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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Mon 11 Dec 21:33
Except in Rosyth. Reported in the Courier that Lidl have pulled out of the deal to bill on the old Rosyth FC pitches. Shame as I hate driving through to Kirkcaldy or Cowdenbeath for Lidl.
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Mon 11 Dec 21:48
Is Lidl better than Aldi? What is the difference? I don`t have Lidl here where I live.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Mon 11 Dec 21:57
Very similar Oz .. some things better in Lidl and Vice Verca
Aldi wines much better than Lidl
But you can sometimes get a cement mixer in Lidl .. not in Aldi
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Mon 11 Dec 22:24
Lidl is better for tools and random crap, Aldi is better for booze and I`d say their fruit and veg is better too. Lidl bakery is also decent. The Aldis in Dunfermline don`t have bakeries but I think some other ones might now have them.
The entrance to Lidl in Cowdenbeath also doubles as the local skatepark as the car park has sunk so the entrance is a good few inches lower than the actual shop meaning there`s a nice quarter pipe on the way in!
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Mon 11 Dec 22:35
Thanks BPP, Jake.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Tue 12 Dec 08:32
Correct re the in store bakery jake the Port Seton Lidl have one and it is very good
Post Edited (Tue 12 Dec 08:32)
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Tue 12 Dec 10:43
Quote:
jake89, Mon 11 Dec 21:33
Except in Rosyth. Reported in the Courier that Lidl have pulled out of the deal to bill on the old Rosyth FC pitches. Shame as I hate driving through to Kirkcaldy or Cowdenbeath for Lidl.
My Maw will not be happy about that, along the road from her sheltered housing!
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Tue 12 Dec 11:00
Yes LA, there is a sizeable catchment area for a store there if you take into account the wealthy drivers just a few minutes along the road in Limekilns and Charlestown, the mix of locals who would walk/drive, get the bus up from the Dockyard, etc.
The choice is so limited just now.
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Topic Originator: General Zod
Date: Tue 12 Dec 11:10
What does this mean for Rosyth FC? Do they get some sort of compensation after all thats happened?
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Topic Originator: Playup_Pompey
Date: Tue 12 Dec 12:56
they already have a new home built and ready at pitreavie and pitch was in use over the most recent weekend.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Tue 12 Dec 15:00
Lidl replaced their existing store here with a new bigger one adjacent to Alloa`s ground a few years ago - we also have an Aldi.
Only missing a Sainsburys here !!!
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Tue 12 Dec 15:17
Aye and a big Tesco and a big Asda .. busy place Alloa now from when I lived in Clacks
Sainsbury too posh and expensive for Alloa folk vee :-))
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: EastEndTales
Date: Tue 12 Dec 15:29
Quote:
Buspasspar, Tue 12 Dec 15:17
Aye and a big Tesco and a big Asda .. busy place Alloa now from when I lived in Clacks
Sainsbury too posh and expensive for Alloa folk vee :-))
On the contrary, when I last lived in Scotland I thought Sainsburies offered better value than Asda and especially Tesco.
Ep.16 of East End Tales is out now with Steven Mill
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1972630/14949749
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 12 Dec 15:58
Sainsbury`s isn`t fancy. I don`t get how ASDA is still considered cheap. I think it`s perhaps cheaper for branded goods but their own stuff is expensive in comparison to many other major supermarkets. I don`t know how anyone can use ASDA Halbeath. All the trolleys are knackered and the clientele dump them all over the car park. The pavement outside is all uneven and the canopy is absolutely manky. It`s a miserable shop filled with equally miserable shoppers!
I`d welcome a Morrison`s in Dunfermline. They almost came but then it all got canned.
Lidl is/was supposed to be going in by the Halbeath bypass but that work seems to have stalled. Probably a good thing for the town centre.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Tue 12 Dec 16:20
"On the contrary, when I last lived in Scotland I thought Sainsburies offered better value than Asda and especially Tesco."
That was my poor attempt at having a wee jolly jape at vee and Alloa`s expense EET
Sainsbury is a good Supermarket .. my Favourite is Morrisons .. Also in Alloa next to a big B&M
Post Edited (Tue 12 Dec 16:22)
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 12 Dec 20:13
The majority of Alloa must be employed by either ASDA, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons or Co-op! If you manage to work in them all you get the keys to the town.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Tue 12 Dec 20:50
Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 12 Dec 20:13
The majority of Alloa must be employed by either ASDA, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Morrisons or Co-op! If you manage to work in them all you get the keys to the town.
