OT Aldi

[Owain]

Be honest, you really want one of those compliant Amish wives ;-)

Owain

[Bill Wright]

She should use small independent shops, butchers, fishmongers, etc.

Bill

[MM]

Which is exactly as it should be. 6.8 *billion* bags were used in

2010! Anyone using a "free" carrier bag should be read the riot act, in my view. Get a "bag for life", then you'll know it's disposed of properly when the time comes. Or get a hessian bag.

MM

[DerbyBorn]

Steve Firth wrote in news:707985621365723734.667003%steve%- [e-mail]-september .org:

The Strawberry Crunch cereal is my absolute favourite.

I couldn't shop for everything at Aldi / Lidl but always go about once a fornight to get some items that are either excellent value - or known to be a good taste. Potato Wedges, Red Wine. (Not cheese or bread). Always good to see the everchanging range of hardware / DIY stuff.

[tim.....]

Mrs Pounder sez she is spending too much money feeding me and is going to Aldi tomorrow. She usually feeds me from Asda or Tesco etc.... Is Aldi food s**te or is it okay?

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It varies, some of it is perfectly acceptable, and some of it is rubbish that you wont buy again.

tim

[ARWadsworth]

[tim.....]

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wrong religion :-(

tim

[Tim+]

But are useless for lining your under-sink rubbish bin. I hate waste plastic as much as the next man but as we have to store rubbish for up to two weeks in our wheely bin, I'm not putting it in there unbagged so supermarket carrier bags aren't entirely wasted.

How many people are using reusable shopping bags but buying more bin bags?

Tim

Tim

[Nick Odell]

I keep a trickle of supermarket bags coming into the house precisely to use as free bin liners. But I don't need them at the moment since the clothing charity scam people seem to be in the area at the moment and are leaving lots of bigger, nicer bags that I can use instead for the same purpose.

Nick

[Martin]

and they collect them when full :)

[Huge]

If the Irish experience is generally applicable, all of them.

[Mr Pounder]

Debit card

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[Mr Pounder]

Pay to park, pay more for the goods, have less choice and wonder up and down the High Street in the pissing down rain? Those days are gone and yes, I do feel sorry for the small shops.

[The Medway Handyman]

You wouldn't still be miffed about their cheap olive oil would you?

[tim.....]

You wouldn't still be miffed about their cheap olive oil would you?

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Trust me! The one thing that you don't want to do is buy cheap olive oil (unless it's for ear drops)

tim

[ARWadsworth]

mind boggles.

[jgh]

Definiately ok. My food bill has doubled since Asda took over Netto, and getting the bus to Aldi on the other side of the city, just makes it the same cost.

JGH

[ARWadsworth]

Pay for parking? It's OK to park on double yellow lines and nip into the shop if you put your hazard warning lights on.

Of course you have less choice in a local independent shop such as Bill suggested. When I call into the local butchers he never seems to sell nothing other than meat related products of the highest quality. I have to go into the off licence next door to the butchers for my beer.

[Mr Pounder]

No it is not.

Well, I got 4 cans of 4.1 proof cans of lager for £2.79. I have not tasted them yet.

[Mr Pounder]

Taa.