Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

luvaduc

Excellent.

I pride myself on baking bread from scratch but this mix is the best

mcculloch29

I love all the Aldi bread mixes, in fact I haven't come across a single bakery product of theirs that I didn't like. I've used the white bread mix more for pizza bases and pirukkad (small pasties made with bread not pastry) than I have for loaves.
If anyone comes across any of the top iced Christmas cakes reduced, nab them. Ours was moist, packed with fruit and tasted heavenly.
Re other reductions, my store had loads of thermal underwear for men and women, mostly but not exclusively, small and medium sizes. All £2.49 an item. Loads of maternity wear reduced as well, same advice as to sizes.
I picked up a lovely oval mirror for the hallway for under a fiver, reduced from £10.
I was chatting to my favourite Aldi checkout operator about the fact that Tesco won't be opening nearly 50 superstores (one on premises about 15 miles from me) and said what a shame it was that the premises already constructed were too big for Aldi.
Her response was that there is an Aldi somewhere in the Greater Manchester area that is absolutely massive, with 137 staff on the payroll - it's actually built over 2 floors. Does anyone know about this Aldi? Sounds great!

Nada666

Happygreen wrote: »

We tried the new bagels from the Lidl fresh bakery and tbh I found them rather dense.

You mean like a bagel? Sounds promising. Never seen any bagel-like bagels in Morrison's.

Happygreen

Nada666 wrote: »

You mean like a bagel? Sounds promising. Never seen any bagel-like bagels in Morrison's.

Yes, bagels like fresh bakery bagels :rotfl:, M's doesn't always have them, seems to depend on which store as well ....I'll try the Lidls ones again if still on offer when i go in. I'm just very partial to a Bagel

Eliza_2

As I picked up my usual Lacura Night Cream the other day, a customer of about my age, mid 60s or so, who had been looking at the mercifully small choice of moisturisers said she had heard good things about them but wasn't sure which to go for. I said I'd used the one I'd picked for years and it was fine, I didn't wake up with tight feeling skin and it suited me well and far better than many more expensive ones. She said well if I can have skin like yours that's the one I'm having too!!

Wonder what the commission would be on a 1.99 pot of moisturiser? I felt very chuffed, what a nice compliment!

tronator

Eliza wrote: »

...I didn't wake up with tight feeling skin and it suited me well and far better than many more expensive ones...

I don't use a night cream and never wake up with "tight feeling skin". I guess creams solve a problem which nobody would have, if not using "skin care products" in first place. But on the other hand, I'm a man...

Eliza_2

tronator wrote: »

I don't use a night cream and never wake up with "tight feeling skin". I guess creams solve a problem which nobody would have, if not using "skin care products" in first place. But on the other hand, I'm a man...

...and I know plenty of men who have dry skin but rather than apply creams (how very un-manly) they would rather go round with flaky (ergh!), sore skin!

I'm fair with dry skin and find the Aldi moisturisers just right.

Zeusiblue

I buy Aldi's bacon which is very nice. Also their aged steaks are lovely too. Last week i bought the spatchcock chicken, very good. 2 weeks ago i fouind Roast Potatoes in goosefat in the Aldi freezer and they were the best roasties i have ever had, Crunchy and melt in the mouth on the outside and soft and fluffy inside. Would highly recomend.

daveyjp

We tried the Aldi frozen boneless stuffed duck this weekend and it is excellent.

VfM4meplse

Eliza wrote: »

I'm fair with dry skin and find the Aldi moisturisers just right.

I was actually a little disappointed with the one in the pump (usually ?£3.99, but I bought a couple at 1/2 price just to try them) - the reason being it didn't touch my dry patches. I won't replace it when I'm done, but that may be because I am now a complete convert to No 7 Protect & Perfect Advanced - damned expensive but worth it IMO.

If I ever find myself caught short and in need of moisturiser, I'll just stick to 99p store / Lidl Cien jars at 99p, I have no fear of slapping these on.