Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

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Feral_Moon

Have been using aldi brand toothpaste for a couple of weeks now and I'm not happy with it. My teeth feel as through they've developed a permanent film of plaque over them despite brushing twice daily. It also leaves an unpleasant aftertaste in my mouth. One I won't be buying again.

Ken68

In Lidl, GranArom De-caff coffee is the same price as ordinary Gold £1.39 100g.

ProudMumMaggie

Had the pulled pork last night -
Easily the tastiest thing my oven has had the pleasure of making ever!!!!!
I had it on white baps (4 pack for 15p at Morrisons last night), fresh corn on the cob - 2 pack 45p from Aldi, coleslaw (30p Morrison's basics - yuk!) And I made oven fries and tossed them in Schwartz Season All. Sooo delicious!!! Will definitely be buying the pulled pork again! Tried the Aldi jelly babies last night too - taste the same as Rowntrees!

tightwadess

cats_ahoy wrote: »

AMAZING buy at Aldi - Cornish butter £1.25, the brand is Trewithen dairy. It tastes so much better than ordinary butter, and only 25p more. I am never swapping back now

Also the white chocolate cookies are really nice too. Fresh raspberries seemed to go mouldy very quickly.

Thanks for the heads up about the butter could you tell me though does it spread easily ie straight from the fridge or when kept out the fridge and in a butter dish I kerp my butter in a butter dish but have found some to be quite hard to spread
many thanks

Feral_Moon

tightwadess wrote: »

Thanks for the heads up about the butter could you tell me though does it spread easily ie straight from the fridge or when kept out the fridge and in a butter dish I kerp my butter in a butter dish but have found some to be quite hard to spread
many thanks

No butter ever spreads straight from the fridge. That's why butter dishes were invented

I love the silver pack butter from Aldi, it's well worth those extra few pence and is the only one my family will eat now

Feral_Moon

ProudMumMaggie wrote: »

Tried the Aldi jelly babies last night too - taste the same as Rowntrees!

I sooooooo wish you hadn't told us that!! :rotfl:

Ep007

All the sweets i have tried are as good as the branded ones...thats how i put 3 stone on!!!!

Ep007

Ditto crisps and snacks...all look and taste the same as the originals for a fraction of the price...hula hoops, kp skips etc

Buffy_the_Vampire_Bat

cats_ahoy wrote: »

AMAZING buy at Aldi - Cornish butter £1.25, the brand is Trewithen dairy. It tastes so much better than ordinary butter, and only 25p more. I am never swapping back now

Also the white chocolate cookies are really nice too. Fresh raspberries seemed to go mouldy very quickly.

Thanks for the butter heads up, Trewithen butter is my favourite (I usually end up bringing several packs back from Cornwall with me!) Sticking with Trewithen, Aldi now stocks clotted cream from Trewithen Dairy, can't remember the exact price but think a pot is around £1.30.

I also find the raspberies go mouldy quickly.

A recent favourite purchase from Aldi is their Lacura cotton pads - 2 packets of 100 pads for 99p - these are brilliant for removing eye make up and nail varnish as they have a quilted effect which means they don't shred.