Already said a lot, but should be said again. Food.
Food, my weekly grocery bill has risen from ~80€ to ~130€ and I’ve started to limit and reduce snacks. Store is the same, amounts have gotten smaller, only difference is time. Few years ago when the first Lidl(Aldi) was opened and became the closest store to my home. Overall weekly bill never reached to triple digits, nowadays it never stays below that.
And i bloody hate triple digit numbers, my heart weeps every time i need to pay it and think about quitting eating all together.
I’ve had to change the priority of stores I shop at. Not even gonna touch international stores at this point. Only going to Aldi first, then Lidl for anything not stocked at Aldi.
Lidl has a larger variety than Aldi, but Aldi’s groceries are more affordable.
I though those are the same brand?
Mostly because every time i mention Lidl in online discourse people automatically switch over to using Aldi or every time there’s a picture of some goods that for me are sold in Lidl, the description says Aldi.
They’re different stores, but they cover the same niche with broadly the same market strategies (having very affordable in-store brands, packaging products in boxes to make re-stocking the shelves more efficient etc.) So a lot of people talk about them interchangeably.
Food is so expensive. I’ll be like I’m going to cut back and save money this week, so no meat, no fresh fruits or veggies, no snacks, no prepared meals and only 1 meal a day this week. I’ll leave the grocery store with one small bag of food and a $85 bill and I’m scratching my head going “how the fuck?” It feels like no matter what I buy it all costs the same
Already said a lot, but should be said again. Food.
Food, my weekly grocery bill has risen from ~80€ to ~130€ and I’ve started to limit and reduce snacks. Store is the same, amounts have gotten smaller, only difference is time. Few years ago when the first Lidl(Aldi) was opened and became the closest store to my home. Overall weekly bill never reached to triple digits, nowadays it never stays below that.
And i bloody hate triple digit numbers, my heart weeps every time i need to pay it and think about quitting eating all together.
I’ve had to change the priority of stores I shop at. Not even gonna touch international stores at this point. Only going to Aldi first, then Lidl for anything not stocked at Aldi.
Lidl has a larger variety than Aldi, but Aldi’s groceries are more affordable.
I though those are the same brand? Mostly because every time i mention Lidl in online discourse people automatically switch over to using Aldi or every time there’s a picture of some goods that for me are sold in Lidl, the description says Aldi.
They’re different stores, but they cover the same niche with broadly the same market strategies (having very affordable in-store brands, packaging products in boxes to make re-stocking the shelves more efficient etc.) So a lot of people talk about them interchangeably.
Food is so expensive. I’ll be like I’m going to cut back and save money this week, so no meat, no fresh fruits or veggies, no snacks, no prepared meals and only 1 meal a day this week. I’ll leave the grocery store with one small bag of food and a $85 bill and I’m scratching my head going “how the fuck?” It feels like no matter what I buy it all costs the same