Anyone shop at Aldi?

[86JR]

You said levels. If you meant managers it made even less sense - there is no way a global firm like Aldi would have only 20 managers.

Unrelated: Were you in Plymouth earlier this evening?
I saw a very nice Grey 5** near Stonehouse.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Nope, fraid not

 

[OpenToSuggestions]

I like Lidl bakery. Aldi does not have one....but aside from this is Aldi better?

Lidl>>>>Tesco imo. Simple pricing with no buy 4 get 1 free BS.

I go to Lidl often as it is very close by and have never really used Aldi.

 

[PapaLazaru]

40% drop out rate at Aldi just at manager level.

The reason they pay so well is because Aldi as a corporation is so lean!

For example the Plymouth city store.... there are 4 conveyer belts IIRC but I have never seen more than 2 of them manned at once. So only 2 staff to pay for that role: but I have seen the manager sitting at the belt doing that role.

They have a rule that if there are more than two people waiting past the end of the belt, they open another till. This includes the manager if need be.

 

[oweneades]

How many different levels in head office?

How many different levels above head office (directors, non exec directors, etc in Denmark or wherever Tesco is based?)

Most likely something like:

Store Manager < Area Manager < Regional Manager < Head (of sales) for region (UK retail / MCR / EU etc) < Sales / Ops Director < MD / CEO

There may be a 2-3 more in there but that would be about it. There will however be quite a few at each level up to the regional position.

Above the CEO would technically be the Chairman & Share Holders. How much managerial control they would have would depend on the board in general.

Aldi being a similar business will have a similar managerial structure - just like any other large multi national retail chain.

 

[LeeUK]

Tesco et al have a manager structure like this in stores:

Big General Store Manager.
Assistant General Store Manager.

A Manager for each department.. fresh, bread, booze, produce, ambient grocery, deli, butchers, pizza counter, checkouts, etc.

Then each department will also have a assistant/deputy manager and a supervisor.

Where at Aldi it is just one boss man and a deputy to cover the boss man's days off.

 

[86JR]

They have a rule that if there are more than two people waiting past the end of the belt, they open another till. This includes the manager if need be.

Well they don't abide by the rules because they day I started the thread, there were 8 of us queuing on my till and 7 people queuing on the other one; with 2 un-used tills.

 

[RoboCod]

Oh the horror!!

 

[Kezmo]

Oh the horror!!

Used to shop at Aldi but griped about the lack of fresh meat, tried lidl and have been going ever since

 

[Malevolence]

Lidl do the best Gherkins too, those big jars of Freshona.

 

[magicninja2010]

I have moved to aldi myself

 

[Sliver]

I have moved to aldi myself

How much is the rent ?

 

[tom_e]

How much is the rent ?

 

[porushinobu]

How much is the rent ?

probably cheaper than tescos

 

[russell664]

probably cheaper than tescos

How about ASDA?

 

[shauncr91]

We normally do our shop at ASDA because we normally do it late at night due to our shifts however much prefer Aldi when possible because it is significantly better value

 

[antijoke]

One thing that always puts me off with this place is how different the stuff will taste to the branded equivalents.

 

[Sliver]

One thing that always puts me off with this place is how different the stuff will taste to the branded equivalents.

Just go in one day with a tenner, buy some stuff and try it. It's the only way you'll find out.

 

[russell664]

Some of stuff in ALDI i find taste better than some of the more expensive branded equivalents, but maybe that's just me.

 

[MooMoo444]

Some of stuff in ALDI i find taste better than some of the more expensive branded equivalents, but maybe that's just me.

That is your low class peasant taste buds, don't worry.