LIDL: What are they like to work for?

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murphaph said:
There are thousands of manufacturers around the world who don't sell to say, Tesco. What's your point?
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I gave the example of lidll selling stuff in the motorcycling / marine / horseriding / tools etc etc industries . In those fields, I stated there are tens of thousands upon tens of thousands of manufacturers and brands worldwide - why do none ( or at least 99.99 % ) sell to lidl ?
When I do my weekly shop in tesco, as you mention them, I have the dignity of choice. I can choose between different brands and manufacturers for 99 % of the items I buy there. When I buy a pair of jeans, I go to a shop where I can try them on , and where I have the dignity of choice. I did not try on the pair I bought in lidl but will never but a pair again there anyway.
Incidentally, I have absolutely no connection to lidl, tesco, clarkes shoes, levis, wrangler or any of the brands or business names mentioned.
 
rabbit said:
When I do my weekly shop in tesco, as you mention them, I have the dignity of choice. I can choose between different brands and manufacturers for 99 % of the items I buy there.
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What is this fascination you have with the " dignity of choice "

You have already chosen not to shop at LiDL others, myself included, have chosen that we will shop there for certain items at least. Why do you need a choice when food and detergent etc. shopping? Do you not, for 90% of items, find what you like and stick with it?

We all agree that LiDL have shortcomings but simply put - some of their stuff is very good and very cheap. So chose to take the savings on some % of your monthly shop and go to Tesco or other for choice on the other items.

The LidL model works - as evidenced by their success. If you don't like it, fine, but you have to admit that others obviously do. I believe the Irish public are still very discerning buyers and would not buy F&V etc there if quality was not excellent.

So what if they sell some brands that you never heard of - that is their way of profiting from existing customers - hardly a new business concept!
 
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Lidl children’s life jackets are better quality (stitching and material etc) than I have bought from mainstream chandlers and their ropes are exactly the same as supplied as standard by at least one major German yacht manufacture.
 
Towger said:
Lidl children’s life jackets are better quality (stitching and material etc) than I have bought from mainstream chandlers and their ropes are exactly the same as supplied as standard by at least one major German yacht manufacture.
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Have to disagree with you there - the lidl cloth is flimsier and the foam is stiffer / less comfortable. Also the colours / styling of the lidl is not up there with the leading makes. Try on the 2 side by side and you will see the difference. Check the price too...lidl are dearer than some chandlers for that quality.

Re their ropes, which " major German yacht manufacturer supplies their ropes...and how do you know they are lidl ?
 
uiop said:
The premium priced branded products are a main source of income as advertising sponsors of these magazines.
Of course the magazines are not going to bite the hand that feeds them and suggest that the better value and quite useful Lidl/Aldi products are superior or even the equal of their advertising sponsors.
This kind of biased behaviour is common and tolerated in the world of journalism from magazines to the 'respectable' newspapers.
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lol...great conspiracy theory .....so that explains why the many various magazines throughout Europe ( car / marine / motorbike / sailing or whatever ) never ever seem to test / advertise / photograph or even mention lidl products . Why are there never any lidl brands on any stand at any motorbike / boat / marine / tool / exhibition / show ? Another great conspiracy ? lol
 
rabbit said:
Try on the 2 side by side and you will see the difference. Check the price too...lidl are dearer than some chandlers for that quality.

Re their ropes, which " major German yacht manufacturer supplies their ropes...and how do you know they are lidl ?
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I have. The lifejacket I bought was better than the more extensive one. It was softer (at appeared to use multiple layers of thin foam) and had labels for all the materials used. 3M, DuPont etc. As for colour/style, we are talking lifejackets not buoyancy aids. Which some other Irish supermarkets were trying to pass off ....

The ropes were compaired indetail side to side, remember I said the 'standard ropes', I am not compairing them to hi-tech racing ropes.
 
This thread is going way off course, considering the original question is "Lidl- What are they like to work for?"

It is an interesting debate on the quality or not of the produce but should possibly be re-directed from the work and careers section of the board.
 
rabbit said:
lol...great conspiracy theory .....so that explains why the many various magazines throughout Europe ( car / marine / motorbike / sailing or whatever ) never ever seem to test / advertise / photograph or even mention lidl products . Why are there never any lidl brands on any stand at any motorbike / boat / marine / tool / exhibition / show ? Another great conspiracy ? lol
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maybe it's time we called in Mulder & Scully - could be the subject of their next film.
 
"Dignity of choice"-dear lord, do you consider your dignity violated when Tesco are out of stock of Heinz ketchup and you have to buy 'Chef'?. Do you hate Aldi twice as much as Lidl seeing as Aldi's assortment is only half that of Lidl's? lol.
 
murphaph said:
"Dignity of choice"-dear lord, do you consider your dignity violated when Tesco are out of stock of Heinz ketchup and you have to buy 'Chef'?
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I never saw Tesco out of stock of Heinz ketchup. Not only that, they offer a variety of different sized bottles of Heinz, different styles ( eg plastic / glass / up-side down etc ). They also offer other brands such as Chef among others. There is choice. I can even pay with a visa or other credit card there if I want to, unlike in lidl. Yes, the family did try the lidl ketchup once, but everyone agreed it tasted horrible and it was put in the bin. No money back there ! It reminds me of a BBQ I was at once, some cheapskate produced a bottle of lidl stuff and they were laughed / slaged out of it by dozens of people.

