Have you ever shop at LIDI?

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t do all our grocery shopping there, but am happy to have another grocery store in our area and definitely like the baked goods and some of their staples and frozen items. It seems to me you’d have to be fairly insecure about your economic status to have an issue shopping there merely because the prices are lower and the displays are basic.

That's why their brains cover up the real reason (as you stated it) and instead claim it's dirty, gross, the food is bad, they can't find strawberries, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t do all our grocery shopping there, but am happy to have another grocery store in our area and definitely like the baked goods and some of their staples and frozen items. It seems to me you’d have to be fairly insecure about your economic status to have an issue shopping there merely because the prices are lower and the displays are basic.

That's why their brains cover up the real reason (as you stated it) and instead claim it's dirty, gross, the food is bad, they can't find strawberries, etc.

Well the one I went to was disorganized and gross and smelled strongly of rubber, and none of the food looked good enough to buy. Sorry, that was my actual experience at the one Aldi I went to.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t do all our grocery shopping there, but am happy to have another grocery store in our area and definitely like the baked goods and some of their staples and frozen items. It seems to me you’d have to be fairly insecure about your economic status to have an issue shopping there merely because the prices are lower and the displays are basic.

That's why their brains cover up the real reason (as you stated it) and instead claim it's dirty, gross, the food is bad, they can't find strawberries, etc.

Well the one I went to was disorganized and gross and smelled strongly of rubber, and none of the food looked good enough to buy. Sorry, that was my actual experience at the one Aldi I went to.

I know it was. And others who shop there have a completely different experience. This is why my statement stands.

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I mainly shop at Lidli. Do not like the tag line plastered all over the stores in my area, "Suspiciously low prices." I don't want to be suspicious of my produce & meat.

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Garbage food for low class

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Anonymous wrote:Garbage food for low class

Sounds like you’d fit right in!

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Anonymous wrote:Garbage food for low class

Omg. Please don’t be the one to teach your kids about kindness. Please.

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Anonymous wrote:Aldi has several amazing items that cannot be found anywhere else in US grocery stores. These items are normally the German or Limited Availability items. Other staples such as produce and organic milk, cheese, a meats are fantastic buys.

I've only been to the Lidl in McLean, so my research is very limited, but I didn't like it. I went twice to make sure that I wasn't to judgy following my first experience.

My bad experience at that store follows close to others on this thread, but also includes my strong dislike of their check out system. OMG. Never again will I go there. NEVER.

Go to Aldis.

Is the issue that the cashier flings your items at you and then immediately starts checking out the next customer while you are still trying to pack your items?

Yeah, not the PP, but I hate that too. It feels like you’re a street urchin scrambling for coins thrown from passing cars.

At both Lidl and Aldi they have a counter area at the front of the store where you’re supposed to move your cart to pack things into your own shopping bags.

Just to clarify, is the expectation that you unload your cart onto the belt, then reload your cart, then move to the table to pack into bags?

If yes, they would be more efficient by just giving the scanner guns and having people scan and bag as they go like Giant does.

Some Lidl stores do have self checkout (for example, the one in Woodbridge).

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t do all our grocery shopping there, but am happy to have another grocery store in our area and definitely like the baked goods and some of their staples and frozen items. It seems to me you’d have to be fairly insecure about your economic status to have an issue shopping there merely because the prices are lower and the displays are basic.

That's why their brains cover up the real reason (as you stated it) and instead claim it's dirty, gross, the food is bad, they can't find strawberries, etc.

Well the one I went to was disorganized and gross and smelled strongly of rubber, and none of the food looked good enough to buy. Sorry, that was my actual experience at the one Aldi I went to.

I know it was. And others who shop there have a completely different experience. This is why my statement stands.

Yes, but the point was that I'm not covering up the real reason. That was the real reason. I even posted upthread that I'd be willing to give it another try if any of the products sounded interesting.

I don't understand why some people are getting their feelings hurt over opinions about a store they like. I shop at the Dollar Store. But I can see how someone else might think that's low class.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t do all our grocery shopping there, but am happy to have another grocery store in our area and definitely like the baked goods and some of their staples and frozen items. It seems to me you’d have to be fairly insecure about your economic status to have an issue shopping there merely because the prices are lower and the displays are basic.

That's why their brains cover up the real reason (as you stated it) and instead claim it's dirty, gross, the food is bad, they can't find strawberries, etc.

Well the one I went to was disorganized and gross and smelled strongly of rubber, and none of the food looked good enough to buy. Sorry, that was my actual experience at the one Aldi I went to.

I know it was. And others who shop there have a completely different experience. This is why my statement stands.

Yes, but the point was that I'm not covering up the real reason. That was the real reason. I even posted upthread that I'd be willing to give it another try if any of the products sounded interesting.

I don't understand why some people are getting their feelings hurt over opinions about a store they like. I shop at the Dollar Store. But I can see how someone else might think that's low class.

Which location did not have food that looked good enough to buy?

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That's fine, OP, keep shopping at overpriced Wegmans.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t do all our grocery shopping there, but am happy to have another grocery store in our area and definitely like the baked goods and some of their staples and frozen items. It seems to me you’d have to be fairly insecure about your economic status to have an issue shopping there merely because the prices are lower and the displays are basic.

That's why their brains cover up the real reason (as you stated it) and instead claim it's dirty, gross, the food is bad, they can't find strawberries, etc.

Well the one I went to was disorganized and gross and smelled strongly of rubber, and none of the food looked good enough to buy. Sorry, that was my actual experience at the one Aldi I went to.

I know it was. And others who shop there have a completely different experience. This is why my statement stands.

Yes, but the point was that I'm not covering up the real reason. That was the real reason. I even posted upthread that I'd be willing to give it another try if any of the products sounded interesting.

I don't understand why some people are getting their feelings hurt over opinions about a store they like. I shop at the Dollar Store. But I can see how someone else might think that's low class.

Which location did not have food that looked good enough to buy?

I think it was Langley Park.

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn’t do all our grocery shopping there, but am happy to have another grocery store in our area and definitely like the baked goods and some of their staples and frozen items. It seems to me you’d have to be fairly insecure about your economic status to have an issue shopping there merely because the prices are lower and the displays are basic.

That's why their brains cover up the real reason (as you stated it) and instead claim it's dirty, gross, the food is bad, they can't find strawberries, etc.

Well the one I went to was disorganized and gross and smelled strongly of rubber, and none of the food looked good enough to buy. Sorry, that was my actual experience at the one Aldi I went to.

I shop at the Fair Lakes Aldi and it’s not like this, but I’ve also been to ones that were not as nice. I love Aldi but some of them around here are not appealing.

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Anonymous wrote:This isn't newsworthy.

Aldi and Lidl are known for low prices bc they're able to cut costs in other areas (employees rotate, no customer service desk, no real shelving/just boxes, bags cost money, bag your own, 90% house brands, etc).

The downside is there's no deli, fresh bakery, limited selection, and sometimes items are out of stock. (at least the one in Burke).

pros/cons.

And no self-checkout! That's the biggest con at the McLean location.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lidl has amazing prices and some great products (produce, cold cuts, limited but good frozen). Funny that you call it low class, not everyone thinks of it as such...I walked out of the one in McLean a few weeks ago and literally ran into Terry McAuliffe in the parking lot on his way in...

Yikes if the Macker is the epitome of class, McLean has truly fallen