"fred" wrote in message
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On Thursday, January 4, 2018 at 10:18:31 AM UTC, wrote:
On Thursday, 4 January 2018 09:50:30 UTC, stuart noble wrote:

Why do the media insist on calling Aldi a discount store? I've never
seen "discounted" goods in their stores, and they don't try and
bamboozle you with BOGOF deals, loyalty cards and all that rubbish. In
fact that's probably why they're so successful. That and applying
commonsense to their strategy.
The late Andy Hall must be turning in his grave, having predicted that
the Lidl/Aldi style of retailing would never catch on.

One thing puzzles me about them: why no self-service checkouts? They are
cheaper.

But I find them very quick to open another till if a queue starts

Ours doesnt, but thats not surprising with just 4 staff on at even the
busiest time like mid saturday morning.