Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Baileys_Babe

Regarding Aldi ham trimmings our store has had various types plain, mustard, smoked. I have bought each variety but only when the slices look good, I don't bother buying if it looks like plastic ham or doesn't suit us in some other way. Once open the ham is consumed in 2 or 3 days without any problems.

mcculloch29

The buying Aldi ham trimmings experience is a bit pot luck, but so is buying cooking bacon from my local Heron store. It's still a good bargain overall.
Sometimes it's chunks of smokey gammon, other times it's half rashers of unsmoked back, middle or streaky. At least the clear plastic gives you a fair idea of what's in there.
I use the trimmings in recipes rather than sandwiches, usually.

Doc_N

Not a bad business for the individuals behind Aldi and Lidl either (though I do resent Aldi's Karl Albrecht adding to his wealth every time Aldi overcharge one of their customers for items they didn't buy!):


Aldi founder Karl Albrecht and Lidl owner Dieter Schwarz come behind only the Walton family - whose wealth has been created by the Walmart retail empire, including Asda in the UK, and stands at £89.6bn - in The Grocer’s first ever Rich List.

Albrecht and Schwarz boast fortunes of £15.7bn and £14.1bn respectively, driven by the explosion in discount retail in Europe since the global recession kicked in.

patchwork_cat

Ham trim - buy it when the pieces look good, which in ours is most weeks and they mostly last until all used for lunches here by the 3 or 4 of us. As someone else said just use your nose, only had about 1 that had a couple of pieces left that smelt a bit dodgy.

Cornucopia

Doc_N wrote: »

Not a bad business for the individuals behind Aldi and Lidl either...

Interesting, but kind of academic.

If we were looking for the most ethical business model amongst supermarket chains, we'd probably have to go for Waitrose (which operates on a partnership model, where all staff are partners in the business). However, we'd be paying for that privilege.

Doc_N

Cornucopia wrote: »

Interesting, but kind of academic.

If we were looking for the most ethical business model amongst supermarket chains, we'd probably have to go for Waitrose (which operates on a partnership model, where all staff are partners in the business). However, we'd be paying for that privilege.

Totally academic, I agree. Interesting, though.

littlemissbossy

Just thought I'd add a few more Aldi finds.



Good

Budavar Chardonnay £3.49 don't drink wine myself but hubby says its a winner.

AquaV Antibacterial Family Handwash (pale Blue) 500ml .55p doesn't leave your hands feeling like sandpaper and is quite thick.

Ice Blitz (Fab) lollies £1.00 very yummy just like the branded ones, maybe a little bit smaller.

Savour Bakes Wheat Crackers .82p


Not so good

Battered Chunky Cod (frozen) £2.49 pretty tasteless.

The Deli potato salad 300g .55p pretty tasteless

Ken68

The Moscatel Valencia @ £4.99 from Lidl, tastes like paraffin.
Had to force it down.

dlusman

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

One of my friends is in management at a supermarket and he told me that a lot of Aldis foodstuffs are higher in sugar and salt than the equivalents from other supermarkets and leading manufacturers. Thats why things tend to taste nicer.
I think its something to bear in mind if your slimming or on a low sodium diet. I have noticed myself that they dont have many low sugar items.

from a random selection of 1 product - okay not very scientific

Branston Baked Beans sugars 5.7% , salt 0.9%
Campo Largo ( Lidl "own brand" ) sugar 4.8% , salt 0.6%

meritaten

assuming you are using the 100g figures
for the Aldi Corale baked beans Sugars 5.0g salt 0.53g