Great What/What Not to Buy at Lidl, Aldi and Netto Hunt

Lidl: Do Buy

Chocolate biscuits (rectangular ones)
Cherry Jam (the nicest jam I've ever tasted with LOADS of cherries)
Chicken burgers (frozen, in a green box) ...if your kids like McDs chicken burgers then they'll like these
Coffee chocolate (large bar in a blue box, bottom layer dark choc, top layer white choc)

In fact....all chocolate from Lidl is pretty excellent.
Apparently (according to my Dad) the fresh whole chickens are excellent too.

Netto

See here for their website:
http://www.netto.co.uk/internet/nettog/menu/main.nsf
Very much like Aldi/Lidl, most of their stuff is non-branded, though they do sell some brands - Heinz beans etc when on special offer, and Muller yogurts etc.

Buy:
Great for friut & veg, much cheaper than Morrisons, even more so when they have offers on - just use your common sense and don't buy it if it looks past it best! They also don't replace stock as quickly as major supermakets, so don't be surprised if there's no fresh food left at 7pm especially on offer days (best to go early for fresh food).
Tortilla wraps, naan bread, do some Hovis loafs.
Tinned toms, chopped or plum
Tinned Pilchards, tuna,
Tinned chicken in white sauce (~80p and v. nice with sweetcorn & rice - feeds 2 hungry adults).
Kidney beans.
Tinned beans & spaghetti - but it's personal taste in the end.
Fizzy water.
Malt loaf.
Various biccies - bourbons etc, but so cheap who cares if you dont like em.
Frozen green beans.
Frozen chicken breasts when they have them.
Yogurts - single ones & multipacks - own brand, and Muller ones.
Plain natural yogurt.
Feta cheese - same price as Tesco, but keeps longer I have found.
Milk.
Smoked mackerel and kippers.
3Litres orange or blackcurrant juice to dilute for 99p.
KP cashew nuts.
Crisps - branded or own brand wotsits rip off, mmmm.
Often have offers on alcohol - Lindemanns, Stowells etc, and good beer offers too - Stella, Kronenberg, Carling and usually have one guest bottled ale.
Keep an eye out on the special offers - Monday & Thursday - this is usually when the branded goods - jars of pasta sauce etc are out, and they do homeware stuff - we got our Freeview box there 2 years ago, and usually seasonal stuff too - selection boxes, pumpkin (was 49p this year!!!) etc, and often branded alcohol spirits - Baileys, Smirnoff - cheaper than other supermarkets.
Phew, should be enough there to keep you going.

Aldi
Only just started going here, seems a bit more organised than Netto , with more regular stock, but more expensive for fruit & veg, but anyway heres what I would recommend
Buy
Someones mentioned earlier the wholegrain yogs -like mullerlights but nicer and big pot, and the creamy individual yogs too.
Also big 500g pots of fruit yogs are yummy.
Pasta - both the vacuum packed ones & gnocchi too only 55p a packet compared to 2 for £2.50ish in other places - Gnocchi with pesto & parmesan is luuuverly, and the posh fresh ones in the fridge - gorganzola & walnut are amazing - just been to Italy and they are as nice as what we had there!
I've heard the olives are good too.

HTHs, best get back to me work, didn't think it would take so long to write this :rotfl:

ALDI:

Definitely buy:
Continental Meats
Mixed Nuts
Nibbles like Meditterean Mix and Bombay Mix
Tortilla Wraps
Chicken and Leek Pie
12 piece Indian and Oriental Bites (orange boxes in freezer) - fantastic!

Don't buy:
Frozen Tikka Marsala Ready Meal - yuk!

What about electricals from Aldi. portable dvd for instant. is it worth buying?

Lidl - the cream liqueur (fake Baileys) is OK, especially in coffee
Netto - their cream liqueur is horrible
Aldi - must try theirs next

Lidl - 70-75% dark chocolate is fab

I agree with a lot of the above posters - most meat is great, biscuits fine too. I have never had any problem with fresh fruit and veg from either Lidl or Aldi - must be store dependant.

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