Popped in to look at the cycling stuff today. Couldn't see anything, I then remembered it was at Aldi. Doh!
A mix mash, but I bought a load of clothes.
Thanks for the heads up last week.
Easy enough to do - Aldi, Lidl, Tchibo, Penny Market - all seems to be German and very similar. In my (not very local) Aldi and Lidl it always seems that the managers are both German natives and far too educated to be doing such a [censored] job as running a discount supermarket in a rough area. I can only guess its some kind of management trainee baptism of fire/bottom of the ladder experience before they go back to World HQ and do more interesting things.
Easy enough to do - Aldi, Lidl, Tchibo, Penny Market - all seems to be German and very similar. In my (not very local) Aldi and Lidl it always seems that the managers are both German natives and far too educated to be doing such a [censored] job as running a discount supermarket in a rough area. I can only guess its some kind of management trainee baptism of fire/bottom of the ladder experience before they go back to World HQ and do more interesting things.
The job might appear to be crappy but Aldi are one of the top payers amongst the supermarket chains.
Easy enough to do - Aldi, Lidl, Tchibo, Penny Market - all seems to be German and very similar.
They probably just import the home market practice - cycling seems to be much more popular in Germany than in many other countries.
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In my (not very local) Aldi and Lidl it always seems that the managers are both German natives and far too educated to be doing such a [censored] job as running a discount supermarket in a rough area.
Aldi, Tchibo and Penny Market stores are evenly sprinkled all over the fabric of German cities, but Lidl are often located in the poorer areas (in France, too.).
The job might appear to be crappy but Aldi are one of the top payers amongst the supermarket chains.
when Mrs M was looking for a part time job to supplement SMP she approached Aldi; you had to work for zip for a week's trial after which they'd take you on if you could remember how much everything cost (this was pre barcodes). IIRC a lot of law firms worked the same way (except it was a year)
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The job might appear to be crappy but Aldi are one of the top payers amongst the supermarket chains.
when Mrs M was looking for a part time job to supplement SMP she approached Aldi; you had to work for zip for a week's trial after which they'd take you on if you could remember how much everything cost (this was pre barcodes).
when Mrs M was looking for a part time job to supplement SMP she approached Aldi; you had to work for zip for a week's trial after which they'd take you on if you could remember how much everything cost (this was pre barcodes). IIRC a lot of law firms worked the same way (except it was a year)
Can't imagine remembering all the prices in Aldi is going to be of much use to a budding lawyer ;-)
-- Tony
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Aldi, Tchibo and Penny Market stores are evenly sprinkled all over the fabric of German cities, but Lidl are often located in the poorer areas (in France, too.).
Popped in to look at the cycling stuff today. Couldn't see anything, I then remembered it was at Aldi. Doh!
A mix mash, but I bought a load of clothes.
Thanks for the heads up last week.
Easy enough to do - Aldi, Lidl, Tchibo, Penny Market - all seems to be German and very similar. In my (not very local) Aldi and Lidl it always seems that the managers are both German natives and far too educated to be doing such a [censored] job as running a discount supermarket in a rough area.
The training time in an apprenticeshop for people working in retail in Germany (Kaufmann/Kauffrau im Einzelhandel) is usually three years. So it's a bit like a small degree.
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I can only guess its some kind of management trainee baptism of fire/bottom of the ladder experience before they go back to World HQ and do more interesting things.
You would e surprised to see how small the HQ of Aldi (Nord) in Essen actually is. It's just a small anonymous office block in an industrial district of Essen. The management hierarchy of Aldi is fairly flat and decentralised.
Aldi, Tchibo and Penny Market stores are evenly sprinkled all over the fabric of German cities, but Lidl are often located in the poorer areas (in France, too.).
and on the World's circuit in Salzburg...
Having the self-control to stay out of Lidl shops whilst on a cycling tour is a regular comment made on de.rec.fahrrad, the German cycling group. Some of those cakes they sell are real sugar bombs.
