General Chat

We have a Lidl at one end of the town and, not far away from that there is a Tesco Express. There is a large Tesco at the other end of the town.

Yesterday we stood in the queue at Lidl. Behind us was Mrs Londoner and her daughter buying something like a dozen bottles of beer. They were deciding whether they could carry it or not and mother suggested a carrier.Daughter replied that they were over there if you want to pay 3p. To which mother replied 'Cheek charging 3p for a carrier.Give me Tesco's every time.'

Really!

We always shop in Aldi & have noticed that when the "posh" people greet each other they always deny shopping there normally - only just popped in for some plants, old boy. Yet we see the same faces every week! Why are people so snobby about where they shop - surely everyone wants to save a few bob if they can.

Well I had only just popped in there to do the weekly shop.

If the woman was so keen on Tesco and it's free carriers she only had to nip up the road.

i like lidl, ours has just put a fresh bread counter in and its smells lovely,
i do my main shop at morrisons, but go to lidl, for cheap plonk,
there shops own baileys is delish, and only £3.99 lol,

there have some fab offers on somtimes :)

Mrs Londoner? :-S

Live in a seaside village and you will immediately recognize Mrs Londoner!

Well I don't live in a seaside village that's why I'm asking :-)

we used to watch people coming into Netto ,and aldis ,marks and sparks carriers in hand ,lol what perishing snobs ,there is nothing wrong with shopping economy,
We use both Aldi and Netto [now Asda] every week As well as Morrisions. Fred. :-P

our netto is dearer than morrisons,our netto shuts tomorow, to go to asda i love asda :-D

Tut tut Fred :-) Why would using an M&S bag for Netto shopping make someone a snob? I always re-use bags, if it happens to be one from my last knickers purchase so be it. ;-)

Having said that, I generally take my own proper shopping bags so where do all those plastic ones come from? Do they breed like wire coat hangers? LOL

i always take my own bags to netto, coz there bags are 3p and 9p and im greedy lol,
but morrys, tesco n asda are free, but i re use mine in my bins as bin liners :-D :-D

I use Aldi most weeks and Lidl for fruit because it seems to be a bit fresher than Aldi. Also Lidl do Tena Lady type products which we can't get on NHS for the old man for reasons you just would not be interested in.

Lidl don't seem to do Danish Blue cheese and Lidl don't do the right squash for his lordship so we usually use both shops.

We go to Netto to buy compost but go round while we are there. Really cheap lollies which our carers love and spreadable Seriously Strong cheese from there.

We go to Morrisons for pulses and rice and Fray Bentos pies which OH and the old man think are some kind of special treat (bless 'em).

Budgens are handy for things the others don't sell, mint jelly and Gruyere mostly. This brings me to Mrs Londoner.

Well. when Londoners are on holiday they do not,I am sure, behave as they do at home. Nor, indeed ,do they dress the same. We do often wonder if they would wear that back home in Wapping.

They are out of their own environment and have to reassure themselves, as do we all, but they can be a big pain in the shops.

I live in London Sharron. Thanks for the ignorant generalisation :-(

I use 'bags for life' until the dog manages to get hold of them and the teethmark holes become too big :-D I use the flimsy ones as bin liners and keep a small stock.

I use a multitude of shops - the local farm shop, M&S, Sainsburys, the local store and Aldi. Some of my OH's lot are a bit 'snobby' about shops, I just ignore them.

LOL Island, Quite agree.

You will always get one not quite right, probably caused by living in a coastal village.

I think Londoners call them the village idiots.

George ;-)

Island lives close to the "Isle of Dogs" so beware she might bite,PMSL.**M**. :-S ;-)

Wuld Very much like to be able to do the weekly shop in shops like Aldi/ Lidle, as they dont sell half the food I eat I have to do most of it in Asda.

Mrs Londoner can always spot when Mrs Seaside/Village is in Town as she dawdles and wanders aimlessly along the pavements/tube stations unaware that there is a crowd behind trying to go about their business :-(

That's us alright. Just like you,trying to make ourselves feel comfortable in a strange environment.

As I said, London doesn't act itself in a strange environment and neither do those you assume are village idiots.

This is the problem really. Two different environments and nither really adapting to the other.

Vinegar or mayo with that big chip? ;-) :-D

Maybe ,the marks and sparks bags are a Geordie thing Island ,people up here ,some of them anyway come into Netto from the posh estate up the road ,and i mean posh [Darras Hall ] and don't like being seen with Netto bags in their hands when they get home,
Stray will more than likely notice a big increase in the number of shoppers when her local shop reopens in a few weeks as Asda as we did,but i have to admit ,our new Asda has a far better range of goods since the change over.
I miss Netto though ,and will have to be content with The Aldi shop unless i use the new Asda. Fred :-)