Turvey Posted October 11, 2016 Share Posted October 11, 2016 Our local Lidl don't have any Arctic Bars in stock!!! Daughter works there but doesn't know if they're being rebranded (like Mrs Turvey's favourite wine was) or has been discontinued. Don't know what I'm going to do if they're discontinued! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie eastwood Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Been missing in my local Lidl for weeks now. I like the mint ones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Don't think I've ever bought them... Were they like Penguin bars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMX Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I've not heard of them, but a Google has enlightened me to what they are. Our local Lidl is missing too, although it's coming back as a double floored triple sized Lidl next year, Tesco Extra is only 500 metres further down the A349 and then there's a massive Asda about a a mile south of it and huge (not as big as massive) Asda about a mile the north of it and yet another Tesco Extra. I suspect Lidl have thought they might as well have the same size stores, stocking absolutely everything, to level the playing field. Like Tesco before them, they've paid the council to change the traffic light controlled junction, so Lidl gets it's own traffic light controlled exit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 4 hours ago, jmurray01 said: Don't think I've ever bought them... Were they like Penguin bars? Yes........but MUCH better IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 3 hours ago, GMX said: I've not heard of them, but a Google has enlightened me to what they are. Our local Lidl is missing too, although it's coming back as a double floored triple sized Lidl next year, Tesco Extra is only 500 metres further down the A349 and then there's a massive Asda about a a mile south of it and huge (not as big as massive) Asda about a mile the north of it and yet another Tesco Extra. I suspect Lidl have thought they might as well have the same size stores, stocking absolutely everything, to level the playing field. Like Tesco before them, they've paid the council to change the traffic light controlled junction, so Lidl gets it's own traffic light controlled exit Sounds like you've got enough supermarkets there!!! I do like a lot of Lidl stuff, as mentioned in another thread some of their wine is pretty good for under £4 a bottle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 1 hour ago, Turvey said: Yes........but MUCH better IMHO I've never really been a fan of Penguins, too dry and tasteless in my opinion, so it is a shame if those Arctic Bars have been discontinued. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMX Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 50 minutes ago, jmurray01 said: I've never really been a fan of Penguins 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incontro Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 You poor souls presumably haven't tried Tim Tams. Better than all this junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 12, 2016 Author Share Posted October 12, 2016 2 hours ago, Incontro said: You poor souls presumably haven't tried Tim Tams. Better than all this junk. Didn't know what they were, had to Google it! Look interesting...... I'll just need to book a trip to Oz to try them out Daughter working tomorrow so she'll ask if anyone know anything about them. Failing that, we're away to Inverness next week and if Lidls there don't have them I'll resort to buying a couple of packets of ASDA Puffin biscuits, a slightly inferior product but better than nothing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Tim tams, they're very similar to our penguin biscuits. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 15 hours ago, Turvey said: Didn't know what they were, had to Google it! Look interesting...... I'll just need to book a trip to Oz to try them out Daughter working tomorrow so she'll ask if anyone know anything about them. Failing that, we're away to Inverness next week and if Lidls there don't have them I'll resort to buying a couple of packets of ASDA Puffin biscuits, a slightly inferior product but better than nothing Any news? Wouldn't mind trying them myself now after all this talk... Making me hungry!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 2 hours ago, jmurray01 said: Any news? Wouldn't mind trying them myself now after all this talk... Making me hungry!! Nothing official, but word on the street is it's just a revamp but why they need to stop selling them for a couple of weeks is beyond me 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Turvey said: Nothing official, but word on the street is it's just a revamp but why they need to stop selling them for a couple of weeks is beyond me Probably so that they can run down old stocks and make a clean swap to the new style instead of having a mix of old and new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 53 minutes ago, jmurray01 said: Probably so that they can run down old stocks and make a clean swap to the new style instead of having a mix of old and new. In which case they could send them up here and I would help them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMX Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 6 hours ago, Turvey said: Nothing official, but word on the street is it's just a revamp but why they need to stop selling them for a couple of weeks is beyond me Tesco did this to Ultra Cat Litter last year, it just vanished. Whereas Bunty didn't mind going outside: Molly is a litter only cat but it had to be Tesco Ultra or that other expensive one that's also wood based, whose name I can't think of Having visited all the Tesco Extras in a 50 mile radius, and only got one 10L bag, I phoned Tesco, before I enlarged my search to a 100 mile radius, and was told it's coming back. We're just revamping the packaging to make it look more modern and changing the brand colour and font Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 10 hours ago, GMX said: Tesco did this to Ultra Cat Litter last year, it just vanished. Whereas Bunty didn't mind going outside: Molly is a litter only cat but it had to be Tesco Ultra or that other expensive one that's also wood based, whose name I can't think of Having visited all the Tesco Extras in a 50 mile radius, and only got one 10L bag, I phoned Tesco, before I enlarged my search to a 100 mile radius, and was told it's coming back. We're just revamping the packaging to make it look more modern and changing the brand colour and font We've never used wood based litter, but I did see some a while ago by Sanicat so maybe that's the one? Like food, Buttons can also be picky with her litter, and now being an indoor cat, that can be a problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 Well, I'm sorry to report that having been to Inverness Lidl tonight, I checked and they are entirely devoid of Arctic Bars... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 14, 2016 Author Share Posted October 14, 2016 18 minutes ago, jmurray01 said: Well, I'm sorry to report that having been to Inverness Lidl tonight, I checked and they are entirely devoid of Arctic Bars... Where's the 'Unlike' button? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 3 minutes ago, Turvey said: Where's the 'Unlike' button? For what it's worth, I'm just as disappointed as I was looking forward to trying them... Any idea what the new name is going to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 10 hours ago, jmurray01 said: Any idea what the new name is going to be? Never thought about it, but I'm guessing they'll keep the name and just revamp the packaging? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GMX Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 19 hours ago, jmurray01 said: Well, I'm sorry to report that having been to Inverness Lidl tonight, I checked and they are entirely devoid of Arctic Bars... And nor does Lidl in Ferndown 7 hours ago, Turvey said: Never thought about it, but I'm guessing they'll keep the name and just revamp the packaging? They'll probably be changing the style of packaging and may be the font and colour like Tesco did with the cat litter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 Down to my last biscuit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurray01 Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 10 minutes ago, Turvey said: Down to my last biscuit! I didn't know things were that bad!! Was going to check Elgin for any remaining stocks, but due to the weather I gave it a miss... Not that it'd have helped you, but I too am out of chocolate biscuits! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turvey Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 1 hour ago, jmurray01 said: I didn't know things were that bad!! Was going to check Elgin for any remaining stocks, but due to the weather I gave it a miss... Not that it'd have helped you, but I too am out of chocolate biscuits! Aye, weather's pretty sh#te out there right enough! I'm reduced to eating Twixs and Rockys for now, still holding out for a revamp with a quick turnaround. Mrs Turvey informs me her favourite wine was off the shelves for about 6 weeks before it came back with a new label!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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