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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #30 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 4:19pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:04pm:

That's funny though because I thought that Coles and Woolies got up to the same tricks with their premium homebrand stuff

Oh they do, but they're just jealous of Aldi's profits.

Aldi know how to grow their customer base. Superior parking, fast service, quality product, good selection and best of all, low prices.

Aldi applies German work ethics. They have much less staff and unlike in Woollies you can't see them chatting and doing nothing.

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #32 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 4:51pm

Sir lastnail wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:01pm:

Frances wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 1:35pm:

I wandered into Aldi's Parramatta store at lunchtime mainly to get out of the heat. I didn't have my glasses with me and I found it difficult to tell what items were brand names and which ones were Aldi's home brand. I ended up leaving without buying anything.....

I wonder how you even knew it was an Aldis store without your glasses Grin

I can read signs without my glasses - I just can't read too much on the labels.....

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #33 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 5:06pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 9:34am:

cods wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 9:27am:

I tend to agree with this... not everyone reads bloody labels...they see something looks familiar..why wouldnt it be what you think it is??

if a bloke went in and bought a set of golfclubs because they looked almost identical to the ones he thought he was buying..only to find it was a generic brand with a good disguise.. do you think he would be ropeable???? I am sure he would...

well its the same with us we see a product a shampoo it looks exactly the same as the one we always buy.. only it isnt.. are we going to take the lousy bottle of shampoo back to the shop?????????..its annoying it isnt fair and it isnt right either... its called cheating as far as I am concerned.

why copy someone else if you have such a good product?

The thing is cods, Aldi very, very rarely carry 'brand names', so shoppers know that the product is from some other company.

They have Nescafe coffee and vegemite, apart from those two, I don't think they have any other brand name products, they could, but harldly any.

A person would have to pretty stupid to not know this.

Aldi shoppers are well aware of the product lines because they are sensible people, that's why they shop at Aldi

I disagree pansi.. they now carry cadburys Nesafe is another oneand I have seen Kelloggs .I dont think its stupid
of customers not to expect to be hoodwinked..

I bet if you had a brand and a style all your own and a little back street store camealong and stole more or less everything except the name you would complain.... and rightly so..

a lot of Aldi products look very similar..and no they are getting more and more into selling brands.. not off of their lines... but enough

I have been buying their cheaper tissues..mainly because I felt I am getting ripped off by the brands.. theirs are getting smaller and smaller..anyway for a few weeks I have been really happy.. I wouldnt buy their other paper products as they aint soft enough..anyway this last lot I bought the tissues are horrible..almost crackle they are not the same quality they have been.. I am nit picking if you like..

but their tim tams may look the same but they don taste the same.

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #34 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 5:09pm

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:04pm:

That's funny though because I thought that Coles and Woolies got up to the same tricks with their premium homebrand stuff

Oh they do, but they're just jealous of Aldi's profits.

Aldi know how to grow their customer base. Superior parking, fast service, quality product, good selection and best of all, low prices.

this is about all the big guys signing an agreement not to do that

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Reply #35 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 5:10pm

cods wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 5:06pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 9:34am:

cods wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 9:27am:

I tend to agree with this... not everyone reads bloody labels...they see something looks familiar..why wouldnt it be what you think it is??

if a bloke went in and bought a set of golfclubs because they looked almost identical to the ones he thought he was buying..only to find it was a generic brand with a good disguise.. do you think he would be ropeable???? I am sure he would...

well its the same with us we see a product a shampoo it looks exactly the same as the one we always buy.. only it isnt.. are we going to take the lousy bottle of shampoo back to the shop?????????..its annoying it isnt fair and it isnt right either... its called cheating as far as I am concerned.

why copy someone else if you have such a good product?

The thing is cods, Aldi very, very rarely carry 'brand names', so shoppers know that the product is from some other company.

They have Nescafe coffee and vegemite, apart from those two, I don't think they have any other brand name products, they could, but harldly any.

A person would have to pretty stupid to not know this.

Aldi shoppers are well aware of the product lines because they are sensible people, that's why they shop at Aldi

I disagree pansi.. they now carry cadburys Nesafe is another oneand I have seen Kelloggs .I dont think its stupid
of customers not to expect to be hoodwinked..

I bet if you had a brand and a style all your own and a little back street store camealong and stole more or less everything except the name you would complain.... and rightly so..

a lot of Aldi products look very similar..and no they are getting more and more into selling brands.. not off of their lines... but enough

I have been buying their cheaper tissues..mainly because I felt I am getting ripped off by the brands.. theirs are getting smaller and smaller..anyway for a few weeks I have been really happy.. I wouldnt buy their other paper products as they aint soft enough..anyway this last lot I bought the tissues are horrible..almost crackle they are not the same quality they have been.. I am nit picking if you like..

but their tim tams may look the same but they don taste the same.

