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Anna Noyd-Dryver November 1st 19 10:12 PM

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wrote:
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:49:07 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:19:15 on Thu, 31 Oct
2019, Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:

you wouldn't want to be moving around a 6 foot high stack with a hand driven


thingy

you need the item to be no higher than you can reasonably see over the top


Yesterday I noted a pallet being moved around on a pallet trolley at my
local Aldi; it was stacked to far above head height with plastic trays
containing loaves of sliced bread, the whole lot wrapped in cling film to
keep it together.


I don't know if yours is different, but our Aldi takes no prisoners when
it comes to shelf-stacking. The staff expect customers to scatter when
they barge past with the pallets, and then leave them blocking the
aisle.


Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.



Decent produce (some things really good, particularly ham and gin) for
cheap prices; efficient staff who look like they work hard; free
electricity at Lidl :)


Anna Noyd-Dryver


Arthur Conan Doyle November 2nd 19 01:15 AM

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wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.


I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality
product.

[email protected] November 2nd 19 01:44 AM

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On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.


I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality
product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

Morrisons has the advantage that their products in Market Street are
excellent and beat the quality of the other supermarkets I have access to.

Tesco is my supermarket of last resort but is conveniently between home
and my local railway station so the facilities can be useful.

Roland Perry November 2nd 19 06:40 AM

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In message , at 01:44:29 on Sat, 2 Nov 2019,
remarked:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine
relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.


I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell
a combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can
do equally as well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and
get much higher quality product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


Yes, the quality of heir produce is excellent, just as long as you
realise that for food "you get what you pay for". So a steak priced at
Ł3 is going to be chewier than one priced at Ł5, but you'd have to pay
Ł7 for the latter at other stores.

Morrisons has the advantage that their products in Market Street are
excellent and beat the quality of the other supermarkets I have access
to.


Morrisons is perhaps the closest rival, but the nearest to me are an
hours drive away. (See also thread about those mail order lockers at
Morrisons/Railway stations).
--
Roland Perry

[email protected] November 2nd 19 12:41 PM

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On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 22:12:44 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:49:07 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:19:15 on Thu, 31 Oct
2019, Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:

you wouldn't want to be moving around a 6 foot high stack with a hand

driven

thingy

you need the item to be no higher than you can reasonably see over the top




Yesterday I noted a pallet being moved around on a pallet trolley at my
local Aldi; it was stacked to far above head height with plastic trays
containing loaves of sliced bread, the whole lot wrapped in cling film to
keep it together.

I don't know if yours is different, but our Aldi takes no prisoners when
it comes to shelf-stacking. The staff expect customers to scatter when
they barge past with the pallets, and then leave them blocking the
aisle.


Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.



Decent produce (some things really good, particularly ham and gin) for


Would that be the bright pink with more nitrates than a fertiliser lorry
and made by some german company you've never heard of ham?

cheap prices; efficient staff who look like they work hard; free
electricity at Lidl :)


Do they have a special carrier bag for that then?


[email protected] November 2nd 19 12:41 PM

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On Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:15:15 -0500
Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.


I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do equally
as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality
product.


Quite.


[email protected] November 2nd 19 12:42 PM

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On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.


I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do

equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality


product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution centre.
But then Costco is also popular so each to their own I suppose.


Roland Perry November 2nd 19 01:13 PM

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In message , at 12:42:54 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, remarked:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do

equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much
higher quality


product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.


I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.

--
Roland Perry

Anna Noyd-Dryver November 2nd 19 01:21 PM

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wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.


I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality
product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

Morrisons has the advantage that their products in Market Street are
excellent and beat the quality of the other supermarkets I have access to.


Morrisons has the disadvantage that their pre-packaged ham and cheese is at
the opposite corner of the store than their deli counter, meaning you can't
compare the two ranges without marching repeatedly the length of the
store...


Anna Noyd-Dryver



[email protected] November 2nd 19 01:25 PM

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On 02/11/2019 12:42, wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do

equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality


product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution centre.
But then Costco is also popular so each to their own I suppose.

