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Aliantha · 06-17-2009, 09:36 PM

Hmmm...sort of. Most of the stock is not well known brands. It's mostly imported (but then again, so is most of our processed food), but from different places than we're used to. It's kind of like an alternate food universe really.

Sundae · 06-18-2009, 02:37 AM

It's good for cured meats, the sort of sausages you don't usually see, and they do a really good value mixed salad. Or is that Lidl? They're very close to one another in Aylesbury, and close in type. It's £0.99 for a 500g bag, which is much better than Sainsbury's or Tesco - I always buy it if I'm providing salad as part of any meal I'm preparing.

Oh and fish - very good for fish for their size. Our smaller supermarkets tend to stock only breaded or battered, but both Aldi and Lidl (of a comparable size) do a range of plain fish, which suits me a lot better. More expensive on fizzy water though. But I've checked every supermarket in a 3 mile radius and I don't really think I'll improve on 12p for 2 litres!

To me they're nothing like the shops at petrol stations, but then I can't be sure that ours are anything like yours anyway

DanaC · 06-18-2009, 09:00 AM

petrol stations are where you go to get Rizlas and chocolate milk at 4 am....

*misspent youth*

Trilby · 06-18-2009, 09:04 AM

We have Aldi's here but I've never heard of any of the brands of anything they carry. My friend shops there and swears by it. I usually do Kroger or Dorothy Lane Market. We have a Trader Joe's and it's ok...but DLM is better.

Undertoad · 06-18-2009, 09:52 AM

Clod, take your supermarket, remove all sections around the edge. No butcher, no bakery, no deli. The one I was in had no fresh produce either.

Remove all brands, leaving only store brands. But not one store brand... every product seems to have its very own mysterious brand, which only applies to its category. At times the branding seems modern, at other times it's weird and coldly generic. You will have heard of none of them.

With only one brand of toilet paper, one brand of orange soda, one brand of bread, etc. this reduces the size of the market to about a third of what it previously was. Now there is no need for aisle marking, as there are only 4 aisles.

This allows the prices to drop dramatically, at least for the things people recognize, and then this in turn attracts a certain type of customer, which the store is full of. Imagine the Walmart clientele but a little less discriminating about their products. They don't shop per se, since there's no decision about which toilet paper to buy, they just fill their carts.

dar512 · 06-18-2009, 10:03 AM

Wow, UT. That's quite the sneer.

Most people I know who shop at Aldi do so because they're on a tight budget, not because they can't evaluate quality.

Undertoad · 06-18-2009, 10:05 AM

That was my experience; it may be affected in this location because there's a Walmart in the same shopping center...

Clodfobble · 06-18-2009, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

With only one brand of toilet paper, one brand of orange soda, one brand of bread, etc. this reduces the size of the market to about a third of what it previously was. Now there is no need for aisle marking, as there are only 4 aisles.

This allows the prices to drop dramatically, at least for the things people recognize, and then this in turn attracts a certain type of customer, which the store is full of. Imagine the Walmart clientele but a little less discriminating about their products. They don't shop per se, since there's no decision about which toilet paper to buy, they just fill their carts.

It's the communist ideal of shopping!

Aliantha · 06-23-2009, 05:36 PM

State of Origin Cupcakes!

QUEENSLANDER!!! Dazza is from New South Wales, so I had to make both blue and maroon (pink) cupcakes.

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ZenGum · 06-23-2009, 06:45 PM

skysidhe · 06-26-2009, 11:06 PM

Cornbread muffins substituting water and oil for the milk. Not only did I manage not to burn them but they are fluffy and moist. I think I will never use milk again.

Alluvial · 06-27-2009, 04:53 PM

I went to make cornbread the other night and was much chagrined to find that I was out of meal !

skysidhe · 06-27-2009, 06:19 PM

I admire you Alluvial. I haven't mastered baking anything from stratch.

Alluvial · 06-27-2009, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by skysidhe

I admire you Alluvial. I haven't mastered baking anything from stratch.

Aww! Thank you.

