Supermarkets - the Megathread

freshpopcorn

Away With The Fairies wrote: »

They should absolutely make more of an effort with masks. Not just in shops but in schools as well. I don't know why kids here aren't wearing masks, I'm sure some kids can get covid bad, surely it's worth protecting those few by all of them wearing masks?

I don’t think people are overly concerned about their kids getting very sick from Covid maybe passing it onto granny.
It’s the government guidelines tough. Even the parents that send their primary school kids to school with them they are taken off and put back on for mammy to see in the evening.
With the secondary school kids masks are taken off every chance they get. I’ve even seeing them sharing them at lunch time.

Polar101

Went to my local Dunnes today, and saw a woman take off her mask near the fabric conditioners shelf - and then she started opening some bottles to find out which smelled the nicest (I assume). Wouldn't really want to see that during normal times, and definitely not now.

jlm29

Polar101 wrote: »

Went to my local Dunnes today, and saw a woman take off her mask near the fabric conditioners shelf - and then she started opening some bottles to find out which smelled the nicest (I assume). Wouldn't really want to see that during normal times, and definitely not now.

Tame enough really. In pre Covid times I recall seeing a grown woman tasting the different salads in the salad bar with the communal spoons. Wide be a pity to bring home one she didn’t like I suppose. I will never as long as I live buy from any thing that Is serve yourself and unwrapped in a supermarket

ShineOn7

How have people's experiences with using Aldi via Deliveroo been?

I'm a big fan of their food so I'm thinking of placing an order

• It says the delivery is Contactless. True?
• It says delivery within 45 - 60 mins of your order. Is it really that fast?
• Do you get a text from Deliveroo confirming times etc in the same way DPD give you a time window?
• How has your experience with Aldi via Delieveroo been in general?

Cheers

odyssey06

ShineOn7 wrote: »

How have people's experiences with using Aldi via Deliveroo been?
I'm a big fan of their food so I'm thinking of placing an order

• It says the delivery is Contactless. True?
• It says delivery within 45 - 60 mins of your order. Is it really that fast?
• Do you get a text from Deliveroo confirming times etc in the same way DPD give you a time window?
• How has your experience with Aldi via Delieveroo been in general?

Cheers

Have you checked out what items are actually available from your store?
I had a look at what I could order from my local one in D3 when it first launched and it was a very limited selection of items.

ShineOn7

odyssey06 wrote: »

Have you checked out what items are actually available from your store?

Yes, there's a good selection with the one nearest me

Gloomtastic!

ShineOn7 wrote: »

How have people's experiences with using Aldi via Deliveroo been?

I'm a big fan of their food so I'm thinking of placing an order

• It says the delivery is Contactless. True?
• It says delivery within 45 - 60 mins of your order. Is it really that fast?
• Do you get a text from Deliveroo confirming times etc in the same way DPD give you a time window?
• How has your experience with Aldi via Delieveroo been in general?

Cheers

I haven’t used it yet but my local Aldi, in East Wall, is one of the participating stores and there seems to be a steady stream of Deliveroo drivers coming in and out so it is being used.

Saw one Deliveroo driver park in a disabled space while he went in to collect his delivery. When he got back, he’d been clamped. Not sure how much they get paid but he’d need a lot to compensate for the €125 fine, ouch!

Will be very useful to use before Christmas to dodge the queues.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

A family member has cancer. As a result I've been so careful. Was in Supervalu in Ballyroan this evening and a womann came in with a buggy and 3 other kids. The 3 kids who all looked 8-9 were just allowed tear around the place. I was standing quietly in the queue, one child ran past me and another banged right into the back of me. Bear in mind I have avoided hugging my own nephews and nieces since March, including at the funeral of a much loved relative, due to caring for a cancer patient. . When I looked exasperated this child gave a roll eyed 'jeeze what's wrong with her' look to his brother/friend.

Made me feel absolutely awful, like a cranky wagon whem I was just upset that a random child could basically come right up against me when kids I really love have had to stay 2 metres away for 8 months.

Childminder strolled up a couple of minutes later, uncaring that her charges had been running around, socially distancing from nó one. Some people really have no cop on.

Thats me

Lana Green Sophomore wrote: »

A family member has cancer. As a result I've been so careful. Was in Supervalu in Ballyroan this evening

Are you out of the reach of any Tesco delivery?:(

AssetBacked2

Lana Green Sophomore wrote: »

A family member has cancer. As a result I've been so careful. Was in Supervalu in Ballyroan this evening and a womann came in with a buggy and 3 other kids. The 3 kids who all looked 8-9 were just allowed tear around the place. I was standing quietly in the queue, one child ran past me and another banged right into the back of me. Bear in mind I have avoided hugging my own nephews and nieces since March, including at the funeral of a much loved relative, due to caring for a cancer patient. . When I looked exasperated this child gave a roll eyed 'jeeze what's wrong with her' look to his brother/friend.

