Good and Bad Buying at Lidl and Aldi (***Please don't expire***)

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  • od244051
    od244051 Posts: 1,054 Forumite
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    A Lidl won't buy again
    Their Purio bin liners - 25 litre with pink wrapper. They are clear and don't fit my bin. I opened the first of two packs this morning and wasn't impressed. Its a good job my council still do weekly bin collections. These won't be suitable for those who have bin collections every 2-3 weeks.
  • The LIDL Caramel Wafers (79p) and licquorice allsorts (59p) are really nice! 
  • The LIDL Caramel Wafers (79p) and licquorice allsorts (59p) are really nice! 
    Enjoy them whilst you can! You get to a certain age and don't want to subject your teeth to the extraction properties of toffee / chewy sweets.
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  • od244051
    od244051 Posts: 1,054 Forumite
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    The LIDL Caramel Wafers (79p) and licquorice allsorts (59p) are really nice! 
    Miles better than Tunnocks
  • robrymond
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    Brian2510 said:
    Hi, does Aldi still do 50% reductions on out of date stuff? Just lately I've only seen 30% off stickers on the day of the display until date.
    No, I mentioned this a while back but they just stopped doing 50% off one week and now it's all 30% and you only see stuff generally going off the same day whereas before you could get stuff with a day left at 50% off. Don't bother hunting for red labels anymore pointless!
  • charlies_mum
    charlies_mum Posts: 8,120 Forumite
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    I bought two packs of Hunters Chicken from Lidl with 30% off to be used by the next day.    Both had gone off and went in the bin.
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  • Ken68
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    For the last two weeks, Clear Honey is coming up on the till at 89p...SEL says £1.05. Maybe a local thing and also noticed a new range Simple honey though at a higher unit price per gr.
  • calleyw
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    robrymond said:
    Brian2510 said:
    Hi, does Aldi still do 50% reductions on out of date stuff? Just lately I've only seen 30% off stickers on the day of the display until date.
    No, I mentioned this a while back but they just stopped doing 50% off one week and now it's all 30% and you only see stuff generally going off the same day whereas before you could get stuff with a day left at 50% off. Don't bother hunting for red labels anymore pointless!
    Wrong. Depends on the manager.  My store does 30%, 50% and 75% off.  Got 75% off something only last night.
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  • Nick_C
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    Never seen any items reduced on my local Aldi.  No one checks dates.  I've seen plenty of out of date items on the shelves.
  • Cornucopia
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    od244051 said:
    A Lidl won't buy again
    Their Purio bin liners - 25 litre with pink wrapper. They are clear and don't fit my bin. I opened the first of two packs this morning and wasn't impressed. Its a good job my council still do weekly bin collections. These won't be suitable for those who have bin collections every 2-3 weeks.
    The pink label bags are "Pedal Bin liners" - as you say, a bit flimsy, but they are intended to be.

    Try the dark blue "Swing Bin Liners" - they are much heftier, and I prefer them to other black or white bin bags.
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