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

mcculloch29

ladybabe wrote: »

not sure if its just my aldi branch but in freezer section frozen sardines with lemon and herb butter (you get about 4-5 ish per pack) was £1.99 now at £0.99 great for a quick meal

I just came on here to mention these! It's not just your branch. They really are amazng value, and come in their own foil tray too. They taste great. They are gutted, and the heads, tails and bones remove easily after cooking.

System

Went to Aldi yesterday to pick up a few things. Kir Royale flavoured crisps? Love the drink, but those crisps sound disgusting.

VfM4meplse

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Went to Aldi yesterday to pick up a few things. Kir Royale flavoured crisps? Love the drink, but those crisps sound disgusting.

Based on my experience of Aldi's G&T crips last year, best avoided.

System

Lidl nappies... not a patch on Aldis and the same for baby wipes. Shant be buying them again.

Feral_Moon

ScarletMarble wrote: »

Went to Aldi yesterday to pick up a few things. Kir Royale flavoured crisps? Love the drink, but those crisps sound disgusting.

Have you tried them?

suki1964

Good to see lidls cola do so well on the taste test on tv last night. I love it and at 49p for 2 litres, a bargain

Feral_Moon

Disappointed to see in this month's sales brochure for Aldi they've got Richmond "sausages" listed in the specials. Yuk!

System

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Disappointed to see in this month's sales brochure for Aldi they've got Richmond "sausages" listed in the specials. Yuk!

I have no idea why people rave about these and buy them when on offer! They have the lowest amount of meat content to be classed as a pork sausage - 42%. So means 58% is rubbish.


Using Aldi's SS Traditional Pork Sausages - £1.89 for 400g (£4.73 per kg). I cannot see from the front of the pack how much meat content is in them. Using 90% as an easy example. So 360g is meat. That is £5.25 per kg of meat.

Richmond sausages - 908g for £1.99 (£2.19 per kg) - 42% meat, £5.22 kg of meat.

Though 2.16 times more expensive per kg the SS sausages meat kg is only over 0.5% more.

Sometimes Richmond sausages are more expensive per meat kg than the premium sausages!!!.

Similar applies to burgers as well.

Quality over quantity any day.

VfM4meplse

Feral_Moon wrote: »

Disappointed to see in this month's sales brochure for Aldi they've got Richmond "sausages" listed in the specials. Yuk!

The XXL pasta looks good though.

Cornucopia

ScarletMarble wrote: »

So means 58% is rubbish.

Technically cereals.

Using Aldi's SS Traditional Pork Sausages - £1.89 for 400g (£4.73 per kg). I cannot see from the front of the pack how much meat content is in them. Using 90% as an easy example. So 360g is meat. That is £5.25 per kg of meat.

Richmond sausages - 908g for £1.99 (£2.19 per kg) - 42% meat, £5.22 kg of meat.

Though 2.16 times more expensive per kg the SS sausages meat kg is only over 0.5% more.

Sometimes Richmond sausages are more expensive per meat kg than the premium sausages!!!.

Similar applies to burgers as well.

Quality over quantity any day.

I do enjoy a bit of maths on the forum, but the 908g of Richmond sausages is 16 Sausages (56g), whereas the Aldi (which I've had and are very nice) are only 6 Sausages (66g).

I can imagine that for a lot of people, 16 Sausages is going to win over 6 Sausages based solely on quantity.

It would be nice if Richmond sausages had as much venison in them as Richmond Park, but it cannot be.