Oh for the love of Lidl!

The mini ice cream bars (the kind with sticks) are outstanding.  There are four different flavours in a box.  Very tasty.

I forgot to mention yesterday (due to said hangover) that these sunflower seeds are 'jumbo'... they are like 3-4 times the size of normal sunflower seeds.
I dont know if that will affect their taste or desireability...

Now only if we can get the natives to bag their grocies correctly, ie you are suppose to pile them all back in the trolley and pack them over on the ledge after the tills. Is that so hard to understand? Why do you think there is no 'landing' zone for the food after it passes the till?

You know, I try as hard as I can but they start scanning the items before I have emptied the trolley so i am rushing as fast as I can!  How are you supposed to do it if you need to have another trolley (or someone else) at the other end?  I have this same problem at Ikea and B&Q.  They really don't want you to buy a lot of items do they?

You know, I try as hard as I can but they start scanning the items before I have emptied the trolley so i am rushing as fast as I can!  How are you supposed to do it if you need to have another trolley (or someone else) at the other end?  I have this same problem at Ikea and B&Q.  They really don't want you to buy a lot of items do they?

You just don't pay them until you've loaded the food back into the trolley - to pack at the ledge afterwards.

They have to sit there and wait until you're done. 

I never pack at the ledge!! I do it at the counter and make them wait. They even start helping me so I get done quicker!

I don't think I've ever bought enough at Lidl to have to use a trolley! I just bundle stuff up in my arms till I can't hold anymore! 

P.S.  Their vine tomatoes are lovely! They have that real tomato-y smell!

P.S.  Their vine tomatoes are lovely! They have that real tomato-y smell!

yes!  i bought some yesterday!

You know, I try as hard as I can but they start scanning the items before I have emptied the trolley so i am rushing as fast as I can!  How are you supposed to do it if you need to have another trolley (or someone else) at the other end?  I have this same problem at Ikea and B&Q.  They really don't want you to buy a lot of items do they?

The ones I remember in Germany worked a system whereby you used the trolley of the previous customer in front of you to load yours and then after you were done you wheeled over to the ledge and the trolley you came in with now assumes the spot at the till to load up the next person and so on and so on. It worked such a way that the cashier could load the load trolley if you were still unloading. I did, once, in the early days, see a manager trying to explain this and he was not having much luck at all. B&Q really sucks, at least Lidl has a conveyor belt to empty the trolley.

They even start helping me so I get done quicker!

That's one of the reasons that I readopted the ledge packing because I am really picky how to pack the messages. I hated to get home and find my beautiful aromatic vine tomatoes squashed beneath the tins and jars. I grew up bagging groceries in the commissaries of the good old USAF and found that people who understood packing tipped you well if they saw you were doing a proper job.

That's one of the reasons that I readopted the ledge packing because I am really picky how to pack the messages. I hated to get home and find my beautiful aromatic vine tomatoes squashed beneath the tins and jars. I grew up bagging groceries in the commissaries of the good old USAF and found that people who understood packing tipped you well if they saw you were doing a proper job.

I know what you mean but I find it helps if you lay things out on the conveyor belt in the order you want to pack them. I do that whatever supermarket I'm in.

I know what you mean but I find it helps if you lay things out on the conveyor belt in the order you want to pack them. I do that whatever supermarket I'm in.

Yeah, I am very picky about that.  Heavy items usually go first such as pop bottles, wine, bleach, etc.  Then it's canned goods. All the cold or frozen stuff is packed together. Then it's fruits and vegetables followed by eggs and bread.  It's taken years for me to train DH this way.  If I let him do it by himself we come home with squashed bread and a few broken eggs as he likes to throw it all together

I know what you mean but I find it helps if you lay things out on the conveyor belt in the order you want to pack them. I do that whatever supermarket I'm in.

I do this, too.

I also don't use carrier bags.  Lidl sell VERY strong 'bags for life' for 99p and I keep these in the boot of our car to use whenever we shop.

Much faster to pack than faffing about with carrier bags.

I know what you mean but I find it helps if you lay things out on the conveyor belt in the order you want to pack them. I do that whatever supermarket I'm in.

Yeah, I am very picky about that.  Heavy items usually go first such as pop bottles, wine, bleach, etc.  Then it's canned goods. All the cold or frozen stuff is packed together. Then it's fruits and vegetables followed by eggs and bread. 

I do this, too.

I also don't use carrier bags.  Lidl sell VERY strong 'bags for life' for 99p and I keep these in the boot of our car to use whenever we shop.

Much faster to pack than faffing about with carrier bags.

Ditto to all of this.  We've got a nice collection of "Bags for Life" from Sainsburys and Tesco and haul them around with us when we're doing the shopping.  DH knows by now to just let me unload the trolley without helping, and to let me do the packing.  I worked at Kroger for too long, obviously!

I do this, too.

I also don't use carrier bags.  Lidl sell VERY strong 'bags for life' for 99p and I keep these in the boot of our car to use whenever we shop.

Much faster to pack than faffing about with carrier bags.

My latest goal is to attempt not to receive any carrier or shopping bags. I have this big bag that's woven material that I lug around in my handbag whenever I go into town and I have the bags for life in the house and in the boot in case I forget them walking out of the house...

I recently moved and had never tossed out one single bag in 3 years. I had 5 bags for life filled with a variety of bags from everywhere. When I took them to the recycling plant, they appeared to go into a big bin of general waste. I had thought they could be recycled in some way, but evidently not? WHy do major supermarkets have those collections for carrier bags? What's happening to them??

Just had my email notification of the upcoming specials.  Check this out people, and tell me whether you laugh or cry:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20070902.index.ar1

Just had my email notification of the upcoming specials.  Check this out people, and tell me whether you laugh or cry:

http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pages/c.o.20070902.index.ar1

WTF?!

Okay, Pringles are American, I'll give them that....

Walnut oil?  Never heard of it.  And no self-respecting American is gonna eat hotdogs that come from a jar.  As for Hamburger Sauce... *shudders*