Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

purrrcat

My two cats both love the Aldi wet cat food. They do prefer the premium version tho

bylromarha

Aldi don't sell golden syrup. Not a biggy, but we live on this stuff

I know Lidl do Tate and Lyle, but will stick to Tesco value as the tins aren't 7 year old friendly.

System

I never can see to by fresh spinach in Aldi. I have checked the chilled produce area as well the normal area.

Anyone else have this?

alandbailey

I bought 2 packs of 2 scotch eggs in Wells Lidl reduced by 30% on 15th March. The first pack was fine. I opened the second pack 12 hours after the Use-by date of 17th March and had to spit it out. The manager pointed out that if I had eaten it before the use-by date it would have been OK. The whites of the egg were corrugated, slightly brown and impossible to chew. I keep hens and ducks and their eggs do not go from being OK to being indigestible in 12 hours flat. If he had said that he could do nothing due to it being past use-by date - fair enough - but to give me a load of !!!!!!!! is inexcusable!:mad: So, according to him, 1 minute past the use-by date makes the item inedible?:eek:

skitler

alandbailey wrote: »

I bought 2 packs of 2 scotch eggs in Wells Lidl reduced by 30% on 15th March. The first pack was fine. I opened the second pack 12 hours after the Use-by date of 17th March and had to spit it out. The manager pointed out that if I had eaten it before the use-by date it would have been OK. The whites of the egg were corrugated, slightly brown and impossible to chew. I keep hens and ducks and their eggs do not go from being OK to being indigestible in 12 hours flat. If he had said that he could do nothing due to it being past use-by date - fair enough - but to give me a load of !!!!!!!! is inexcusable!:mad: So, according to him, 1 minute past the use-by date makes the item inedible?:eek:

I bought them to when I first went, I didn't check the date but only had them a few day before attempted consumption, ill say no more;)

~Chameleon~

ScarletMarble wrote: »

I never can see to by fresh spinach in Aldi. I have checked the chilled produce area as well the normal area.

Anyone else have this?

Yes, bought a bag of fresh spinach the other day.

mcculloch29

Same here. The fresh spinach is bagged and with the bagged salads in the chiller. I've never seen it with the fresh veg. That's probably why you haven't seen it, it's not sold in 'bunches'. It is very good though.

For serum fans, my Aldi had all three of them back in stock.
I am very happy. Wasn't looking forward to shelling out fifteen quid for something half as good.

No Ginger Nuts still. Bourbons now in packs of mixed biccies but not solo. Ah well.

bluebeary

which is supposed to be better ?

asda seem to be not as good value as they once were and their prices seem on a par with tesco or even greater now

do aldi and lidl do sauce jars for chicken, like creamy mushroom or cabanara sauces as i cant see any on the websites ?

ive only seen curry or tomato based sauces

Ken68

Lidl do powder sauces 25pence. various flavours ..chilli...sausage casserole, cheese etc....called Kania 40g.

richardw

Look at mysupermarket for Aldi items.