Where to go for my first "budget" food shop

Peartree

Personally, I've always thought that a lot of Tesco products are overpriced for the quality compared to other supermarkets. It depends very much on what you like to buy but there are many items in Aldi which are much better quality for the price and compare to the 'better' versions of the own brand versions in the other supermarkets.

I'm not interested in brands or so called 'extra special', I prefer to read ingredients labels to see what I'm getting - and the best quality rarely equates to brand or price in a major supermarket. It is a bit of a faff, but the best way to save money without compromising on quality is to start reading labels. There are a number of items I'd choose to buy in Aldi or Lidl not because they are cheaper but because I'm getting better quality for the same price as the major supermarkets.

Like others say, the only problem is that you can't really do a full shop in Aldi/Lidl/Netto. But a combination of these and Morrison/Asda/Sainsbury/Tesco with a bit of Booths (round here) thrown in is ideal.

I buy a lot of Aldi's food products,particularly from the chiller (wine is also good value) but go to Lidl for their version of 'Silk and Wool' washing liquid (half the price of anywhere else), bin bags, freezer bags, dishwasher tablets, etc. Lidl also do organic vegetabules and have a more eclectic selection if you like a wider range, from time to time of, say, Greek, German or Spanish food speciality items. I've also had more items than I care to mention from the 'weekly offers', electrical and non-electrical, from Aldi and all have been great. The other advantage, I find, is that you can pop in for a couple of items without having to walk 200 miles between the veg and the bread aisles!

dobbie82

I find Aldi good for Nappies, cleaning stuff, biscuits etc, but prefer food from Lidl (hams, bacon, cheese and lasagne are better than our somerfield, half the price too)

I cant do a full shop in anyone place!