Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Stompa

Horace wrote: »

Their ginger nuts are normally 25p - they are rather yummy.

On the shelf where ours used to be they now have 'Hills Ginger Nuts with a hint of lemon'. Unfortunately, no use to me since I dislike lemon.

~Chameleon~

Has anyone tried any of Aldi's instant coffees? Anything resembling Carte Noire in flavour?

mcculloch29

I have tried some of the coffees - and no, only Carte Noire tastes like Carte Noire.
Having said that, the decaff is a very good one and my son gives the Colombian a thumbs up.
I bought the budget coffee - which I don't drink- and opinions vary widely on it. Most were negative.

muffin_man_7

paulineb wrote: »

Books are called easy world crafts. Got my mum another one today, a knitting one. They also have books on papercraft.

Thanks pauline i got the crochet one for me but may give it to my
Granddaughter in may as shes going into hospital for an opon may 6th the n 2 wks off school shes just started knitting too and ive got the sweetie one for her sister for her birthday may 4th i didnt see the jewellry one (but will be going in today to get the back pack so we have to pull all the books out again the crochet one was at the bottom of the pile )
To put away for birthday or maybe xmas would give me more time to check it out and get somd bits to go with it they both love crafting

Ive been trying new things each wk so far the mens deoderant 95p,veg soup42p long life milk 57p,bread 55p the 2in 1 laundry liquid 28 washes
2.39 not sure what it will be new this week depends on what we need
But i cant spend anywhere near enough to use the voucher

~Chameleon~

mcculloch29 wrote: »

I have tried some of the coffees - and no, only Carte Noire tastes like Carte Noire.
Having said that, the decaff is a very good one and my son gives the Colombian a thumbs up.
I bought the budget coffee - which I don't drink- and opinions vary widely on it. Most were negative.

Someone on another thread said the Fair Trade one is nice too. Is the Columbian one you've tried the Specially Selected one? There's also a freeze dried Dark Gold one @ £1.49 which could be worth a try.

Doc_N

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I love the way this thread has the ability to extract the tiniest details from people's lives. (Not being sarcastic ).

I love the fact that the thread is still so popular - and that it still exists at all!

'Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl' still suggests that the food they sell is in some way different from the food sold by Tesco and the major supermarkets. Or inferior in some way. There aren't, so far as I know, any similar threads for Tesco/Waitrose/Sainsbury/Morrison etc.

The food's no different, it comes from the same suppliers most of the time, but the perception that it's in some way 'different' still seems to linger.

Only the prices are different!

adandem

I used to love the Aldi freeze dried coffee but have found it has that really cheap chicory taste.
Another bug bear is that many items come in mixed boxes, I love the luxury muesli but Aldi buy in large boxes of 3 varieties. The fruit ones always sell way quicker than the others so I can't get it for ages. Same with the Carlos pizza, can never get vegetable ones.

System

Most of Aldi's Holly Lane cake range is made by Mr Kiplng. The Aldi I was in the other day had a couple of Mr K lines in and looking at the best before date coding on HL and Mr K, they were the same in font, colour and size!

paulineb_2

ScarletMarble wrote: »

The Aldis around me are laid out the same, so I presume its the same as your store. Its on the shelves above the freezers ready meals/pizzas area. Go to the milk section and its opposite there.

Not exactly the same in all areas, there are two within about 3 miles of me and the stores are almost in the same layout, with a couple of differences.

mcculloch29

This week's Super 6 fruit and veg from Aldi, all 59p this week.