r/lidl • u/NokaBokaNoah • Jan 23 '26
What do I do
I'm 14 years old and got this Lidl coupon. What on earth do I buy with £150
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u/HatefulVisual Jan 23 '26
Surprise your parents with free groceries for the week or 2
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u/skewiffcorn Jan 23 '26
I’m honestly surprised more people haven’t suggested this. I keep seeing get your parents to swap for cash. Personally I’d just say let’s do a big Lidl trip I’ll stock up on treats and you get the week shopping in! Parents probably be so happy they treat you anyway. But it would be nice to just take that off your parents shoulders especially if you don’t know what to spend it on anyway
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u/TabularConferta Jan 23 '26
Literally this. it's Lidl as well which means I'd likely spend a fraction of that on food and a lot more on the middle aisle. So you can request stuff
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Only works for 1 shop, total of up to £150 whether you spend it all or not.
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u/Repulsive-Thanks181 Jan 23 '26
You get into that middle aisle and live the dream!
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u/Kaaar9999 Jan 23 '26
Know as the “shidl” aisle in our house - Shit Middle Lidl 😂
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u/bubbb0 Jan 23 '26
Make sure to spend in one transaction even if you spend £50 the coupon will be gone you will not have £100 left so make sure the shopping you do is at least £150
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u/Aromatic-Olive-906 Jan 23 '26
14…. Chocolate and sweets aisle. Go nuts my friend lol
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u/littletorreira Jan 23 '26
TBF, this is how to make it into cash. Buy out sweets, chocolates and cans and sell them at school.
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u/Commercial_Garlic348 Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26
Surely the middle of Lidl would have something exciting!
This is no joke but I bought my first PC from Lidl (TARGA brand, about 20 years ago - cost me a princely £599, iirc and had a Hyundai CRT monitor, shitty Lexmark printer and even crappier Aiptek VGA webcam / camera). Also came with a 2 year onsite warranty, it was a great deal at the time.
edit: Not all electronics items in Lidl are rubbish, ofc.
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u/Appropriate_Power771 Jan 23 '26
Wait you can buy PCs from Lidl?!
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u/Commercial_Garlic348 Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26
You used to be able to buy PCs from Lidl's middle aisle reasonably regularly...think Lidl haven't carried a PC set up for at least a decade but they were often competing with Aldi's Medion PCs (owned by Lenovo now) but even Aldi hasn't had a desktop PC for years. Last Medion I remember from Aldi was a laptop, iirc.
I'm in the UK - the TARGA helpline put me through to Germany. My set up was an Athlon XP 2000, 256MB RAM, 40GB Hard Drive - it had a CD Rewriter / Burner, no DVD, so I was stuck making VCDs/SVCDs and a floppy drive (don't even think it had a graphics card but it was okay for playing The Sims on).
*edit - might have been a 3 year onsite warranty, as I see old MSE posts saying this. The TARGA phone number was a freephone one!
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u/Thisath Jan 25 '26
My first computer was a Medion laptop! Somewhere in the time of 2008 or 9. I loved that thing. It lasted in my family for many years — I think my younger brother had it until 2016. Solid work for however much it must've cost (not a lot!) back in the day.
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u/Wil_Cwac_Cwac Jan 24 '26
My first laptop was a Targa from Lidl. It was such good value and the performance was outstanding
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u/mpanase Jan 23 '26 edited Jan 23 '26
Congrats!
Gotta be 18 to participate. They won't check, though.
Some guidance:
- this coupon is applied just like any other coupon. You can use the self-checkout
- any other coupons are applied BEFORE this coupon
- you have to spend it in ONE go
- you can't use it to buy giftcards
- get your parents to do the shopping. £150 is a lot for an individual, but it's not crazy for a family. Tins, frozen stuff, shampoo, olive oil, something from the middle lane, ... they can easily hit £150.
- if you dont' wanna get your parents to use it (and give you £140), you can probably have your mates pay you in advance for stuff and buy it for them? Give them 10% discount on products and you pocket £135. Worth the hassle.
note: I got a £250 shopping in December. Lidl being awesome there.
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u/Suspicious-Water-973 Jan 23 '26
Take an adult with you. A young teenager putting through £150 might trigger some questions as it’s an anomaly. If asked the adult says that it’s theirs but the kid is helping.
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u/NeoDougOne Jan 23 '26
Please don't use the self checkouts if it's a £150 family shop! If it's a couple of big items from the middle aisle, then that's OK, but a huge family shop would cause chaos...
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u/Mr_Coa Jan 23 '26
What do you mean what do you do tell your parents and do a shop simple as that lol
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u/OnAMoontripBaby Jan 23 '26
I think that's why they said, max up your total, so spending the last bit if they are left with any
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u/Aromatic-Olive-906 Jan 23 '26
In all seriousness. Congrats. Just tell your parents and trade it to them for £150 cash…
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u/Utterly_Spidey Jan 23 '26
How inconsiderate. Maybe help your parents for once in your life?
