Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

mcculloch29

VfM4meplse wrote: »

No longer. Changed to boring stuff on Thursday

Yeah, sorry about that and you're right it is boring. Never mind.

hoanganhtinyabc

With so many people switching their supermarket swap over to Aldi from one of the ‘big’ supermarkets I thought it would be handy to put together a what to buy in Aldi list along with a few notes on what not to buy in Aldi. These are just a few of our favourite must-haves which we tend to add to our shopping list on a regular basis and of course this is all down to our personal tastes

Cornucopia

Humour intended or unintended????

For me, it's not so much a question of what is good, and what is not, but which parts of the store have sufficient variety to allow me to get what I want, and potentially have a choice as well.

These areas are well-stocked with choice, and keenly priced, too...

- Breakfast Cereal
- Fresh Meat & (to a lesser extent) fresh fish
- Frozen fish
- Deli
- Cold Meat
- Cheese
- Yogurt/Desserts
- Canned Fish
- Biscuits, Muesli bars & Chocolate
- Crisps
- Cleaning products
- Wine
- Pasta (fresh & dried) and rice

Ken68

Carrots in Lidl down to 55p kg from 65p, though was on offer a week or two ago for 50pkg.
Bottles vinegar 5% now 21p. Twice that price in Sains.

downshifter

I really don't like Aldi roll on deodorant - why don't I remember that every time I buy it having forgotten I don't like it till I come to use it!!!

You have to stand it upside down on its lid as it has a stupid sloping base so that all the liquid runs to the ball and gloops all over the place when you use it. Hate that and end up wasting loads of it. I then have to prop it up against something so the lid is uppermost to stop the ball being overloaded.

Back to Morrisons, their basics roll on is dirt cheap and absolutely adequate!

maman

I used to shop half and half in Sainsbury's/Aldi but now I rarely go anywhere but Aldi for my weekly shop. I still buy odd bits in Farmfoods, Iceland and meat from various places including Asda and mostly on the 3 for £10 or similar offers.


In Aldi I buy:
flowers (although disappointed recently too many naff 'bouquets')
porage oats
wholemeal bread
pain au lait
straight to wok noodles
rice
passata
tomato puree
straight to wok noodles
pilau rice
spaghetti
mushy peas
red beans
tinned tomatoes
fruit & veg
FR chickens
gammon joints
chicken portions (breasts/thighs)
tunnock type biscuits
cranberry & choc cookies
70% chocolate
washing up liwuid
softener
washing powder/liquid
dishwasher tablets
bleach
torchon ham
frankfurters
mature cheddar
cottage cheese
FF yogurt
crème fraiche
anchovies
stuffing mix
pickles
mustard
antipasti
orange juice
Thai fishcakes
oven chips
peas
herbs
spices
eggs
milk
cornflour
brown sugar
Cremant de Loire


I think that's about it.:)

hewhotrainseats

Our local Aldi has big (42 wash) bottles of their clothes washing liquid for £1.69.

Seems to be decent stuff.

Hopefully is the same in other stores.

Doc_N

maman wrote: »

In Aldi I buy:

I think that's about it.:)

In Aldi I buy:

Pretty much everything we need - with a monthly trip to Waitrose for the few items that Aldi don't stock. No need for anywhere else!

VfM4meplse

maman wrote: »

Cremant de Loire

What's this like, and how much is it?

Voucher Thursday after all, tomorrow

dlusman

Grouchy wrote: »

El Tequito Hot Salsa Dip 300g for 59 or 69p ? at Lidl. Really good. I use it for burritos and quesadilas as well as a dip. Good ingredients too. Very similar to El Paso.

dlusman wrote: »

This comes round quite a lot on their half price weekends , so may be worth stocking up when next on.

is on the weekend offer for Dec 6/7th @ 34p