Fiona Duff: Every Lidl helps

So apparently the winners in the grocery wars are Aldi and Lidl. To be honest, are any of you surprised? Perhaps if you haven’t darkened the doorsteps of these German-owned shops, you might wonder what the fuss is about, and if that’s the case then you should sort it out immediately.

I first ventured to Aldi when I was told that they were selling that magical Manuka honey for £3.99 instead of around three times that price in my local “health” food shop. I put health in inverted commas as there seems to be an awful lot of that dubious body-building stuff on the shelves, which I can’t imagine is terribly good for the young chaps who seem to guzzle it by the bucket-load.

Once you’ve seen the prices they charge, it is difficult to go back to one’s usual shop, even with my loyalty card racking up a good number of points when I do visit that orange superstore.

And it isn’t just the prices – the fruit and veg are really tasty, the meat is leaner and the cheap champagne absolutely tip-top.

In fact, the only creature in my home who doesn’t appreciate their food is my cat; not known to be particularly fussy, Rita the mouse-eater turned up her little nose at Lidl biscuits.

However they sell Go-Cat at the local Poundstretcher so I won’t force them upon her any longer.

The main problem with Aldi and Lidl is that neither of them is particularly close to where I live nor particularly easy for me to navigate my way there.

So it was with joy that I found out that there is one currently being constructed on Logie Green Road, which is so much more convenient for yours truly.

I suppose I had better go and cash in my loyalty points soon as I won’t be shopping in any other supermarket when those doors open.