"Dave the exTrailer" wrote in message
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On 27 Feb 2006 06:14:18 -0800, "La Puce" wrote:


JennyC wrote:
Not everything is poor quality.
In the Netherlands, their fruit juice is German and pure. Their beer
is German Reinheitverbod compliant and not the output of the local
chemical works.
We got a good quality pressure cooker from Lidl.
They don't have a big variety of things, except for some reason of
frankfurter sausages.

Their jams are great too and the frozen salmon portions........
You do have to be picky with the veg though.

HOOOOOOooo stop it! I'm starving now!! Is Lidl german? This is it -
this is why it's nice where you are, but not where we are. Ours, on
Seymour Grove, is weird and half empty and as I said, only the
chocolate is ok - the rest is really bizarre and I have no confidence
in the prices.

There is usually a queue at ours at 9.00
This week the veg is half price too !!!!!


I lived in Germany in the early 90s for a few years and it was a wonderful
place to be at that time; I felt very affluent and lived in a lovely
apartment and could afford to live well. BUT, the supermarkets were
astonishing. Germans try to buy their food in local shops or markets where
they can. Their supermarkets ranged from mildly plush to stalinist. I
could never figure out exactly why. From what I remember Lidl and Aldi were
towards the lower end of the scale. In general, German food quality is high
and the beer and meat are excellent obviously but shopping in teh
supermarkets was stressful. We used to drive to France sometimes just to
relax, for shopping.

In the UK, you are very pampered. Most German supermarkets make Tesco seem
like Playboy Mansion.