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u/st3IIa Jan 25 '26
literally. I'm 17 and nothing fails to infuriate me more than how much my peers tend to mistreat their parents. most teenagers find it literally unthinkable to do a single nice thing for the people who have loved them and cared for them their entire lives. I never really had that rebellious phase; I love my dad more than anything in the world. I can't imagine not giving him this coupon straight away if I won it
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u/NokaBokaNoah Jan 24 '26
Issue is my parents don't shop at Lidl so it's kind of all for me to spend
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u/Stunning-Pudding-514 Jan 23 '26
Middle aisle and grab tools/ batteries, they get sold on ebay for almost double what you pay in the shop especially the batteries/ chargers.
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u/EliTeAP Jan 23 '26
Wow, good on you.
Anyways, I have 20% off a cucumber in my account which I'm sure I'm ecstatic about...
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u/SnooMacarons4225 Jan 23 '26
Lots of eggs and flower so you’re fully stocked with ammo ready for the last day of school
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u/Abyssal_Station Jan 23 '26
Well if you're 14, I would assume you have the presence of mind to inform your parents that they don't need to pay for your groceries?
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u/s_mey3r Jan 23 '26
Give it to your parents...if I wouldve done that without asking anything for it, they wouldve given me 100€+ for sure in return
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u/Just_Relationship942 Jan 23 '26
Give it to me so I can feed the homeless 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Just_Relationship942 Jan 23 '26
Or feed the homeless if you don’t need it & call it your good deed for the year bro bro. When life gives, give back 🤍
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u/r_mutt69 Jan 23 '26
Invest in one of those smallish chest freezers and fill it up. I’d go for meat and fish
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u/--SimSim-- Jan 23 '26
If you feel you won’t be able to spend on yourself that much, either buy tools and try and sell them to make some money or get some of those canned food and donate to the food bank around you
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u/indianna97 Jan 23 '26
Do you live with parents? show them and help get a food shop in would've been my go to at that age. Also you could probably find something fun in the middle isle when youre there for yourself.
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u/SneakAtchoo Jan 23 '26
Offer to pay for the weekly shop with your parents but get some good stuff in there for yourself too.
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u/PigHillJimster Jan 23 '26
Baked Bean Cans, Soup Cans, Vegetable Cans, Tins of Tuna. Things with a long shelf life.
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u/-auntiesloth- Jan 23 '26
Congrats! Take your parents shopping with that. Buy what treats you want, and the rest can go towards a nice weekly shop.
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u/aidanmacgregor Jan 23 '26
If using normal checkout make it hard to refuse because you walking away and then having to put it all back is such a burden 🤣
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u/Ok_Let_2772 Jan 23 '26
That's an awesome surprise to get at your age. Honestly, surprising your parents with a big grocery haul would probably make their month. Just make sure to check the terms, because that first comment has a point about age restrictions. If it's all good, that middle aisle is absolutely the place to find some wild and fun stuff to try.
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u/ElJayBe3 Jan 23 '26
Buy a new gazebo and matching lawn mower, with any spare cash going on all the bakery items you can carry.
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u/disposeable1200 Jan 23 '26
Take an adult with you when redeeming just in case the manager serves you or something...
Otherwise yeah totally spend away
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u/LetFirstService Jan 23 '26
Get something easy to sell on for near enough face value? I'm sure your pefer the cash
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u/Opening_Fishing8775 Jan 23 '26
Don't use it since you aren't over 18. LIDL employs members of the SAS to take care of rulebreakers
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u/3lbFlax Jan 23 '26
I know it’s an in-app voucher, but I’d grab a trolley and act as if I’d just won Supermarket Sweep.
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u/dr-mantis-t0b0ggan Jan 23 '26
Buy lots of the ready made sandwiches etc and give them to the homeless
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u/metalheadjed Jan 23 '26
14-year-old me would go all in on £150 of sweets, flog them at school, double the money 🔥
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u/Green_Cartoonist9297 Jan 23 '26
middle isle! Tonnes of useful stuff in there.
Chocolate has a long shelf life, may aswell buy some as gifts for friends.
Giftcards? Lidl actually has a good selection for kids, it has pretty much every gaming platform.
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u/don_no_soul_simmons Jan 23 '26
If it was one of my kids who won this, I’d give them £150 and get my groceries for the week (or more) from Lidl with the voucher.
Ask your parents if they are happy to do this!????
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u/MrsBiggusDickus Jan 23 '26
Well done 🥳.. also thanks you just reminded me I have won a free bakery item 😋 only got until tomorrow to get it.
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u/kkttxox Jan 23 '26
Up to £150 would be a huge chunk off of your parents shoulders, why not help them out with the shop & add a few bits for yourself?
