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

buglawton

Lidl - the 6 packs of small 'doughnut' peaches. Beware, the Mrs bought a pack of 6 yesterday, looked fine but today found 5 out of the 6 were rotten.
As they're in a pack it's hard to check if they are in fact over soft.

dlusman

PLRFD wrote: »

I can report that Lidl Deluxe Melton Mowbray pork pie is pretty much tasteless.

There was a taste test of half a dozen different pork pies on one of the TV shows last week ( cannot remember which one ). Dickinson & Morris came out top by a long way
https://www.porkpie.co.uk/

Cornucopia

buglawton wrote: »

Lidl - the 6 packs of small 'doughnut' peaches. Beware, the Mrs bought a pack of 6 yesterday, looked fine but today found 5 out of the 6 were rotten.
As they're in a pack it's hard to check if they are in fact over soft.

I got some of those, and they have been nice so far (still got 3 left).

Also the raspberries I've had from both Lidl & Aldi over the past couple of weeks have been excellent, and I've not had to throw a single one away.

VfM4meplse

buglawton wrote: »

Lidl - the 6 packs of small 'doughnut' peaches. Beware, the Mrs bought a pack of 6 yesterday, looked fine but today found 5 out of the 6 were rotten.
As they're in a pack it's hard to check if they are in fact over soft.

I've not had a good experience with these before - white fleshed and never seem to ripen!

Whereas the nectarines I bought recently at Aldi the other week have been in the fridge and are absolutely delicious: sweet, tangy and juicy.

glensmen

Lidl thai green curry paste - terrible, bland green goop. Not significantly cheaper than elsewhere either.

Cornucopia

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I've not had a good experience with these before - white fleshed and never seem to ripen!

Whereas the nectarines I bought recently at Aldi the other week have been in the fridge and are absolutely delicious: sweet, tangy and juicy.

My successful experience with them [cheap Doughnut Peaches] comes from buying them when they are still hard, and then putting a few at a time on the window sill to ripen. (I've even put ripened ones back in the fridge and they've been okay to eat for another couple of days).

dlusman

Lidls own hummus under the name "Meadow Fresh" came out best on today taste test on "Eat Well For Less" on BBC1 - and nearly half the price of the others tried ( and a third the price of the most expensive )

buglawton

So the Mrs bought a selection of veg from Lidl last Monday, stored in fridge, cooked them on Wednesday, but discovered they were very soft by then, not really edible. That was our final Lidl veg shop. Lidl needs to get its butt into gear about its fruit and veg, since we can't do a full shop there we'll be giving Lidl a miss in future.

PLRFD

I've had problems with Lidl veg from day one.

Miró

maman wrote: »

Went to Lidl yesterday and they had 1kg tubs. Guy next to me in the queue (probably from Indian restaurant) was buying a tray! Maybe that's why you can't find them.

(Greek full fat yogurt) Ooooh that's an interesting thought. My Lidl is in a studenty area with lots of Indian restaurants around so that makes sense. Will carry on looking, just in case.

Bought a jar of Aldi Caramelised Red Onion Sweet Chutney last week and it is quite good! (Sorry can't remember price). Not as good as my home made spiced plum chutney but I didn't make enough last year so have run out!!