Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

purpleshoes_2

Tried a couple of the bags of salad, one with pea shoots and red chard and the other with rocket, watercress and spinach, 75p each, lovely

From aldi. Making the most of the 69p cherries on the super 6 as well.

hollibobs_2

I must agree I am not finding that aldi fruit and is lasting well these days, apples are hit and miss..and carrots and onions go off very quickly even though I store them in a fruit and veg cloth bag..

Trouble is it is quite cheap and does make me eat it before it turns!

Broccoli I find especially bad, green one day, yellow the next

AprilLady

I agree too! I used to think their fruit and veg was great most of the time, but in the last few weeks I haven't been impressed. All the bags of carrots in the super six recently looked a bit sad, but I bought one anyway. I wish I hadn't! They were all a bit pathetic and went bendy in a couple of days - I chopped them all up and put them in the freezer to use for soup in the future!
Have also had bad broccoli and found caterpillars in the bagged salad!

Doc_N

Another vote from me for the poor quality of Aldi fruit and veg.

That - plus the short dated milk - is causing us to switch back to Lidl again after quite a while. 11 days on the milk (as against just 5 or 6 with Aldi - consistently) and a rather better offering of fruit and veg.

If anyone from Aldi is watching this thread - take note. People who've switched to Aldi can just as easily switch back again. Tesco took its customers for granted, and it looks as if Aldi might be making the same mistake.

charlies_mum

A friend was telling me they had friends over and the man commented how nice the wine was. My friends husband said it was from Aldi and he actually pushed his glass away and didn't drink any more

Can't believe there are still people out there who think Aldi is substandard ?

Doc_N

charlies_mum wrote: »

Can't believe there are still people out there who think Aldi is substandard ?

Maybe they tried the fruit and veg!

sharond101

Doc_N wrote: »

Another vote from me for the poor quality of Aldi fruit and veg.

That - plus the short dated milk - is causing us to switch back to Lidl again after quite a while. 11 days on the milk (as against just 5 or 6 with Aldi - consistently) and a rather better offering of fruit and veg.

If anyone from Aldi is watching this thread - take note. People who've switched to Aldi can just as easily switch back again. Tesco took its customers for granted, and it looks as if Aldi might be making the same mistake.

I have stopped buying the milk as it goes off a few days before it's use by date I find. Means I have to do a top up shop in Asda but I find they often have better offers on better quality fruit and vegetables anyway. (today got pineapple for 69p, 5 gala apples £1 and 4 donut peaches 67p).

charlies_mum

Doc_N wrote: »

Maybe they tried the fruit and veg!

I haven't had a problem, but know from this thread that some people do

Don't think I have seen anyone criticise their wine though

Belindav123

I used to always buy the Aldi mature cheddar that looks like Cathedral City.

The last time I bought it, it just crumbled when you sliced or grated it. Almost like it had been previously frozen.

Also agree with the carrots and onions. Carrots are slimy within days, and the onions go mushy and strange colour.

I won't be buying those item again in a hurry.

Luckily I still am pretty stocked up with Morrison's bits from last weeks £5 offer.

mcculloch29

Our Aldi fruit and veg has been fine recently. I look carefully at what I pick up, the sweet potatoes went through a dodgy phase, then it was the onions, but everything's been OK from ours.
My Super 6 peaches were very ripe, but that was ok, they didn't last long anyway.
Do take unsatisfactory goods back, you will get a refund.

Just got some of the fairly new Aldi day skin cream at £3.99 - Expert Mimox Wrinkle Filling SPF 15. First impressions are that it is absolutely lovely, with the feel of a premium product. I'm already a devotee of the eye cream - now only on Specialbuy - and facial serum.