ALDI (1 Viewer)

[Psychotic no 2]

As I was perusing the jobs pages in the Irish Times this morning I came across that year programme thing in Aldi, which spends a year training people to be area managers and pays them €51,500 with a fully-expensed Audi A4 from the FIRST DAY and then rises to €73,000 within 3 years... Oh and a pension. It seems you just have to be one of those motivated types to get the job (and have your leaving cert and a degree). I'm seriously thinking of applying. I like Audi A4s.

 

[MDR]

Did it say Audi or trolley?

 

[nofriendo]

are you sure it wasnt an A4 pad!

 

[nlgbbbblth]

As I was perusing the jobs pages in the Irish Times this morning I came across that year programme thing in Aldi, which spends a year training people to be area managers and pays them €51,500 with a fully-expensed Audi A4 from the FIRST DAY and then rises to €73,000 within 3 years... Oh and a pension. It seems you just have to be one of those motivated types to get the job (and have your leaving cert and a degree). I'm seriously thinking of applying. I like Audi A4s.

I know a guy who was appointed to the exact same position in Lidl [similar organisations]

He said the pressure on him was tremendous, the money not worth it, and he ended up almost having a breakdown.

 

[spiritualtramp]

ALDI and LIDL are owned by two brothers that totally hate each other.

Everytime one of them opens a new shop the other bro opens a shop in the same location out of spite.

 

[MDR]

A bit like Never the Twain

 

[spiritualtramp]

It sounds like the plot of a Jeffrey Archer novel.

Edit: I meant the Aldi/Lidl situation rather than Never the Twain.

 

[Theseus Mock]

hehe. A girl I used to live with went for one of those area managers last summer, she went to two interviews (I think they were both of group type.) She said the "love" of the company the interviewers displayed was unbelievable. However, she didn't get job but ended up getting a store manager position with Lidl. She quit after about 4 months. She's a dead posh burd & I don't think having immigrants & skangers screaming at her was her utopian idea of being a manager. but yeah, they really do make you work for the pay, be it in the office or doing floor stuff.

 

[Antrophe]

Did a Wikipeida on that brothers thing and it turns out they had a scrap over wheter or not to sell tobacco at the checkout and split the Aldi company into Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud which operate in seperate markets in a "friendly alliance". Lidl is a seperate competitor. Petty rally, because that brother story entertained me.

I don't know how anyone could entertain the idea of getting a job like this, it's very depressing sounding. Are you tied to a contract in it? I mean it must be fucking heart aching with the amount of pressure they pile on you the most mindless of shite. And we seriously are still asking ourselves why mental illnesses are on the up?

 

[wild_cat]

ALDI and LIDL are owned by two brothers that totally hate each other.

Everytime one of them opens a new shop the other bro opens a shop in the same location out of spite.

Thats true in Enniscorthy the Lidl is 100m away from the Aldi.

I used to love Aldi apple juice and I brought it with me last night to mix some shittie stuff that some one past on to some one and then I ended up drinking it. If I see the carton ever again im almost sure i'll puke and theres another about 10 cartons of the piss in the press and im the only one that drinks it in the house.

 

[spiritualtramp]

Did a Wikipeida on that brothers thing and it turns out they had a scrap over wheter or not to sell tobacco at the checkout and split the Aldi company into Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud which operate in seperate markets in a "friendly alliance". Lidl is a seperate competitor. Petty rally, because that brother story entertained me.

My dad told me the lidl/aldi sibling rivalry story - the fecking liar.

I assumed it was true as Lidl and Aldi always are located near each other so it made sense. Oh well.

 

[spiritualtramp]

she didn't get job but ended up getting a store manager position with Lidl. She quit after about 4 months. She's a dead posh burd & I don't think having immigrants & skangers screaming at her was her utopian idea of being a manager. but yeah, they really do make you work for the pay, be it in the office or doing floor stuff.

Did she work in the Finglas branch? That has an asylum "welcome" centre down the road from it.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Is there a qualitative difference between Aldi and Lidl?

 

[washingcattle]

Is there a qualitative difference between Aldi and Lidl?

Yes and no. Aldi have a specially selected range which is generally better than anything in Lidl, not sure if Lidl has an equivalent.

