Lidl to sell kilts across its UK stores for Burns Night

[thecompaqguy]

I went into Lidl today and picked up a leaflet - the kilts go on sale next Thursday, here in Poole. I don't know how many there will be available or how popular they will be, I'll see if I can pick up any information after the event.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

something tells me there will be a surplus at the Tottenham Hale store :mrgreen:

[tpa]

Apparently their £10 all leather sporrans have already sold out.

According to their website and leaflet, the sale does not start until 15th January.

[Pleater]

I think that the offers are sometimes spread over different weeks in different areas, presumably to help with distribution costs - the website asks for your post code before showing offers for the week.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[TenorClef]

I was curious about this too, I have a Lidl just around the corner and picked up the leaflet for this Thursday offer. An 8 yard PV kilt for under thirty quid sounds not bad but I wonder if the quality will be any good. I may buy a couple of the Ghillie shirts though and maybe their black and cream hose.

Here is there leaflet-

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...4&l=68f3c2253f

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...3&l=54c313ac8a

[TenorClef]

However I would say this is probably going to work out well for Lidl. There'll be a lot of people who will buy these for stag do's, fancy dress, Burns night or just to unleash their inner Scotsman.

[cookingkilted]

Ah yes Hamilton Grey...

It's interesting to watch as various fashion trends come and go regarding Kilt Hire in Scotland.

At one time, what? around a decade ago, Flower Of Scotland with its soft blues and greens was the most popular hire tartan AFAIK.

Then tartans with purple took over especially Isle Of Skye (they even had IOS silk wedding dresses).

Then there was a rage for grey tartans, not quite over yet, like Hamilton Grey and Highland Granite etc etc.

Douglas has been huge the last few years.

What will be next I wonder?

Maybe yellows and bright colours like McCleoud or Buchannan

[thecompaqguy]

Maybe yellows and bright colours like McCleoud or Buchannan

A PV Loud McLeod or Buchanan is something Gold Bros should make... the only ones I've seen out there are those ghastly £15 'worse than PV' kilts on fleabay

[John_Carrick]

The offer does not appear to be coming up in Northern Ireland - its not listed on their local site. If this is correct (and it may not be) it would be rather stoopid given that nearly half the population have Scots ancestry.

[Pleater]

As last year the offer was only in Scotland and this year it is in England too, perhaps UK wide availability is something they are working up to.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[McClef]

They seem to restrict sales to Scotland. My friend Mike bought a McKenzie tartan when we were in Dumfries for a Burns Supper about 5 years ago.