I've been in there two or three times, and I like it. There's more space in the aisles, and a wider variety of products. Early on Monday I was in there getting eggs and milk, and also picked up one of the Too Good To Waste boxes. It cost me £2 and I am really pleased with what I got for my money. I do not often post 'shopping basket' pictures on the blog, but decided this was worth sharing. I separated out the items and priced them up
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This strikes me as very good value.
The boxes are kept on the far side of the tills - so you inform the assistant that you would like one, she adds £2 to your bill, then you collect it as you leave the store. This is a good system. It stops people handling the produce or swapping out the contents of their boxes, exchanging leeks for more easy peelers!
Do you ever buy these bargain boxes?
What is the best thing you ever discovered in one?
What is the best thing you ever discovered in one?
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I have never seen these boxes in our local Lidl store despite asking a few times.That was a very good value box you bought-just stay away from the middle of Lidl. Also-have you downloaded the Lidl plus App? Catriona
ReplyDeleteThe Lisl.app is very useful and alerts me to bargains . And Bob likes the Tool Offers!!
DeleteI love these boxes! I sometimes buy one just for the fun of working out how to use unexpected items.
ReplyDeleteIt's a cheapskate alternative to fancy delivered veg boxes
DeleteThose bargain bags are an excellent way to avoid food waste. Our corner shop does them too, I think there's an app where local shops can post if they have bargain bags on offer
ReplyDeleteThey do that here, but the offers tend to be late in the day, and it's not worth the trip into town only to discover they've all gone.
DeleteI love them but I rarely see them nowadays at the Lidl near school. I've had an amazing amount of produce in them before!
ReplyDeleteI have always been pleased with the quality and variety
DeleteI have bought them but our local store has stopped doing them. My best haul was one that had three large boxes of strawberries plus other fruit. I had strawberries and yoghurt for breakfast first several days. Lovely
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DeleteThey do have them here in France, but I'm not sure if people do a bit of a sort after they've paid, as often one box seems to have kilos of very brown bananas, and another five or six cauliflowers...I have had one which was good value (I can't remember exactly what was involved now) but needed a lot of work to preserve all the items before they went bad!
ReplyDeleteI think the way they space them out along the shelf, and watch the customers carefully means it is harder for veg-swappers now! I think that only the bananas needed prompt consumption, and we ate 4 of them yesterday.🍌🍌🍌🍌
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great deal. We don't really have anything like that here (boxes of discounted produce).
ReplyDeleteIt certainly reduces food waste
DeleteI picked one up at Sainsbury’s only to have the check out person start ringing up the contents individually at full price!
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DeleteSadly we don't have a Lidl close to us, but I have heard some brilliant reviews from people who have picked up the Too Good to Waste boxes, and also collected their free food gifts from the App. It all seems very budget friendly, and it's also seems better now that people can't pick and swap items out of the boxes.
ReplyDeleteWell thought out, good for the shopper and the planet
DeleteGoing to the nearest Lidl here is a pain as it's on the 'wrong' side of town for me and getting back out of the car park into constant traffic sometimes takes ages.
ReplyDeleteOh that's frustrating.
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