Thanks to investment by international discount retailer Aldi, Brigg households had somewhere new available to do their main Christmas shopping this year.
The long-awaited store off Bridge Street opened on September 24, 2020 and hundreds of local folk opted to visit in the run up to Christmas, to stock up with food and drink. Our picture (above) shows the store yesterday (Sunday, December 27).
By using Aldi we've definitely reduced our usual festive spending on food and drink, with decent real ale in bottles for around £1 and canned cider for much less than that.
We also visited the Lidl store, on Atherton Way, yesterday (Sunday) when beer was on offer at similar prices, and went on to call at Tesco to make a couple of purchases,
Competition between big grocery 'giants' in Brigg can only be a good thing for consumers, and not just at Christmas!
We've taken a bit of flak in earlier posts this year for classing B&M as a Brigg supermarket.
That criticism came to mind during our most recent visit to the firm's riverside store. As we made our way along the two lengthy aisles nearest to the entrance, rows of shelves on both sides were packed with food and drink!
Brigg's popular Blyton Ice Cream parlour, on the eastern edge of Wrawby Street, is now taking a Christmas and New Year break and will reopen on January 8 to offer a takeaway service, including deliveries.
