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

Phil&Michelle

Not tried the chilli ready meal. Is it good? The chilli cooking sauce is nice

Cornucopia

Phil&Michelle wrote: »

Not tried the chilli ready meal. Is it good? The chilli cooking sauce is nice

Yes, it's very nice - good medium spicy flavour, not too greasy, plenty of sauce & rice. The rice is well cooked, though not as nice as the sticky rice in the Thai Curries.

Phil&Michelle

Will give it a go on my next shop. Also just had the fresh chicken and bacon penne pasta in the black round tray which was very nice.

charlies_mum

Doc_N wrote: »

Welcome to the club - and I guarantee you won't go back to Tesco now that you've discovered the secret! Everything now seems overpriced in the major supermarkets, essentially because it is.

Had to go into one of the big four supermarkets last week and was shocked by the prices ! Back to Lidl for me.

Ken68

Tesco are trying to recover the £129m fine for bad accounting. No prison sentences though.
The directors should have been made to serve in Lidl for 6 months.

KxMx

Tried the Lidl icing sugar.

On the plus side, it didn't coat my immediate surroundings in a fine layer, it made easily into icing and a good texture.

On the minus side, the layer of sieved sugar in the bowl was not very fine, and the icing didn't taste so sweet.

I think in balance I will use the box up & then go back to my usual brand.

Cornucopia

charlies_mum wrote: »

Had to go into one of the big four supermarkets last week and was shocked by the prices ! Back to Lidl for me.

The very nice 200g French Brie cheese is reduced to 85p in Lidl at the moment. That's 1980s prices in the Big 4.

PLRFD

Man gets free sandwich at Aldi.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4599890/dad-stunned-after-buying-toastie-machine-in-aldi-only-to-find-a-mouldy-sandwich-inside/

VfM4meplse

PLRFD wrote: »

Man gets free sandwich at Aldi.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4599890/dad-stunned-after-buying-toastie-machine-in-aldi-only-to-find-a-mouldy-sandwich-inside/

I guess that reflects a no-quibbles approach to refunds!

Feral_Moon

VfM4meplse wrote: »

I guess that reflects a no-quibbles approach to refunds!

Argos are just as bad for recycling returned stock back into sales stock without fully checking them first. I once bought a food processor which still had dough remnants on the blade and in the bowl :rotfl: