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

rubytuesday

songbird wrote:

TVs....Keep for about 2 years 11 months and twenty nine days and then phone up manufacture to complain of a fault. Whatever you say is wrong, e.g. "It keeps cutting off from time to time" or "there is a mysterious ghosting effect that appears only every couple of days or so" they won't have the first clue how to fix it and they will give you a refund.
Take money round to Aldi and buy new TV, complain of "occasional crackling" in 2011, just in time for the latest and greatest chuckaway rebranded Bush with OLED display to appear in Lidl. Take back twelve months later saying that it smells of onions...

This is, of course, more convincing if you can bribe one of your elderly relatives to come along with you, preferably wearing some war medals. This will remind the staff that they may indeed be taking the Reichesmark but that the Boche must never prevail. Tip them the wink, remind them that careless talk costs lives and ask that some of those lovely alte exelente brandy liqueurs or some that simply divine chocolate-coated rum and raisin marzipan be included in any reparations.

P.s. I am told that it is not uncommon these days for Polish slave labour to be employed behind the tills. If this is indeed the case in your area then I am assured that a quietly whispered "solidarnosc" and a promise to vote for Isobella and Dennis in SCD is usually sufficient to get your messages waved through at the same time.

Not very honest is it!

black-saturn

I bought a frozen chicken from Lidl's once and when I desfrosted it it was off. Stunk the whole kitchen out.

Baby_A

Baby wipes are great from Lidl, I always buy these! They are 99p and excellent quality!

flea72

Aldi do their own version of Kinder Beuno - its called jumbo, and they come in a box of 7 for 79p

gorgeous

flea

mike_the_bike_2

"I bought a frozen chicken from Lidl's once and when I desfrosted it it was off. Stunk the whole kitchen out."

I can highly recommend the Lidl Lavender air fresherer for future reference..It comes in an aerosol and compares favourably with other supermarket brands and is half the price....

Chris120A

Aldi are now now doing Patak's Madras and Dopiaza sauces for 99p (huge jar that serves 5-6), Mango chutney and lime pickle for 99p, also Poppadoms. They used to sell Sharwoods stuff too, but they stopped. Shame because I prefer Pataks sauces, but prefer Sharwoods naan bread and pickles.

EDIT:

A few things I got wrong in previous posts: The apple and cinammon cookies are called "Apple Pie cookes", and Aldi do a "Chocolate Brownie" one too. Also, they are made by the same company that make the Kwik Save chocolate chip cookies I mentioned before. Look out for them, the packaging is exactly the same apart from the colours - Aldi Apple Pie = green, Aldi Chocolate Brownie = red, Kwik Save chocolate chip cookies = Purple.

Burlesque_Babe

I went to Lidl for the first time ever yesterday - the Bournemouth branch (we have two in Poole as well, so I think I will be trying them also) and I was impressed. The quality of the fruit and vegetables seemed good, and, as I love cooking, I was like a kid in a sweet shop with all the different sausages and bits and pieces to try!

so far, i've opened some german chocolate marshmallow with wafer bases (bit like Tunnock teacakes but bigger)and they are gorgeous!!!

Also opened some German little orange liquer sponge cakes covered in chocolate. They were ok, but the liquer taste was a bit harsh.

Going to be using some of the chorizo tonight (only £1.79 for a whole one - SO cheap!), and some of the vaccum packed ciabatta (39p!!!), so will report back (might even open the strawberry vodka drink!)

Think I will be going back for some of the frozen goose breast in the next few days to try !!

scotgirl

Stopped off at Lidls yestarday and was impressed...

They are selling swedes at 24p (not sure if this is just Scotland for St Andrews day or not - but good deal anyway!), used it to make Gordon Ramseys receipe Caramalised Swede and cardoman soup that was in the Times on Saturday - very good it was too!!!

Also bought a carton of pure tomato juice for 42p - mmm bloody marys!!!!

dejoxy

I don't think anyone's mentioned this. Luxury indulgence yoghurts from Aldi, different flavours, lemon, strawberry, raspberry...........39p for 200mls very yummy.

Premier_2

keren29 wrote:

so far, i've opened some german chocolate marshmallow with wafer bases (bit like Tunnock teacakes but bigger)and they are gorgeous!!!

They used to be called Super Dickmann's :eek:



....but now they've changed the name - Choco Softies or something

Not sure which name is worse