Good and Bad Buys from Aldi & Lidl *Do NOT Expire Please*

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Make-it-3 wrote: »

We're big yoghurt eaters in this house.

Our favourite, the 1 kg Turkish yoghurt disappeared from its shelves sometime early Autumn last year never to return. Turned to the Greek one which is nice, but have to be careful when shopping as the packaging is very similar to the low fat version which is too watery.

Latest change is the 1 kg version disappearing to be replaced by 0.5 kg one, priced at 75p so x 2 £1.50. The 1 kg was previously £1.38 so nearly 10% price hike.

I have noticed this too - as I am diabetic I take the full fat greek one (have to watch labels too) - some each day with a bit of fruit. Liked the big one as I don't have a lot of room in fridge for multiple things.

robrymond

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Just visited Aldi.

Noticed the price of their spring onions - 72p, which the big 4 charge 48-55p 30-50% more expensive. Bunches look same size.

The spring onions were crazy price. They were only 35p a few weeks ago. Wonder if they are affected by the flooding abroad but I thought they came from Mexico during winter and UK in summer. Lettuces are cheaper again now after there £1.19 peak, back to 75p but they are TINY!

robin58

robrymond wrote: »

The spring onions were crazy price. They were only 35p a few weeks ago. Wonder if they are affected by the flooding abroad but I thought they came from Mexico during winter and UK in summer. Lettuces are cheaper again now after there £1.19 peak, back to 75p but they are TINY!

Also even from Nigeria evidently! Bought some from M&S and that country was on the packet.

System

robrymond wrote: »

The spring onions were crazy price. They were only 35p a few weeks ago. Wonder if they are affected by the flooding abroad but I thought they came from Mexico during winter and UK in summer. Lettuces are cheaper again now after there £1.19 peak, back to 75p but they are TINY!

I bought my SOs from Morrison's yesterday and I paid 48p and they from Egypt. There was another produce line, forgot which one it was - 10p cheaper than Aldi..

nwc389

Lidls Raisin Wheats have vanished without trace since just after Christmas, my son loved them as they had more filling in than the Kellogg's ones - and I loved them because they were so much cheaper.

mcculloch29

A good from Aldi - the Espresso variety of their own brand Nespresso capsules. The Lungo is excellent as well.
A not so good, well not for me, the 250g Aldi own brand bags of Bombay Mix, this was labelled as being 'new'. Very unimpressed, a lot of it was large soft pieces of gram noodles, hardly any spice or heat to them, with sultanas and coconut included (!!!!!!?). Not proper Bombay Mix as far as I am concerned.

robrymond

More price increases on my weekly shop today. Cheese has risen again to £1.75 for 350g. Rise on dog food of 10p too. Not much in the grand scheme but disappointing so many price increases have been applied at once especially twice in 2 weeks on the diary products. The shopping price war seems over for now.

Doc_N

robrymond wrote: »

More price increases on my weekly shop today. Cheese has risen again to £1.75 for 350g. Rise on dog food of 10p too. Not much in the grand scheme but disappointing so many price increases have been applied at once especially twice in 2 weeks on the diary products. The shopping price war seems over for now.

How so? Price increases are primarily related to the drop in the value of the pound, and to rising raw materials costs (such as milk). And they're happening across all supermarket groups in the UK - it's not that the price war is over, it's simply that supermarkets prefer to make profits rather than losses.

prenton01

The Aldi anti dandruff shampoo

Just awful used it for a month could feel big clumps of dandruff on my scalp made me vert itchy switched back to Head and Shoulders and relief within a few days

Shame really as so much cheaper

VfM4meplse

Is Lidl having any offers this weekend?