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

The_Guv

Supermarket: Aldi
My top things to buy are:
Marmalade, Orange, Lime;
Chocolate Digestives just 46p
Chocolate coated popcorn
chocolate coated raisins
chocolate coated peanuts
Jar Feta Cheese chunks in oil
Butter
Ladies Shaving Gel
Packed Ham
Chicken Kiev (its a real breast not reformed)
Various liquers
Chopped bacon bits (great to add to pasta)
Frozen party food
Carbonara sauce
Coffee Al cafe de caff and ordinary
Dusters
Bin Liners
Light bulbs
Toilet Bleach

My top things to avoid are:
Garlic Bread it's awful


LIDL
Buy
Chocalate Digestives
Crinkle Crisps (these are really good multi pack of 12)
Any spirits especially Amaretto
Granary Bread

Don't Buy
Baked Beans
Garlic Bread

Poing

bargain wrote:

If anyone is buying a goose from lidi it will only be enough for two.

Thought the goose breasts in Lidl were great rather than a whole goose for 2 of us. And I can't imagine two of us eating it in one go - and I luuuuuurve me food! It's 900g (£6), and I've read somewhere that goose is very rich so I shouldn't be able to eat as much haha- and don't forget the trimmings rightly so! Got goose breast and lobster last night for xmas and new years eve, OHs well impressed as he's wanted to try both for ages, brownie points for me!! He thinks I'm mad though, nearly every night I'm like "Guess what I saw on the moneysavingexpert site today???" hehehehehe

Other posh food in Lidl for XMas:
Goose legs (2) - 850g £5
Lobster £5 (heard Tesco will be doing them too but can't be bothered trying to find them)
Venison 500g £3?
Whole ducks, sorry can't remember price or weight.
Whole crab £3
Pack of 8 smaller crabs price/weight???
Whole goose price/weight???

Lidl:
Whole goose 5.5kg, £12.50??
Lobster £5

Happy shopping and eating :rotfl:

Thanks everyone for this thread, been put off Lidl before but very glad to give it a 2nd chance. Though it was very annoying that the aisles are only wide enough for one trolley :mad:

addyeagle

Hello!!!!! This being my first post, can I say thanks for this thread (and this site, of course) - I hadn't been to Lidl for a couple of years, not since living in Croydon where the shop and staff were the pits. Bournemouth, however, seems much different and Lidl and Aldi are now my friends!


Lidl - Good Stuff

Bixies (Weetabix), just as good as the real thing (DON'T buy their really cheapo ones that look like dodgy bricks
Tinned rice pudding - costs about 19p, and is really creamy
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Most other stuff, except beans/soup (agree with everyone else on this!)

Aldi - Good
Someone has already mentioned Red Thai Curry Sauce, you have to try it to believe it!
All the continental chocolate

Aldi - Bad
Creamy White Wine Sauce - creamy it isn't (horrible)
Tandem chocolate biscuits - supposed to be KITKAT but AVOID!

phoebe03cat

Salmon side really good value at LIdll. £3.99 for whole side coated with herbs. Had some tonight really yummy. It's the wild keema salmon too not the farmed stuff - good enough for a dinner party. I'm amazed.

Diamond_In_The_Dirt

has anyone had any experience returning a product at Aldi?

i've just bought a coffee maker and its absolutely crap!. ive opened and used it. would they let me return it for a full refund ya think??

chinagirl

Diamond_In_The_Dirt wrote:

has anyone had any experience returning a product at Aldi?

i've just bought a coffee maker and its absolutely crap!. ive opened and used it. would they let me return it for a full refund ya think??

I'm sure they would. I returned a tent which had a broken cord in the pole, after i had used it for a camping trip. I expected to be given a replacement, but the girl on the till just handed me the cash without even asking if I wanted my money back or a replacement. I think they must have a 'no quibble' policy or something.

chinagirl

Aldi - Good
Someone has already mentioned Red Thai Curry Sauce, you have to try it to believe it!
All the continental chocolate

Aldi - Bad
Creamy White Wine Sauce - creamy it isn't (horrible)
Tandem chocolate biscuits - supposed to be KITKAT but AVOID![/QUOTE]

+++++Tandem Biscuits+++++
I must disagree here. Sure they do not taste like Kitkat, but they do taste yummy in their own right! All Aldi chocolate biscuits are made with superior tasting chocolate, I think it is something to do with their cocoa content being better than British brands in general.

mike_the_bike_2

Just had a delicious Chicken Tikka Masala from Lidl...As far as a ready meal goes I'd rate it as one of the best I've had..Checked the back and its not loaded with salt either..I think its a new thing as it hasn't got the Lidl label on it..Its made by a company called Noon foods who on having a look at their web site supply curries to Waitrose! ..just goes to show what a nonsense this supermarket "Quality vs price" thing is....

knockermylovely

Hi,
Just remember...................
The sell by date on milk at Asda is about 4 days from the date of purchase.At Aldi you can nearly always getr 9 or 10 days.And its 4p cheaper on a 4 pint carton!

choolstuff

Lidl

Do buy beer
Don't buy wine