Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

A._Badger

A few more for the good (and not so good) lists.

Aldi's chicken and smoky bacon pies are probably the best shop-bought chicken pies I've tried.

Aldi's 'Kitchen Creations' 'petit pois and smoked bacon soup' is pretty naff. It's twenty something pence cheaper than Waitrose's equivalent but is bland and tasteless by comparison. Not worth over 70 pence a tin!

Meanwhile, over at the meat counter, there has been some debate about Aldi's meat lately so here is a recent experience.

I am very (and I mean very) fussy about beef. Having been stung before, I won't buy it from any of the major supermarkets except Waitrose and even then (following the lead of St Delia) I will only buy rib on the bone.

A couple of weeks ago however I was tempted by an Aldi rib on the bone going at a knock-down price and bought it, expecting the usual shoe leather which is what most supermarkets sell instead of decent quality beef.

Imagine my surprise (as they say) when it emerged from the oven, tender, very flavoursome and altogether very good indeed - maybe not up to specialist butcher standard but about half the price of what a top butcher sells and well up to Waitrose standard.

That, I must admit, was a real eye-opener! Well done, Aldi. Shoot the soup chef and order more beef!

Happygreen

The other day I mixed Lidl and Aldi American/French Fries on the same tray. Aldi's are so much tastier but if you care about ingredients reading the labels I would go for Lidl's - potatoes and sunflower oil. I'm a bit torn between pleasure and good sense, lol. A's have stabilisers, salt and some chemical seasonings....

adindas

Does anyone know whether Lidl[ in London already accept credit card ?

Thanks

Cornucopia

Yes. :beer:

charlies_mum

Just been to my local Aldi to get one of the hand held steam cleaners and they were reduced from £15.99 to £9.99. Also got a Bonsai tree that was reduced from £7.99 to £1.99 :T

adindas

Cornucopia wrote: »

Yes. :beer:

Thanks is there any minimum spend requirement to use Credit Card in Lidl (e.g for instance minimum £10 etc) ???

maman

adindas wrote: »

Does anyone know whether Lidl[ in London already accept credit card ?

Thanks

I would imagine so. My local one does in South of England.


I like the Aldi Torchon ham, it's very like the Fleury Michon one that I've bought in French supermarkets. Not the cheapest but very yummy.


Aldi's certainly not short of choice IMO. When I do my weekly shop I make for Aldi and then call into Sainsbury on the way home. The amount I buy in Sainsbury has dropped and dropped so that some weeks I don't go there at all.

mcculloch29

Doc_N wrote: »

It is indeed - and you'll find that it has more than twice the juice content of Ribena.

Staggering, really, that so many people buy Ribena when it's such an inferior product by comparison with the much cheaper Aldi and Lidl versions. Ribena really is a pretty rubbishy product once you look at the label.

I've got a sceptical theory about household name products that is being borne out more and more. Ribena is definitely inferior to Aldi's High Juice Blackcurrant, as stated.

Not only that but Kleenex tissues have become utterly rubbish, thin and not fit for purpose, I've switched to Aldi's tissues, the Softly 3 ply are good. I suspect that many people will continue to buy Kleenex because it's Kleenex.

Similarly Andrex toilet paper isn't as good as Triple Velvet, which I normally get for £1.99 for 6 rolls from Savers. Yet Andrex continues to be a market leader.

The Aldi toilet rolls are as good as and better than Andrex, depending on which ones you pick up imo, but Aldi can't match the value at Savers.

Feral_Moon

I usually shop at Aldi and Waitrose but to be honest, I can count on one hand the number of visits I've actually made to Waitrose in the past couple of months. I'm finding Aldi is satisfying my entire shopping needs more and more!

dandelionclock30

I think Aldi and Lidl are great for the bog standard basics but if you want something a bit different then you have to go elsewhere. I'm a vegetarian and I like smoked tofu and barbeque beans, lentils etc. You cant get these at Aldi and Lidl near me.