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

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  • calleyw
    calleyw Posts: 9,896 Forumite
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    VfM4meplse wrote: »
    Does Aldi ever do any MoCs? I'd much rather get my Christmas goodies from there than Lidl.
    Now I think about it I am not sure I have. I like lidl for the instore bakery items but that is about it. But I prefer Aldi.


    We did use up two of the £10 off a £40 spend in lidl the other week. But that was due to buying groceries and electric tooth brush and ski wear for my partner. So saved £20. So better in our pocket than there's.


    Yours


    Calley x
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  • Cornucopia
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    More supply issues across both L & A. This time, it's Houmous. Aldi have none except the more expensive "luxury" version, and Lidl have a single variety from a new brand in place of the various previous options.

    This seems like a weird one, because chickpeas can't be difficult or expensive to source....
  • Doc_N
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    Cornucopia wrote: »
    More supply issues across both L & A. This time, it's Houmous. Aldi have none except the more expensive "luxury" version, and Lidl have a single variety from a new brand in place of the various previous options.

    This seems like a weird one, because chickpeas can't be difficult or expensive to source....

    Happens every Christmas - routine lines just disappear to make way for all the shelves of much more profitable Christmas stuff.

    Impossible to predict what's going to disappear, of course!
  • minimad1970
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    Cornucopia wrote: »
    More supply issues across both L & A. This time, it's Houmous. Aldi have none except the more expensive "luxury" version, and Lidl have a single variety from a new brand in place of the various previous options.

    This seems like a weird one, because chickpeas can't be difficult or expensive to source....

    Maybe due to this...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50251180
  • Cornucopia
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    minimad1970 wrote: »
    Maybe due to this...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50251180

    Thanks - that explains it.
  • Cornucopia
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    Doc_N wrote: »
    Happens every Christmas - routine lines just disappear to make way for all the shelves of much more profitable Christmas stuff.

    Impossible to predict what's going to disappear, of course!

    Yes... sadly the consequence of having smaller stores with less space.

    My favourite Aldi Chicken Tikka Masala and Thai Mixed Veg have already gone. Hopefully they will return to the freezer cabinets in January alongside the remaindered Christmas fare.
  • Marigold123
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    minimad1970 wrote: »
    Maybe due to this...https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-50251180

    Can of cooked chickpeas, splash of lemon juice, slosh of olive oil, crushed garlic, salt to taste. WHIZZZZZ! Dash of paprika, warm pitta bread. Sorted!
    A penny saved is a penny gained
  • VfM4meplse
    VfM4meplse Posts: 34,269 Forumite
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    Marigold123 wrote: »
    Can of cooked chickpeas, splash of lemon juice, slosh of olive oil, crushed garlic, salt to taste. WHIZZZZZ! Dash of paprika, warm pitta bread. Sorted!
    Save it for the New Year! My mince pie and Irish cream diet starts in 8 days time :D

    Sling in some stollen and panettone and you won't see me grumpy again until 2020.
    Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!

    "No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio

    Hope is not a strategy :D...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!
  • Marigold123
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    VfM4meplse wrote: »
    Save it for the New Year! My mince pie and Irish cream diet starts in 8 days time :D

    Mine started 3 weeks ago! So many seasonal treats, so little time!
    A penny saved is a penny gained
  • 203846930
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    Batts English Mustard is back on the shelf in Lidl :T :T
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