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

quoia

dsab wrote: »

Lidl has some lovely stuff, but the thing that sometimes really drives me to go there is the 46% Madagascar Chocolate from Gross. That stuff is to die for.

It currently costs 69p for a 125 g bar, and puts the Black and Green Chocolate (which I also like, but is 165 for 100g) to shame.

Yes I've had some of this but currently I'm enjoying the Chocolat Suisse De Qualité "MONT DOUX" Chocolat Extra Noir (47% minimum) from Home Bargains

JUST 29 PENCE FOR 100 GRAMS

IT'S YUMMY !

BexTech

As per FannyHill's finding, our local Lidl now no longer have the Tuna Steaks in Oil they previously had, nor their Tuna Chunks or Tuna Flakes (Though I'd only buy the Steaks).

Asked about them and they are a discontinued line, though they are not sure if it's a temporary or permanent discontinue.

They were just stocking the shelves with the Mexican Tuna, which was flakes with other stuff in them. Can't see them selling them very well. I'm certainly not going to be buying them, Tuna for me has to be steaks and at a push chunks, but never flakes, they taste nasty.

They did have some other Tuna Steaks in Oil sold in two's but the weight was lower and the price much higher.

Apparently there have been a few lines discontinued.

stamford

A what to buy at Aldi - Carlos Pizza Parlour Bake & Rise Meat Feast, top spec

FannyHill

Does anywhere else have tuna steaks in oil at a reasonable price ?

Chocmonster7

dsab wrote: »

The stamp on the box just mentiones that these Lebkuchen have been tested by the Stiftung Warentest in 12/2004 and be found to be "sehr gut" (very good), which is the highest grade (1 = sehr gut) in the german Schulsystem. These tests usually are based on taste and quality of ingredients.

Thanks for explaining that - it had my Mum & I confused when we looked at them the other week too! Far too early for me to be buying Christmas food yet though.

Zebedee69

!!!!!! I just bought some baked beans from Lidl!

Lidl Mince and their Spagbol sauce is nice. I had it last night mmmmm yum

Schamansky

dsab wrote: »

That made me laugh now. In Germany there is the Stiftung Warentest. It is a german consumer organisation (and these days they also have a Magazine) and they regularly compare and test consumer products and food.

The stamp on the box just mentiones that these Lebkuchen have been tested by the Stiftung Warentest in 12/2004 and be found to be "sehr gut" (very good), which is the highest grade (1 = sehr gut) in the german Schulsystem. These tests usually are based on taste and quality of ingredients.

DSAB

Very much so. On German products, look out for these "Stiftung Warentest" (Product Test Foundation) labels. This independent foundation test everything under the sun, from yoghurts to mortgage interviews. Their results are regularly published, in their own magazine "test" but also in the papers. Stiftung Warentest has a great reputation among consumers in Germany for the thoroughness of their testing and the reliability of their results.

Manufacturers are free to advertise good test results on their packaging and are often very keen on doing so, since it's a cheap and very efficient form of advertising the quality of their products. Especially Aldi make heavy use of these rankings, which helped boosting their sales quite a lot in Germany. Aldi also claim to delist everything that is tested below "satisfactory".

As DASB said,
sehr gut (very good) means the highest quality rank
gut (good) means the second highest quality rank
zufriedenstellend (satisfactory) means ok quality and is rarely seen printed on products
Lower rankings are never printed on products, for obvious reasons.

Here's an example how those labels may look like:
http://www.novafeel.de/was_bieten_wir_an/stiftung-warentest.gif

cymrugirl

dsab wrote: »

That made me laugh now. In Germany there is the Stiftung Warentest. It is a german consumer organisation (and these days they also have a Magazine) and they regularly compare and test consumer products and food.

The stamp on the box just mentiones that these Lebkuchen have been tested by the Stiftung Warentest in 12/2004 and be found to be "sehr gut" (very good), which is the highest grade (1 = sehr gut) in the german Schulsystem. These tests usually are based on taste and quality of ingredients.

DSAB

Thanks DSAB! Was worried I wouldn't be able to get any lebkuchen!:D

Schamansky

cymrugirl wrote: »

Thanks DSAB! Was worried I wouldn't be able to get any lebkuchen!:D

Now go and stock up, since they are officially proven to be very good.
Got mine today.

charlies_mum

Someone was asking about the wooden advent calendars in Aldi. Just looked on their website, and they are coming in on Thursday 8th November :j