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

LittleOne

Just started shopping properly at Lidl (only used to pop in very occasionally before) and am really pleased so far!


I have found the meat (chicken breasts and steak) to be much cheaper and just as good as the other supermarkets (I mainly shopped in Sainsburys or Tesco before)
Really like their porridge oats and the dark chocolate they do, too!


One thing I won't buy from there again though is their spinach and ricotta tortellini. Tasted like plastic :-(

Doc_N

Anyone tried these chocolate cookies:

Aldi [Belmont] Oozies - 'Crunchy cookies oozing with gummy chocolate filling'.

Sounds disgusting, but actually very good - though far too moreish.

More or less identical to Maryland Gooeys but about half the price. They don't seem to have any kind of online presence, but worth a try if you see them.

VfM4meplse

Kirsty_A wrote: »

One thing I won't buy from there again though is their spinach and ricotta tortellini. Tasted like plastic :-(

You do have to cook it first

Try the fresh stuffed pasta from the chilled range instead.

iris

Doc_N wrote: »

Anyone tried these chocolate cookies:

Aldi [Belmont] Oozies - 'Crunchy cookies oozing with gummy chocolate filling'.

Sounds disgusting, but actually very good - though far too moreish.

More or less identical to Maryland Gooeys but about half the price. They don't seem to have any kind of online presence, but worth a try if you see them.

Maryland Gooeys 2 for £1 at Farmfoods, so a lot cheaper than Aldi's Oozies.

his_missus

I tried Aldi's mince beef (5% Ashfield Farm brand) and whilst for supermarket bought mince it was better quality than other supermarket mince, I prefer the mince beef from my local butcher and he's cheaper than Aldi too.

Stompa

Aaaaaaargh - just discovered our Aldi is closing for around 4 months for alterations!

robin58

Stompa wrote: »

Aaaaaaargh - just discovered our Aldi is closing for around 4 months for alterations!

But take it from me who has both a new build and a old build which was updated in my town, it will be worth it

Stompa

robin58 wrote: »

But take it from me who has both a new build and a old build which was updated in my town, it will be worth it

Well I hope so, but AIUI we only gain an extra 132 square metres of shopping space - which doesn't sound much!

PLRFD

No but if the space is used correctly it could be a big improvement.

Stompa

PLRFD wrote: »

No but if the space is used correctly it could be a big improvement.

Hopefully, I'll just have to wait and see.