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

dirtyflannel

I like the fruit and veg at lidl and they sell organic carrot juice which is great mixed with orange juice their creamy yogurts are nice and they sell soya milk for about 60p spiced potato wedges are 57p at moment too

babs2008

Let me set the scene...

I eat yoghurt most days, and every morning have yog with bran cereal and dried fruit, and my favourite flavours are blueberry and raspberry.

...So...
I was over the moon when I found 4 x 125ml of yog (2 blueberry/2 raspberry) for 29p.

Now, the phrase “you only get what you pay for” is running through my head. I opened the raspberry one and thought it looked a bit strange. Poured it into a bowl and thought it looked a bit gelatinous and shiny and gloopy. Tasted it and felt sooooooooo disappointed. It was like weird blamange (sp).

I'm going to have to throw them out (I bought 2 lots), but I can use the pots for my sunflower and veggie seeds (also from lidl - think they were less than 30p for lettuce and aubergine seeds, and just under 50p for some hybrid (?) aubergine seeds).

Generally though, I love lidl and aldi, and I've had other yogs from them that I have found much better than those from supermarkets. After years of shopping here this is one of the only bad things I've found.

nickyvicar

dirtyflannel wrote: »

the lidl beans taste of soap powder according to OH and he loves any beans usually

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm....

I, on the other hand, absolutely love the Lidl baked beans. They do not taste merely of salt and sugar, which may have a bearing on why others do not like them?
I buy these in preference to ANY other bean and I love beans - especially human beans.

Stompa

dirtyflannel wrote: »

so do the aldi beans avoid like the plague

They seem perfectly OK to me.

charlies_mum

dirtyflannel wrote: »

so do the aldi beans avoid like the plague

I also like the Aldi beans, I buy Heinz / Branston when they are 4 tins for £1, otherwise, I buy Aldi.

DH prefers Aldi rice pudding to Ambrosia, said the Ambrosia was watery by comparison

John_Robertson

Lidl Potato Salad, should have a health warning (may cause addiction!!)
They used to have a cereal called Little Man Golden Balls, cracked me up when I saw it.
Their thick orange juice in a glass bottle, as a hot drink before beadtime, moves mountains the next morning!!

BusyGirl

I also buy the Aldi beans to put into Rancheros/Shepherd's pie....can't stand Heinz Beans as they are too sweet and salty.

larmy16

Went to Lidl yesterday.

We purchased Harvest Basket Potato Gratin (potato slices in a creamy cheese sauce) - it was absolutely delicious (near the chiller cabinets). 85p!!!! for 500g. Absolutely delicious.

Also we had the fish fingers from Aldi - £1.59 or so for 14. they were super scrummy too.

stamford

Aldi 6 x Hot Cross Buns (Village Bakery) £0.45 - brilliant

zappomatic

Glad to see the premium bacon in Lidl is now British.