Go the invisible hand Cool

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #36 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 5:12pm

cods wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 5:09pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:04pm:

That's funny though because I thought that Coles and Woolies got up to the same tricks with their premium homebrand stuff

Oh they do, but they're just jealous of Aldi's profits.

Aldi know how to grow their customer base. Superior parking, fast service, quality product, good selection and best of all, low prices.

this is about all the big guys signing an agreement not to do that

Declaration of false peace ya mean Shocked

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #37 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 5:21pm

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 4:05pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 4:01pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:32pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:28pm:

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:27pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 3:04pm:

That's funny though because I thought that Coles and Woolies got up to the same tricks with their premium homebrand stuff

Oh they do, but they're just jealous of Aldi's profits.

Aldi know how to grow their customer base. Superior parking, fast service, quality product, good selection and best of all, low prices.

I wish they'd hurry up and come to Perth.

I heard that Aldis won't come to Perth unless they can open on the weekends. Have things changed ?

We have seven day trading in Perth.

Come on Aldi!

Do we???????????

Yep. Since August last year.

Trading hours for general retail shops in the metropolitan area:

8.00am - 9.00pm, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and Friday
8.00am - 5.00pm, Saturday
11.00am - 5.00pm, Sunday
11.00am - 5.00pm Public holidays

New laws have given all general retail shops in the Perth metropolitan area, including major supermarkets and department stores, the right to open their doors on Sunday between 11am and 5pm.

http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/consumerprotection/content/consumers/Retail_Tradin...

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Reply #38 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:04pm

I am not so sure if Woolies can really do that to Aldi, taking them to task over similar packaging, it could be a bluff, and as the outcome in court is not such a sure thing. I say this because of the well known case with Cadbury's trying to do the same against their competitior, with their purple coloured wrapping for their chocolate that was imitated to look similar, as I can't put up links yet, I have to copy and paste this case, for your perusal, below in italics.

Cadbury can’t stake claim on purple packaging

By Packaging Buzz Staff

October 17, 2013

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Cadbury’s purple reign is over. Nestle S.A. recently won a court appeal against Cadbury Enterprises, which overturned a decision from October 2012 that said Cadbury could trademark its particular shade of purple packaging, according to Reuters.

The company had established a decades-long marketing campaign, in which the British chocolate maker sought to make purple synonymous with its products. In 2004, it even won a trademark on the color, winning the exclusive right to use it on candy bars and drinking chocolate in the United Kingdom

The decision allows Nestle and other chocolate makers to package chocolate products with the same colored wrapping.

Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London ruled that the trademark Cadbury applied for “lacks the required clarity, precision, self-containment, durability and objectivity to qualify for registration.”

Cadbury is studying the ruling and will consider whether to appeal, it said in an e-mailed statement to Bloomberg.

Cadbury History

“Our color purple has been linked with Cadbury for a century and the British public has grown up understanding its link with our chocolate,” Cadbury said.

Mondelez, which also makes Oreo cookies, was created in a split of Kraft Foods Group Inc. (KRFT) last year. The Deerfield, Illinois-based Mondelez had a 20.5 percent share of the western European chocolate confectionery market in 2012, according to Bloomberg Industries data.

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #39 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:10pm

I think Aldi's prices are amazing, and some of their products that are similar to the other supermarkets, I think are similar, in quality, but better in price, for instance, gluten free flour in a supermarket other than Aldi, is nearly $6, yet Aldi has it for under $3. I consider that Aldi are scrupulous with their products, and would not sell us crap, in fact, this computer I am on at present, I bought nearly 3 years ago, an all in one 22inch touch screen, and it's been brilliant! (Medion brand). It was $1100 at the time, when similar HP brands were $1800. Thank you Aldi

Anyway, I do my shopping at 3 or 4 different supermarkets, I don't just go to the same one all the time. Too boring, I like to change course and go to different wilds of the supermarket aisles coz I can Cool

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Reply #40 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:45pm

Sophia wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:04pm:

I am not so sure if Woolies can really do that to Aldi, taking them to task over similar packaging, it could be a bluff, and as the outcome in court is not such a sure thing. I say this because of the well known case with Cadbury's trying to do the same against their competitior, with their purple coloured wrapping for their chocolate that was imitated to look similar, as I can't put up links yet, I have to copy and paste this case, for your perusal, below in italics.

Cadbury can’t stake claim on purple packaging

By Packaging Buzz Staff

October 17, 2013

Share on facebookShare on twitterShare on linkedinShare on google_plusone_shareShare on email

Cadbury’s purple reign is over. Nestle S.A. recently won a court appeal against Cadbury Enterprises, which overturned a decision from October 2012 that said Cadbury could trademark its particular shade of purple packaging, according to Reuters.

