Lidl

I actually love this, not just because it’s like 2 minutes from my house but because I love their foods and snack (especially their pretzels) and that it’s all affordable :)

We went to Lidl on saturday to get a few bits and pieces. I am always interested to see what they have for sale in the baskets in the middle of the shop, sometimes it cheap clothes, sometimes it tools, sometimes electronics. They time they didnt have much of interest, but you can subscribe to their email and it will tell you what the specials will be from a certain date onward. They are always quick with the scanning of your shopping, just remember to take your own bags with you.

Lidl is great for cheap food. Its hard to go there with a shopping list, because the stock changes and sometimes they don’t stock the more obvious foods. They have some really cool bargins of things you that you cant plan for. Like one week they may have really cheap cat scratching posts, and then you will never see them again. I like it, and if you can be flexible with your shopping (or shop somewhere else as well), they you can make some great savings.

I always forget to have a coin for the trolley when I go to Lidls so that is a bit annoying and as we don’t usually carry cash it means we can’t pop in on a whim.
However, it is very good for basics and we usually go once a month to stock up. Husband is foreign and recognises a lot of the brands from his childhood. He enjoys buying and sharing these foods with us
The Yeovil store has the same layout as the Street store (we go to both), which is handy when you’re in a rush but disorientating too!
We can get a months’ worth of groceries here in a hour at very good value (although not everything is significantly cheaper than main supermarkets). There isn’t the same range of goods, but that’s okay with us. However, we rarely buy fresh fruit and veg here as we tend to find it only lasts a couple of days. So a trip to Lidls is usually followed by a trip to another shop for the fruit and salad and maybe one or two other bits.
Staff are polite at the tills. We’ve never particularly had the need to ask for additional help so I can’t comment on their customer service in general.

Lidl is a great source of value for money foods. The only problem is that you can’t really rely on it for choice or for constant supply. In fact they specialize in weekly thematic specials, where they’ll do a range of either a certain type of food or tools or household items or whatnot, and sell them at really cheap prices until they’re gone but thats the last you’ll see of them so if you like something lots then stock up!
This store is laid out just like every other lidl — same size as the rest of them, the same exact layout. The staff here aren’t remarkable in either a positive or a negative way. At least parking is readily available here.
Go here for the offers, then finish off your grocery shopping with basics from other stores.