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

pollap

I'll think you'll find that depending where your Aldi store is located it will accept credit cards. My local store (Glasgow) has just recently started accepting credit cards. I have used it a number of times now without problem.

In short you'll need to find out from your local store

Schamansky

Guess pollap is right here. Since Lidl have started accepting credit cards, Aldi are slowly introducing them, too.

Most ALDI stores will still only accept the following debit cards:

Delta
Maestro (also foreign ones)
Solo
Switch
Electron

And that's the Gospel truth.

The St Etienne Belgian Lager is brewed in the Stella Brewery in Leuven/Louvain, Belgium. (Unlike UK Stella which is brewed in Luton.)
In my store, not a very busy one, it sells so well that they can't reorder it fast enough. It comes on a D pallet 5 ft high and is gone within 2-3 days. Extremely popular.

Stompa

pollap wrote:

I'll think you'll find that depending where your Aldi store is located it will accept credit cards. My local store (Glasgow) has just recently started accepting credit cards. I have used it a number of times now without problem.

In short you'll need to find out from your local store

That's good news then, I'll be able to get 3% cashback on my GE Money card!

C_Ronaldo

genegenie wrote:

Been to lidl and aldi recently (our local aldi has had a recent extension..very posh).

all the aldi stores are getting an extension

rockpeblar

Aldi best buys

Fresh pasta and sauces
Crayfish tails
Brie and parmesan
Panna cotta ice cream wafer triangles
Chocolate soya milk - it's like drinking liquid chocolate!!!!

Lidl best buys

Choco crisp and strawberry crisp ice creams
Most fruit and veg
Nappies
Kitchen towel
Chocolate chip shortbread
Spelt biscuits

MyUserNamesTaken

C_Ronaldo wrote:

all the aldi stores are getting an extension

Not all are being extended. However, all are being refurbished.

candygirl

colliecrew wrote:

St. Ettienne is supposed to be a nice drink too (aldi).

I can vouch for Aldi's St Ettienne being a great lager.
I've said this before but it's as good as "Real" Belgian Stella Artois(tastes like freshly baked bread MMMmmmm), not the crap you get from Whitbreads, Brewed in the UK.

I agree it's just like stella , and at £2.69 for 4 cans it is great value!!:T :T

competitionscafe

Very interesting and useful article from the Independent:

"Where the gourmets went next:

We're all foodies now, obsessed with farmers' markets and fashionable delis. But the gastroscenti have moved on. They buy their Parmesan, prosecco and pastries from shops where the metropolitan middle-classes once feared to tread. Caroline Stacey casts prejudice aside to reveal the gourmet secrets lurking in the aisles of Lidl, Aldi and (whisper it) Netto..............."

full article/source: http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/food_and_drink/features/article1187665.ece

Recommended buys:

Aldi
"Buy: the pesto, which Good Housekeeping voted the best, 99p; olives stuffed with cream cheese, 99p; black-olive breadsticks, 69p; the hot smoked-salmon fillets (125g), £1.29; roasted red and yellow peppers in a jar, £1.29; black-olive grissotti (200g), 69p; stone-baked pizza, £1.69; and the Specially Selected continental plum tart, £2.49.

Lidl:
"Buy: waffel-schoko-röllchen (chocolate-filled wafer rolls), 59p; wild berry sorbet, £1.29; Black Forest air-dried smoked ham, £1.39; smoked-trout fillet, £1.29; blackcurrant jam, 64p; vegetable juice, 79p; peppers stuffed with Greek cheese, £1.29; Landgut rye bread, 49p; cheese straws, 79p; Ecuador 70 per cent-cocoa chocolate, 89p. "

Some delicious sounding food listed there at bargain prices!

jobbingmusician

From the above article, the reviewer went to Lidl. 'I shopped with a list of recommendations' - I wonder which website has a list of what to buy, and what not to buy??? :rotfl:

Cantdance_2

candygirl wrote:

I agree it's just like stella , and at £2.69 for 4 cans it is great value!!:T :T

Okay you've got me so excited about this I went and bought some last night - looking forward to trying it!