The company had established a decades-long marketing campaign, in which the British chocolate maker sought to make purple synonymous with its products. In 2004, it even won a trademark on the color, winning the exclusive right to use it on candy bars and drinking chocolate in the United Kingdom

The decision allows Nestle and other chocolate makers to package chocolate products with the same colored wrapping.

Three judges at the Court of Appeal in London ruled that the trademark Cadbury applied for “lacks the required clarity, precision, self-containment, durability and objectivity to qualify for registration.”

Cadbury is studying the ruling and will consider whether to appeal, it said in an e-mailed statement to Bloomberg.

Cadbury History

“Our color purple has been linked with Cadbury for a century and the British public has grown up understanding its link with our chocolate,” Cadbury said.

Mondelez, which also makes Oreo cookies, was created in a split of Kraft Foods Group Inc. (KRFT) last year. The Deerfield, Illinois-based Mondelez had a 20.5 percent share of the western European chocolate confectionery market in 2012, according to Bloomberg Industries data.

Nestle are a pack of amoral grubs.

I wouldn't give them the time of day, and certainly won't buy their products.

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #41 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:58pm

Sophia wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:10pm:

I think Aldi's prices are amazing, and some of their products that are similar to the other supermarkets, I think are similar, in quality, but better in price, for instance, gluten free flour in a supermarket other than Aldi, is nearly $6, yet Aldi has it for under $3. I consider that Aldi are scrupulous with their products, and would not sell us crap, in fact, this computer I am on at present, I bought nearly 3 years ago, an all in one 22inch touch screen, and it's been brilliant! (Medion brand). It was $1100 at the time, when similar HP brands were $1800. Thank you Aldi

Anyway, I do my shopping at 3 or 4 different supermarkets, I don't just go to the same one all the time. Too boring, I like to change course and go to different wilds of the supermarket aisles coz I can Cool

So how long have you been working at ALDI?

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Reply #42 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 11:14pm

Chimp_Logic wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:58pm:

Sophia wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:10pm:

I think Aldi's prices are amazing, and some of their products that are similar to the other supermarkets, I think are similar, in quality, but better in price, for instance, gluten free flour in a supermarket other than Aldi, is nearly $6, yet Aldi has it for under $3. I consider that Aldi are scrupulous with their products, and would not sell us crap, in fact, this computer I am on at present, I bought nearly 3 years ago, an all in one 22inch touch screen, and it's been brilliant! (Medion brand). It was $1100 at the time, when similar HP brands were $1800. Thank you Aldi

Anyway, I do my shopping at 3 or 4 different supermarkets, I don't just go to the same one all the time. Too boring, I like to change course and go to different wilds of the supermarket aisles coz I can Cool

So how long have you been working at ALDI?

You're not a fan then, I take it?

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Reply #43 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 11:24pm

athos wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 4:12pm:

Frances wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 1:35pm:

I wandered into Aldi's Parramatta store at lunchtime mainly to get out of the heat. I didn't have my glasses with me and I found it difficult to tell what items were brand names and which ones were Aldi's home brand. I ended up leaving without buying anything.....

People don't give s h i t for brand names. What they want is a quality and chiper price.

Sorry athos..but bullshit..Speaking as a price orientated shopper. I'm quite prepared to pay a little extra for a quality brand name product...I don't really look for chiper (or even CHEAPER, learn to spell dude) prices if the quality is significantly less.

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Re: Woolworths getting nasty with Aldi
Reply #44 - Dec 10^th, 2013 at 11:31pm

Sophia wrote on Dec 10^th, 2013 at 10:10pm:

I think Aldi's prices are amazing, and some of their products that are similar to the other supermarkets, I think are similar, in quality, but better in price, for instance, gluten free flour in a supermarket other than Aldi, is nearly $6, yet Aldi has it for under $3. I consider that Aldi are scrupulous with their products, and would not sell us crap, in fact, this computer I am on at present, I bought nearly 3 years ago, an all in one 22inch touch screen, and it's been brilliant! (Medion brand). It was $1100 at the time, when similar HP brands were $1800. Thank you Aldi

Anyway, I do my shopping at 3 or 4 different supermarkets, I don't just go to the same one all the time. Too boring, I like to change course and go to different wilds of the supermarket aisles coz I can Cool

I like Aldi's products.
Bread, dairy, raspberries! Eggs, cat food (my cat eats only silvester

) ), soaps, baby nappies, hygiene products. You name it. Both quality and price - unbeatable. Not sure about shampoo, I can only use the one from pharmacy anyway, so who cares

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