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

Cornucopia

The Californian Zinfandel Rose (wine) that was on offer at the weekend for £2.99 is very nice.

Excellent VFM and far too drinkable in this hot weather. :beer:

System

Can anyone help me.

In Aldi about three years ago, they did boxes of marinade sachets in powder form. Got 3 per box. In different flavours like hot n spicy and bbq. Think they were 75-80p. I used these as Maggi's So Juicy with a pack of roasting bags which are 80-90p for 10 from B&M. So it cost 33-38p per meal.

They were seasonal as were designed to coat it with meat and grill or BBQ it. The boxes were near the dried herbs and packet mixes for casseroles. Worked superbly like the So Juicy

Do Aldi sell these or their version of So Juicy?

VfM4meplse

The value Jaffa cakes have disappeared from Aldi...probably just as well! I'm sure they'll make a return after Christmas, if not before.

VfM4meplse

I've done a few washes with Lidl Formil laundry liquid. It's been great so far, I've used a lot less than I would normally use with tablets and the clothes have come out perfectly clean at low temperatures, and importantly without any residue.

*Wonders why she came so late the the party *

w50nky

Has anyone else noticed the change in Quixo beef gravy granules? They were really good but now a pale gloopy comparison of the former recipie. Perhaps it's just a glitch in a batch in my store? If not then it's back to the more expensive one unfortunately.

Cornucopia

There are quite a few new recipe/new supplier things going on at Aldi & Lidl at the moment.

Just off the top of my head:-

- Lidl Wraps have been re-organised, and 50/50 seems to have been dropped.

- Aldi 50/50 wraps have a new recipe/new supplier resulting in a yellower, moister product with less obvious bran content.

- Aldi Cholesterol-Reducing Yogurt drinks have new packaging (with a screw top) and a new recipe that is much, much thicker than before.

- We've already discussed the new/reorganised Lidl Fruit Juice drinks.

- Aldi has new packaging on fruit juice, but I don't think formulations have changed.

- Aldi toothpaste seems to have disappeared entirely, with only Colgate/Sensodyne products left.

- The summer special Ice Cream cones do not seem to have appeared this year (Pistachio and Caramel at Lidl, and 6x Cones for 89p at Aldi).

VfM4meplse

Cornucopia wrote: »

The summer special Ice Cream cones do not seem to have appeared this year (Pistachio and Caramel at Lidl, and 6x Cones for 89p at Aldi).

Has anyone tried the Turkish ice-creams on offer this week (various flavours, £1.69/700g tub)? Would you recommend the pistachio and saffron?

VeGGie-STyLe

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Has anyone tried the Turkish ice-creams on offer this week (various flavours, £1.69/700g tub)? Would you recommend the pistachio and saffron?

I have had pistachio and saffron ice cream before (not the same brand) and it is possibly my biggest regret in life.

Date and cinnamon sounds lush though!

Hoochypooch

robin58 wrote: »

I am not Christian but an Atheist.

But even I like a time when the supermarkets etc. don't have thier tills constantly ringing.

Nothing is that important that a supermarket must be open 24 hours a day. Just learn to live without or buy it when you do your shop. Can't be that hard to figure out when your milk will run out.

I am a Christian but I see no need to force my beliefs on anyone else.

If you don't like shopping on a Sunday I'd advise you to stop doing it.

pakokelso93

w50nky wrote: »

Has anyone else noticed the change in Quixo beef gravy granules? They were really good but now a pale gloopy comparison of the former recipie. Perhaps it's just a glitch in a batch in my store? If not then it's back to the more expensive one unfortunately.

Oh no! Late to the party with this in recent months with my Mother saying the unthinkable - better than Bisto!

Need to hope no change next time we get some.