Jaw-dropping Brixton description in blog

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh, I've never been to the Streatham one. Rest assured you'll see no such sights in the one on Acre Lane. Is it bigger than the AL one?

Hard to tell. The Streatham one looks longer, but the Brixton one looks wider. The Brixton one also has two aisles of special offers, whereas the Streatham one only has one. The Brixton one also seems to be a bit more organised than the Streatham one

 

[Gramsci]

I saw a woman in the Streatham one the other week who looked like she should have a chauffeur sitting outside and would expect a doorman to greet her. Another one I saw looked like she should be living in Dulwich and shopping in Waitrose and actually looked embarrassed to be in there

Really?

And what time of day do these Ladies go there then?

Do they go to the Acre lane Lidl? Its nearer.

 

[TruXta]

Hard to tell. The Streatham one looks longer, but the Brixton one looks wider. The Brixton one also has two aisles of special offers, whereas the Streatham one only has one. The Brixton one also seems to be a bit more organised than the Streatham one

It's definitely improved, except their selection of tinned legumes has gone down the pan.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Really?

And what time of day do these Ladies go there then?

Do they go to the Acre lane Lidl?

Don't know about the Acre Lane one as I don't go there as it's too far for me.

The Streatham one would have been in the afternoon. I guessed maybe their au pair/nanny/cleaner/home help/skivvy was off sick that day maybe

 

[ericjarvis]

Cheap, crap, poor, not much effort or money gone in to it/not what she wants?...sounds sneering to me...


ETA: don't ramps with iceland' spicy tempura prawns...seriously.

Basically because it's what you get when people throw a crap party at short notice. Might be Tesco or Asda, but most likely Iceland. Once round the shop to grab anything that can be used as nibbles and a few six packs of barely adequate beer and a couple of large bottles of pop. Job done. Now back home in time for Eastenders. Perfectly sensible if it fits with your priorities.

I'm sorry but I don't see the sneering as being in the original, the sneering is being assumed on the basis of the style of writing, and some unwarranted assumptions.

 

[ericjarvis]

The Standard is so crap they have to give it away now.

Still over priced then?

I keep asking, but they still won't give me a fiver to take one.

 

[editor]

It's great. Everything seems to be £1.

Like Poundland, for food.

If I can't get it in the market, then I get it in Iceland or the deli on Atlantic Road. Sainsbury's used to be good for cheap soya milk but the feckers have stopped that (Lidl's soya is some weird gloopy substance that flows out of the carton like lava).

 

[lighterthief]

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[metal13]

I find that the brand foods in Lidl are very poor quality. Bought some cereal from them and it tasted like cardboard. As did their frozen pizzas, and a couple of other things.

Their fruit is pretty reasonable though.

 

[editor]

I find that the brand foods in Lidl are very poor quality. Bought some cereal from them and it tasted like cardboard. As did their frozen pizzas, and a couple of other things.

Their fruit is pretty reasonable though.

What?!!! Their breakfast crunch stuff is delicious, especially the sugar free muesli one.

Cheap frozen pizzas are almost always shite though.

 

[TruXta]

I find that the brand foods in Lidl are very poor quality. Bought some cereal from them and it tasted like cardboard. As did their frozen pizzas, and a couple of other things.

Their fruit is pretty reasonable though.

Really? All their meat and veg is just as nice as the stuff I get from Tescos.

 

[Ms T]

I use M&S loads. I sneer at Sainsbury, tbh.

Me too, but I also use Lidl quite a bit and the market, and Nour and the deli. I am a middle-class journo type who is a long-term resident of Brixton and defies stereotypes. Sophie, take note!

 

[fractionMan]

I feel like a cross between fry out of futurama and spike out of buffy.

Basically, lame

 

[Ms T]

Oh, I've never been to the Streatham one. Rest assured you'll see no such sights in the one on Acre Lane. Is it bigger than the AL one?

You've clearly never seen me in there.