 

[GO]

They appear very much the same on first perusal..but dig a bit deeper and you soon find whats good in each.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses

The food in general is far superior to that which you'd get in Tescos. FACT

And WAYYYYYY cheaper..and just a nicer place to shop.

Out here anyway.

 

[washingcattle]

They appear very much the same on first perusal..but dig a bit deeper and you soon find whats good in each.

Both have their strengths and weaknesses

The food in general is far superior to that which you'd get in Tescos. FACT

And WAYYYYYY cheaper..and just a nicer place to shop.

Out here anyway.

Tesco is fucking horrible. I liked a few of their Tesco Finest meal deals but they're so fucking expensive. And if you think it's bad in Ireland you should taste it here. It's so manky it's scarcely believable that it's legal.

 

[Cormcolash]

ScAldi

 

[GO]

LOL

 

[washingcattle]

The great thing about Aldi/Lidl is that, I've gotten to try things that I otherwise wouldn't have, sometimes I leave with shopping that makes me look like I'm pregnant. If they sold lickable coal it would complete the look perfectly so here's some examples. and post your recommendations

Feta Cheese - My family seems to believe there are two types of cheese - easy singles and cheddar. I tried Feta on a whim and it blew my tastebuds balls off. Never would have gotten it in Dunnes because it would have been too expensive. Fucking love Feta now but Lidl's one is the best really sharp tasting and crumbly without being dry. Basically class.

Mackrell - Particularly the peppered ready to eat things. They cost something like €1.70 for three halves of a fish. It's the strongest tasting thing I've ever had, as in you taste if for about 4 hours and smell it for three days but damn if it aint powerful.

Peppers stuffed with greek cheese - The type of thing you usually see served in it's own wicker basket on a bed of straw in Fallon and Byrne for a tenner . Not in Lidl though, nope they look rotten, and come in an offensive plastic box filled with oil. They are amazing, salty sharp and yet the cheese balances the whole thing out. You have to eat them over the sink and you will get a face full of oil but they're great.

Frikadellen - It's like a pork schnitzel with some bizarre spices that make it taste like an old world spice burger. Another of those ready to eat lads I don't recommend eating it cold though.

Aldi's website must be shit because this is all I could find of it in photo form

Bottom left there.

Chorizo - It's fucking everywhere now but when I got this first it was a whole new kind of meat. I think Lidl is okay one but the spicy one from Aldi is really good.

Salami- Specifically this one.

I can't explain how much of this I ate during college. It's a fucking log of meat. A LOG OF MEAT!!!! You can burn the shit out of it and it's still amazing. Really salty and spicy. and it comes in a handy log design. Amazing.

James Cook Genuine Over Seas Rum - Yes no matter where you are in the world this came from somewhere else, or was brewed on a boat, probably in international waters to avoid any adherence to safety standards. Prior to the Lidl and Aldi takeover I'd never tasted rum. It seemed a bit classy a bit expensive a bit out of my league. I never got passed the Jameson/Smirnoff cartel that was Dublin off licenses in the 90's. This shit was €11 a bottle at one stage during college. Best not have any plans for about a week after drinking it though it is. And it does make you absolutely power house drunk, pure hulk, like. Great going down but it pickles your insides you need to gorge on antacids for days after it, and the hangover is a mxture of a brain tumour a boot in the bollox, temporary blindness and what would be manic depression if you had the energy to be manic. It's a bit like an acid binge in a way but €11 for a bottle ? C'mon who needs insides at that price ?

Biere d'Dor

The undisputed King of the Barbecue. Makes you feel a bit classier because you're drinking from a bottle, a small bottle, like a gent. This shit goes down like water and with only 4 decent gulps in a bottle you go through them at a ridiculous rate. Get's you a merry ind of light stomached drunk so you can lash into the burgers as you go. You get 24 of them but on several occasions I've had to go back for more. Light and not too dry. I'm salivating just thinking about them. Plus if even one lad is drinking them at a party you're never more than a few inches from an ashtray. Fucking Loves!!!


In conclusion Aldi/Lidl are the Ryanair of food. Sure it's basic but sure it's cheap I never would have been to Berlin as many times as I have without Ryanair and I never would have dislocated my shoulder as many times without James Cook Genuine Overseas Rum. Thanks Aldi/Lidl.

Thaldi/Thidl

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

I prefer Lidl: they have a bakery in store and the chocolate is way nicer.