Aldi wins !

Poundland do a strong ground Italian style coffee for...guess what, a pound. 

Tesco and Sainburys have huge contracts with Spain, Italy and France hence their reluctance on supporting Brexit and having to buy in UK.  Apparently the most UK produced fruit and veg. is bought by Lidl, Aldi and Waitrose.

One item we always buy at Lidl is tomato ketchup.  We always used Heinz before, but we now prefer the taste of the Lidl one.  And it  costs much less.

Their ordinary mayonnaise is good, but we find their light one is a bit gloopy and prefer the Hellemans Light.

Their olive oil and rapeseed oil we find good, and also the various spreads, their jams and marmelades, salad dressings, and yoghurts and desserts.  We also like their cheese, they have a very good parmesan, just wish our store had a bigger selection of cheeses.

For gound coffee and beans, we usually get the Ikea one, will need to try the Lidl and Aldi ones.

We also buy our white and wholemeal bread flour from Lidl, and we like their biscuits and their bakery stuff.  We find getting bread flour abroad very difficult.

Meat there is good, most fish too, and their frozen stuff.

They do have a wine section, David, but I have to say, I have been disappointed with the wines I have bought from here.  Some of the other produce we find very good though, we've had some good meat from Aldi, and some of their own brands are equally as good as some of the leading brands e.g. the weetabix equivalent comes to mind.

We do buy lots of stuff from Aldi, but do not like their bread.  Best place for bread is Lidl - far better than anything from other supermarkets, bar none!

I'm not a fan of the layout of the Aldi supermarket as such, but I do like looking through the miscellaneous bargain bins in the middle, where you can get anything from sets of screwdrivers to sandwich toasters and awning grouundsheets and  generators.  Aisles tend to be small and crowded and you can't get absolutely everything you want.  

We tend to go to a variety of supermarkets.  We start at Aldi for much of the stuff, go to Lidl for bread and anything else that we couldn't get at Aldi.  If we're still short of items then we pop in at Asda or Sainsbury's, but I'm not a fan as they are both huge shops and the ages to get around.  If I can't get the wine I want from Sainsbury's or Asda, then I'll pop in to the Co-op.  Jam doughnuts.... definitely from Sainsbury's.  (P.S. We don't have a Tesco or Waitrose locally)

David

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David

Excellent David! And oh so true.........

Very funny DSB, thanks...

Living out of town it would be impractical to go to more than one supermarket in a shopping trip. I shop once a week at Booths seven miles away. Some things may be dearer, but the quality and provenance is second to none. The store is small enough not to feel overwhelming, but stocks everything I need. Including a very good Gin section! And the staff remember us and talk to us. 

About every two months I get an online order from Asda for bulky or heavy stuff (large bags of rice, toilet rolls etc).

i make my own bread and buy flour in bulk from Shipton Mill.  And English Wine online.

So, I cant comment on Aldi!

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I live in a small market town which has Tesco, Sainsburys, Lidl and Co-oP. 

The High Street now has 2 Banks (one is closing down); 2 x Butchers; 1 x Deli; an Electrical store; a betting shop; 3 x 'Tat' shops; 2 x Barbers/Hairdressers; 4 x Pubs; 2 x Restaurants and 6 or 7 Charity shops; 4 x Cafes; and 5 card shops

Aldi has just been refused planning permission.

As much as I'd like to shop in there, I prefer to do home shopping!!