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

Stompa

Mercenary wrote:

Aldi's salmon tortelli is lovely. It's in the fresh pasta section of the chiller.

Ah thanks, I must give that a try. We've already tried the mushroom and the basil/cheese varieties both of which are also pretty good.

Raspberry_Swirl

FannyHill wrote:

Yes apologies for misleading I didn't mean SunPat was a Lidl brand I meant it was on the shelves.Sorry for posting it that way.

you should buy the route 66 anyway, it's better than sunpat if you like crunchy, and cheaper too

katskorner

Lidl's fresh lasgane is lovely and also on offer this week (From 22nd Jan) at £1.49. Bargain! I am off to get a couple!

chinagirl

katskorner wrote:

Lidl's fresh lasgane is lovely and also on offer this week (From 22nd Jan) at £1.49. Bargain! I am off to get a couple!

Oh, good thanks for that, My young son watched Garfield 2 dvd twice at the weekend and got me to promise a Lasagne Night this week.

doodah

poppielia wrote:

Hi i dont drive and my nearest lidl is quite far away so i cant get there easily.
I was wondering if anyone knows if they sell cat litter there? If so How big are the bags? And Is it good stuff at all?
If they do sell it and people think its pretty good on here i will ask my mum to take me once a month and i will buy in bulk.
Thanks in advance

don't think they sell cat litter unfortunately

CharleneUK

Lidl are running an offer on Pampers sensitive wipes, a 2pk for £3.31 (or £3.35?) BOGOF which is great value.

point3

Don't go very often, as the nearest store is about 2 miles away, but Lidl can be a real treat!!

Things to Buy:-

Premium Farmhouse Bread - nice texture and flavour
Black Cherry Jam
Luxury Swiss Muesli
Jaffa Cakes equivalents!
Tortilla Chips

Olive Oil
Garden curry sauce (glass jars, Madras in particular)
Indian and Thai Curry dishes from the chiller cabinet (these are made by the Noon factory in Uxbridge, which supplies Sainsbury's, Waitrose, that nice department store Food Hall in Paris - is it Galleries Lafayette or Printemps??!, etc, etc)
Frozen Roast Chicken Dinners (same as Bird's Eye, only at half the price)

Steak Mince
Pork Loin Medallions
Dry-Cure Bacon
Premium Ham
Parma Ham
Black Forest Ham

Fruit and Veg can be a bit hit 'n' miss, but at least you can see exactly what you're buying.

Not keen on the Basmati Rice (too hard), sundried tomatoes (flavourless) and fresh sausages (very fatty).

Impressed :cool:

Tibbie's_mum

poppielia wrote:

Hi i dont drive and my nearest lidl is quite far away so i cant get there easily.
I was wondering if anyone knows if they sell cat litter there? If so How big are the bags? And Is it good stuff at all?
If they do sell it and people think its pretty good on here i will ask my mum to take me once a month and i will buy in bulk.
Thanks in advance

They do sell cat litter, I buy it for my mum.....I mean, my mum's cat.

I think it's a 8 or 10 litre bag and it has been 99p before, but I think that was a special offer and that it's normally £1.50ish. I not sure how good it is compared to other brands, but it seemed okay to me when I was looking after the cat. As I recall, it comes in a blue bag with a black cat on it.

HTH

My top buys from Lidl:-
4pack kitchen towel £1.29
Cien sensitive baby wipes 99p (best wipes ever)
30m aluminium foil cheap yet good quality
Bourbon biscuits
Oriental rice crackers

anadin_2

Tibbie's_mum wrote:

They do sell cat litter, I buy it for my mum.....I mean, my mum's cat.

I think it's a 8 or 10 litre bag and it has been 99p before, but I think that was a special offer and that it's normally £1.50ish. I not sure how good it is compared to other brands, but it seemed okay to me when I was looking after the cat. As I recall, it comes in a blue bag with a black cat on it.

I agree - the cat litter's good stuff. It clumps well which is important and the bag isn't too heavy for me to lug, what with me bad back :rolleyes2

nodwah

I want to put in a special mention for the lidl chocolate lolly ice creams - they're like Magnums but obviously a lot cheaper and frankly far better. The chocolate is really nice and the vanilla ice cream is gorgeous and you can see the vanilla seeds in it so it's the real thing. My favourites are the milk choc, plainchoc, white choc, white with strawberry chunks, milk with almond and double choc, there may be more but Ihaven't tried them yet.
The bars of chocolate are great too esp the ones with the small squares, the choc and strawberry yoghurt and coffe creams are good.
On real food, we love the frozen breaded fish and I'm fond of the feta cheese.