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

benners_2k

I don't know if this has been covered before but even though Lidl, Aldi etc are good what about the horrible, horrible people who are in there wandering around drunk and/or inbred and stupid? This is my experience of going in there. Yes the chocolate is amazing and the beer is pretty good but its so horrible having to queue with some lunatic who can hardly stand up and is buying a huge bottle of der weiss lightning to drink themselves stupid on.

I'm sorry but that's what my local Lidl is like. It really does seem to attract the dregs of society.

p.s the potato salad in Lidl is UNBELIEVABLY good. 1kg for about £1 and really creamy and gorgeous.

charlies_mum

My local Netto is selling off large tins of Quality Street for £3.99 and their use by date is December - guess whos off to buy 2 tins :eek:

redmerlot

Have'nt been in any of them for a while. Might have a wander round them today it all sounds delish
Do they take credit cards now or is it still all cash?

charlies_mum

They all take debit cards (switch), but i don't think any of them take credit cards

onthecards

I don't regularly shop at Lidl but have been in a few times. Last time I went there I bought some jars of curry sauces - think they were about 70p a jar and they're fab!
Started making curries using the Homepride sauces which cost nearer the £2 mark and the 70p Lidl ones are just as good!
Like others, have also found the fruit and veg amazingly good value.

Stompa

redmerlot wrote: »

Do they take credit cards now or is it still all cash?

I'm told that *some* Aldi's accept credit cards. Sadly, ours doesn't though.

System

All the Lidl stores i've been in seem to take credit cards.

I like in Lidl:

Tinned Tuna
Chicken in White Sauce
Scotch Broth
Pesto
Sliced Wholemeal Farmhouse
Chicken Pasta Salad
Tuna Sandwich filler - same as Tesco's
Cooked Chicken breast slices, its about 99p
Similar as above but with Herbes de Provence, about £1.20
Pastrami
Fresh Sausages - 6 Premium & Steak Lorne
Fruit & Veg - Generally good, but keep an eye on freshness
Cornflakes
Jams - High Fruit content, look for the slightly more expensive jars
Gold Ground Coffee
Aloe Vera Balsam Washing up liquid (White) Good, and softens your hands
Plantation Dark Chocolate - Especially Ecuador 70%
Yogurts
Mozzarella, Feta & Emmental (like Presidente but 400g for price of 200g)
Toiletries are generally good.

Things I dont like:

Tea
Brown Sauce
Cottage Cheese, they changed it recently & the old stuff was much nicer!
Crisps - I find the 'Knights' ones quite greasy

orthoman

I shop at lidl's every week with no complaints with most of the products.

Recently my bank 'woolwich' has been taken over by Barklays bank and since issueing new cards check books etc i have been unable to use the debit card in lidl's, the staff do not understand why but it is with all barklays cards not just mine.

Has anyone else had the same problem?

frugalsar

hi, we shop in aldi and we love -
gryere cheese breadstick things 79p
amazing grains cous cous med tomato 79p
disco biscuits
speciality mushroom tortelini

we also got a big chocolate cake for 99p it was in a packet with the bread and cake stuff in a yellow packet and it was fab!!!!

Schamansky

frugalsar wrote: »

we also got a big chocolate cake for 99p it was in a packet with the bread and cake stuff in a yellow packet and it was fab!!!!

The Balconi cakes for 99p (Aldi).
There are three varieties: chocolate, lemon and tiramisu.
And all three are great.