Yes jake that is very true they are now probably the biggest employers in the area
But think back to when Alloa had Inde Coope brewery .. Carsbridge distillery .. (the biggest grain distiller in Europe) .. Robert Cunningham and sons Alva printer and bookbinder (where I served my apprenticeship) .. Paton and Baldwin .. Jaeger .. The Harlands .. Weir Pumps .. Alloa Glassworks .. and 5 mile up the road Kilbagie paper mill .. Kincardine power station and Longannet power station to name but a few .. I`m sure vee will remember more than me
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Tue 12 Dec 21:24
Still disappointed the Talgo factory didn`t happen at Longannet. They keep pushing it for other uses but no-one seems interested.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 13 Dec 17:26
You wouldn’t want Morrisons with their prices Jake 😂 I do agree that Asda is no longer cheap though - we could do a full shop in Asda and Aldi and be £40 better off with the latter…Morrisons, though, is no cheaper - can go in and buy 6 basic things and still cost you £20
Post Edited (Wed 13 Dec 17:26)
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Topic Originator: Luxembourg Par
Date: Thu 14 Dec 10:58
Morrisons kept the Safeway idea…
Have a nicer ‘upmarket’ reputation and you can charge more for the same tat.
Worked when Argyll group first bought Safeway - changed all the big Presto stores into Safeway and profits went up.
When Morrisons bought them, the same idea continued.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Thu 14 Dec 20:26
I noticed there`s work going on again at the Halbeath Retail park. Maybe Lidl is going in there afterall?
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Thu 14 Dec 21:00
Thats been in the pipeline for a while I believe
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Topic Originator: Hay Fever
Date: Thu 14 Dec 21:30
Is there no a Morrisons down where the Brucefield pub use to be?
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Fri 15 Dec 09:28
We`ve got 2 Morrison mini markets in Lochgelly and a big Morrisons in Cowdenbeath.
They changed over when RS McColl sold them on.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Fri 15 Dec 11:35
Quote:
LochgellyAlbert, Fri 15 Dec 09:28
We`ve got 2 Morrison mini markets in Lochgelly and a big Morrisons in Cowdenbeath.
They changed over when RS McColl sold them on.
Morrisons in Cowden is tiny - and awful for things 😂
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sun 17 Dec 13:49
Asda has gone the way we all fully expected after the brothers got hold of it.
Price gouging specialists and tesco have cottoned on that due to this they don’t need to reduce their prices.
Just look at petrol, Tesco and Asda have upped the profit margin they take bang in the middle of a cost of living crisis and both at exactly the same time.
Back to being drenched in my own negativity….
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Sun 17 Dec 14:31
I don`t think it`s new that ASDA isn`t that cheap. It`s cheaper in branded goods whilst it`s normal stuff is expensive. I`m going to get pelters for this, but ASDA tends to attract a particular demographic who are particular that they get Coca Cola rather than own brand so the technique works.
Aldi have whacked their prices right up so I`m surprised they`re still cheapest.
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Topic Originator: moviescot
Date: Sun 17 Dec 17:49
Aldi are nowhere near the cheapest and their product selection is rubbish. Lidl are even worse. Our biggest Lidl and Aldi have about 5 lanes of food and 3 of rubbish goods nobody wants .
Tesco is poor with cheating club card prices which are the same as normal Asda prices.
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Topic Originator: buffy
Date: Sun 17 Dec 17:53
I beg to differ Moviescot on the lack of choice at Aldi’s.
I’ve just finished my Christmas food shop with the most amazing choice from their store on Halbeath Road. Things I’d never had thought of for Christmas. Three bags of shopping just under £50.
”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019”
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Sun 17 Dec 18:31
So yer a sPar man moviescot thru and thru ;-)
Post Edited (Sun 17 Dec 19:41)
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Topic Originator: donj
Date: Mon 18 Dec 13:07
Tesco shop yesterday top line £88 and paid £8.76 on card after using £46 of vouchers.Admittedly we got clubcard prices and 20% discount with wifes colleague card.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Mon 18 Dec 16:11
Coop Friday, £117.76 at the top, coop brand discounts and colleague discount as wife was employed by them , paid £85.50p.
Half bottle of Cointreau and 70cl Sailor Jerry cost nothing!
Bargain 🥃🥳👍😎
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Topic Originator: moviescot
Date: Tue 19 Dec 22:23
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Post Edited (Tue 19 Dec 22:29)
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Topic Originator: Playup_Pompey
Date: Wed 20 Dec 10:58
"Asda has gone the way we all fully expected after the brothers got hold of it."
asda is truly terrible now. Loads of empty shelves, not able to get some of the basics of a weekly shop and very expensive.
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Topic Originator: moviescot
Date: Wed 20 Dec 15:13
From Which website.
Cheapest supermarkets 2023.
Supermarket Average basket price
Aldi. £76.77
Lidl £77.56
Asda £84.42
Tesco. £87.42
Sainsbury`s. £87.79
Morrisons. £89.54
Ocado. £93.40
Waitrose. £97.39
Excludes loyalty discounts.
For our larger analysis, including a mix of 134 branded and own-brand items, Asda was the cheapest once again this month (£328.15), followed by Morrisons which was £10.01 more expensive.
Supermarket Average trolley price
Asda. £328.15
Morrisons. £338.16
Tesco. £354.53
Ocado. £356.78
Sainsbury`s £360.26
Waitrose £369.80
Again does not include any loyalty discounts.
Aldi and Lidl excluded from this list as they were unable to match them range of products used in the basket.
Date of published figures was 5/12/23.
Asda have consistently been cheapest on this list.
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