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People identifying with brands, consumer goods or sports teams are silly. However, Irma was at one point known for being the one, and only, non-poo poo employer in the detail-branche. Pay was more reasonable, hierarchy was flatter, employees had a large influence over their schedules and a lot of store decisions were taken with employee involvement. Also, instead of a nightmare regime of constant managerial scrutiny, looking for any deviance from the optimal efficient behaviour, employees got a lot of leeway to chat to customers and ask them how they were doing and so on. It’s why the people at my irma always seem nice and like they’re having a good time, while the people working at my netto have blank stares and look like they might kill themselves at any moment.
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Inferior Third Season posted:As someone who has, at different times, been a regular shopper at SuperBrugsen, Meny, Netto, Lidl, Irma, Rema1000, Kvickly, and Føtex, here is my expert opinion: go to whatever's closest, they're all the loving same. You are *so* wrong lol. I don't like Meny or Irma as brands, they carry better quality stuff I like the others (looking at the truly poo poo tier stores like Netto) do not. Rema is *great* - if you have utterly zero interest in non-Danish cooking. Rust Martialis fucked around with this message at 00:43 on Feb 5, 2023 |
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jeebus bob posted:Not really politics but around 200 boomers in a wealthy suburb of Copenhagen protested the restructuring of their favorite high end supermarket chain by linking arms and singing a protest song from their old days in the student revolts of the late 60's.
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Rust Martialis posted:Rema is *great* - if you have utterly zero interest in non-Danish cooking. If you ever have to eat a frozen pizza, for whatever reason, then Rema's spinach pizza isn't half bad.
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Rust Martialis posted:You are *so* wrong lol.
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Rust Martialis posted:Rema is *great* - if you have utterly zero interest in non-Danish cooking. Because they have various cuts of meat, potatoes, and everything you need to make brown gravy - and if there's anything more Danish than that, I'm not sure I can think of it.
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Inferior Third Season posted:Nah. Might be a few items here and there that a particular brand has that the others don't, but they're all the same. If you stick to basic staples, even prices aren't all that different. As someone who's lived on a tight budget let me tell you the price difference on staples is a pretty big deal. I currently can afford varied and adventurous cooking and the difference is much much more than "a few items here and there". I don't care whether Irma exists as a separate brand but your take on this is kind of myopic.
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I want to shop at Lidl, but after a decade with självscanning. I can't bear the old system.
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If we get our secret dreams, mine would be MaxiICA in DK. SuperMarco in Sydhavnen is nice for niche stuff Or for real crazy stuff: Shoppers Drug Mart (CA) or a Walgreens (US) Rust Martialis fucked around with this message at 09:06 on Feb 5, 2023 |
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Feb 5, 2023 09:00
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Feliday Melody posted:I want to shop at Lidl, but after a decade with självscanning. I can't bear the old system. If this means what I assume it does, my local Lidl has self-checkouts 
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Rappaport posted:If this means what I assume it does, my local Lidl has self-checkouts That would be great if mine did. They sell some very good pastries and also weird and interesting chips and candy. Sometimes me and a friend goes there before we have tea. And queuing is this alien experience. Likewise, packing my groceries twice.
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Feliday Melody posted:That would be great if mine did. Write them an angry feedback on facebook!
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You know. My local Willy's has self-checkout where you scan your driving licence. But in 5 visits, staff has double-checked me 5 times. Everything was legitimate, but it was still a bigger bother than ICA. I guess I could see it as going ahead of the queue in a way. ICA is probably the most expensive store of all, but the competition is not competing well where I live.
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I find the automatic bread slicers in Norwegian stores fascinating. I see people put their loaf of bread in a bag, and then they take it out to insert it into the Machine, which then puts the sliced bread in another bag. The first bag is discarded. Why would you pre-slice an entire loaf, making it become stale quicker, unless you had to?
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anatomi posted:I find the automatic bread slicers in Norwegian stores fascinating. I see people put their loaf of bread in a bag, and then they take it out to insert it into the Machine, which then puts the sliced bread in another bag. The first bag is discarded. I've often wondered this myself. Unless you plan to consume the entire bread the same day, pre-slicing it is absolutely insane.
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Just put it in the freezer and take out a slice or two a day for toasting.
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You don’t make garlic bread? The machine saves you time, and it’s easier to have a bag of sliced baguette to shop with? E: Team ICA, someday I’ll get that “en ICA basic bitch” shirt
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thotsky posted:Just put it in the freezer and take out a slice or two a day for toasting. teen witch posted:You don’t make garlic bread? The machine saves you time, and it’s easier to have a bag of sliced baguette to shop with? Edit: happy Runebergsdag to any Finns in here. Apparently your national skald ate a Runebergstårta every day, so I'm gonna try one now to see if it tastes like poetry. anatomi fucked around with this message at 11:17 on Feb 5, 2023 |
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I never use any of the self checkouts unless I have a very small amount of items and the line is long. For me the old way just goes faster and is less hassle. And Lidl in Finland dropped their own unique double bag checkout system inside the first year of operation and it now works like anywhere else.
