Whats Good Value At Lidls?

brokenwings

i suppose its just the sort of stuff i buy and dont buy then.
veggies almost all come from own garden and get frozen. did find green cabbage 10p cheaper at lidls than tesco

milk i buy six pints with a week at least on useby date - works out at 44p/liter at tescos- its 47p per liter ( 4 pint carton ) with very short use by dates at my lidl
cheese - got irish cheddar at bogof at tescos
double cream - 84p tescos - 89 p lidl
bananas - same price at both places
bleach - didnt have any at lidl
diet cola - tescos own = 44p for 2 liter bottle - lidls about 62p per bottle of diet pepsi ( i cant tell the difference as its used to mix with jack daniels lol )
whole chicken at lidls - 3.20 - tescos 2 for £5

also needed thick carved ham, cooking apples and guiness which they didnt have at lidls

zombiecazz

yup I think it was what you where buying. Lidl are fantastic for mny things and have some very good offers.
They do great:
garlic and coriander naan that has a long shelf life
tinned tomatoes
strong bread flour
tortilla wraps
basic farmhouse loaves
kids cereal
Fantastic coffee pods, better flavour than Kenco and Douwe
Veg is excellent when it's half price
smoked ham
cheese selection
plain chocolate selection.

I'm lucky as I have a lidl right beside my tesco.

Pink.

Hi everyone,

As we already have a long thread on what's worth buying from Lidl, I have merged the two together to keep all the replies in one place. As always posts are listed in date order so you'll need to read from the beginning to see all the replies.

It might also help to have a look at Martins Article Lidl Aldi and Netto the lowdown which publishes the results of one of the recent 'Great Hunt' threads.

Pink

dharm999

We buy

chocolate, the 79p bars are really good, - too good in fact
ice cream - the half price offer (10 for £1.24) on ice cream cones is great particularly in the current weather but all the ones we've had have been great
smoked salmon
cheese -particulalry the feta, brie and camembert
juices - we really like the grape, multi fruit with vitaimns and the vegetable (like V8 but nicer and nearly half the price), DS likes the little cartons of multi juices with vitamins
wine - they have Barolo, at £8.99, which I know is dear for a bottle of wine, but it is the best red wine I have ever had, and we only ever buy it for special occassions. The Barolo is at least £4 more expensive everywhere else I have seen it
yoghurts - big and small packs. The big ones, like the Onken ones, are really nice
dishwasher powder is good and at least a third cheaper than other supermarkets own brands

Has anyone tried the scampi? Is it better than Young's?

HTH

Dharmesh

hitchhiker_2

I haven't read all the posts so apologies if there's a repeat. I like their:

Juices
Chocolate-hazelnut spread
Espresso coffee
Peppermint tea
Seeded rolls
Mini stick ice cream
Bread flour mix
Tinned tomatoes
Tinned kidney beans
Olive and sunflower oils
Dried herbs (various)
Recycled loo paper

Have I missed out anything?!?

cookiesncream

snoozer wrote:

I find that most of the things made for the German market are brilliant quality

I agree totally! I lived in Germany and Lidl and Aldi are our equivilent to our supermarkets (Tescos etc). Although, I'd put them on a par with Sainsburys. I love shopping in Lidl and Aldi. It's good to be able to get ot both because one has cheaper brand names while the other is just good in total.

I'm a bit of an Aldi's freak!! :rotfl:

Careful_girl

My OH is German :kisses3: (don't speak over the world cup!!) and LOVES Lidl. He sneaks in as many times as he can over the week! In Germany most people shop in Aldi and Lidl so the typically German foods should be good. He likes the cakes and buscuits, the Gluwein, all the salady things (eats it for breaky YUK!) including the fish salads, the chocolate and cold meats. He gets his foul house shoes there too they are £9 and leather (saw someone wearing them at work the other day!!;) )
Personally I find the place scary!!! :eek:
See you in Tescos following the yellow sticker man!!:T
Go England!!:footie:
CG

newleaf

Been to Lidl this morning for some nice bargains. Limes are reduced to 7 pence each. I've posted my recipe for Indian Lime Pickle in a separate thread. Today I took mr newleaf for his 'induction', but ended up having to pay because he didn't take a debit card (Pah!). Anyway, he seemed suitably impressed with the bargainous items on offer, but pointed out that some things - granulated sugar being one example - were actually quite dear compared to Tesco. (Fizzy water was another). He was well impressed with the booze aisle :beer:

piratess

Ive finally pursuaded my OH to have a drive down to Lidls to do a weekly shop and we are going this afternoon! he is under the impression that we wont be able to do a full weeks shop there! :rolleyes:

Can anyone tell me if ill be able to buy everything needed for a weeks worth of meals On my list ive got things like

Garlic Bread ... Frozen Veg and Roast Pots..... Chicken Breast and Mince Beef(not frozen type)

things like that .. i know i can get biccies and bread veg etc but was unsure about meats ...

Im also going to try their own washing powders ... Is there anything anyone would definatly reccomend trying ?
and on the other hand Definatly steer away from?

Thanks in advance Kirsty x :cool:

squeaky

Hiya

I've added your question onto our thread about Lidls. Hopefully it will answer most of your questions.

Good luck