Made me feel absolutely awful, like a cranky wagon whem I was just upset that a random child could basically come right up against me when kids I really love have had to stay 2 metres away for 8 months.

Childminder strolled up a couple of minutes later, uncaring that her charges had been running around, socially distancing from nó one. Some people really have no cop on.

My dad has cancer as well, in his 70s. My outlook is not clouded in the same way yours is though. Not sure it's just about cop on that others are lacking but maybe perhaps a brodelrine irrational level of fear?

c68zapdsm5i1ru

AssetBacked2 wrote: »

My dad has cancer as well, in his 70s. My outlook is not clouded in the same way yours is though. Not sure it's just about cop on that others are lacking but maybe perhaps a brodelrine irrational level of fear?

I'm actually caring for my family member who's in their eighties, undergoing treatment and been warned by the hospital that she's extremely vulnerable.

AssetBacked2

I'd go with delivered shopping as you can't rely on others to be considerate for you, especially with kids; no masks and running around shops.

Zardoz

I went to Aldi last night at 9pm and it was deserted.
I hadn't been there in 5 weeks as I use Tesco delivery now for the weekly shop but I still do a big shop in Aldi every 3-4 weeks.
If you can go to the Supermarkets after 9 do , its much quieter and the shelves are still well stocked.

Are we going to get longer hours soon? As close to 24 hour as possible would be brilliant.

freshpopcorn

Zardoz wrote: »

I went to Aldi last night at 9pm and it was deserted.
I hadn't been there in 5 weeks as I use Tesco delivery now for the weekly shop but I still do a big shop in Aldi every 3-4 weeks.
If you can go to the Supermarkets after 9 do , its much quieter and the shelves are still well stocked.

Going after nine generally means the place is quieter but you may have trouble getting what you want.
Last night places were quieter because of The Toy Show.

freshpopcorn

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Are we going to get longer hours soon? As close to 24 hour as possible would be brilliant.

Maybe, Lidl and Aldi have extended their opening hours a bit.
They are opening at seven and closing at eleven around Christmas week.
Some of the larger Tesco/Dunnes might do it. However it all depends on how well stocked they are from previous experience you’ve to go out the next day to get veg, bread, etc because they were so poorly stocked.

Zardoz

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Going after nine generally means the place is quieter but you may have trouble getting what you want.
Last night places were quieter because of The Toy Show.

I generally find Friday nights after 9 to be very quiet.
I only stumbled upon this by accident as I thought Fridays would be very busy so avoided them for years.
I've been pleasantly surprised though.

freshpopcorn

Zardoz wrote: »

I generally find Friday nights after 9 to be very quiet.
I only stumbled upon this by accident as I thought Fridays would be very busy so avoided them for years.
I've been pleasantly surprised though.

Yes I agree with you. Most nights are similar.
Generally the night of The Toy Show things can be very quiet tough.

speckle

Anyone notice a lack of special offfers in tesco over the last couple of months wondering if only down the country?

freshpopcorn

speckle wrote: »

Anyone notice a lack of special offfers in tesco over the last couple of months wondering if only down the country?

Any items in particular?
I think their was a period when I noticed this but it’s sort of settled down now.

speckle

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Any items in particular?
I think their was a period when I noticed this but it’s sort of settled down now.

I see yellow tags on unhealthy in excess comfort foods crisps/choc/sweets but earlier in the year there were more special offers on loads of things from soup to beans to fruit to toothpaste to petfood.. every aisle had some yellow tags. Many pensioners survive on those special offfers. Just worried they think they have a monopoly on customers now. I have given up shopping there. I got a friend to check the other tescos in the main town of my county and they noticed it too.

freshpopcorn

speckle wrote: »

I see yellow tags on unhealthy in excess comfort foods crisps/choc/sweets but earlier in the year their were more special offers on loads of things from soup to beans to fruit to tootpaste to petfood.. ir every aisle had some yellow tags. Many pensioners survive on those special offfers. Just worried they thing they have a monopoly on customers now. I have given ul shopping there. I got a friend to check the other tescos in the main town of my county and they noticed it too.

Actually I’ve found my sweet offers have declined but still notice offers on healthy stuff!
I did notice earlier in the year offers slowed a bit there and in Supervalu and may have got used to it.

