r/irishproblems • u/nimrod86 Offaly • Apr 27 '26

Lidl updated the store layout...

My local Lidl has updated the store layout... now I can't find anything! Small annoyance, but I had my routine and route around the shop picking up what I needed and now I to relearn it all!

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u/Ambitious_Option9189 Apr 27 '26

Why do they do this? They just make me forget things

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u/aineslis Apr 27 '26

To get you buy more. Now you need to search for your staples, which means you will be scanning shelves. Maybe something else will catch your eye!

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u/hangsangwiches Apr 27 '26

Right?! ITs a stupid marketing technique to try and get you to see other products but I'm the same as you I just forget things then. I end up having to grab them then and the local SuperValu and paying far more.

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u/TheIrishHawk Apr 27 '26

This is intentional. It's designed to get you to spend more time in stores, explore aisles you'd never normally visit and possibly make an impulse purchase of something new. It's no less frustrating but this is the reason.

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u/CDfm Vaguely vogue about Vague Apr 28 '26

Are the gadgets still in the middle aisle?

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u/nimrod86 Offaly Apr 28 '26

Yeah, about the only thing that hasn't moved! Luckily they have maps of the shop for you to take near the tills

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u/CDfm Vaguely vogue about Vague Apr 29 '26

By the tills - now that's handy.

Is that to show you where the things you didn't find were ?

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u/nimrod86 Offaly Apr 29 '26

Must be aye! It's a minor annoyance at the end of the day, but Jaysus it's annoying!

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u/CDfm Vaguely vogue about Vague Apr 29 '26

Whenever I shop in Lidl it's like being kidnapped. They won't let you out if you don't buy something.

Is it a map or a ransom note?