I don't look down on nobody on this board and have never once portrayed myself as rich (far from it)

And any comment Ive made about not affording a iPhone is just trolling

 

Well we have one opening up at the end of this month in our town. TBH it is not a bad thing as some of their stuff is great value ( always the place to go when we are over in Portugal) and they have converted an old disused car park.

Still it is located in the **** area of town which is no surprise


Not a snob, I still will shop in Sainsburys as they have some great food but it would be foolish not to grab some bargains even if the 'clientele' is somewhat suspect

 

It took years of mental training to get ot the stage where I genuinely believe that any woman is lucky to breath the same air as me, why would I pay for any ones company, they should pay me.

 

Ha ha Luan I can imagine you owning a strip club and wearing a sharp suit, flashing the cash, then getting into the rusty scoob to go to Lidi.

 

If you could only manage to overcome your innate feelings of superiority over others you would find that you can shop in Lidls without a care in the world and take full advantage of the good prices and high quality of the food that they sell.

Les

 

EFA

But you said you 'banged these girls silly for the price of a few champagne dinners'

So you are paying for it, they aren't paying you are they? Which bit of that do you not understand?

 

That's right, Leslie.

 

You have tried it then!

Les

 

The victor is the one who gets the most and gives the least, if you manage to get a girlfriend who is used to having designer dresses and Tiffany jewelery given to her by previous boyfriends with out any such luxuries apart from a couple of nice dinners then you have a victory. The longer you maintain the relationship with no increased expenditure over the usual, especially if you can get them to cook and clean for you, represents a win. If you bang the village bike and have to buy her a vodka and coke then you have lost that deal beacuse she has banged half the village already and they probably diddn't even shell out for a bag of walkers crisps.

 

 

This! Ive always bought jam at Aldi or Lidl, as its far higher quality, with a significantly higher fruit content.

I also like their fruit yoghurt and various continental cheese and meat that isnt common here.

 

Lot of psychology with supermarkets it seems, it does indicate that some are judging their own self worth and place in society based on shopping choices, some even seem to think that their chances to breed may be affected by their choice of supermarket.

The truth is not many people are completely immune to the current economic climate and prices but even less people are immune to portraying an image of wealth through their choices, some seem terrified that someone may see them as poor due to having an Android Phone versus an Iphone, some seem terrified of being seem in a car with the wrong badge on, mys sister in law rejected a Galaxy over a Sharan as it had a VW badge on despite it being EXACTLY the same basic product, in fact the Ford was cheaper and better equipped.

The boom years seem to have fostered a generation of people with a taste for the finer things in life but also a taste for showing others how discerning they are, nobody is totally immune to it but I am probably less afected than most, perhaps even a bit of an inverted snob sometimes but I do try to weigh up my motivations and decide whether they are for my benefit/enjoyment or is it to derive enjoyment by showing off.

I freely admit that I have to watch the money, not that much these days but I am not immune and dont like to feel ripped off which I do every time I go to the local Sainsbury's really, £150 for a not that extravagent shop is a lot of money, I even include the value stuff, another thing people get sniffy about, some think they will be excommunicated from society for not having all branded food, I tend to try stuff and if I like it, buy it again, regardless of the label.

I love the image of Luan PB strutting round Waitrose/M and S leaving a trail of women having a "Crisis" in his wake, the test of a real man is whether or not he can carry this off in Lidl, Aldi or Netto whilst rooting through the bargain bin whilst wearing a Roy Cropper styled outfit replete with bicycle clips, I reckon I can

 

Yeah but is it fair trade?

 

J4cko good post but you won't see me in a shop these days, to me a man who goes shopping for either clothes or food needs to slap his GF/wife and tell her not to be such a lazy bitch*. Also only millionaires can afford to do all their shopping in M&S, its properly ****ing expensive.

*I don't really think you should hit your partner (well not most of the time anyway)

 

I like shopping, peruse the beer aisle at great length, check out the crisps, buy a car mag, perve at some of the Milf's, buy man food not salad and all the crap she likes, also when you go to Lidl/Aldi you can buy some cheapo tools.

M and S isnt that bad really, no worse than Sainsbury's really.

 

Your Mrs Is such a lucky lady to have you.

 

I reckon that M&S is good value for the excellent quality of their food.

Les

 

She is and I tell her that every day.

 

I think it might be more a case of this actually

 

Lol

 

LOL at this thread....

A while back an Aldi opened in a posh town near me,the local residents were on the war path including the elderly because of it,we can't have an Aldi in our town.About 6 to 8 months later it closed down and is still empty now,
funny thing is the town have a Wilkinson and Halfords,Mc Donalds,but the line stopped at an Aldi...
They don't have a tesco but have M&S Waitrose and Sainsbury's
Personally i couldn't give a **** where people shop,i don't go into aldi or the like myself but in the past been in netto to check out the foreign drink.
Quite content with Morrisons and yes i have shopped in M&S recently to buy a birthday cake.

 

Aldi do some wicked stubby bottles of French beer. Cheap as chips, and it's not the watered down pi$$ they sell at Asda!

I don't suppose it's the best tasting, but it's not bad at all. Perfect for a weekend drink in the garden in the summer

 

King Goblin Special Reserve 6.6%- £1.49! Very nice brew, gentlemen!

 

In which case Lidl did you a favour weeding out the gold digger then

 

Weston Old Rosie cider £3.99 a jug a real bargin

 

What's the story with their Granarom Highland Gold Coffee? So much cheaper than popular brands and yet it tastes really good. The aroma is a little 'burnt', but otherwise it's a winner! Anyone else sensible enough to have tried this?

 

I use Aldi a lot - its cheap and saves me money. Not bothered who shops there, foreign or poor etc. As long as it saves me a few pennies then that's ok with me.

 

I get my washing up liquid, dishwasher stuff, showel gel, etc there. Always decent vfm. Somehow, Cirencester, with a population of 19000, can now support a Waitrose, Tesco Extra, Tesco, Tesco Metro, M&S, Morrison Metro, Aldi, Lidl and a Poundland for good measure. It's nice having the choice and the jobs, but it just turns another market town into an A.N.Other generic UK town.

 

What do you actually buy there?
And what's Aldi got to do with Lidl?

 

I use Lidl a bit partly because it reminds me of shopping abroad and partly because some of their stuff is genuinely superior to the "others" - they do a great own brand beer, some good red wines (not white for some reason), their breads and patisserie stuff is excellent as is their fresh produce. It's not as "safe" as shopping at the big names places because stock varies but I always come out thinking "is that ALL I just paid?!"

It's a simpler business model - much clearer; they buy cheap, and make mark up.
The big four/five are now paying the price for shi77ing all over their suppliers with complicated "shelf space" payments and enormous claims if anything doesn't go their way.

I've supplied both in the past - Lidl always paid on time and never faffed about. The others (except Waitress for some reason) constantly picked, whined, claimed and generally acted like spoilt kids. They are a HUGE market if you can supply them but they are incredibly ruthless, whatever their ads might say about them.