Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Alisha2008

I can confirm the everyday peas are absolutely horrible! I had to throw them away....

sukysue

Yes Aldi'd red top tea bags are fantastic we have tried everything in this house and were using glengettie but of course the cost is not good but these we have stuck to .We do like a strong cuppa mind so put 2 teabags in a mug but did that with the glenettie as well so mega cheaper for us.

Scritti

Always_after_a_bargin wrote: »

No Not tried them. I have tried Yorkshire tea, I have tried Typhoo and keep going back to Tetley. Will try them next time I go shopping. If I don't like will give to the mother in law. It's a running joke at the moment as she ends up with all the tea bags I buy after I end up going back to Tetley. Same with coffee tried most of them and gave them away and stuck with my douwe egberts but I will give them a go, especially if they do taste like Tetley. Think its a childhood thing as my dad was a massive tea drinker and we always had Tetley in the house and it's kind of stuck I think

Well, if you've tried lots of different tea bags and keep going back to Tetley, you may not like them.

Personally, I can't tell much difference between most of them. In fact, the only "bad" tea bags I can remember were actually Tetley one-cups. The weakest tea I've ever had. They must literally be referring to dinky little cups as they don't seem strong enough to make a decent mug of tea.

Had no problems with Aldi or Lidl's tea. Also liked Yorkshire Tea which I got when half price. I'm stocked up with tea bags to last for probably over a year but I might just go back to Sainsbury's Basics when they've all run out as, to me, they tasted just fine and are only about 30p for 80. Can't say I've liked anything else enough to justify paying three or four times more for them.

So I'm clearly no tea expert but do try the Aldi ones anyway. They would save you money and having to go to another supermarket so worth a go.

Scritti

Stompa wrote: »

Indeed, and the Everyday Essentials packs are smaller. So

Bad = Everyday Essentials, 89p for 907g (98.1p/kg)
Good = Four Seasons, 99p for 1kg (99p/kg)

I've always been puzzled as to why they have the two different sorts, given that the prices are virtually identical.

You're bang on, how weird is that?

Why would anyone buy the "basics" version for the same price? Have the pricing guys in Aldi lost the plot?

They should surely be around 50p or less to tempt anyone (though, judging by every comment I've read about them, I doubt many people would buy them twice).

I don't really understand this Everyday Essentials range. This isn't Waitrose. Aldi's normal products are cheap enough as they are for such good quality products.

I tried loads of Waitrose "Essential" stuff a few months ago when they opened a branch near me. It was all okay but not one thing impressed me enough to ever return. Aldi should just stick to their standard and their Specially Selected ranges, especially if the rest of their budget stuff is as bad as these peas appear to be.

Blackpool_Saver

Rum and raisin marzipan choc logs

Doc_N

I imagine it's just a local thing, but the staff in the local Aldi (fairly new - opened a couple of years ago) are incredibly more pleasant and cheerful than the ones in the Lidl (not far from the Aldi - opened some time ago).

Lidl has a pretty surly undermanager, who presumably passes that on to the staff - and it shows. Always unhelpful, and in a recent 'discussion' he said he knew Aldi had taken away a lot of his trade - because he does his own shopping there! What sort of recommendation is that?

Lidl always seems to have a miserable, downbeat, joyless feeling to it somehow. Whilst Aldi is quite the reverse. Odd.

pamsdish

Doc_N wrote: »

I imagine it's just a local thing, but the staff in the local Aldi (fairly new - opened a couple of years ago) are incredibly more pleasant and cheerful than the ones in the Lidl (not far from the Aldi - opened some time ago).

Lidl has a pretty surly undermanager, who presumably passes that on to the staff - and it shows. Always unhelpful, and in a recent 'discussion' he said he knew Aldi had taken away a lot of his trade - because he does his own shopping there! What sort of recommendation is that?

Lidl always seems to have a miserable, downbeat, joyless feeling to it somehow. Whilst Aldi is quite the reverse. Odd.

I agree with all you said, I used to use lidl as my regular shop and not once were the staff pleasant, I moved and Aldi is less than a mile from me, the staff are pleasant,even when obviously busy, it`s a pleasure to go there.

pamsdish

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Rum and raisin marzipan choc logs

Nice ? Horrid ?:eek:

mcculloch29

I agree completely about the staff and 'feel' of the store, Aldi wins hands down each time.
There are some staff in my local Aldi that make shopping there a real pleasure - I'm disabled and not such a nifty mover as I was, but they never make me feel under pressure and are so chatty and pleasant, whilst still being efficient.

Aldi UK have now switched on to the fact that a lot of us actually like German specialities, which was the only thing I ever went in Lidl for - whilst I buy British wherever possible, I also lived in Germany for many years and hanker for what I ate over there. (Why are so many chocolate goodies only milk though? Plain chocolate versions of anything always seem to sell out so quickly!)

I love Aldi's Diplomat Gold tea - I normally have Yorkshire Gold and this is the only tea that comes close to it imo (apart from ordinary Yorkshire Tea, which my Aldi also stocks.)
Massive fan of all the Lacura skin care, especially the serums, but they sell out so fast!

I just wish so many of my favourites weren't seasonal specials - the Black Forest Ham only appears in spring/summer and the gorgeous frozen seasoned mixed roast veg seems to have vanished again. On the plus side, the Gluehwein is back and so is the ginger wine .

dlusman

Blackpool_Saver wrote: »

Rum and raisin marzipan choc logs

what about them , and in what store ?