Zardoz

speckle wrote: »

I see yellow tags on unhealthy in excess comfort foods crisps/choc/sweets but earlier in the year there were more special offers on loads of things from soup to beans to fruit to toothpaste to petfood.. every aisle had some yellow tags. Many pensioners survive on those special offfers. Just worried they think they have a monopoly on customers now. I have given up shopping there. I got a friend to check the other tescos in the main town of my county and they noticed it too.

Aldi have hardly any stuff marked down since the Pandemic started.
I used to get stuff 50% off like meat, pizzas, fish etc but they changed that to 30% off and its on very few items now compared to before.
I guess they are doing more business so stuff is lying on the shelves less time .

In saying that a couple of the staff were checking out a mountain of produce and putting it into wheelie bins as I was leaving last night.
A terrible shame, surely it could be given to charity .

freshpopcorn

Zardoz wrote: »

Aldi have hardly any stuff marked down since the Pandemic started.
I used to get stuff 50% off like meat, pizzas, fish etc but they changed that to 30% off and its on very few items now compared to before.
I guess they are doing more business so stuff is lying on the shelves less time .

In saying that a couple of the staff were checking out a mountain of produce and putting it into wheelie bins as I was leaving last night.
A terrible shame, surely it could be given to charity .

My local Aldi various their stickers I found in the past.
The supermarkets are generally good to donate stuff now I find and if they don’t they may have been some issue.

speckle

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Actually I’ve found my sweet offers have declined but still notice offers on healthy stuff!
I did notice earlier in the year offers slowed a bit there and in Supervalu and may have got used to it.

Thanks....Is that online or instore... btw I found out by accident sometimes differences in produce available online via desktop versus mobile.. some technical glitch I was told.
I am taking about in store in person re my post.

speckle

freshpopcorn wrote: »

My local Aldi various their stickers I found in the past.
The supermarkets are generally good to donate stuff now I find and if they don’t they may have been some issue.

I wonder are they donating maybe less now because of health and safety?

freshpopcorn

speckle wrote: »

I wonder are they donating maybe less now because of health and safety?

I know local two people collect the stuff and bring it somewhere from the some of the Supermarkets and if there was some issue the shop could be left with the stuff.
Most stuff is packaged, etc but it’s hard to know.
They may have been a issue with a fridge, etc also.

freshpopcorn

speckle wrote: »

Thanks....Is that online or instore... btw I found out by accident sometimes differences in produce available online via desktop versus mobile.. some technical glitch I was told.
I am taking about in store in person re my post.

In store I rarely look online.
Online sites can be messy in my experience.
I set up another account on the Tesco website and put my address down as living near one of the bigger Tescos and I got to see a lot more stock/offers before.

Mr.S

Mr.S wrote: »

Restocking happens overnight, if you've ever been in a 24 hour Tesco, it's mental with stockers and boxes everywhere so I doubt we'll get that.

But they should open later, midnight would be ideal. Our Tesco was midnight before COVID and they reverted to 10pm and now 11pm.

Be surprised If tesco are going 24hr...if they do it will only be for few days around 20/21st dec....90% of restocking and online picking will be at night..heard there opening to 1am at some point in December

Some difference this week. Went for opening as normal and queues to get in, car park looked like a Saturday afternoon and I leaving. I think the only thing that wasn’t different was that they still only opened one till.

So many rotten arseholes with their offspring in tow too. Great way to teach your child to be selfish at least.

freshpopcorn

I just saw The Square in Tallaght put up their opening hours Dunnes are staying up to 10 and then 12 in the week before Christmas.
Tesco are going until twelve and then dooming 24 hours for two days.

Atlantic Dawn

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

So many rotten arseholes with their offspring in tow too. Great way to teach your child to be selfish at least.

Worst is at the self checkout when about 9 of the same family cloud around one til, could they not just wait outside at this stage?

CinemaGuy45

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Worst is at the self checkout when about 9 of the same family cloud around one til, could they not just wait outside at this stage?

CinemaGuy45

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Sterling contribution there.

It’s a valid point. There’s no reason for two parents and their kids to be doing the shopping at the moment. Absolute pricks.

freshpopcorn

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Worst is at the self checkout when about 9 of the same family cloud around one til, could they not just wait outside at this stage?

It’s a lovely sight to see.
I just love how worked up people get about it.

CinemaGuy45

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It’s a lovely sight to see.
I just love how worked up people get about it.

How dare you these kids should be at home watching RTE.:p

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

It’s a lovely sight to see.
I just love how worked up people get about it.

