my shameful secret.

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alison	my shameful secret.		Lead	[-]
Posts: 9389 21-May-07 11:09 AM	I shop at LIDL. In fact, I was waiting for the doors to be opened at 8am this morning, so I could buy a parasol. This is my shameful secret. EDIT: the parasol was a 3 metre garden parasol, for £20. It was soooooo worth it! It's been lovely sitting under it in the garden, with a vase of fresh roses on the wrought iron table. I felt very colonial. It's good to get out during the 8 days of summer we have here in Britain... I might even need to buy a hat this year. And maybe some sunscreen... * runs away quickly before the brits lynch her * Last Edited By: alison 23-May-07 3:05 AM. Edited 4 times.
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Perry Spring		#1	[url]	[-]
Posts: 1848 21-May-07 11:23 AM It's so easy To like Yuku	Not if it was raining...
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cedar		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2447 21-May-07 11:25 AM	comes back from having googled LIDL not sure why there should be any shame attached Happy Parasol! Enjoy it
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alison.staff		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7 21-May-07 11:34 AM	ok, LIDL is a very weird shop. They are very very cheap, and half the stuff on their shelves is in foreign. They are basically a cheap end food supermarket, ok? So here is the odd part. Every Monday and Thursday they get 'specials' in. These are cheap, and very varied. They have included any and all of the following: children's clothes children's shoes adult clothing adult shoes toys, stationary nordic hiking gear motorbike gear garden furniture horse blankets computers mini greenhouses 2 year old trees bonsai trees These get put in the middle baskets between the vegetables and the pasta. Once they are gone, that's it. I went in early to get the 2 year old trees - I got an apple and a pear. They are both growing nicely in the backyard now. I was shooting daggers at the woman who took BOTH cherry trees. I DIDN'T buy the horse blankets by the way... or the nordic hiking gear... But I did buy a mini greenhouse
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cedar		#4	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2447 21-May-07 11:36 AM	Ooooh! Sounds like I'd be calling you and asking for a ride to the store! My kinda browsing place!
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Arizona		#5	[url]	[-]
ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 4562 21-May-07 11:57 AM `smilie` `fetiche`	Lidl, Aldi and Tchibo...all strange like that. Except Tchibo doesn't have food, just coffee. But all three carry the most unusual things. I think Lidl was started from the wives of the Aldi dudes. Lidl seems to run a bit higher than Aldi also. But both have all kinds off odd stuff always out on Monday and Thursday. I have started to go to Aldi on Wednesday as on that day I can get in and out without the madding crowd!
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alison.staff		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 7 21-May-07 11:58 AM	I am also going to LIDL at 8am to wait for them to open up on Thursday... They've got a box of 300 lego pieces for a fiver.
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alison		#7	[url]	[-]
Posts: 9389 21-May-07 12:02 PM	oh, and some disney children's cutlery.
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alison		#8	[url]	[-]
Posts: 9389 21-May-07 12:04 PM	And a pair of sandals.
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GoldenGem		#9	[url]	[-]
Posts: 142 21-May-07 12:43 PM Rare	We use both Lidl and Aldi - mainly for canned goods because they are so much cheaper and the stuff is good.
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cedar		#10	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2447 21-May-07 12:45 PM	If I was still living in York, I'd have to have weekly visits to Bradford. How horrible would that be? Some good curry, the fabric markets, a trip to Lidl...
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Same old Bob		#11	[url]	[-]
Posts: 64 21-May-07 12:47 PM Mr Insanitivity	" half the stuff on their shelves is in foreign." Bet they don't say that in china
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alison		#12	[url]	[-]
Posts: 9389 21-May-07 12:57 PM	lol, it's not chinese, it's mostly german, italian and french I think. What i like most is the variety of sausages - salami, kabonossi, etc. And their baked stuff is good too, plus they do punnets of strawberries that are twice the size of sainsbury's, for half the price. The fruit and vege is excellent quality. But still there is a stigma attached - the front of the store looks really naff, and drunks pee on the stairs.
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Michelle		#13	[url]	[-]
Posts: 22 21-May-07 1:01 PM	<homer voice> mmm salami.... </homer>
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Arizona		#14	[url]	[-]
ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 4562 21-May-07 1:10 PM `smilie` `fetiche`	Here there is no stigma that I know of. But then the guys that own it came from here. Aldi is my favorite store to shop in when all the other people aren't there. It really is much better priced. Our other groceries, while they have different names all have the same big owner, Rewe. They did a really nasty thing with the Marks changed to Euros. You can go in the store and what used to be one Mark will now be one Euro. But a Euro was equal to about 2 marks. I guess robbing you blind really doesn't have a specific country, lol.
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Same old Bob		#15	[url]	[-]
Posts: 64 21-May-07 1:16 PM Mr Insanitivity	"What i like most is the variety of sausages" but do they have Spam? "drunks pee on the stairs" They do that at car dealerships here.
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Arizona		#16	[url]	[-]
ADMINISTRATOR Posts: 4562 21-May-07 1:18 PM `smilie` `fetiche`	lolol Bob!
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Chris		#17	[url]	[-]
Posts: 2255 21-May-07 1:21 PM Underwearer	Oh if you listen to any Brits who were around in 1971 when the country went decimal and switched from pound, shilling and pence, they will tell you that they were robbed with the new prices too. I have no doubt if the UK switches to Euros the same thing will happen! I've only ever been in one Lidl, in Wick right up near John O' Groats. When we were camping round the country we needed some camping supplies. When we went in, it was deserted and every one of the staff stared at us til we left. I put it down to being out of towners in what is a very very remote place! The Aldi where my sister lives has very up market clientèle apparently.
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GoldenGem		#18	[url]	[-]
Posts: 142 21-May-07 1:37 PM Rare	Too right about decimalisation Chris - I remember it well - and that is why I don't want the Euro because everything here will go up in price overnight. However I do like Aldi.
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alison		#19	[url]	[-]
Posts: 9389 21-May-07 1:53 PM	I didn't notice any spam. I did buy their own brand face cream, but it was like slathering lanolin on. And the own brand hand wash took the top layer of my skin off!
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Michelle		#20	[url]	[-]
Posts: 22 21-May-07 3:08 PM	<homer> mmmm spam </homer> I think I must be the only one left, but I love spam. Sorry folks. Cut nice and thin and fried up nice and crispy. yummy.
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