Comments on: Aldi and Lidl, oh my! A guide to Germany’s discount grocery stores https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 By: John Novotney https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html#comment-179840 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 18:42:23 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=27269#comment-179840 Please list locations of Lidl and Aldi supermarkets in Prague, Czech Republic.
Thank you

]]> 27269 179840 2015-03-12 18:42:23 By: Kace https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html#comment-110171 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:23:57 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=27269#comment-110171 More of a practical tip re: customer inputs, esp the bagging your own items part. When shopping at a Netto market in Abenberg, Germany last summer, I found it easiest to simply put all the items back in my shopping cart after they had been rung up, pay my bill, and then put them into my shopping bags outside the store before returning the shopping cart to get my deposit back. German check-out people (at least in my experience at discount stores) are very, um, efficient and the people behind you in line will NOT be pleased to wait while you bag your groceries at the register.

It’s not a discount grocery store, but I really liked shopping at Edeka in Bavaria last summer. Great selection (but similarly abrupt service at the checkout!).

]]> 27269 110171 2013-06-05 17:23:57 By: Liz https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html#comment-110130 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:49:21 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=27269#comment-110130 While traveling through Ireland we always shopped at Aldi’s as I was familiar with them in the US. Great value (especially wine) & the smoked salmon was a fraction of the price in other stores & especially what we pay in the US. We were in Portugal & saw a few Aldi’s so will always look for their sister stores when we travel in Europe.

]]> 27269 110130 2013-06-05 14:49:21 By: Thomas Meyers https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html#comment-100645 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:26:26 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=27269#comment-100645 Thanks for the “thrifty” correction, Jane. I should have caught this earlier.

As for the relative softness of facial (and toilet!) paper, this sounds like an excellent follow-up post!

Tom

]]> 27269 100645 2013-03-30 13:26:26 By: meg @ blahbloblog https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html#comment-100613 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 06:50:51 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=27269#comment-100613 Aldi also owns Trader Joes in the states. I have bought Trader Joes branded-food at Aldi in the Netherlands.

Note on the wines: If you read the back of the bottle, it will say which winery & village it’s from. You really can’t go wrong with any Mosel wine for 3€ tho.

]]> 27269 100613 2013-03-30 06:50:51 By: Jane Meyer https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html#comment-100573 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 01:17:37 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=27269#comment-100573 It has been noted that German people are perceived, generally speaking, as being thrifty as opposed to being spendthrifts, a “spendthrift” being one who spends money recklessly and wastefully. Unless I am mistaken, I don’t believe this was is the quality the author wished to convey in this piece.

Discount grocery stores certainly have their strengths and weaknesses; sometimes you just get what you pay for. While suffering from a cold when on vacation in southern Germany I purchased an inexpensive box of facial tissue ironically called “Soft” at a discount grocery store. I subsequently joked that “Soft” could be used as German slang for “sandpaper” as there was nothing ‘soft’ about “Soft”.

]]> 27269 100573 2013-03-30 01:17:37 By: Brian Robson https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/aldi-and-lidl-oh-my-a-guide-to-germanys-discount-grocery-stores.html#comment-100542 Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:35:41 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=27269#comment-100542 It’s worth noting there are two Aldis – originally run by different parts of the same family. Nord – Aldi Markt – run the shops in the north of Germany, and Aldi Sud in the south. Each branch of the company takes the lead in different countries outside Germany – e.g. Nord in France, Sud in the UK. Sud trades as Hofer in Austria and Slovenia.

Aldi and Lidl are becoming very popular (and ubiquitous) in the UK – where Aldi is the fastest growing supermarket.

I agree they’re a great choice for budget groceries when travelling in Europe.

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