They do have a layout which is almost identical in all their stores
although some can be left to right.

Jeremy Double November 2nd 19 01:50 PM

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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:42:54 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, remarked:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do
equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much
higher quality

product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.


I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.


Ah yes, the Dunning-Kruger effect.

--
Jeremy Double

Marland November 2nd 19 01:54 PM

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wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do

equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality


product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution centre.


They used to be a bit like that with poor lighting to boot, but at least
the tills and staff were very fast
and Waitrose Woman and Muddling Man stayed out of the places as they felt
intimidated by the need to move items back into the trolley and do packing
into their bags on the shelf provided.
And where else could you nip in somewhere with a free car park to to buy
something to eat and end up walking out with a welder, or as a mate of mine
did while we helped move him into a house, Nipped out to Aldi to get us
something to eat. “thought you’d want something hot” So he bought some pies
etc and a Microwave to heat them with.

Unfortunately they have gone up market as they have been discovered and the
packing on the shelf habit is waning , I think they were at their best
about 10 years ago when they stopped looking like shop in the third world
and got some lighting and some shelves in but prices were still a bargain.

Now with the latest refurbishments they look much like any other
supermarket, unfortunately prices are not the bargain they once were though
some of the offers of interesting bits can still be keenly priced.
That the longer established names can beat them sometimes onitems is as
much them having to match some of their prices to keep market share.

If you haven’t ventured into an updated one you would not know but if you
have and still think it looks like a distribution centre ask someone to
look and see if they have some of their paint on offer and guide you to it,
its quite good stuff and the most common colour is white . Buy some and
paint a stick with it.

GH








Roland Perry November 2nd 19 02:47 PM

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In message , at 13:25:22 on Sat, 2 Nov 2019,
remarked:

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the
lorry arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution
centre. But then Costco is also popular so each to their own I suppose.

They do have a layout which is almost identical in all their stores
although some can be left to right.


Probably so that the vegetable aisle is ahead of you when you go in the
front door. This seems to be an article of faith in all supermarkets for
as long as I can remember.

In my local Aldi this means it's on the left, and the next nearest, on
the right.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry November 2nd 19 02:52 PM

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In message , at 13:54:27 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, Marland remarked:

[Aldi]

Unfortunately they have gone up market as they have been discovered and the
packing on the shelf habit is waning


I blame the rise of re-usable shopping bags. The most common scheme I
see deployed is from till into one or more of such bags propped open
inside the trolley. Which is noticeably slower (for the till operator
and the queue) than bunging it all back in the trolley and using the
packing shelf.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry November 2nd 19 02:52 PM

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In message , at 13:21:55 on Sat, 2 Nov 2019,
Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:

Morrisons has the advantage that their products in Market Street are
excellent and beat the quality of the other supermarkets I have access to.


Morrisons has the disadvantage that their pre-packaged ham and cheese is at
the opposite corner of the store than their deli counter, meaning you can't
compare the two ranges without marching repeatedly the length of the
store...


I suspect that might be deliberate!
--
Roland Perry

[email protected] November 2nd 19 04:22 PM

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On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:13:53 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:42:54 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, remarked:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do
equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much
higher quality

product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.


I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.


I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.


[email protected] November 2nd 19 04:26 PM

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On 2 Nov 2019 13:54:27 GMT
Marland wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution centre.


They used to be a bit like that with poor lighting to boot, but at least
the tills and staff were very fast
and Waitrose Woman and Muddling Man stayed out of the places as they felt
intimidated by the need to move items back into the trolley and do packing
into their bags on the shelf provided.


Fair enough, its been a while since I've been in an Aldi but for some
reason my wife insists on popping into Lidl "for a bargain" (it never is) and
they still look just like that, plus you get the fat chav women from the local
council estate wheezing themselves and their 5 kids down the isle and forming
a mobile roadblock.



Roland Perry November 2nd 19 04:34 PM

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In message , at 16:22:18 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, remarked:

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.


I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.


I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.