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I like the self-scan system at my local Ica Maxi. Scan a QR code at the entrance and grab a hand-held scanner, then scan and bag items as I go through the store and pay at the self-checkout as I leave. So much smoother than either traditional cashier checkout or the self-checkout where you scan things at the station.
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Feb 5, 2023 11:04
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I don't know what the deal with Lidl is but over here they sell the best fresh baked bread out of all grocery stores in my city at half the price, compared to some other stores.
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anatomi posted:It's ridiculous, but ICA doing their self-checkout differently from everyone else, i.e. swipe card before scanning instead of after, makes me so angry. It is absolutely insane. Pure malice
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Woebin posted:I like the self-scan system at my local Ica Maxi. Scan a QR code at the entrance and grab a hand-held scanner, then scan and bag items as I go through the store and pay at the self-checkout as I leave. So much smoother than either traditional cashier checkout or the self-checkout where you scan things at the station. Coop has an app for that I love breezing past the queue when I just need to get one last ingredient for dinner
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Self scanning was what I was talking about all along. I can't imagine any system being faster. Just fill your bag as you go through the store. Swipe your card and leave.
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Shoplifting is faster and more righteous.
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anatomi posted:The freezer is for storing en entire moose in, you buffoon. Everywhere except Hemköp does it that way? I never go to Willys but iirc they’re owned by the same company. Shout-out to Lidl for having soft pretzels. Has anyone gone to that one weird Costco in Täby, do they have soft pretzels?
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anatomi posted:Edit: happy Runebergsdag to any Finns in here. Apparently your national skald ate a Runebergstårta every day, so I'm gonna try one now to see if it tastes like poetry. I like them, I bake my own. I got the original 19th century recipe but have never tried it. quote:Ingredienser
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Jack Trades posted:I don't know what the deal with Lidl is but over here they sell the best fresh baked bread out of all grocery stores in my city at half the price, compared to some other stores. It's true here too. Lidl has some of the best bread and lowest price points. I think this is maybe a finnish lidl thing, but they got an extra large "rustic" croissant. Love it, regular croissants do nothing for me anymore. 
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teen witch posted:Everywhere except Hemköp does it that way? I never go to Willys but iirc they’re owned by the same company.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I like them, I bake my own. I got the original 19th century recipe but have never tried it.
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All else being equal, I'd go into Lidl because of their apple pockets. Pretty good if you eat them at room temperature, but amazing after a few minutes on a rister or in an air fryer. Like the McApple Pie of old, but in the superior triangle shape.
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Inferior Third Season posted:All else being equal, I'd go into Lidl because of their apple pockets. Great to eat.... above the sink, haha. I ate one in my car once, and it was the worst idea ever. Feliday Melody fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Feb 5, 2023 |
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anatomi posted:Do you have a recipe for the ones you bake? Do you do the cylinder thing? I have a google doc with various recipes with the recipe and my comments from earlier attempts at it: quote:200 g smör Based on my own comments, I found it a little too sweet and the dough could use some actual bitter almonds and more cream for looser consistency to make it easier to spoon into the forms. I pour real rum or punsch over them instead of sugary punsch essence, but that's me. I reduce the amount of pepparkakor and increase ströbröd instead. But that's the recipe customized to my tastes.
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anatomi posted:It's ridiculous, but ICA doing their self-checkout differently from everyone else, i.e. swipe card before scanning instead of after, makes me so angry. Noticing more and more Axfood stores also switching to card first, such a nuisance.
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Feliday Melody posted:Great to eat.... above the sink, haha.
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genuinely surprised that Lidl survived in other scandinavian countries
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jeebus bob posted:As someone who's lived on a tight budget let me tell you the price difference on staples is a pretty big deal. BlankSystemDaemon posted:Are you buying their pre-packaged food?
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ulvir posted:genuinely surprised that Lidl survived in other scandinavian countries Before Lidl we had a duopoly in Finland, it was not hard for Lidl to establish itself here or to press prices down a bit.
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Revelation 2-13 posted:It’s why the people at my irma always seem nice and like they’re having a good time, while the people working at my netto have blank stares and look like they might kill themselves at any moment. That's because most of them are on kontanthjælp and don't want to be there. Rust Martialis posted:SuperMarco in Sydhavnen is nice for niche stuff Sure, if you're absolutely made of money.
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SplitSoul posted:That's because most of them are on kontanthjælp and don't want to be there. That's not true, a lot of them are teenagers who don't want to be there
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