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Tesco Declare War on er Lidl and Aldi

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    #92
    Raiser
    Registered Users Posts: 4,929 ✭✭✭Raiser


    I can honestly say without an ounce of snobbery and vouching for my own common sense [;)] that Tescos "cheap" products are sh|te in comparison to Lidl/Aldis cheaply-priced fare; with a massive distinction implied between the cheapness of cheap goods and the other type of cheapness re. economically priced products.......

    - If ya want to believe the Marketeers of the Queen then be brave and eat up your tin of beans in red water or washing powder that makes sh|te of your clothes or acidic fizzy drinks that'd make ya retch etc. etc. etc.

    * Reserving the right to hold a personal opinion and state it if I so wish


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    #93
    dh0661
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭dh0661


    Love that signature Raiser ;)


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    #94
    desperado2000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭desperado2000


    msg11 wrote: »
    I see lidl fought back today !

    Found it quite funny...

    "Cash savers" or "Trash saver".

    They then discribed how there "jam" was 50% fruit as compared to the tesco "jam" as only 35% fruit. And that the tesco "jam" that was 50% was around 10-15c dearer than there "jam".

    Like ? It is not even "100%" fruit on anyone's part, really had me laughing, can't wait too see tesco's response to this. :pac:

    I worked in a food processing plant back in my younger days and commercial jam is about 60% sugar - even tomato sauce is around 50%...


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    #95
    desperado2000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭desperado2000


    fitzdragon wrote: »
    Aldi are opening in my town (Cobh) in the next month or so , [snipped rest]

    fitz

    I've just moved to Cobh and pass that "opening soon" sign every day driving in to work - anyone know when exactly they are opening?


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    #96
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    Soon.


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    #97
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Donkey Kong wrote: »
    tesco are a joke. why dont they reduce their prices properly, at end of day they are only matching lidl and aldi. f))k em they are loosing my business.


    You are so right donkey kong, german produce all the way.


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    #98
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I have to laugh at Tesco's so called "savings" for the common worker. On the special discount shelves they have sectioned off, they have discounts on wine glasses, cocktail glasses and fancy finger foods. NOT basics like flour, sugar, meat or milk, etc. Just the middle-class or worse, upper-class crap they want to offload.

    Tesco's are a joke.


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    #99
    Danno
    Registered Users Posts: 8,913 ✭✭✭Danno


    In Portlaoise, I find, that Dunnes beats Tesco hands down all the time. Dunnes is tidy and clean and their offers are very clearly marked. Tescos would give you a heart attack really with all the shelves full of stickers boasting prices, and half empty shelves. :rolleyes:


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    #100
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    Biggins wrote: »
    I have to laugh at Tesco's so called "savings" for the common worker. On the special discount shelves they have sectioned off, they have discounts on wine glasses, cocktail glasses and fancy finger foods. NOT basics like flour, sugar, meat or milk, etc. Just the middle-class or worse, upper-class crap they want to offload.

    Tesco's are a joke.


    Yeah, because the "common worker" goes home and bakes their own bread because they can't afford to buy a sliced pan. There's a joke there alright but it aint Tescos !
    Don't you have a street corner somewhere to go to hand out the Socialist Worker ?


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    #101
    Biggins
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    Jip wrote: »
    Yeah, because the "common worker" goes home and bakes their own bread because they can't afford to buy a sliced pan. There's a joke there alright but it aint Tescos !
    Don't you have a street corner somewhere to go to hand out the Socialist Worker ?


    ...and you missed the point completely. Sigh... :rolleyes:
    But to help (I know, I'm wasting my time) when I said "middle-class or worse, upper-class crap" I was referring to the non basics that they are dropping the prices on, instead of dropping the prices on the real every day foodstuffs that we all eat from top to bottom categories of social living.

    We don't need cheaper table lamps, glasses and wines, we don't need cheaper caviare - we need cheaper basic food items that mam and dad have to feed their kids with every day. Not Tesco's twisted version of life in Ireland and what we need as daily foodstuffs and much more needed items!


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    #102
    foggy_lad
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    trash-savers was a perfect description of tesco's latest price cuts. they cut the price of the rubbish that nobody buys.


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    #103
    AARRRGH
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    Biggins wrote: »
    I have to laugh at Tesco's so called "savings" for the common worker. On the special discount shelves they have sectioned off, they have discounts on wine glasses, cocktail glasses and fancy finger foods. NOT basics like flour, sugar, meat or milk, etc. Just the middle-class or worse, upper-class crap they want to offload.

