Nappies
Baby wipes
Toilet Roll with Aloe Vera
Chicken & Leek Pie
Mature Cheddar
Fruit & Veg (always fresh and tasty)
Spongebob Squarepants Crumpets
Oven Bottom Barmcakes
Fromage Frais
Not really tried any of the fresh meat but always looks nice.
Premium sausages - loads of meat
Bacon - Twin pack smoked
Kitchen Roll - 3 ply - as good as Bounty
Vegetables - usually have very good offers - i.e Avocados 22p each Aubergines - 22p each - made a great Moussaka with them and their mince
Quality ham - very nice
Their own toilet roll - dessa I think - as good as premium brands
Shortbread biscuits
Premium vanilla ice cream is excellent
Lasagne sheets
Tinned tomatoes - both basic and premium plum are very good
Salami and chorizo
Frozen pizzas - Mozzarella - vegetable is dodgy and the seafood - though looks nice is too garlicky!!
Luxury Muesli
Sport shower gel - 13p - good for a handwash dispenser
Good: Jaffa Cakes, fruit and veg (my niece used to be a buyer - they don't have a vast network of refrigerated warehouses, so everything is really fresh and seasonal), Parma ham, most cereals, jams, frozen 'German' spring rolls, yoghurt, bread mixes, toiletries, Happy Mix ice lollies, prosecco, crumpets, pickles, frozen fish.
Bad: tinned stuff, coleslaw, juices, pet food (ask the dog!)
Thanks for everyone else's useful comments - i can see there are lots more bargains yet to discover!
Our family favourites are: Lidl - fresh veg (best value, quality and variety), black forest sliced ham, tomato pasta sauce (miles better than other supermarket own brands), J D Gross chocolate bars (way ahead of other supermarkets & brands), dried pasta, apple juice, high juice squash, emmental cheese, korma cooking sauce, luxury bockwurst (5 in a jar, gluten free & really good on a bbq). DH and teenage daughter like almost all the biscuits! Aldi - the pestos and their associated range of italian deli specialities (artichokes, mushrooms, tomatoes).
Our choices are all based on a combination of quality and value compared to comparable products (branded and own brand) available from major supermarkets nearby.
But ... we also avoid the mushroom tomato pasta sauce from Lidl (as a previous poster mentioned) as well as the Frikadellen from Aldi, but these things are all personal tastes!
Tinned antipasti - the wild mushrooms and the artichokes are fantastic
Veg - if you choose carefully and remember they are ready to use, then great (esp. 1/2 price days)
Lemon Iced Tea - I exist on this in the summer
Chiller cabinet turkey breasts - acceptable quality for casseroles at a great price
Paprika Crisps - very tasty and make a nice change
Japanese Rice Crackers - yum
Cat Food Trays - well received by my cats and 20p each
Olive Oil - the cheapest one is fine for cooking (£2.40/litre)
Mozzarella Cheese - last I bought was 49p (78p in Sainsburys)
Parmesan Cheese - really good value
Smoked Salmon - good (just don't get the stuff with a sauce sachet in it)
4-ply Toilet Rolls in 10-pack (has pink flowers on it - don't let that put you off)
And the specials are always fun - I have bought all sorts of stuff over the years. Its worth remembering that most of the specials come around every year, so if you miss it this time you can look for it next year.
I particularly like:
French deli style thick cut ham
Pesto
Handcut crisps - on a par with kettle chips and at 89p a lot cheaper!
Fresh smoked bacon bits - great for pasta.
2011 wins so far: Radio Deal package worth £600
Best prizes ever:
Two flights to Tokyo & a years supply of Gas and Electric !!!
Thanks to everyone that posts! :beer:
The big tins of ravioli are absolutely gorgeous, so herby and full of flavour, none of that watery tasteless tomato sauce rubbish you get in other brands.
Prosecco is delish!
Always worth a rummage in the specials section, I got some brilliant walking boots in there a few months ago.
The hotdog frankfurters in jar of 6 ( i think),no bits,just lovely taste. Fruit and veg Potatoes ready to cook,in fridges,fry, or in a cheesey sauce(my kids love them) ,you can't go wrong. most sweets and choc is great. i do a lot of shopping between aldi and lidl,have done for years(use to live in germany!) part baked rolls,assorted flavours Nappies Wet wipes
Lidl Salami ,sliced,large round slices(in fridge,just changed the pkt,but my kids love it) Lemon ice tea and multivitamin juice. sweets/chocs/biscuits. Kitchen towel there are a lot more,but def worth the trial and error
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Nappies
Baby wipes
Toilet Roll with Aloe Vera
Chicken & Leek Pie
Mature Cheddar
Fruit & Veg (always fresh and tasty)
Spongebob Squarepants Crumpets
Oven Bottom Barmcakes
Fromage Frais
Not really tried any of the fresh meat but always looks nice.