There's an Aldi inside your local Lidl?
--
Roland Perry

Anna Noyd-Dryver November 2nd 19 09:19 PM

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wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 22:12:44 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Thu, 31 Oct 2019 08:49:07 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 08:19:15 on Thu, 31 Oct
2019, Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:

you wouldn't want to be moving around a 6 foot high stack with a hand

driven

thingy

you need the item to be no higher than you can reasonably see over the top




Yesterday I noted a pallet being moved around on a pallet trolley at my
local Aldi; it was stacked to far above head height with plastic trays
containing loaves of sliced bread, the whole lot wrapped in cling film to
keep it together.

I don't know if yours is different, but our Aldi takes no prisoners when
it comes to shelf-stacking. The staff expect customers to scatter when
they barge past with the pallets, and then leave them blocking the
aisle.

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.



Decent produce (some things really good, particularly ham and gin) for


Would that be the bright pink with more nitrates than a fertiliser lorry
and made by some german company you've never heard of ham?


Aldi do a range of Italian-style hams which are particularly tasty.

cheap prices; efficient staff who look like they work hard; free
electricity at Lidl :)


Do they have a special carrier bag for that then?


Pod Point chargers in the car park of a number of stores.

Incidentally if you have a vehicle-to-property system installed you could
actually use this to power your house.


Anna Noyd-Dryver



Anna Noyd-Dryver November 2nd 19 09:19 PM

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wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do

equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher quality


product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution centre.
But then Costco is also popular so each to their own I suppose.


I don't know which branches you've been to but my local ones are nothing
like that.


Anna Noyd-Dryver


Marland November 3rd 19 12:02 AM

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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:54:27 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, Marland remarked:

[Aldi]

Unfortunately they have gone up market as they have been discovered and the
packing on the shelf habit is waning


I blame the rise of re-usable shopping bags. The most common scheme I
see deployed is from till into one or more of such bags propped open
inside the trolley. Which is noticeably slower (for the till operator
and the queue) than bunging it all back in the trolley and using the
packing shelf.


We used to not bother with bags at all, just pick up some of the cardboard
packaging that was left in a cage in places, you had to pick carefully as
some was not that strong but others were fine, fill them up on the packing
shelf , wheel to car ,empty at home and tear up cardboard into smaller bits
and put into the compost bin .
Compost likes a bit of browner ,dry material to blend with the greener
sloppy stuff and it was a convenient way to get some.

Though we did it for convenience it was probably more environmentally
friendly than using any style bags
though to be honest we don’t visit any supermarket with any degree of
regularity being in the fortunate position of still having access to
several independent butchers, bakers and grocers and a decent county town
market and a Milkman still delivers 3 times a week.

The middle of lidl aisle sometimes has something useful on offer and it is
when we visit to get something from that we stock up on items like
flour,tinned fish and frozen fish and some other things. Also loo rolls and
cleaning items like bleach but if you have room to store 25l containers the
agricultural supply stores can often beat even lidl and aldi though the
solutions will be unfamiliar names designed to clean and sterilise animal
pen floors or milking equipment. Most need further dilution for house use
which makes them even more economical.


GH



d

Anna Noyd-Dryver November 3rd 19 12:39 AM

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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:25:22 on Sat, 2 Nov 2019,
remarked:

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the
lorry arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution
centre. But then Costco is also popular so each to their own I suppose.

They do have a layout which is almost identical in all their stores
although some can be left to right.


Probably so that the vegetable aisle is ahead of you when you go in the
front door. This seems to be an article of faith in all supermarkets for
as long as I can remember.

In my local Aldi this means it's on the left, and the next nearest, on
the right.


In Asda, immediately upon entry, in Aldi, after the bread/cereal
half-aisle.


Anna Noyd-Dryver


Roland Perry November 3rd 19 07:52 AM

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In message , at 00:39:23 on Sun, 3 Nov 2019,
Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:25:22 on Sat, 2 Nov 2019,
remarked:

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.


They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the
lorry arranged in rows. Thats not a supermarket, its a distribution
centre. But then Costco is also popular so each to their own I suppose.