I got asked out on a date in Lidl the other day!

 

[Ms T]

It's definitely improved, except their selection of tinned legumes has gone down the pan.

Where have the borlotti beans gone? Where?

 

[Ms T]

I have to admit that I don't shop in Iceland though. Have been in there maybe half a dozen times in nearly 20 years!

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I have to admit that I don't shop in Iceland though. Have been in there maybe half a dozen times in nearly 20 years!

I used to go in there occasionally to bulk buy things like teabags, loo roll etc. but found with the weight, I couldn't get much. Get bulky buys like that delivered now instead.

 

[TopCat]

We've got enough of them up here already. You deserve your share.

Here's what she says about HDIF at The Canterbury, but I'm guessing people have already seen this. She seems to have a thing about Iceland

http://standardlondonevening.wordpress.com/2011/03/05/how-does-it-feel-to-be-loved-canterbury-arms-4-march-2011/

She had the Canterbury down to a T

 

[TruXta]

Where have the borlotti beans gone? Where?

My thoughts exactly.

 

[ericjarvis]

Where have the borlotti beans gone? Where?

I bought them, sorry. Ate them all now. I apologise unreservedly.

 

[editor]

She had the Canterbury down to a T

When was the last time you went to a HDIFTBL night there then?

 

[100% masahiko]

She is learning to write isn't she? Think the criticism is hard - she's trying to find a voice. A style. I can see the structure to her writing too easily.

 

[Kanda]

It's not really jaw dropping though is it??

Iceland is mainly shit, you have to wade through a river of piss to go to the toilet in the Albert...

Meh

 

[ViolentPanda]

When I was looking to buy years back one of the ones I looked at was in um, endymion house? Not a good looking block but a fair few changed front doors, indicating they'd been bought.

So there.

I'd have bought it too if I could have got a mortgage for it.

You're so NOT appreciating my "Tulse Hill vs Brixton Hill" snobbery!

 

[ViolentPanda]

You think? I've noticed it's got more popular over the last few years, but the class of customer seems the same to me. Maybe we're going at different times in the day - mine are mostly mid-days on weekends or after 7 on weekdays. I always put the increase in popularity down to a combo of increasing familiarity with the brands as well as the rather successful refurb.

The class cleavages w/r/t supermarkets over here always makes me laugh after I've spent a bit of time in Berlin or other German cities, where the class mix of shoppers in Lidl, Aldi, ReWe (basically the "cheapo" supermarkets) etc is broad.

 

[quimcunx]

You're so NOT appreciating my "Tulse Hill vs Brixton Hill" snobbery!

I've never thought of there being any competitive snobbery. That would be a little silly and childish when we both know Brixton Hill is best.

 

[ViolentPanda]

I find that the brand foods in Lidl are very poor quality. Bought some cereal from them and it tasted like cardboard. As did their frozen pizzas, and a couple of other things.

Their fruit is pretty reasonable though.

The cereals are made to the German recipe. For some reason they put calcium carbonate in a lot of their "cornflake"-type cereals, which is where the "cardboardy" thing comes from, from what I can work out. Lots of English expats in Germany moan about the cereals.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

The class cleavages w/r/t supermarkets over here always makes me laugh after I've spent a bit of time in Berlin or other German cities, where the class mix of shoppers in Lidl, Aldi, ReWe (basically the "cheapo" supermarkets) etc is broad.

No doubt all the German shoppers have carried out a rational value analysis before making their shopping decisions.

/stereotype

 

[TruXta]

TBF the Lidls I've shopped in in other countries (Norway and Spain) have been far superior to the Lidls I've come across in London.

 

[ViolentPanda]

She is learning to write isn't she? Think the criticism is hard - she's trying to find a voice. A style. I can see the structure to her writing too easily.

The criticism may be hard (or harsh, even), but criticism is a good thing for writers. Without criticism you end up with people like Alexis Petridis.