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

oly2c

I have been surprised at some of the comments about Lidl bananas. I have been eating them for years and have never noticed them to have a shorter life than from elsewhere.
Occasonally I find that they are bruised badly but this is rare and then I just nip nextdoor and top up from Aldi, at a higher price.
When buying I pick through the bunches and don't take any with bruises. I also choose some green ones so that they last for at least a week. Elementary really and a small time penalty for the large price advantage.
As for freezing I am sure that that would be impractical but will try freezing one to see the effect. The the labels on the fruit are often well known brands and will have been transported in the same way as rival supermarkets.

mrs_scrooge

Having tried quite a lot of stuff recommended on this thread my Lidl favourites (based on price, taste or both) are:

Magnum type ice creams
Chocolate and coffee premium 1L ice cream tubs
Soft cheese (flavoured)
Mozzarella
Camembert
Potato salad
Coleslaw
Amanie individually wrapped choc bics
Schogetten Chocolate (not tiramisu)
Mini choc bars 5x40g
Coffee chocolate (when they have it)
Nuts
Bagel chips
Ready to bake ciabatta
Dried pasta
Vegetable juice

Vegetables vary but can be good and very cheap eg huge box of rocket for 69p, bag of spinach 56p, avocado 23p, aubergine 39p. Or did I hit them on a specially cheap day???

Also....

Perfect 5 dishwasher tablets
Sandwich bags
Freezer bags
Q10 hand cream in gold/red tube (tried the Q10 moisturisers and whilst they were OK I have gone back to good old Nivea)

Someone highly recommended the frozen pizza (mozzarella/tomato). I thought it was awful, very false tasting!!

starrypuss

Picked up a flyer in my local Lidl this morning. From Thursday 5th April, they are doing Motorola Razr V3 mobiles for £59.99 (unlocked, sim free)

Lidl favs in our house:

Coleslaw
Cherry Jam
Chocolates
German xmas gingerbread biscuits (Hansel and Gretel biscuits we call them!)
Ham
Tinned Herrings (the gravlax sauce ones are great)
Veg - if you get there early enough
Multivitamins - same spec as Centrum with Lutein for just £2.69 for 100 tablets!

MickKnipfler

Has anybody tried the razors in Aldi? They look cheap enough

davsidipp

blood orange juice isto die for at 55p from aldi.

charlies_mum

MickKnipfler wrote: »

Has anybody tried the razors in Aldi? They look cheap enough

I've tried the disposable ones, and they are fine - mind you, my legs might not be as sensitive as your face

mark1024

We buy 75 per cent of our food & drink from Lidl. Highly recommend:

Most of the veg, esp when they have special reductions
wild rocket 69p
spinach 59p
ciabatta olive bread 49p
premiere ice cream choc & cappichino 1.49
lurpak 1.94 although was on offer for 1.49
French Brie 74p
parmigiano 1.85
Route 66 (marmite) 1.29
Grnd Coffee *2 2.29
Honey 1.55
Egg spaghetti 39p
Bordeaux 2.64 (drinkable for the money)
Paper hankerchiefs *16 99p

I was a bit put off the place at first, well its not waitrose, but our shopping bill has been slashed. Our branch doesn't have baskets but are quite relaxed about ppl loading up their own bags and then un-packing them onto the till. That way I always know I'm buying no more than my bag will carry.

Unfortunately there is no Aldi near us, but I do remember getting some great Belgium monestary style beer at one recently.

Cheers

MickKnipfler

charlies_mum wrote: »

I've tried the disposable ones, and they are fine - mind you, my legs might not be as sensitive as your face

Can I check that out?........oops, hope Mrs Knipfler doesn't read this

The_Governor

MickKnipfler wrote: »

Can I check that out?........oops, hope Mrs Knipfler doesn't read this

:rotfl: Nice one - by the way if I can help with that too let me know?

C_Ronaldo

Ive recently tried the german peppered salami you can get from aldi and its pretty good, it was only 99p, anyone else tried it