They do have a layout which is almost identical in all their stores
although some can be left to right.


Probably so that the vegetable aisle is ahead of you when you go in the
front door. This seems to be an article of faith in all supermarkets for
as long as I can remember.

In my local Aldi this means it's on the left, and the next nearest, on
the right.


In Asda, immediately upon entry, in Aldi, after the bread/cereal
half-aisle.


In my Aldi the bread/cereal isle is on the far side, away from the
door/vegetables.

The veg is an 'island' with one side facing the "grab a snack" stuff
which is on the outside wall, and the other side faces the start of the
non-food central section.
--
Roland Perry

Anna Noyd-Dryver November 3rd 19 07:56 AM

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Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:21:55 on Sat, 2 Nov 2019,
Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:

Morrisons has the advantage that their products in Market Street are
excellent and beat the quality of the other supermarkets I have access to.


Morrisons has the disadvantage that their pre-packaged ham and cheese is at
the opposite corner of the store than their deli counter, meaning you can't
compare the two ranges without marching repeatedly the length of the
store...


I suspect that might be deliberate!


Why? I don't see how it helps sales from either department, compared to
other supermarkets which co-locate both departments?

(See also Adsa, where I compare the various levels of own-brand and
other-brand pre-prepared pizza with the adjacent freshly-prepared in-store
pizza, but never with the frozen pizza about 3/4 of the store away.


Anna Noyd-Dryver


Anna Noyd-Dryver November 3rd 19 07:56 AM

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wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:13:53 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:42:54 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, remarked:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do
equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much
higher quality

product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.


I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.


I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.


I'm not as frequent a shopper at Lidl as I am at Aldi, but certainly in the
latter I can't remember ever seeing goods for sale from a pallet. Are you
sure you aren't channelling KiwkSave?


Anna Noyd-Dryver


Roland Perry November 3rd 19 08:08 AM

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In message , at 07:56:24 on Sun, 3 Nov 2019,
Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:
I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.

I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.


I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.


I'm not as frequent a shopper at Lidl as I am at Aldi, but certainly in the
latter I can't remember ever seeing goods for sale from a pallet. Are you
sure you aren't channelling KiwkSave?


In mine there's often a pallet (or possibly two) on the left just inside
the door with very seasonal items on it (or just after, a deep discount
- I'd expect some Halloween clearance if I went today).

Apart from that, no pallets. Tesco has more pallets, which they use for
sugar all year round and piled with mince pies at Xmas.
--
Roland Perry

Roland Perry November 3rd 19 08:18 AM

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In message , at 07:56:23 on Sun, 3 Nov 2019,
Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 13:21:55 on Sat, 2 Nov 2019,
Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:

Morrisons has the advantage that their products in Market Street are
excellent and beat the quality of the other supermarkets I have access to.

Morrisons has the disadvantage that their pre-packaged ham and cheese is at
the opposite corner of the store than their deli counter, meaning you can't
compare the two ranges without marching repeatedly the length of the
store...


I suspect that might be deliberate!


Why? I don't see how it helps sales from either department, compared to
other supermarkets which co-locate both departments?


On one hand it means you are spending more time in the shop, and might
pass something else which caches your eye; on the other hand your reason
for comparing prices is to get the best possible deal, which means
people who don't/can't are getting a less than best deal- so more profit
for the shop.

(See also Adsa, where I compare the various levels of own-brand and
other-brand pre-prepared pizza with the adjacent freshly-prepared in-store
pizza, but never with the frozen pizza about 3/4 of the store away.


Of the shops I use, Sainsbury's has the biggest distance between its two
kinds of pizza. The fresh ones are at the back towards the left of the
deli counter, the frozen on the far right near the front.

In Aldi the fresh pizza are 2/3 of the way back on the RHS of the first
aisle on the left, and the frozen pizza are 2/3 of the way back on the
LHS of the rightmost aisle. Their pizza are another good example of
"getting what you pay for". With an extremely wide range of prices, you
shouldn't expect the 79p examples to be as good as the Ł3.29 examples.
But if you've only got a 79p budget, at least there's *something* you
can buy.

