Great 'What's Hot and What's not at Aldi, Lidl & Netto' Hunt revisted

bzd

LIDL: Frozen paella is great. Feeds two adults and is super easy to prepare. Good to have in stock for emergencies and lazy days!

Has prawns, mussels and chicken in as well as the rice and veg. Very tasty.

Follow it up with a two-pack of tiramisu from the fridge section!

Ben

hulltrucker

Store: Aldi

Recommend:

Orange juice (in cartons - Del Rivo Brand)
Dishwasher Tablets (Magnum Brand)
Dishwasher Salt (Magnum Brand)
Washing Powder (Almat Brand)
Olive Oil Spread
Cling Film
Anti Bacterial Spray (Power Force Brand)
Washing Up Liquid (Magnum Brand)
Loo Rolls (Saxon Brand)
Fruit & Veg
Free Range Eggs
Kitchen Roll
Anti Dandruff Shampoo (Head Strong Brand)
Tevion Electrical stuff
Apple Pie / Chocolate Brownie Cookies

Avoid:

Medion Computers (Good Machines - Dreadfull after sales service)
Tin Foil (very thin)
Milk (goes off quickly)
Cereal

1carminestocky

Aldi's Bexlight Crisps 6-packs at 56p are IMO fantastic! 30% lower fat, cooked in sunflower oil, crinkled and delicious!


PS Nowt wrong with the 49p fruit/veg selection, either. Tried most things (the oranges in particular are lovely) and they are truly bargainous (their potatoes work out at 10p per kilo!)

mr_skinflint

martinbsp wrote: »

Health warning - the Bockwurst are loaded with fat. Avoid.

all hot dog type sausages are full of fat

SuzySF

echoing previous post - Lidl's 1kg lasagne @ £2.49 (recently gone up 10p) is fantastic value. It does us two meals (only me and O/H) with salad and jacket....

on the basket issue, my LOCAL Lidl only has huge trolleys (which being just under 5ft i cant reach items in the bottom lol, nor can i really steer it) but in the SHREWSBURY Lidl, they have small trolleys. I keep asking when our local will get these and the manager says not all stores get them. So i just use a shopping bag (or if i want a big shop have to take O/H - not good food shoppin with man)

also recommend:
Luxury Museli 1kg
fresh squeesd orange from chiller £1
Lasagne
chiller Pizzas
frozen Pollock fillets (1st cousin to Cod - and a sustainable fish)
chilled frankfurters
Fruit n Veg
*flapjack bites ina tub - Ginger & Dark Chocolate - not always there but when they r grab some !!
tinned stewed steak - no yukkke bits - cheaper than buying fresh to put in stew
Lidl butter - in white/silver foil type package - just like Lurpack - but local store dont stock - its a Shrewsbury bulk buy !!!
Dried Milk
canned beans (kidney, canellini etc..excellent value)
Premium Ham (chiller) make - Dulano

Schamansky

martinbsp wrote: »

Health warning - the Bockwurst are loaded with fat. Avoid.

Oh really? '(@v@)'... hoot hoot

More health warnings:

The steaks contain red meat.
Their chocolate contains sugar.
Their whisky contains alcohol.
Avoid.

goldingwebb

Hi

I'm a recent Aldi enthusiast and would recommend:

Breakfast in a bottle 39p - I share it with my hubby so it's a really cheap breakfast and keeps us full til lunch.

Chilled apple and grapefruit juice 57p - it's not made from concentrate and it's lovely, plus helps towards your 5 a day.

Speciality cheeses - delicious and much cheaper than Asda etc

In relation to the shopping trolley/basket dilemma, my local Aldi has new mini-trolleys which are higher up and much easier to steer, a bit like a basket on wheels and I love them.

Schamansky

Thank you, alocinstrebor1987.

I don't understand why people have such a big issue with the ALDI or LIDL till procedure. As I see it, their procedure has two giant advantages:

Firstly, you don't have to wait for hours and hours behind these extremely annoying time-wasting types of ultrameticulous, three-items-per-bag packers.

Secondly, when your shopping's gone through the scanner at ridiculous speed, you roll your trolley to the packing bench, where you can bag or box up your shopping at your own speed and in your own way, without rushing, taking all day if you wish, without making friends through holding up everyone behind you.

The whole system is so much better, especially for the customer.

And if you dock your trolley into the gap in the supposed way, your items fall in almost automatically. Nothing drops on the floor and breaks, which means the cashier doesn't have to sweep and mop up for another two minutes before continuing to serve.

An Aldi cashier serves 4-5 customers in the time a Big Four cashier serves one. That's the beauty of it. Well, unless you love spending your time in queues, watching people bag up.

AnnaB_2

Parmesan - nearly half price compared to Sainsbury's.
Pollack 10 pieces (1kg) for £1.99 and they do not disappear when cooked like other cheaper supermarket brands.
Fruit and vegetables.
Feta cheese
Sardines in tins
Mackeral in tins.

michelle1963_2

Aldi
Like: smoked salmon
frozen salmon wellington
3 bird roast
fruit & veg

Dislike:
frozen peas
quilted toilet roll