Premium sausages - loads of meat
Bacon - Twin pack smoked
Kitchen Roll - 3 ply - as good as Bounty
Vegetables - usually have very good offers - i.e Avocados 22p each Aubergines - 22p each - made a great Moussaka with them and their mince
Quality ham - very nice
Their own toilet roll - dessa I think - as good as premium brands
Shortbread biscuits
Premium vanilla ice cream is excellent
Lasagne sheets
Tinned tomatoes - both basic and premium plum are very good
Salami and chorizo
Frozen pizzas - Mozzarella - vegetable is dodgy and the seafood - though looks nice is too garlicky!!
Luxury Muesli
Sport shower gel - 13p - good for a handwash dispenser
Camembert / Mozzarella in breadcrumbs
Chicken and Leek - Steak and Mushroom pies
and Their French Brie is very nice for about 85p!!
Bad: tinned stuff, coleslaw, juices, pet food (ask the dog!)
chuk
Our family favourites are:
Lidl - fresh veg (best value, quality and variety), black forest sliced ham, tomato pasta sauce (miles better than other supermarket own brands), J D Gross chocolate bars (way ahead of other supermarkets & brands), dried pasta, apple juice, high juice squash, emmental cheese, korma cooking sauce, luxury bockwurst (5 in a jar, gluten free & really good on a bbq). DH and teenage daughter like almost all the biscuits!
Aldi - the pestos and their associated range of italian deli specialities (artichokes, mushrooms, tomatoes).
Our choices are all based on a combination of quality and value compared to comparable products (branded and own brand) available from major supermarkets nearby.
But ... we also avoid the mushroom tomato pasta sauce from Lidl (as a previous poster mentioned) as well as the Frikadellen from Aldi, but these things are all personal tastes!
Tinned antipasti - the wild mushrooms and the artichokes are fantastic
Veg - if you choose carefully and remember they are ready to use, then great (esp. 1/2 price days)
Lemon Iced Tea - I exist on this in the summer
Chiller cabinet turkey breasts - acceptable quality for casseroles at a great price
Paprika Crisps - very tasty and make a nice change
Japanese Rice Crackers - yum
Cat Food Trays - well received by my cats and 20p each
Olive Oil - the cheapest one is fine for cooking (£2.40/litre)
Mozzarella Cheese - last I bought was 49p (78p in Sainsburys)
Parmesan Cheese - really good value
Smoked Salmon - good (just don't get the stuff with a sauce sachet in it)
4-ply Toilet Rolls in 10-pack (has pink flowers on it - don't let that put you off)
And the specials are always fun - I have bought all sorts of stuff over the years. Its worth remembering that most of the specials come around every year, so if you miss it this time you can look for it next year.
I particularly like:
French deli style thick cut ham
Pesto
Handcut crisps - on a par with kettle chips and at 89p a lot cheaper!
Fresh smoked bacon bits - great for pasta.
Best prizes ever:
Two flights to Tokyo & a years supply of Gas and Electric !!!
Thanks to everyone that posts! :beer:
The big tins of ravioli are absolutely gorgeous, so herby and full of flavour, none of that watery tasteless tomato sauce rubbish you get in other brands.
Prosecco is delish!
Always worth a rummage in the specials section, I got some brilliant walking boots in there a few months ago.
Fresh veg is really good.
Marinated vegetable tarte fin pizza (its delicious)
We also love the mozarella sticks and sauce.
The only things were not keen on is the beans as they are a bit sweet.
Jo
Fruit and veg
Potatoes ready to cook,in fridges,fry, or in a cheesey sauce(my kids love them) ,you can't go wrong.
most sweets and choc is great.
i do a lot of shopping between aldi and lidl,have done for years(use to live in germany!)
part baked rolls,assorted flavours
Nappies
Wet wipes
Lidl
Salami ,sliced,large round slices(in fridge,just changed the pkt,but my kids love it)
Lemon ice tea and multivitamin juice.
sweets/chocs/biscuits.
Kitchen towel
there are a lot more,but def worth the trial and error