Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Doc_N

Who's up for a £75 spend at Aldi later in the week then?

£15 off with the voucher in Thursday's Mirror or Daily Record.

A._Badger

pattycake wrote: »

Clearly our local Aldi do something to their stock of bread because I can honestly say we have never had a nice loaf from there. They are next door to Home Bargains so I get the Kingsmill wholemeal from there at £1.

I'm puzzled by the negative comments about Aldi's bread. Sadly, the branch I visited today didn't have any of their white bloomers (no Kenneth Williams jokes, please!) which I reckon is fantastic value for money at 99p - a really good sour dough bread..

VfM4meplse

Doc_N wrote: »

Who's up for a £75 spend at Aldi later in the week then?

£15 off with the voucher in Thursday's Mirror or Daily Record.

That would be me then

Lots of lovely stuff instore atm. Although tbh I could easily spend it on their quality mince pies.

Stompa

A._Badger wrote: »

I'm puzzled by the negative comments about Aldi's bread. Sadly, the branch I visited today didn't have any of their white bloomers (no Kenneth Williams jokes, please!) which I reckon is fantastic value for money at 99p - a really good sour dough bread..

Sadly I've never seen any sour dough bread in our branch.

Happygreen

We managed to grab YS mince pies at Aldi's a few times, 32 p for 6 and they were not bad. Even at 64 p for 6 I'd have been happy

patchwork_cat

Are others getting YS items from their Aldi, I was told at our local that they aren't allowed to reduce short coded that it all gets returned to warehouse.

goamike

Cornucopia wrote: »

Lidl is the place for Nuts. They are about the same price as the big supermarkets, but for about twice the quantity.

And they have slightly exotic variations like Pecans and Unsalted Pistachios.

I must admit i do like the aldi cashew nuts and reckon they are the best ones i have tasted.

PlutoinCapricorn

ALDI had some spreads in glass with a black plastic top as a special buy recently. I tried the chocolate orange and liked it so much that I wished I had bought 200 jars!

I have found that they are still available here and there, and am going to give them as Christmas presents. I have kept a good few for myself of course.

bylromarha

Happygreen wrote: »

We managed to grab YS mince pies at Aldi's a few times, 32 p for 6 and they were not bad. Even at 64 p for 6 I'd have been happy

I've yet to find a packet of Aldi SS mince pies which have a date beyond 26 Dec. Aldi haven't picked up on the fact that people pick up a packet here and there and put them in a cupboard for the Cmas season.

Cornucopia

Aldi Soft Cheese Roule with smoked salmon and dill - 99p.

Christmas special, I think there were a couple of other varieties.