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20 September 2006, 08:36 AM
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LIDLs
I think LIDLs are great .... high quality and very low prices .... the chavs and pikeys will have to share them now as they are opening stores all over.
A job advert in our paper for a Manager at a LIDLs store - they are paying their Managers the National Average Wage of £36,000 a year - which I think they should be applauded for!
Seems they look after their Customers AND their Staff then?
Carry on LIDL!!!
Pete
A job advert in our paper for a Manager at a LIDLs store - they are paying their Managers the National Average Wage of £36,000 a year - which I think they should be applauded for!
Seems they look after their Customers AND their Staff then?
Carry on LIDL!!!
Pete
20 September 2006, 08:47 AM
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Why have you posted what has to be almost a carbon copy of a post from about six months ago? Running out of imaginative new ways to stir it up?
20 September 2006, 08:49 AM
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While I'll agree Lidl is cheap, I'd hardly call their stuff quality. I've bought the odd thing from them that I was only planning on using once or twice and so didn't see the point of paying out for a better quality item. The Lidl item survived the first use but rarely the second!
20 September 2006, 08:50 AM
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I bought a 3 ton roller car jack for £14.99 Oh and they once did a series of microsoft office books for £4.99 (hardback) which I sold on for £10 a go 
Oh and they once did a series of microsoft office books for £4.99 (hardback) which I sold on for £10 a go
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20 September 2006, 08:52 AM
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Some LIDL stuff is better quality than that you get from crap supermarkets like Sainsbury's, TESCO etc etc.
Thinking primarily of the more unusual product lines like the Argentine sourced meat.
If it wasn't for the fact there is always a huge queue whenever I've been in the stores I'd probably shop there more often. As it is I tend to stick with Waitrose and Booth's when I'm in the UK.
Shops like Asda, tesco etc seem to be as full of scumbags as LIDL as far as I can see.
Thinking primarily of the more unusual product lines like the Argentine sourced meat.
If it wasn't for the fact there is always a huge queue whenever I've been in the stores I'd probably shop there more often. As it is I tend to stick with Waitrose and Booth's when I'm in the UK.
Shops like Asda, tesco etc seem to be as full of scumbags as LIDL as far as I can see.
20 September 2006, 08:54 AM
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That's actually the most annoying thing, they send out leaflets offering amazing computer deals, T.V.'s, HiFi etc, then they sell out in the first hour of opening after risking parking your car in the worst areas of the city while you wait. 
20 September 2006, 08:56 AM
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Average national salary is appx £23k according to the annual survey of hours and earnings...
Come on PSL adding 50% to the national average to make more of this bbs feel bad about their wage is stooping to an incredible trolling low
Anyhoo, IMHO Lidl is a poor mans Aldi with generally ploppy merchandise.
The managers get paid that much because they tend to do 16hour days 6 days a week, hence a massive turnover of staff with a silly salary to hook them in and keep them until they burn out and turn into a mass of shaking wibbleness
Come on PSL adding 50% to the national average to make more of this bbs feel bad about their wage is stooping to an incredible trolling low
Anyhoo, IMHO Lidl is a poor mans Aldi with generally ploppy merchandise.
The managers get paid that much because they tend to do 16hour days 6 days a week, hence a massive turnover of staff with a silly salary to hook them in and keep them until they burn out and turn into a mass of shaking wibbleness
20 September 2006, 08:57 AM
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Some LIDL stuff is better quality than that you get from crap supermarkets like Sainsbury's, TESCO etc etc.
Thinking primarily of the more unusual product lines like the Argentine sourced meat.
If it wasn't for the fact there is always a huge queue whenever I've been in the stores I'd probably shop there more often. As it is I tend to stick with Waitrose and Booth's when I'm in the UK.
Shops like Asda, tesco etc seem to be as full of scumbags as LIDL as far as I can see.
Thinking primarily of the more unusual product lines like the Argentine sourced meat.
If it wasn't for the fact there is always a huge queue whenever I've been in the stores I'd probably shop there more often. As it is I tend to stick with Waitrose and Booth's when I'm in the UK.
Shops like Asda, tesco etc seem to be as full of scumbags as LIDL as far as I can see.
20 September 2006, 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by kingofturds
queues seem to be a problem in our local lidl's, went in there just before christmas and they had only 2 tills open
20 September 2006, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by hectic
'When you're too pikey for Waitrose' and had a TESCO, Sainsbury's or ASDA logo
I have a theory that many wealthy people choose to use LIDL and ALDI because of the high quality/low cost of some of their products.
20 September 2006, 10:01 AM
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theres a Lidl store near where i work most days and its suprising to see how many well dressed ladies come out of there with marks and Specer or Waitrose carrier bags
and continue over to a big merc or w.h.y and drive off
and continue over to a big merc or w.h.y and drive off
20 September 2006, 11:12 PM
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The well heeled are tuning in to the value of LIDLs ......