Did you hear the one about the new bride searching in the grocery store for a box of "Scratch", the baking mix?

I started out from zero. My mom could.not.cook. So I am self-taught, with some help from different folks at different times in my life. Now that I'm pushing 50, I finally feel as if I know what I'm doing.

But I think Aliantha is ahead of both of us !!

skysidhe · 06-28-2009, 08:55 PM

haha good joke Alluvail. I would be fun to ask a grocery clerk for a scratch mix sometime but I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face.

yes and ali is marvelous cook. I've been ignoring the cupcakes on purpose. mmm That frosting is to die for.

06-17-2009, 09:36 PM	#76
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Hmmm...sort of. Most of the stock is not well known brands. It's mostly imported (but then again, so is most of our processed food), but from different places than we're used to. It's kind of like an alternate food universe really. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-18-2009, 09:04 AM	#79
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	We have Aldi's here but I've never heard of any of the brands of anything they carry. My friend shops there and swears by it. I usually do Kroger or Dorothy Lane Market. We have a Trader Joe's and it's ok...but DLM is better. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

06-18-2009, 10:03 AM	#81
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Wow, UT. That's quite the sneer. Most people I know who shop at Aldi do so because they're on a tight budget, not because they can't evaluate quality. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

06-23-2009, 05:36 PM	#84
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	State of Origin Cupcakes! QUEENSLANDER!!! Dazza is from New South Wales, so I had to make both blue and maroon (pink) cupcakes. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-23-2009, 06:45 PM	#85
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	__________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-18-2009, 02:37 AM	#77
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	It's good for cured meats, the sort of sausages you don't usually see, and they do a really good value mixed salad. Or is that Lidl? They're very close to one another in Aylesbury, and close in type. It's £0.99 for a 500g bag, which is much better than Sainsbury's or Tesco - I always buy it if I'm providing salad as part of any meal I'm preparing. Oh and fish - very good for fish for their size. Our smaller supermarkets tend to stock only breaded or battered, but both Aldi and Lidl (of a comparable size) do a range of plain fish, which suits me a lot better. More expensive on fizzy water though. But I've checked every supermarket in a 3 mile radius and I don't really think I'll improve on 12p for 2 litres! To me they're nothing like the shops at petrol stations, but then I can't be sure that ours are anything like yours anyway

06-18-2009, 09:52 AM	#80
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Clod, take your supermarket, remove all sections around the edge. No butcher, no bakery, no deli. The one I was in had no fresh produce either. Remove all brands, leaving only store brands. But not one store brand... every product seems to have its very own mysterious brand, which only applies to its category. At times the branding seems modern, at other times it's weird and coldly generic. You will have heard of none of them. With only one brand of toilet paper, one brand of orange soda, one brand of bread, etc. this reduces the size of the market to about a third of what it previously was. Now there is no need for aisle marking, as there are only 4 aisles. This allows the prices to drop dramatically, at least for the things people recognize, and then this in turn attracts a certain type of customer, which the store is full of. Imagine the Walmart clientele but a little less discriminating about their products. They don't shop per se, since there's no decision about which toilet paper to buy, they just fill their carts.

06-18-2009, 10:05 AM	#82
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	That was my experience; it may be affected in this location because there's a Walmart in the same shopping center...

06-26-2009, 11:06 PM	#86
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Cornbread muffins substituting water and oil for the milk. Not only did I manage not to burn them but they are fluffy and moist. I think I will never use milk again. Attached Images

06-27-2009, 04:53 PM	#87
Alluvial Phenomenologist Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Mississippi Posts: 270	I went to make cornbread the other night and was much chagrined to find that I was out of meal !

06-27-2009, 06:19 PM	#88
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	I admire you Alluvial. I haven't mastered baking anything from stratch.

06-28-2009, 08:55 PM	#90
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	haha good joke Alluvail. I would be fun to ask a grocery clerk for a scratch mix sometime but I wouldn't be able to keep a straight face. yes and ali is marvelous cook. I've been ignoring the cupcakes on purpose. mmm That frosting is to die for.

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