Riggers
Abysmal stock levels
Abysmal stock levels, new - popular - items introduced, added to our shopping list, then taken off the market, to be replaced by obscure, unpopular things. Examples: 'Fishmonger' Chunky Battered Cod - Gone. Replaced, it seems, with jumbo (pollock) fish fingers - which, it seems, no one wants: the freezers in three Aldi stores we visited today were stacked full of them - though the freezers below and to each side were completely empty. Ditto - Chicken chow mein - replaced by sweet and sour chicken. Again, no one seems to want it. Pea and Ham soup - gone. Replaced by lentil soup. I've never seen anyone buy it. Beef Bouginion - haven't seen it around here for over a year, yet it's listed on their website. Cheesecakes - formerly a good varied range. Now, you're lucky to find any at all. We used to spend around thirty pounds every week at Aldi, topping up at the nearby Tesco for the other things we couldn't get here. This morning, we spent eight pounds. only one third of the things on our list were in stock. It's pointless making the detour now, to visit Aldi. Someone needs to have a serious re-think: it's not ALL about being a penny cheaper here, or there - if you introduce an item and it's so popular that you run out of stock quickly, the answer is to ORDER MORE STOCK - not take it off the market!