    Tesco's are a joke.

    In my opinion, the stuff they have on their savers deals is only the unnecessary crap - soft drinks, biscuits, cakes, etc.

    That's utterly pointless and cynical and is turning me (a Tesco customer) off shopping there anymore.


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    #104
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    Biggins, your original post that I commented on read alot differently before you edited it.

    But AARGGGHs post somewhat contradicts the previous 2, what he mentions is typical in the "common workers" shopping basket according to many consumer surveys I've read.

    And while we're on the topic, the 'common worker' is a tag that really bugs the **** out of me, it's something that was coined by the socialist party to try create a voting pool for themselves. WTF is a common worker ? Is it someone with a common accent or are everyone who works a common worker by virtue of the fact that there's lots of us and therefore commonly found ? The whole putting everyone into neat little compartments is a load of crap.


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    #105
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Jip wrote: »
    Biggins, your original post that I commented on read alot differently before you edited it.

    But AARGGGHs post somewhat contradicts the previous 2, what he mentions is typical in the "common workers" shopping basket according to many consumer surveys I've read.

    And while we're on the topic, the 'common worker' is a tag that really bugs the **** out of me, it's something that was coined by the socialist party to try create a voting pool for themselves. WTF is a common worker ? Is it someone with a common accent or are everyone who works a common worker by virtue of the fact that there's lots of us and therefore commonly found ? The whole putting everyone into neat little compartments is a load of crap.


    Trying to dodge the fact that you were talking balls by changing the subject, you should be a politician:D


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    #106
    Canonball
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭Canonball


    my wife switched to Aldi from Tecso a few months ago and saves a fortune on her shopping every week, they offer fantastic value for fruit & veg too and the quality is excellent.


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    #107
    getz
    Registered Users Posts: 5,255 ✭✭✭getz


    i hope asda start opening shops soon in ireland then you will see price cuts- tesco;s prices are higher in the republic than the UK -i know i have a son who is a manager in tesco-his girlfriend is a manager in morrisons-and my wife works for asda--just to top that 2 years ago i worked for sainsburys


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    #108
    DéiseGirl
    Registered Users Posts: 392 ✭✭DéiseGirl


    Danno wrote: »
    In Portlaoise, I find, that Dunnes beats Tesco hands down all the time. Dunnes is tidy and clean and their offers are very clearly marked. Tescos would give you a heart attack really with all the shelves full of stickers boasting prices, and half empty shelves. :rolleyes:

    I presume you mean the Dunnes in the Kyle Centre ;) that is a really pleasant shop, I always end up buying loads when I'm in there because the shopping experience is quite relaxed and the offers are often on products I'd actually use. When Dunnes were doing that 10% off on groceries a while back I stocked up on loads of things I'd use, and a lot of shampoos etc were half price as well, so even better.

    I have not stepped foot into that Tesco since I moved to Laois. I was in it once when I was down visiting my brother and I thought it wouldn't be a shop I'd ever use (even before I decided to move to Laois). I've been to the Tesco in Tullamore a good few times but even then I'd actually be going to Tullamore to go to Aldi and I'd pop in to Tesco to top up my shopping with things I can't get in Aldi (Chef ketchup being one...:o)


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    #109
    Jip
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    Trying to dodge the fact that you were talking balls by changing the subject, you should be a politician:D


    That's your contribution ?!?!?
    What fact have I dodged ? I remained on topic for the first half of the post, I wasn't the one that changed my post AFTER someone had pulled me up on it. As your mother surely told you, if you aint got nothing good or constructive to say, say nothing at all. If she didn't, I'm telling you.


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    #110
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Jip wrote: »
    That's your contribution ?!?!?
    What fact have I dodged ? I remained on topic for the first half of the post, I wasn't the one that changed my post AFTER someone had pulled me up on it. As your mother surely told you, if you aint got nothing good or constructive to say, say nothing at all. If she didn't, I'm telling you.

    Cant be arsed, socialism smocialism...aldi rocks.


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    #111
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    Cant be arsed, socialism smocialism...aldi rocks.

    Couldn't have put it better despite what he claimed being wrong (you will note an "editing" notice below that always shows edits).
    I'm now just ignoring those spoiling for a fight and staying on topic too.


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    #112
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Biggins wrote: »
    Couldn't have put it better despite what he claimed being wrong (you will note an "editing" notice below that always shows edits).
    I'm now just ignoring those spoiling for a fight and staying on topic too.

