Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Scritti

Starrystarrynight wrote: »

Hubby tells me that Lidl's version of Weetabix, Bixies, are horrible.

My cousin's nephews' best friends auntie tells me that they are quite nice.

VfM4meplse

Scritti wrote: »

My cousin's nephews' best friends auntie tells me that they are quite nice.

Kudos for the lengths you will go to for research purposes :beer:

Clowance

re lidl version weetabix - my son also says they are horrid but he likes the aldi ones. Had to throw 2 packets of Bixies away. Don't eat them myself, they all taste like cardboard to me including weetabix.

tightwadess

We find the aldi version of weetabix every bit as good as the branded weetabix,

lucyhope

Bublin1 wrote: »

Has anyone tried the packets of Cake Mix in Aldi? They are packaged like mini bags of flour.

I've tried them all except the ginger cake (in cupboard waiting to be baked). They're very nice, DGD1 loves the toffee cake and she's the world's pickiest eater.
The carrot cake was a hit with her until she realised it had carrot in it! Very tasty though.
The madiera was so nice my brother thought I'd made it from scratch, and he's a cake monster!

Mee

maman wrote: »

Just wanted to redress the balance against those who post that fruit and veg are carp at Aldi.

I don't think the fruit and veg are c**p. I buy veg from most of the main supermarkets, and found myself disappointed by the very short life of some of the Aldi veg in particular. I wonder whether the fault is the lack of temperature control in store?

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All out f and v goes straight I the fridge and easily lasts the week.

Bublin1

Thanks for the replies about the Cake Mix.
I like the idea of a tray bake.
What veg oil do you use?

VfM4meplse

Bublin1 wrote: »

Thanks for the replies about the Cake Mix.
I like the idea of a tray bake.
What veg oil do you use?

Sunflower, but anything flavourless will do. You can use olive oil if you want that particular taste though.

Bublin1

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Sunflower, but anything flavourless will do. You can use olive oil if you want that particular taste though.

Thanks Vf. I only have Olive Oil and Crisp and Dry (which is Rapeseed Oil). I'll get some Sunflower Oil.