the till guy doesn't have time to socialise with you or your wife.

 

As I said, it's a compromise. If you want to stand and socialise with the till guy then go to ASDA. If you want everything done as quickly and cheaply as possible go to Aldi.

 

Actually customers who hold up the queue wasting everybody's time talking inconsequential nonsense at the checkout operator really do my head in.

 

Got busy lives, things to do. Just cause the OAP doesn't have to be anywhere they make everybody else behind them suffer.

[Bypassblade 10]

It's a shop though not a social club.

 

Efficiency, efficiency is cheaper and that means the till guy doesn't have time to socialise with you or your wife.

 

As I said, it's a compromise. If you want to stand and socialise with the till guy then go to ASDA. If you want everything done as quickly and cheaply as possible go to Aldi.

 

Actually customers who hold up the queue wasting everybody's time talking inconsequential nonsense at the checkout operator really do my head in.

 

Got busy lives, things to do. Just cause the OAP doesn't have to be anywhere they make everybody else behind them suffer.

 

Sadly I don't have a busy life and my weekly trip to the supermarket, or once a month or so many weeks to the pub, are the only real time I get with the wife to go out.

 

We do go to York occasionally and are limited, but hell why should I complain well I don't, I just put up with my lot. Plus was winter draws nearer I'll be going out probably less than normal.:(

[Super Hans 10]

Plus was winter draws nearer I'll be going out probably less than normal.:(

 

If only BST hadn't ended you'd have more daylight to go on in...

 

[Bypassblade 10]

If only BST hadn't ended you'd have more daylight to go on in...

 

 

If only I wasn't terminally ill, I could do lots more things :(

[avidcameron 10]

Part of the joy of shopping at Hillsborough Coop was the slow relaxed manners of the staff,who eschewed efficiency in favour of extending the hand of friendship to the elderly.I never found the other part in 20 years shopping at stores.

[alchresearch 214]

Have you noticed how the big supermarkets love to play each other off in their adverts, but never mention Aldi?

 

Yes, Asda may be the cheapest supermarket, but only for branded products, certainly not their own label stuff, which is usually made for all supermarkets by the same company and just rebranded.

[Bypassblade 10]

Have you noticed how the big supermarkets love to play each other off in their adverts, but never mention Aldi?

 

Yes, Asda may be the cheapest supermarket, but only for branded products, certainly not their own label stuff, which is usually made for all supermarkets by the same company and just rebranded.

 

True, very true, but I find their Smartprice stuff cheap, what hacks me off is how things really go up in such as Asda.

[alchresearch 214]

I don't like they way they sneakily raise the price a hefty amount then reduce it a week later with loads of fanfare.