    Yeah that what i was going to say that you didnt even edit your post! probably reckons if he says something enough people will believe him, hate the pseudo-intellectuals that hang out on some forums.


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    #113
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    LOL, "pseudo intellectual". Maybe you should try find one, whatever one is, to help with your debating skills.
    And afterwards get a room for yourselves, the back patting going on between both of you is getting a bit much for a public forum.

    And for both your information, an edit does not always appear at the end of a post when edited, for example I've just edited this one twice, nay 3 times for experimentation purposes and it hasn't shown up for the first 2, possibly not even for the third. Edit, yes, for the 3rd one only.


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    #114
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Jip wrote: »
    LOL, "pseudo intellectual". Maybe you should try find one, whatever one is, to help with your debating skills.
    And afterwards get a room for yourselves, the back patting going on between both of you is getting a bit much for a public forum.

    And for both your information, an edit does not always appear at the end of a post when edited, for example I've just edited this one twice, nay 3 times for experimentation purposes and it hasn't shown up for the first 2, possibly not even for the third. Edit, yes, for the 3rd one only.


    Who cares, prove you edited it three times. You cant can you, stop talking rubbish and get back on topic.

    Lidl minestrone soups are yummy.


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    #115
    Biggins
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    Lidl minestrone soups are yummy.

    I like their selection of buns too. I've a sweet tooth.
    Go to Tescos and they are never (in my town anyway) stocked well. They always have a miserable limited number of each in stock that runs out by 11 each day! I know, I've checked.


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    #116
    Jip
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,418 ✭✭✭Jip


    And the love-in continues ! But you forgot to give each other thanks in those posts, what's going on, lovers tiff ?
    Still looking for a coherent argument from either of you but I'm obviously not going to get anything but school yard "you can't can you so there blah blah blah" rubbish.
    The point has gone so far over your head Jaysoose that you don't even realise I'm still on topic. Poor dear.


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    #117
    Biggins
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    Jip wrote: »
    And the love-in continues ! But you forgot to give each other thanks in those posts, what's going on, lovers tiff ?
    Still looking for a coherent argument from either of you but I'm obviously not going to get anything but school yard "you can't can you so there blah blah blah" rubbish.
    The point has gone so far over your head Jaysoose that you don't even realise I'm still on topic. Poor dear.

    LOL I'm just ignoring you. Have a nice day. 36_1_37.gif


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    #118
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Jip wrote: »
    And the love-in continues ! But you forgot to give each other thanks in those posts, what's going on, lovers tiff ?
    Still looking for a coherent argument from either of you but I'm obviously not going to get anything but school yard "you can't can you so there blah blah blah" rubbish.
    The point has gone so far over your head Jaysoose that you don't even realise I'm still on topic. Poor dear.

    Are you serious? i wish there was an option to block certain users posts. You start your post with "and the love-in continues" then critisize me for being "schoolyard"!! do you not see how pointless this is to drag it out any further.

    Im going to ignore you from now on so enjoy arguing with nobody on an internet forum.


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    #119
    poolfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 63 ✭✭poolfan


    :D went to aldi the other day and got 3 bags of shopping for €50. then went to top up on other stuff in tescos and got one bag of shopping for €40. rip offs!!!!


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    #120
    bill_ashmount
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    Aldi all the way for me. Never going to go to tesco again.

    Double pack of Bourbon Creams for 29 cent. :)


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    #121
    snubbleste
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    The major advertising campaign Tesco used to herald the arrival of its Cashsavers range gave its rivals a competitive advantage, according to the head of Aldi in Britain and Ireland.
    Aldi managing director Paul Foley said he believed Tesco had made a mistake by comparing its prices to those set by Aldi.

    ‘‘They advertised our prices on a number of products in their Cashsavers campaign. They effectively said that the benchmark for the best price is Aldi,” said Foley.
    Bewleys makes Aldi’s own-brand coffee. Odlums makes the flour. The Gleeson Group that owns Tipperary mineral water provides the bottled water; Fyffes bring in the bananas; Robert Roberts make the tea and Anglo Irish Beef Processors (AIBP) provides the meats.
    ‘‘You can buy cheaper cuts of meat, but you won’t get this quality for this price,” said Foley.

    Aldi’s share of the Irish market is increasing and Foley believes the reason is simple: ‘‘You will save €60 or €70 on a €200 weekly shop.”

    http://www.sbpost.ie/post/pages/p/story.aspx-qqqt=NEWS+FEATURES-qqqm=nav-qqqid=37561-qqqx=1.asp


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