Nobody can yet explain / answer my question, not even the people who work for lidl....why the many various magazines throughout Europe ( car / marine / motorbike / sailing / tools or whatever ) never ever seem to test / advertise / photograph or even mention lidl products . Why are there never any lidl brands on any stand at any motorbike / boat / marine / tool / exhibition / show ? And in those sectors/ industries, there must be tens of thousands of manufacturers / brands worldwide - why do none ( or at least 99.99 % ) sell to lidl ?


I have no connection to Heinz, Chef, Tesco or any of the companies or brands mentioned.
 
Give it a rest, will you?

Go shop in Tesco's all you like - I and many others are happy to shop in Lidl, thanks. I don't give a monkey's about the 'dignity of choice' (what a term, honestly!) or the fact that the car magazines you read don't review Lidl stuff.
 
uiop said:
I think you have to be a narrow minded snob if the prejudices of other people govern which ketchup you use. When I saw what you wrote about ketchup my eyes lit up.
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lol You did not read what I wrote. I wrote that my family did try the lidl ketchup once, but everyone agreed it tasted horrible and it was put in the bin. Light your eyes up again, it may be the stuff thats in the cheapo ketchup !


uiop said:
Actually I have often seen LIdl and Aldi products reviewed. .
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Where ? A group of my friends were chatting about that recently and between us all we reckoned we read many dozens of magazines on a regular basis , yet never lidl stuff tested , evaluated or reviewed. We must have read many thousands of tests over the years and never any lidl stuff tested or even mentioned ? Sometimes the magazines test stuff from firms who do not advertise with them, so it cannot be that. Between us we have also attended hundreds of exhibitions, shows ( in the motorbike / marine / tool sreas ) etc and never saw any lidl accessories / products / brands on sale or advertised there.

uiop said:
They are always in limited supply so not everyone can usually get one ( a laptop or LCD TV for example) and represent the highest value and quality.
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Who says they "represent the highest value and quality". I compared the spec on a dell computer once and the value and quality was far better than lidl. Then again, you would expect that, lidl do not specialise in computers, so they were more expensive. I do not work for dell by the way. I know of only one person who bought a lidl computer and they were never happy with it. Its in the bin now. That is why I would love to know the name of what magazine / publication you claim reviewed a lidl product.
 
uiop said:
They are always in limited supply so not everyone can usually get one ( a laptop or LCD TV for example) and represent the highest value and quality.
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So they're better quality than Sony, Philips and all the other PROPER name brands etc?
 
potnoodler said:
Spotted a few vacancies in the LIDL empire in last weeks examiner, district manager, junior purchasing manager and retail managers. Anyone have any hands one experience or even reliable hearsay on what they’re like to work for.

I do understand that it’ll be extremely tough with long hours involved, that in itself is no bother. However my understanding is the standard day is10-12 hours with no overtime being paid or time off in-lieu . In fact there salary ain’t even that spectacular to begin , in around the 30k and seemingly no annual bonus or share on profits incentive.

So on saying that outside of rapid promotion or some other magical incentive how do they keep or even recruit worthwhile staff , as 30k quickly reduces to nearly minimum wage on those excessive hours, which I also understand is barely if even legal
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I think it’s safe to say that this thread has derailed
 
"It reminds me of a BBQ I was at once, some cheapskate produced a bottle of lidl stuff and they were laughed / slaged out of it by dozens of people."


Rabbit - How rude of the people to have been invited to a BBQ and to laugh at the host. :( Just because you think Heinz is the best does not mean it is. Can you not see that. You have probably been programmed from an early age to like only Heinz taste, it's called marketing and they start it at a very early age with those baby jars.
 
Bronte said:
Rabbit - How rude of the people to have been invited to a BBQ and to laugh at the host. :( .
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It was not the host people laughed at. Everyone was told to bring something to the BBQ. The person told to bring the ketchup obviously let themselves down, as nobody but nobody wanted the lidl stuff. One person even commented how in a blind test of 20 people once it failed miserably there too.
 
Well it's still rude host or not, maybe that's all that person could afford and maybe they liked the flavour. Obviously enough people purchase Lidl ketchup to justify them selling it year in year out. The proof is in the sales :)
 
uiop said:
None of this is rocket science. Inside all these products the components are standard and ordered from similar or identical supplying manufacturers. Whether in the marine or computer area.....
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No the components are not standard and not ordered from similar or identical supplying manufacturers ! And even if they were, the design and manufacturing processes are different. No way is a lidl television better than a leading brand such as sony. I have looked at both, any eejit can see the difference. As someone else asked you, do you really think lidl electronics are better quality than Sony, Philips and all the other PROPER name brands etc?
 
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