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Lidl - What products do you buy?

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  • quietheart
    quietheart Posts: 1,875 Forumite
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    Hams, cheeses, cottage cheese, creme fraiche etc are all good quality and a lot cheaper.
    If you have an in store bakery it's excellent.
    The meat is generally good, I find it better than Sainsburys, Tesco or Asda but maybe not as good as Aldi.
    Alcohol is good but again I find Aldi has more choice.
    Frozen samosas and bhajis are lovely and great for lunches.
    Flowers are really good, lovely roses for £3 and they last for ages.
  • scotty1971
    scotty1971 Posts: 1,732 Forumite
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    only sardines to feed my greyhounds!!
  • DPJames
    DPJames Posts: 999 Forumite
    When did greyhounds start eating sardines?
    It's like when you see dog/cat food adverts and they highlight the peas and gravy! Sorry, but cats and dogs do not need peas and gravy!
    I bet that idiot you see on YouTube who feeds his cat with a fork buys it though.

    Back to lidl though, the tinned soups are lush!
  • cattie
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    My must buys from Lidl, who I use for most of my shopping nowadays are

    Large seeded loaf 99p
    Free Range Eggs 99p
    Rolls & french bread from bakery section
    Jam
    Long life skimmed/semi skimmed milk
    Frozen Peas
    Frozen Battered Cod Portions
    Oven Chips
    Lincolnshire Sausages
    Bleach
    Formil Liquid washing detergent
    Sardines (for cat)
    Yogurts 31p
    Fruit, (never had a problem with any of it)
    Potatoes
    Red onions
    Salad items
    Licorice & Blackcurrant boiled sweets
    Chocolate Seashells
    Dried Pasta
    Bolognese Sauce (Best I've tasted to date)
    Lean minced Beef
    Seedy Crispbread
    Chicken & Chorizo Pies (Luxury Range)
    Cooked meats, ham etc.
    Chicken Korma frozen meal
    Barbequed Ribs
    Chicken, be it portions, breasts etc.
    Braising & other steaks + Pork chops
    Cling Film
    The bigger the bargain, the better I feel.

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  • OOH thank you everyone I'm very hungry now but I also have a very good list with lots of yummy products on to buy later :) The tinned stuff I am especially glad to see lots of people seem to buy there as that's what I really want to stock up on :)

    We move in next week so I will do non-perishables tonight and go back next week for fresh stuff!!

    Might even venture to an Aldi at some point - sounds like the place to go for meat and fruit&veg :)
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  • adouglasmhor
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    scotty1971 wrote: »
    only sardines to feed my greyhounds!!

    I buy them for my 2 boys there too, one has a coat like velvet and the other is as glossy as a seal.

    In store bakery rolls are lovely.
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  • Sam_Fallow
    Sam_Fallow Posts: 923 Forumite
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    Usually do my shopping a Aldi but was in Lidl this week for a huge bulk buy of peach ice-tea. #1 son loves it.

    The fresh fruit and veg is good but needs to be consumed quickly for best results.

    Also bought one of their lavender pots, very healthy and smells gorgeous.
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  • One of my local Lidl's has an instore bakery - their Blueberry Muffins are beyond amazing! The bread rolls and baguettes are also very, very good - we particularly like the cheese topped rolls and the cheese & onion rolls.

    Things I regularly buy:
    Coleslaw
    Cold meats, ham & salami, various sorts, never disappointed
    Knightsbridge Tea Bags (red box)
    Ginger Nut biccys
    Fruit shortcake biccys
    Their own make of Bounty, Snickers, Kinder bars, Twix's - very good.. yes, you can taste the difference between the brand name, but absolutely perfect for lunch boxes.
    Loo Rolls
    Baby wipes
    Frozen chips

    Many other things - but I will put myself out to but the above in Lidl, rather than shop elsewhere
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  • Kamaya
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    Their 'Freeway' fizzy drinks are great - I prefer the cola to Pepsi, their orangeade to Fanta & Tango, plus the lemonade is better than Tesco/Asda own brand in my opinion. Plus their own brand versions of chocolate bars such as Twix, Mars & Snickers are all very nice.

    Fresh meats are usually very good quality & reasonably priced, and there's a farmhouse white bread (not prepared in store) which is great.

    Wines - They do a £3.99 Rioja called Cepa Lebrel (I think that's what it's called...), plus there's a decent 14% abv South African Pinotage which are both fantastic value for money. I prefer the Australian Chardonnay to the Californian, both are decent value for money.

    The have a range of crisps under their premium banner 'Deluxe' - and one flavour in particular is great - think it's Sweet Chilli & Sour Cream - yum!

    Fruit & veg are inconsistent - I'm thinking it's to do with the transport/storage/cooling, but sometimes the fruit lasts a while, but then other times it hasn't lasted long & I've had to throw some away. Recently bought their 2kg bag of apples - which on this occasion were massive Braeburns - a bargain at £1.60-£1.70ish if I remember correctly.

    Stay aways - again, just in my personal opinion these are the items I won't buy from there again...
    - Own brand 'Muller Rice' equivalents - very unpleasant.
    - Cat food - we have 3 cats & they all refuse to eat it.
    - Certain toiletries - not convinced by toothpastes, shower gels etc.

    To be honest, that's about it for the 'negatives' - most other things I would consider again at the price they're offered at. I'd recommend doing one shop there replacing some of your usual items with the Lidl equivalent. That's the only way of knowing what you'll happily buy again.
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  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
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    dlusman wrote: »
    I agree - this thread is ripe for merging.
    Thanks. I don't really want to turn this into a debate/argument about good and bad service etc like the other thread seems to be, which is why I started my own.

    I was just after quick replies from people to say 'the Jam is good' or 'dry pasta is much cheaper and tastes the same' etc :)

    So anyone who has suggestions along those lines please feel free to educate me, thanks.
    My suggestion is that you write a list of what you usual buy (the food rather than the brand) and then search the Aldi / Lidl thread to see where the word pops up. Far more efficient.
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

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