Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Ep007

Eliza wrote: »

Oh dear, normally I sing Aldi's praises, esp the meat. However yesterday I bought a small fresh chicken ready for my visitors arriving tomorrow for the week so we can have salad and sandwiches during their stay. Cooking it now and instead of the usual gorgeous roast chicken smell pervading the house I don't really know how to describe it. Wet dog maybe? It's awful. The chicken isn't completely cooked yet and it looks pretty normal, but I think it's egg mayo sandwiches (my own bantam eggs) for the next week. Not sure what to do. It was £3 or thereabouts which is quite a lot of money for me. I can't go back to Aldi with a cooked and prodded chicken in a bag can I? Anyway, I won't get the chance with visitors. The wrapper in the bin says Aug 14th so it should've been fine. Such a disappointment.

Liz

I had the. Same experience this week with a large chicken from Aldi it was still in date but smelt rank when i tok it out of the packaging...too much hassle to take it back so just binned it

Feral_Moon

Huge improvements have been made in my local store recently. A whole bank of wall chillers have been installed half the length of the shop to accommodate extra fruit, veg and salad items. This has also freed up space in the back wall chiller cabinet for more meat, fish and poultry.

I've also noticed the air con has been running much colder too during this hot weather, presumably to deal with the problem of fresh food being out of the store room chiller whilst being shelf-stacked. The milk is brought straight out of the back chiller in the cages and pushed straight into the shop chiller area so isn't sat around getting warm so not sure why people are complaining about that. I've certainly never had any complaints nor have any of my family/friends.

Ep007

Having real all the other replies now im going to complain to my local manager about food hygene

Feral_Moon

Ep007 wrote: »

I had the. Same experience this week with a large chicken from Aldi it was still in date but smelt rank when i tok it out of the packaging...too much hassle to take it back so just binned it

You've got me worried now so I've just checked the chicken I bought last Thursday (dated 14th) as I'm cooking it for dinner tonight and thankfully it smells absolutely fine :T

Ep007

Feral_Moon wrote: »

You've got me worried now so I've just checked the chicken I bought last Thursday (dated 14th) as I'm cooking it for dinner tonight and thankfully it smells absolutely fine :T

Good news....i have been buying one sometimes two large chicken a week for years with no problem....must be the local store as my fridge is superb so im going to complain

Tabithabooboo

Any recommendations for washing powder/conditioner?? I have 2 small children who get really grubby & I spend a fortune on washing tablets elsewhere, need something that is effective!

Ep007

I buy the aldi own brand and its just as good as the named brands..the pod type ones much cheaper

Picky

Tabithabooboo wrote: »

Any recommendations for washing powder/conditioner?? I have 2 small children who get really grubby & I spend a fortune on washing tablets elsewhere, need something that is effective!

I use the Allmat powder (it's designed to look like Bold 2-in-1) and I have no complaints whatsoever. It doesn't give the clothes much of a smell, so I put some Comfort in too to give it a fresh scent :-)

Ep007

On a more positive note i bought some surge protector plug things at the weekend in aldi for £9.99 which are fab two types ones has usb sockets too and is small and compact very pleased with both

Happygreen

Picky wrote: »

I use the Allmat powder (it's designed to look like Bold 2-in-1) and I have no complaints whatsoever. It doesn't give the clothes much of a smell, so I put some Comfort in too to give it a fresh scent :-)

I find the powder doesn't dissolve completly in a cold wash and black school clothes and white streaks don't agree so well with my teens - so I'm dissolving it before the wash in half a bucket of hot water. Seems to do the trick.
I think the Almat smell is nice but never have been one for additional fresheners