Aldi - Change in Food Quality

ALIBOBSY

Nada666 wrote: »

Is the Torchon ham real ham?

It is difficult enough to find real ham for £10 per kilo at the best of times. Two questions: is Torchon tortured pigs? is Torchon pumped full of water?

75p per 100g is dodgy by any measure.

Buying beef and lamb is easy - it is always labelled wrt the individual nation (Scotland, Wales, England)
The trouble is so much pork is labelled BRITISH pork - which, to me, means do not buy because it means crated, intensive European.

Beef and Lamb is easy. Pork is horrible.

The trouble with pork is escalated with the vile muti-buy dictats of supermarkets. As a matter of principle, I refuse to buy anything that is labelled with a multi-buy discount.

How the blazes can I buy pork??!?!?"?!?

Not sure what area of the country you are in, but we are in Lancashire and are lucky to have a wonderful farm shop nearby. Its not one of these "posh" type farm shops, you park on the farm yard and it used to be in a little porta cabin lol. Their pork is all free range and locally produced for very little more than the big stores rubbish, they make their own sausages, and cure their own bacon yum yum. They will tell you the farms it comes from and the beef is their own off the farm. All the meat is higher welfare or free range and price wise is always miles cheaper than the supermarkets "top" ranges and sometimes as cheap or cheaper than the more basic ranges.

Maybe worth a look around your local area to see if there are any local suppliers/butchers who provide better meat than the big stores.

Ali x

Jo_Mc_2

Not a food stuff as such but still an Aldi product.
I used to buy their plain white kitchen roll - a 4 pack was £1.99 and it was brilliant, thick and very absorbent. Now they've stopped stocking that, or at least my local one has, and it's been replaced by a 2 pack for 79p and it's not half as good as the other.

TravellingAbuela

Another "casualty" of the supplier change is their Scotch Pancakes. My DGDs enjoy a toasted one after their breakfast so I always keep a couple of packets in the freezer. Aldi's had a nice texture and a golden syrupy flavour. Alas no more, so I am back to buying Mother's Pride ones at 2 packs for £1 in Farmfoods.

JAG

Jo_Mc wrote: »

Not a food stuff as such but still an Aldi product.
I used to buy their plain white kitchen roll - a 4 pack was £1.99 and it was brilliant, thick and very absorbent. Now they've stopped stocking that, or at least my local one has, and it's been replaced by a 2 pack for 79p and it's not half as good as the other.

I noticed this too. The old 4 pack was as good as the branded Plenty kitchen roll, but the new stuff is no where near the quality.

dianasnan

Their Pastrami used to be gorgeous, lovely taste and thick slices. It has now been replace with a thin imitation which doesn't seem to last as long when it is open.