--
Roland Perry

[email protected] November 3rd 19 09:00 AM

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On 03/11/2019 08:08, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 07:56:24 on Sun, 3 Nov 2019,
Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:
I use Aldi regularly as one is very close.Â* I find the quality of
their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.

I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.

I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.


I'm not as frequent a shopper at Lidl as I am at Aldi, but certainly
in the
latter I can't remember ever seeing goods for sale from a pallet. Are you
sure you aren't channelling KiwkSave?


In mine there's often a pallet (or possibly two) on the left just inside
the door with very seasonal items on it (or just after, a deep discount
- I'd expect some Halloween clearance if I went today).

Apart from that, no pallets. Tesco has more pallets, which they use for
sugar all year round and piled with mince pies at Xmas.

But Morrisons has the better mince pies on Market Street.

Roland Perry November 3rd 19 09:12 AM

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In message , at 09:00:00 on Sun, 3 Nov 2019,
remarked:
On 03/11/2019 08:08, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 07:56:24 on Sun, 3 Nov
2019, Anna Noyd-Dryver remarked:
I use Aldi regularly as one is very close.* I find the quality
of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.

I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.

I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.

I'm not as frequent a shopper at Lidl as I am at Aldi, but certainly
in the
latter I can't remember ever seeing goods for sale from a pallet. Are you
sure you aren't channelling KiwkSave?

In mine there's often a pallet (or possibly two) on the left just
inside the door with very seasonal items on it (or just after, a deep
discount - I'd expect some Halloween clearance if I went today).
Apart from that, no pallets. Tesco has more pallets, which they use
for sugar all year round and piled with mince pies at Xmas.

But Morrisons has the better mince pies on Market Street.


The Tesco ones are probably "Mr Kipling", or perhaps the Tesco clone. No
doubt they have some premium ones elsewhere.
--
Roland Perry

[email protected] November 3rd 19 10:47 AM

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On Sun, 3 Nov 2019 07:56:24 -0000 (UTC)
Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 13:13:53 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:42:54 on Sat, 2 Nov
2019, remarked:
On Sat, 2 Nov 2019 01:44:29 +0000
wrote:
On 02/11/2019 01:15, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote:
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.

I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do
equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much
higher quality

product.

I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.

I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.


I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.


I'm not as frequent a shopper at Lidl as I am at Aldi, but certainly in the
latter I can't remember ever seeing goods for sale from a pallet. Are you
sure you aren't channelling KiwkSave?


Nope, Lidl. And it was like that last time I looked in a few months back.


Roland Perry November 3rd 19 11:39 AM

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In message , at 10:47:21 on Sun, 3 Nov
2019, remarked:
I use Aldi regularly as one is very close. I find the quality of their
products much better than Tesco, and once you know the layout you can
get in and out very quickly.

They don't have a layout, they just have pallets straight of the lorry
arranged in rows.

I do love it when someone proves they've never seen what it is they
claim to be talking about.

I must have imagined seeing exactly that then every time I go into my
local Lidl.


I'm not as frequent a shopper at Lidl as I am at Aldi, but certainly in the
latter I can't remember ever seeing goods for sale from a pallet. Are you
sure you aren't channelling KiwkSave?


Nope, Lidl. And it was like that last time I looked in a few months back.


Into Lidl, or into an Aldi and thinking "this is just like a Lidl"?
--
Roland Perry

tim... November 28th 19 05:51 PM

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"Arthur Conan Doyle" wrote in message
news:2ulprehe533koncmeegil7q91rcaojhp5o@None...
wrote:

Its always good to be reminded why I avoid those branded famine relief
centres called Aldi and Lidl. God awful ********s.


I truely do not understand why they are so popular. They mostly sell a
combination of Poundland size packages and generic products. I can do
equally as
well with careful selection at Tesco or Morrisons and get much higher
quality
product.


That's not my experience

Agreed they mostly sell products that are the equivalent of other
supermarkets' own brands, but IME at lower prices and better quality

The fact that they aren't on the shelf next to branded products allows them
that advantage.

tim







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