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

ariba10

PLRFD wrote: »

Received the Aldi dehumidifier this week it works very well and removes lots of moisture from the air but boy is it noisy.

Most of them are.

Ours lives upstairs and it lives off a timer so that it cannot come on in the middle of the night and frighten the life out of you.

meer53

candygirl wrote: »

I'm taking the Grandsprogs, to pick their pumpkins from the fields this weekend :j

A friend did this last weekend. £4.50 for a pumpkin :eek:

candygirl

meer53 wrote: »

A friend did this last weekend. £4.50 for a pumpkin :eek:

Typical grrrr😲

ChaunceyGardiner

robrymond wrote: »

Lots of products getting subtle changes when they have a packaging rebrand at the moment. The Jelly Babies, Fruit Pastilles and Wine Gums are now terrible.

Fajita kit has changed too and this is worse.

The ‘new recipe’ 85% dark chocolate is distinctly inferior to the previous stuff, which I’m frantically stockpiling.

Mee

ChaunceyGardiner wrote: »

The ‘new recipe’ 85% dark chocolate is distinctly inferior to the previous stuff, which I’m frantically stockpiling.

Are you referring to Moser Roth 85%? How do I know before I buy which is new or old - are they in different packaging?

candygirl

I got a gorg Feta, spinach n pine nut pie from Aldi yesterday. It was lush

ChaunceyGardiner

Mee wrote: »

Are you referring to Moser Roth 85%? How do I know before I buy which is new or old - are they in different packaging?

I am. Different packaging, and the new stuff is smaller; 100g instead of 125g. It’s also 25p cheaper.

VfM4meplse

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Lidl has small pumpkins for sale at 59p this week. I have no idea whether they are edible, but I shall enjoy turning one into a Jack O' Lantern with my niece.

Just to report back that there was plenty of flesh on the small pumpkin I bought - it wasn’t the dried out stringy specimen I expected when I carved into it. Although it has brought my niece a lot of happiness, it also felt wasteful.

captainbeaker

Bought some large aldi pumpkins at the weekend and also bought one at the local farm pumpkin pick for the kids to pick.
The aldi pumpkins were fine 99p each so no complaints, the farm pumpkin was more expensive at £3.50 but the flesh was more than twice as thick, so definitely better for using for cooking etc, the supermarket ones obviously grown more quickly and for size and fine for jack o lanterns

Mee

ChaunceyGardiner wrote: »

I am. Different packaging, and the new stuff is smaller; 100g instead of 125g. It’s also 25p cheaper.

Thanks. I mentioned the comments to the manager on Saturday who said he would pass it on to head office if other customers concurred re: the new recipe etc. Bought three of the old one which will keep me going for awhile.