A lovely sight to see? You’re just trolling at this stage churning out crap like that.

You could just about understand it if any of them were capable of controlling their spawn.

CinemaGuy45

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

A lovely sight to see? You’re just trolling at this stage churning out crap like that.

No it's not trolling people have had enough of this lockdown crap 2,000 deaths and that is with the figures being fiddled.
A long way from the 85,000 deaths we got warned about.

We have God given freedoms if you don't like it stay at home.

freshpopcorn

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

A lovely sight to see? You’re just trolling at this stage.

Nope, I think if your so terrified of a few people in a shop you should order online, ring the supermarket and get them to do your shopping or ask a family/friend to help you or even the Gardai if your really stuck.

freshpopcorn

freshpopcorn wrote: »

Nope, I think if your so terrified of a few people in a shop you should order online, ring the supermarket and get them to do your shopping or ask a family/friend to help you or even the Gardai if your really stuck.

I live online ordering for the elderly or health staff working huge hours. Helps to at least try to be decent. People like you are what has all this a lot worse than it should have been.

CinemaGuy45

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

A lovely sight to see? You’re just trolling at this stage churning out crap like that.

You could just about understand it if any of them were capable of controlling their spawn.

And you say other people are trolling.

CinemaGuy45

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

And you say other people are trolling.

What? They don’t. They let them run wild as soon as they’re in the door.

CinemaGuy45

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

What? They don’t. They let them run wild as soon as they’re in the door.

Calling people pricks and calling their children spawn you need to get a grip.

CinemaGuy45

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Calling people pricks and calling their children spawn you need to get a grip.

Grand, if you don’t like spawn then I apologise. It’s just a phrase I use like offspring, I don’t mean anything else by it. I still stand by it that the adults of two parent families doing the shopping as a group at the moment are pricks though. A small bit of consideration goes a long way.

In fairness though, you’re only pulling me on it because you don’t agree with me. Saying you love to see full families out shopping and taking up the self service area is a rotten thing to say, the only thing there is that you agree with them so you don’t let it bother you.

CinemaGuy45

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

A lovely sight to see? You’re just trolling at this stage churning out crap like that.

You could just about understand it if any of them were capable of controlling their spawn.

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Sterling contribution there.

It’s a valid point. There’s no reason for two parents and their kids to be doing the shopping at the moment. Absolute pricks.

I am exempt from face coverings and I get out as much as possible and in work the 2 meter rule has long been forgotten about.
Even the morons who wear the makes have them around their chin half the time.

This Covid bull has brought out the worst in people and brought out the worst people.

freshpopcorn

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

I live online ordering for the elderly or health staff working huge hours. Helps to at least try to be decent. People like you are what has all this a lot worse than it should have been.

How have I made things worse?

CinemaGuy45

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

I am exempt from face coverings and I get out as much as possible and in work the 2 meter rule has long been forgotten about.
Even the morons who wear the makes have them around their chin half the time.

This Covid bull has brought out the worst in people and brought out the worst people.

Like I said, I do see them as pricks. It’s not a decent thing to be doing currently, that’s the worst of people in my opinion.

CinemaGuy45

ReginaldSmythV wrote: »

Grand, if you don’t like spawn then I apologise. It’s just a phrase I use like offspring, I don’t mean anything else by it. I still stand by it that the adults of two parent families doing the shopping as a group at the moment are pricks though. A small bit of consideration goes a long way.

In fairness though, you’re only pulling me on it because you don’t agree with me. Saying you love to see full families out shopping and taking up the self service area is a rotten thing to say, the only thing there is that you agree with them so you don’t let it bother you.

Don't misunderstand me I am not angry with you nor am I attacking you.

I believe the whole situation we are living in is crazy and the reaction had been overblown I am only shouting to try and bring a big of sanity back into our lives.

Two parents out shopping with their children what's the harm really?

Edit anyway have to leave it there as this thread has reminded me I need to grab something from the shops and the chemist.

CinemaGuy45

CinemaGuy45 wrote: »

Don't misunderstand me I am not angry with you nor am I attacking you.

I believe the whole situation we are living in is crazy and the reaction had been overblown I am only shouting to try and bring a big of sanity back into our lives.

Two parents out shopping with their children what's the harm really?

Edit anyway have to leave it there as this thread has reminded me I need to grab something from the shops and the chemist.

It’s harm because they’re walking past a huge sign asking for one person per trolley (if it’s a single parent thing then fine, they have to shop). There’s absolutely no need two parents to go shopping together currently when space is limited, let alone if it means bringing the whole crew along.