Aldi, the German discounter

No, a whole trolley of course .

Can't you just get some old push chair wheels in the tradition of using old pram wheels to make a "trolley " , there is probably one fly tipped near you

Fine, if you are getting enjoyment out of it, wheels are fairly easy to obtain for near nowt though, a lot will become available in the next few weeks as kids begin to break up their Christmas toys

G.Harman

But Dave said 'us' and he does.

It's not a discount supermarket. It's a budget supermarket.

I tried it once, it was disgusting. Two years ago the wife mistakenly bought a jar of it. It is still in the cupboard - unopened.

In article , whisky-dave writes

Nonsense. Self service was introduced for the benefit of customers with a small number of items so they didn't have to queue behind a large trolley. It's ruined by the d******ds who put a trolley load through at about 1 tenth of the speed of a manned checkout.

In article , "Dave Plowman (News)" writes

I always advise people not to stand in the queue behind me because if something is going to f** up it will be in my queue.

You do know the difference between a shopping trolley, a supermarket trolley don't you? ;-)

I don't need to make a trolley, we already have one. However, we regularly carry a very heavy load in ours and the plastic wheels aren't likely to survive as long as the frame or bag. So, it seemed logical to me to 'improve' the design so we aren't stranded half way home with a bag full of stuff we can't lift, let alone carry! ;-(

Well, indirectly ... getting home in one piece ... with something you have made yourself and improving the design to make it more robust and better rolling is 'a good thing' that I think most might also enjoy? ;-)

Once you find some (that fit the axle and are the right diameter so the trolleys don't fall over when parked etc) please let me know. A local supplier of such trolleys had to cannibalise new trolleys to replace broken wheels under warranty. ;-(

See above.

Cheers, T i m

How do you know it's awful then?

codswallop it was introduced because they thought thought there was money to be made, shops never do anything for our benefit unless there is money in it.

We do not have that problem, I am glad that Australians do not hold your view, and I doubt many British do.

You may want to read again what he wrote...

When you use a supermarket, you do pretty well everything yourself. Why is scanning the items to pay your bill in anyway different?

Makes you wonder why everyone doesn't do it ?

Excellent. And leave clear those where the idea is to make the shopping 'experience' as brief as possible. Which also requires customers with a similar desire.

I'm surprised you don't shop at Harrods. Perhaps they still employ people to open the doors for you too there.

To return to this I visited a Lidl this afternoon which has only been open a few months.

End of the belt line ends in a storage area similar but larger than many of the older supermarkets, the recess where you used to nose a trolley in as found in the older style Lidl stores is no longer there.

The packing shelf set along a glass wall a yard or two beyond the the tills is much reduced in depth in fact though you could put some items on it while you tranfer items from trolley to bags putting a cardboard box obtained from the pile left by the shelf stackers for that purpose as was once done would be restricted to quite small boxes. Infact its main purpose now may just be to protect the glass glazing from knocks from trolleys.

Some will miss he old style way which made for extremly fast shopping before Lidl became acceptable to visit without a disguise for members of Mumsnet but its plain that Lidl managment see that the old method no longer suits the market it wants to serve and has adapted. It also has I mentioned up thread self service tills for those who want to play shop assistants.

G.Harman

And the *satisfaction*

Havn't succumbed to a 3d printer (yet). Waiting for metal spray and laser sintering to become affordable.

Only half true these days, the "quality" food and wine compares well with the big players.