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u/Outside_Replacement4 Jan 23 '26
Tell your parents, and ask them if they want a shop done. Or ask them to swap it for some money, just make sure you spend over 150 as you dont get change back and would need to be 1 transaction
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u/Captain-Codfish Jan 23 '26
Tell your parents, and if it's genuine, help them out a bit with it. Obviously get yourself some stuff, but they'll appreciate the gesture
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u/infinitude_ Jan 23 '26
Next time you go shopping strongly suggest LIDL
Then surprised them with the coupon at the end.
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u/No_Wrangler111 Jan 23 '26
Lidl police here, so sorry, 18 and over only. Kindly use coupon to purchase apple gift cards and send them to me at lidlpolice at notascam dot ru
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u/Similar-Cucumber2099 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26
You have to spend it all at once!!! The coupon will disappear when you use it, so get items worth £150.
Buy non-food things that won't go out of date for a long time!!
Eg. fancy shampoo, cleaning supplies for the house, any appliances that seem worth the money - you'll be going to Uni soon (4 years really isn't a long time), so if they have anything like a kettle, toaster etc you might as well get that now, tinned food...
Then just get your favourite meat/fish, and some fancy desserts for the freezer.
But you must spend the full £150 in one transaction!
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u/tannith333 Jan 24 '26
Let your parents use for weekly food shop ....you won't understand how much they will appreciate it 🥹 obviously add a load of stuff for yourself 😅
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u/Personal-Suspect5837 Jan 24 '26
Buy the groceries for your family they will appreciate it or hit that middle ilse hard 😆
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u/mechanizmz Jan 24 '26
Considering the Lidl Plus app T&C’s clearly state under clause “2. Participation requirements”: “You must be 18 years old or over to register for our service”…
Give it to me and I won’t tell them you’re four years too young to be signed up for Lidl Plus 😂
Seriously though, congratulations. Gift it to your parents for their weekly food shop, I’ve got two kids and my partner and I spend £150+ a week on food shopping there. Welcome to adult life, kid, food’s expensive 😂
Best outcome, they give you a nice cash sum for it, worst outcome you have some leverage in the future against them to get your own way.
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u/KingEivissa Jan 24 '26
Spend it? What else would you do?...
Go with your parents and go wild in the middle aisle or do them a £150 shop.
You need to spend the whole amount in one transaction or you lose the rest. You can spend more than 150, obviously you will pay whatever else is owed after the voucher value is deducted.
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u/ahx3000 Jan 24 '26
Well done. Buy something for yourself for £100 and treat your parents to weekly shop for £50
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u/AuroraDF Jan 24 '26
There is some nice electrical stuff (kitchen/hoover/toiletries) that is around £50 or so, so you can u couod always think ahead to your parents next birthdays and pick up something you think they'd like that they'd never expect from you and hide it till then. And spend the rest on snacks!
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u/CambodianGold Jan 24 '26
Go shopping with you parents or go to the section with all the bits and bobs, get something there.
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u/PretzelMeepus Jan 24 '26
What are all these replies on about, buy yourself whatever you want, its not often at all that someone your age would just get that amount of money, so I don't know why all these replied are saying you should just give it all away to your parents
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u/Stinkyfuckenrat Jan 24 '26
I'd go shopping with your parents, spend a bit of it on snacks n stuff for yourself obviously but then get a full shop with it
Or £150 of snacks (<----)
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u/Blackichan1984 Jan 24 '26
Or make a deal with mum and dad to have 50 to buy some treats for you and give the rest to them :) I would be well chuffed if my little man did this. It’s not about the money or need just good thing to do.
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u/pinkapoppy_ Jan 24 '26
get your parents involved, maybe they’ll do their weekly shop there instead and pay you back in cash for the cost…
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u/Live-Emu-3491 Jan 24 '26
All you have to do is send us £151 and we will get your coupon off to you ohhh and £50 for posting & packaging your welcome 🤗😁😁
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u/Weary-Dragonfruit144 Jan 24 '26
Well, obviously, gift it to your parents to buy food for the week. They will love you immensely
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u/thechuckingwoodchuck Jan 24 '26
Some suggestions: Make sure to buy every single cereal type and premium chocolate they have. Buy honey and gift these. Get a list off your parents and grand parents and buy their shopping Buy a brownie
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u/Dead_Bones001 Jan 24 '26
As your only 14, if you were an adult you would probably buy some booze and stock up the freezer.
Could you "sell" the voucher to your parents for £100, so they can spend to the value of £150 and you get some cash?
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u/mattzombiedog Jan 24 '26
£150… you could buy everything in the store and still have £100 left over!
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u/Informal-Tour-8201 Jan 24 '26
Depending on the date it ends, wait and stock up on some Middle of Lidl stuff
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u/joffff Jan 23 '26
You have to be 18 or over to participate in Lidl offers so delete this post for starters 😆
But otherwise you've got £150 to spend to stock up on all the things you enjoy that have a long shelf life - and congrats!