13 SEPTEMBER 2008, Page 25

Lidl luxuries

Sir: Judi Bevan is mistaken (‘Nice pork, pity about the pizza’, 6 September) in thinking the middle class don’t shop at Lidl; I modelled green corduroys in the first Boden catalogue and now do all my shopping at Lidl.

The real savings are to be made on all that Continental stuff that we have been hoodwinked by the big supermarkets into believing are luxury goods. Salamis, prosciutto and parmesan cheese are all available at a spectacular discount. One shouldn’t overlook the drink either — premium German lagers at prices to suit the heaviest binge-drinker and own-label cognac at under a tenner.

But in addition to its astonishing value, we enjoy the shop for its freedom from retailguru nonsense. Vorvarts Lidl!

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Jonathan Burge

Ipswich, Suffolk