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

beer4maria

LIDL
skincare range called Q10, fantastic value moisturiser, nicely packaged a quality product at an amazingly low price
bourbon vanille ice cream is absolutely delicious
tinned cat food
they sometimes have wonderful little choc covered almonds...
pork chops, fresh and frozen good
cava brut less than £4 and its good
veg is cheap, but inspect carefully
cheeses of all kinds, including dutch and parmesan at low prices


don't buy
tinned veg soup

sah10406

I am blessed with both a Lidl *and* an Aldi on my street, but have only just started exploring Aldi. I am a committed Lidl shopper already, and receive the weekly email with the non-food specials. There are some weird things like leopard-print sleeping bags, lycra unitards and horse blankets, but some gems too.

Do buy:

ground coffee
chocolate
rye bread
fruit and veg (if you plan to eat it within 24 hours)
gouda slices and other cheese esp Parmesan
pasta (is a good Italian brand)
tomato juice in bottles
condoms
apple juice
Apple schnapps (if you can find it, please tell me)
Rachmaninoff voka
grilled peppers in jar
German Christmas goodies like lebkuchen

Bussi
Andrew

virgin_moneysaver

never went into our local Lidl store as we had Tesco Morrisons & Waitrose until on camping holiday in Cornwall & our nearest s/m in walking distance was a Lidl - my 3 main purchases that I won't get anywhere else;

full grain porridge oats (great if you follow a G I diet) - also tried their other breakfast cereals with no probs

alcohol free mouthwash - the green NOT the blue, that one's foul!

dark chocolate 70-75%

also have had good value wine, cheese , olive oil, ice cream & fruit juice - my boys also like the chocolate covered raisins

pemills

Aldi - Buy
Any of their electronic equipment especially MEDION and GERICOM they have proved (so far) to be excellent value, quality goods and with most with a 3 year warranty

holy-foley

we love lidels things we buy
cordial their blackcurrant has a much higher fruit content than ribiena
fruit juices pressed apple just tastes like coppella apple juice
gammon pieces
sliced ham premiier
choc. crisps,nuts etc.
very strong white bin bags and frezzer bags tin foil and clingflim
chicken and pork
pizzas
fruit and veg.
bread rolls with seeds
kids yougurts
nappies
wipes and baby bath products
cheese
korma sauce
tuna
fozen fish
little stubby beer
strawberry vodka
iceceam
frozen chips and wedges
most of all the fact that you can get around so much faster than big supermarkets where you can get lost for hours!!!!!!

miffys_mummy

Lidl ...little salami sausages are scrummy
juices are fine
butter
tinned fish
frozen pizza
jams
cleaning stuff
loo rolls
only get fruit and veg if you are going to use it up quickly
xmas stuff is ace ...stollen and liebekuchen and other biscuits are fab and make fab pressies
alcohol is good ...cheap claret and the cheaper brandy is great too
rip off guylian choc shells these are lovely

Coldfinger

Lidl sell two frozen donner kebabs in pitta bread for £1.29

Quick snack, microwave in the oven in 2 mins. You don't get salad that smells like an open sewer and you don't have to get drunk to eat them.

If you need to get drunk before eating one then they sell Boddingtons too.

dazco

Hi, I posted #43.
I am deeply ashamed and embarassed, I said cognac and smoked salmon and much to my chagrin forgot to mention cashew nuts.

Sorry. I hope you will forgive me.

CASHEW NUTS.

On a different subject, this was posted
"I am blessed with both a Lidl *and* an Aldi on my street, but have only just started exploring Aldi. I am a committed Lidl shopper already, and receive the weekly email with the non-food specials. There are some weird things like leopard-print sleeping bags, lycra unitards and horse blankets, but some gems too.

Do buy:

ground coffee
chocolate
rye bread
fruit and veg (if you plan to eat it within 24 hours)
gouda slices and other cheese esp Parmesan
pasta (is a good Italian brand)
tomato juice in bottles
condoms
apple juice
Apple schnapps (if you can find it, please tell me)
Rachmaninoff voka
grilled peppers in jar
German Christmas goodies like lebkuchen

Bussi
Andrew"

Surely nobody can have lidl condoms in their house.
We need a cheap shop called larj

rosepink

LIDL Buy sangria, 2 litre iced tea, walnut icecream, vine tomatoes, herby sausages, longlife milk, rooibos tea, cappuchino choc biscuits, most choc excellent!, tawny port; clothes and house wares excellent value if you like the colour/style. I bought pair of telescopic walking poles for £6! Normally £20 each!

Don't buy yeast extract(marmite substitute) horrid!

David_Harrison_2

DON'T buy Medion (from Aldi). Very good price, but if it fails, and it sometimes does, their customer service is lousy. The tech support people I spoke to had never seen or used, and did not even have copies of the manuals for, the products they were suposed to support. Did not return calls and were generally useless.

DO buy the Targa PCs and Laptops (from Lidl) - excellent spec for the price, and, touching wood, they go on forever. Could not build a PC for the price they charge.

Don't be affraid to take anything back that does not work - Aldi and Lidl seem happy to give refunds, no questions asked (although sometimes they will send a cheque to you after checking that the product is really faulty).

Aldi get a lot more stock of their specials than Lidl - who for some items (like PCs) only give each store a few units. Aldi can often order items in that they have run out of, where-as with Lidl, once it has gone, it has gone, which means that if you want one of their specials, you have to be willing/able to queue at the door at 8.30 a.m. on a Thursday morning.


David