Not impressed with Lidl

miserablesod

antrobus wrote: »

you can buy 2.5 kgs of potatoes in Tesco for £1.25. So that's QUOTE]

Would buy them if making a stew or soup but for a good roastie or great mash I tend to go for roosters or maris pipers. As i have found that the whites have tended to go a bit watery on a few occasions. ( not good when there are hungry mouths waiting on dinner )

cox377

antrobus wrote: »

I was only going by what miserablesod had to say:-





Well;

(1) Lidl and Aldi are two quite different chains

(2) The last time (I'm aware of ) that The Grocer ran a comparison that included stores outside the 'Big Five', Aldi came in at £30.76 compared to £20.85 for Tesco, which would make them about 50% more expensive, whilst Lidl came in with the slightly less frightening figure of £25.30. But given the complaints I've seen here on MSE regarding prices in Tesco, perhaps you're right, perhaps they are now "starting to offer similar prices".

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1094388/When-budget-Aldi-costs-pricey-Tesco-Asda.html

Not sure if I agree with that article, the prices don't seem to match up respectively speaking from what I've seen. Maybe trying to put the frighteners on the middle classes!

Bottom line, I think we'll all agree about shopping smart and getting the best deals, as long as obtaining those deals doesn't outweigh the saving made.

GlynD

miserablesod wrote: »

antrobus wrote: »

you can buy 2.5 kgs of potatoes in Tesco for £1.25. So that's QUOTE]

Would buy them if making a stew or soup but for a good roastie or great mash I tend to go for roosters or maris pipers. As i have found that the whites have tended to go a bit watery on a few occasions. ( not good when there are hungry mouths waiting on dinner )

You can't beat Maris Piper when doing mash or a stew or stovies. Great spud.