Is Aldi going out of business? Fecking nothing in stock these days.

"Literally nothing"?

No they are not going out of business.

People like you, except they get up early in the morning.

Yeh ive noticed this a lot with them. Its frustrating more than aything. They were doing a cinema style popcorn which was a copy of manahattan. Every bit as nice and a fraction of the price. Gone.

Frozen lamb shanks. Gone.

Fried onions. Gone.

They were doing a premium type of fizzy bottled lemon and orange. Great for making rock shandys. Gone.

The list goes on. Lidl is no better.

Its like they say to themselves " jesus people really like that product. Get rid of it."

This a a big Aldi and Lidl problem (at least if its what I think it is). They do these stupid mixed boxes of stuff. So some chocolate covered biscuits come in a mixed box half plain half milk chocolate. Then there's mixed boxes of tea, Earl Grey, Breakfast tea and one other. Same with jars of sauces like, mint sauce, cranberry sauce, tartare sauce, horseradish sauce etc. So what happens is everyone takes the one they like leaving trays of stuff that no one really wants. With the tea the Earl Grey goes really quickly so you can sort through 4 or more trays and there is non left. I would guess that stock control shows the shelf is full but often its not full of anything I want to buy.

Edit> Another thing I'm sure both stores do is bulk buy stock that they get offered at a good discount. Lidl have had a sauerkraut for a few months now that is really very good, price is less than direct from the Irish manufacturers website (you can order on line). But I doubt Lidl will ever stock it again.

The problem is that Supervalu, Dunnes and Tesco own brands / cheap brands aren't as good as the Aldi / Lidl brands. The premium supermarkets will tell you they are but they aren't. They are also loss leaders.