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Started by: mollie m (7076) 

Sorry to resurrect this, but I was asked a couple of things to which I didn’t reply.

Owd Codger:

What you said is true about the lorries not delivering to Lidl, and it wasn’t just frozen food, it was all sorts, and the reason was because they were short of packers, therefore lorries not getting loaded. This went on for a good 3/4 weeks so I emailed Lidl to ask what the problem was, and they kindly replied with the reason. Also, the beans I mentioned in my previous post are most definitely tastier than Heinz’s.

Momac:

You’re welcome. Do let us know if you manage to have a toot and what it’s like. I still haven’t been yet, although it’s only about 1½ miles from where I live. As I said in my previous post, it is only very small, but might be worth a look. It’s in a fairly good location as well with parking down the side street next to it, depending on the time of day/evening you go. For myself, I’d go at around 6 p.m. when traffic is lighter, because it’s almost on the “Saddle” road nightmare, depending on which way you’re coming from.

Ena:

I go into Tesco Express every night, and last night it was nice to see more Tesco labels on the shelves. I was chatting to one of the ladies who works there about the dispute with Heinz and, I said, if they put more Tesco products on the shelves instead of the big names, they’d sell more. It’s scandalous what Heinz charge for their tinned goods, not that I buy many of them, but just to keep handy like yourself. I bought a tin of mushroom soup at .55, but Heinz was, I think, £1.25 – more than twice the cost, but their other soups were more expensive!

As to the cost of butter, the cost of Lurpak in Tesco is a whopping £5.05 so, years ago, I decided to try Danpak from Lidl which is now £2.15. Very little difference in taste, if any, and less than half the price.

All prices have increased since the pandemic and, as has been said, companies are finding the need to recoup their losses at the cost of shoppers, and there’s little that can be done about that, so we have to shop within our means, but we don’t have to skimp on quality if we shop wisely.

Slightly off track, a couple of weeks ago my brother was taking me to Leigh Infirmary and we were chatting about this and that, and the subject emerged about the cost of petrol, and I mentioned that it was now slightly less than £8 a gallon. He let that sink in for a moment, then he said: “I remember when you could get a gallon of petrol for 2/6d!” Frikknin’.

Replied: 13th Jul 2022 at 21:50

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