[arista]

[The discount chain confirms plans to cash in on its growing popularity by more than doubling store numbers in a £600m investment.]


http://news.sky.com/story/1370515/al...-35000-uk-jobs

[JoshBB]

Sure to get the economy going, or at least make some more competition.

[arista]

Originally Posted by JoshBB

Sure to get the economy going, or at least make some more competition.

Very True
Josh

[user104658]

Aldi might want to stop being sneaky f... Ers if they want to continue growing. They harvested a tonne of customers with rock bottom prices and now have started sneaking the prices of almost every product up. Used to do the bulk of my weekly shop there with a few more obscure items from Asda. It's now flipped round. Cheaper to do the bulk of the shop at Asda and just get meat and fruit from Aldi (still much cheaper).

Aldi won't last in direct competition with the big supermarkets. Their customer service is horrendous, store layouts abysmal, and half the time they only have one till on so you have to wait 15 minutes behind a pensioner doing their weekly shop just to buy one pack of mince.

The only thing that made that acceptable was that the shop was significantly (30 to 40%) cheaper. No one is going to put up with waiting ages just to be be rushed through a grubby till by an overworked, harassed, and therefore rude, cashier if it's only to save a couple of quid.

The big players are starting to wise up, IMO. If aldi don't keep their prices rock bottom they'll crumble.

[Kizzy]

True and with bigger and flashier stores and the ad campaigns that must cost millions as aldi is on every ad break, sometimes twice that's not likely.

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

aldi is so depressing idk if it is the decor or the lighting or what but i always feel sad in aldi

asda/tesco tho

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Scott

aldi is so depressing idk if it is the decor or the lighting or what but i always feel sad in aldi

asda/tesco tho

It is depressing, the floors are pee yellow, the stock is stacked haphazardly, and the staff are miserable because there are usually only 4 or 5 of them trying to do absolutely everything (running half way down the shop from stacking a shelf to man the till - ridiculous).

It makes me feel poor . If it was any extra effort I wouldn't go at all... But, it's literally right across the road from our Asda and like I said, the meat and fruit is cheaper so I can't justify spending extra just to save a 30 second walk. Also my wife consumes coconut milk by the gallon and it's 79p in aldi compared to nearly £2 in Asda... That's about the the only other regular shopping item that works out cheaper at aldi, though.

Our local Tesco is a shambles though. Worse than Aldi. Even worse than Lidl! Well, ok, I wouldn't go THAT far.

[arista]

"The big players are starting to wise up,"


Yes in Leeds the first New Netto Discount Market
set up by Sainsburys

[waterhog]

after all this i am set in my mind - for sure aldi are going to grow for sure even with bad customer service and badly designed stores and shabby shelving and this is due to the saving on the of the £££££££££££ because if you are struggling and as much as you may dislike it you have to shop with in your means and what works out best for you.

as for the big supermarkets - yes they have there loyal customers but like like toy sol says - some are a shambles and mainly i would say tesco and i feel this is because they have got complaisant and there recent headines show they are not the power they once thought there were.

[Kizzy]

Tesco did get complacent all the big supermarkets have, in aldis favour I suppose they are the only ones offering an alternative to the big brands that isn't their inferior own brand.

[Glenn.]

Wouldnt it be a blow for all the main stores? Not sure why its a blow to just Tesco?

Tesco>>>>