Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

sarahj1986

mcculloch29 wrote: »

I've recommended this before but it's now on special offer and reduced to 55p for 400 ml. Aldi Carino Coconut Shampoo and Conditioner (Alberto Balsam lookey-likey.) There are tea tree and raspberry variants too. If I had to use just one shampoo and conditioner for the rest of my days it would be the Carino coconut one. It's by far the cheapest one on my bathroom shelves. The other bottles were all freebies sent to review, btw.

The tea tree shampoo and conditioner is very good. I've been using it a couple of weeks and honestly I cannot tell any difference to that and my £10 set I used before it.

VfM4meplse

Cornucopia wrote: »

All change for Brown bread at Aldi. Or for the Londoners amongst us: Aldi Brown bread value is brown bread.

The good news is that there is now a brown version of the Sandwich thins - I've had these from other supermarkets and they are very nice, and also good value for calories.

The bad news is that the small Hovis loaves (wholemeal [59p] and granary [65p]) seem to have disappeared.

Further bad news is that the large Warburtons wholemeal which used to be 79p is now £1, and there is a new small Warburtons wholemeal at 79p.

Seems like a price rise of at least 20p overall.

There is also an interesting looking small seeded loaf at 79p.

I did notice that Aldi doesn't have the most brilliant selection of bread when I shopped on Thursday. It's particularly lacking in wholemeal grainy bread although there is plenty of the pure, white and deadly stuff. I shrugged this off as one of the compromises made at Aldi / Lidl.

meer53

maman wrote: »

I love the stuff. Aldi's marzipan hearts are to die for but I dare not buy them until Christmas. Once they're in the cupboard they call to me:).

I'm like that too Although the pork pies in the fridge shout louder than the marzipan hearts !

Stompa

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I did notice that Aldi doesn't have the most brilliant selection of bread when I shopped on Thursday. It's particularly lacking in wholemeal grainy bread although there is plenty of the pure, white and deadly stuff. I shrugged this off as one of the compromises made at Aldi / Lidl.

I've never understood why the bread at Aldi is so awful. I've tried numerous types over the years, but it's all been pretty grim.

mcculloch29

I love the Aldi multigrain and malted seeded loaves, the only problem being they are a touch too wide for the toaster.
I wonder if the bread is regional, I'm up in the North East.

Cornucopia

I suspect the Aldi bread is supplied by Warburtons. Nothing wrong with the bread itself - just a curious choice of brown options and a recent price rise.

PLRFD

Stompa wrote: »

I've never understood why the bread at Aldi is so awful. I've tried numerous types over the years, but it's all been pretty grim.

Exactly the same at Lidl.

VfM4meplse

PLRFD wrote: »

Exactly the same at Lidl.

At least Lidl has an in-store bakery.

Cornucopia

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I did notice that Aldi doesn't have the most brilliant selection of bread when I shopped on Thursday. It's particularly lacking in wholemeal grainy bread although there is plenty of the pure, white and deadly stuff. I shrugged this off as one of the compromises made at Aldi / Lidl.

The other thing about Aldi is that most of the sliced loaves seem to be thick-sliced.

Happygreen

PLRFD wrote: »

Exactly the same at Lidl.

Weird, the fresh bakery is fabulous here....

We hardly ever buy plastic bread as they are all about the same wherever from (plastic)