Good and bad buys from Aldi and Lidl

Edwardia

This the Red Tractor Assurance website which sets out the standards. Certainly it goes into great detail about how animal food must be stored and states that dogs and cats on farms must be wormed regularly and records kept.

http://assurance.redtractor.org.uk/rtassurance/global/home.eb

Nowhere does it prohibit farmers from feeding GM feed/crops however.

According to DEFRA (called them myself) food labels aren't required to tell you whether the eggs, milk, cheese, steak, meat pie etc comes from animals/poultry fed on GM crops/feed. They only have to be labelled if there's GM directly in the food eg GM corn or tomatoes.

Unless you are buying organic, ASDA and Morrisons allow farmers to feed GM. So does Tesco, so do Sainsbury's and Co-op across some ranges - even premium. They may not proclaim it instore but they certainly admit to it to Trade mags like The Grocer.

bylromarha

Threebabes wrote: »

Trying to save on my £100 weekly Tesco shop.

I was thinking of giving Aldi a shot, but would love some advice on what was good etc.

Thank You

I've just converted from Tesco - have been really impressed with the prices and food quality.

Picked a few bits up in Tesco the other day and was walking round thinking "That's cheaper in Aldi, that's cheaper in Aldi, so's that..."

We're just doing our weekly shop in Aldi, buying their equivalents, and making a list of those items which don't taste as good as our normal buy. It's a very short list so far :T

fionajbanana

Alisha2008 wrote: »

I tried today the Petit Pois and Bacon soup, it was delicious!!! Haven't tried any of the other flavours, but I can recommend this one.

I had the Specially Selected roasted tomato and lentil fresh soup. Yummy,filling and warming as there is a little kick from the spices, but not too overpowering. I think it was £1.29 or £1.39.

Edwardia

I don't get to Aldi much because it's in a different town but I really liked the tinned wild mushroom soup.

dlusman

if you are posting recommendations please remember to tell us what store you are talking about , and not just the products ? It may be obvious to you , but not to everyone else

Alisha2008

My store is in Walton-on-Thames, and the petit pois soup is 43p!! (probably cheaper than making it at home!).

dlusman

Alisha2008 wrote: »

My store is in Walton-on-Thames, and the petit pois soup is 43p!! (probably cheaper than making it at home!).

If you are recommending products can you please , please , please tell us what store you are talking about ! This thread is about Aldi & Lidl - they are different stores and stock different products

David_Aston

Like Alisha2008, our store is in Walton on Thames, and it is Aldi!

I love the 2 litre bottles of dry cider. 5.3%, dry, and only £1.99

dlusman

David_Aston wrote: »

Like Alisha2008, our store is in Walton on Thames, and it is Aldi!

I love the 2 litre bottles of dry cider. 5.3%, dry, and only £1.99

I am not asking where people live - just want to know if you are talking about Aldi or Lidl

David_Aston

Ok dlusman, at least I have been able to help you out with regards to two posters.