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

daveyjp

Just been to Aldi and all their high fruit squash is now full of nasty tasting aspartame and other artificial sweeteners.

Previously apple and summer fruits were "full fat", but no more.

buglawton

Went past Lidl on way to Aldi then stopped and did whole shop at Lidl. Balsamic vinegar that Aldi currently doesn't do - great. Lamb shank - single shank instead of a pair in pack like Aldi. Not as good value never mind bought for DS.
Previous week annoyed at Aldi because no fruit cookies only tons of ginger due to their stock control lumping all flavours together and of course the less popular ginger ones get left while others are OOS.

charlies_mum

Have to admit my loyalties are shifting. I've been shopping at Aldi for years but am going more and more to Lidl. Even better is their 30% off offers. Aldi never reduce anything so wonde what happens to their short life products ?

Feral_Moon

buglawton wrote: »

Went past Lidl on way to Aldi then stopped and did whole shop at Lidl. Balsamic vinegar that Aldi currently doesn't do - great. Lamb shank - single shank instead of a pair in pack like Aldi. Not as good value never mind bought for DS.
Previous week annoyed at Aldi because no fruit cookies only tons of ginger due to their stock control lumping all flavours together and of course the less popular ginger ones get left while others are OOS.

I always buy balsamic vinegar in Aldi, unless they've only stopped it very recently.

mcculloch29

buglawton wrote: »

l. Balsamic vinegar that Aldi currently doesn't do - great. .

The bottle has changed. Instead of a large, 99p bottle, it's smaller, 59p ish and dark glass. Looks like olive oil until you look twice, sealed cap.

[Deleted User]

charlies_mum wrote: »

Have to admit my loyalties are shifting. I've been shopping at Aldi for years but am going more and more to Lidl. Even better is their 30% off offers. Aldi never reduce anything so wonde what happens to their short life products ?

Same with me. I can pretty much do a full shop in lidl now apart from their lack of golden delicious apples.
Aldi keep dropping lines which is very annoying.

Doc_N

Deleted_User wrote: »

Same with me. I can pretty much do a full shop in lidl now apart from their lack of golden delicious apples.
Aldi keep dropping lines which is very annoying.

Likewise - the bread flours have disappeared from Aldi now. The only thing I don't really like about Lidl is that they don't manage the queues as effectively and it takes longer to get through.

Feral_Moon

It looks as though I need to make more of an effort to take a trip out to Lidl judging by comments on here. The only problem with that is my nearest is approx a 40 mile round trip and in a direction I very rarely travel. Has anyone here ever visited the Thetford store?

VfM4meplse

charlies_mum wrote: »

Have to admit my loyalties are shifting. I've been shopping at Aldi for years but am going more and more to Lidl. Even better is their 30% off offers. Aldi never reduce anything so wonde what happens to their short life products ?

Deleted_User wrote: »

Same with me. I can pretty much do a full shop in lidl now apart from their lack of golden delicious apples.
Aldi keep dropping lines which is very annoying.

I was thinking the exact opposite yesterday! Since the weekend offers have disappeared I have no incentive to shop there, now that an Aldi is so close by. The other good thing about Aldi is I can complete a weekly shop there - fruit and veg aisles, dairy, household sundries and checkout - in less than 15 minutes. I just don't need to visit any of the other aisles and am certainly not in the lookout for YS stuff.

mcculloch29

I don't have a Lidl within easy reach, but when I didn't have an Aldi either and no access to independent transport, Lidl was marginally easier for a big shop as the buses were more convenient.

Many Aldi lines are seasonals, so that's why they go and then reappear. Not sure what's going on with the bread flour though, I had some stashed but have now run out, boo hiss. I have queried its disappearance with Aldi and asked for an email response.