I just thought it good that they offer the average wage of £36k to their managers ......
They could do with having more tills open however!
Pete
I just thought it good that they offer the average wage of £36k to their managers ......
They could do with having more tills open however!
Pete
20 September 2006, 11:26 PM
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I shopped at ALDI when I moved up to Cardiff because I was skint whilst paying double rent (Cardiff and Plymouth whilst the GF saw out her notice). I thought it was very good, hactually. The feta cheese was superb and half the price of Waitrose (where I like to shop because it's a pleasant experience), the meats were excellent as was the muesli. The bin-liners were ****.
The highlight was the choice between the cash and card tills. I breezed past a dozen or so people in the cash queue, all of whom regarded me with deference as I tendered my plastic, complete with cheque guarantee.
The highlight was the choice between the cash and card tills. I breezed past a dozen or so people in the cash queue, all of whom regarded me with deference as I tendered my plastic, complete with cheque guarantee.
21 September 2006, 07:49 PM
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£36,000 is that all?
I manage a McDonalds franchise and the starting salary is £150,000pa plus company car and bonus.
The only downside is they insist on having a chavvy company cars like the Subaru Impreza
I manage a McDonalds franchise and the starting salary is £150,000pa plus company car and bonus.
The only downside is they insist on having a chavvy company cars like the Subaru Impreza
21 September 2006, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
The well heeled are tuning in to the value of LIDLs ......
I just thought it good that they offer the average wage of £36k to their managers ......
They could do with having more tills open however!
Pete
I just thought it good that they offer the average wage of £36k to their managers ......
They could do with having more tills open however!
Pete
21 September 2006, 09:03 PM
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I was getting our shopping out of the back of the 'Ocado' van and a neighbour goes past and say' Hmm, Waitrose eh, I rmeember when you were on Asda, things must be going well'
I didnt realise Waitrose was considered posh, I am either more surprised anyone would mention it, shopped at Aldi, Netto and Iceland for years when skint, cant bring myself to do it now, and they dont deliver, when our kids were young they used to get ll excited at a packet, box or tube that had English writing, my eldest asked if he could have a drink of Appfelsaft one morning !
I didnt realise Waitrose was considered posh, I am either more surprised anyone would mention it, shopped at Aldi, Netto and Iceland for years when skint, cant bring myself to do it now, and they dont deliver, when our kids were young they used to get ll excited at a packet, box or tube that had English writing, my eldest asked if he could have a drink of Appfelsaft one morning !
21 September 2006, 10:56 PM
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I know a manager. Works all the time, does all the **** jobs and hates working there.. Not a happy man...
Never understood people who claim to hate their job then stay there for 40 years!! Some people are just moaners I guess?
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22 September 2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Generic User
I find the Milf is of far higher standard in Waitrose than in Asda or Sainsburys
22 September 2006, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by J4CKO
I didnt realise Waitrose was considered posh,
22 September 2006, 01:36 PM
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£36,000 per annum 'average' Pete? Is that all youre good for?
I actually think it disgraceful than anyone should have to live on £36,000 a year ..... I take my hat off to those who can manage it!
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22 September 2006, 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Generic User
I find the Milf is of far higher standard in Waitrose than in Asda or Sainsburys
22 September 2006, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
I think LIDLs are great .... high quality and very low prices .... the chavs and pikeys will have to share them now as they are opening stores all over.
A job advert in our paper for a Manager at a LIDLs store - they are paying their Managers the National Average Wage of £36,000 a year - which I think they should be applauded for!
Seems they look after their Customers AND their Staff then?
Carry on LIDL!!!
Pete
A job advert in our paper for a Manager at a LIDLs store - they are paying their Managers the National Average Wage of £36,000 a year - which I think they should be applauded for!
Seems they look after their Customers AND their Staff then?
Carry on LIDL!!!
Pete
I was once a LIDL slave,sorry store manager
in my day,we only got the paltry sum of 30 grand,and when myself and another manager worked out our wage,after stopage's etc,we were on £4.92 per hour
24 September 2006, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
You know, I know and everyone else knows ...... I am FAR from average!!
I actually think it disgraceful than anyone should have to live on £36,000 a year ..... I take my hat off to those who can manage it!
Pete
I actually think it disgraceful than anyone should have to live on £36,000 a year ..... I take my hat off to those who can manage it!
Pete
Congratulations! 
I'll be keeping my eye out for the next thread about your apparent status. 
Whaddya say, two days, three? I have to say, you suckered a few people in to reading about this before you revealed your intended topic, YOUR WALLET......