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

robrymond

LindsayT said:

I went to Aldi last week early in the morning.. There were portions of chicken and some other things with 30% off but they had that day's date on.
I usually go to Lidl as that is my local store. They have 30% off, a few days before the date.
So, is this normal for Aldi?

Aldi in Nantwich has since Christmas reverted back to the 50% off discount for any fresh items expiring the next day. This seems to be the policy they had in place until Covid hit when it went to 30% discount and 75% discount on the same day of expiry. It seems that there is very little 75% now because the 50% gets cleared the day before which seems fair.

I picked up a 1.5KG joint of Pork loin tonight for £3.87 instead of £7.74 and some tempura chicken for £1.38.

LindsayT

Thanks for the replies. 
Either each store is different or maybe it's because this store just had quite a large extension which needs to be paid for. LOL

Katiehound

Only ever seem to see 30% off in local Aldi- seems to be the norm- and that on the date, not before.

robrymond

Katiehound said:

Only ever seem to see 30% off in local Aldi- seems to be the norm- and that on the date, not before.

Must be different then per store, but my experience during covid was at three different stores in different areas as we moved a fair bit and all seemed to change the policy to 30% off the day before and 75% on the day itself.

Katiehound

robrymond said:

Katiehound said:

Only ever seem to see 30% off in local Aldi- seems to be the norm- and that on the date, not before.

Must be different then per store, but my experience during covid was at three different stores in different areas as we moved a fair bit and all seemed to change the policy to 30% off the day before and 75% on the day itself.

Ah, you are talking about Covid: I am talking about , well now , even yesterday - sadly not here.
Used to be 50% but went down to 30% & has been like that for  a long time now.
Maybe it depends how much actual wastage there is at the end of the day?
If it gets sold at 30% then so be it!

(Just here Aldi is the best value supermarket- compared with Morrisons & Coop- so the turnover is probably pretty high- other large s.m are a minimum of 24 miles round trip)

thriftytracey

Getting a bit fed up with the number of broken flowers in a bunch of flowers.  They must be handled quite roughly in transit and I also notice that some flowers have been deliberately deadheaded.  I think I will purchase them from Tesco from now on.  They are often the a comparable price.

DigForVictory

Thanks for the heads up @thriftytracey - I get flowers for mum at Aldi in Oxford & so far they've been excellent, but caution is rarely wasted.

Rosa_Damascena

thriftytracey said:

Getting a bit fed up with the number of broken flowers in a bunch of flowers.  They must be handled quite roughly in transit and I also notice that some flowers have been deliberately deadheaded.  I think I will purchase them from Tesco from now on.  They are often the a comparable price.

The other major advantage of Tesco is that they reduce blooms to a rock bottom price at the end of the day, if Aldi have any left its just a 30% discount. My mum has never been fond of me wasting money on flowers for her but is happy to accept those adorned with a yellow sticker as they still last a long time.

thriftytracey

I forgot to add it was Lidl with the broken flower stems and heads.  I buy them once a fortnight - they last ages with a small drop of bleach in the water.  It cheers me up in the winter to see the flowers.

S_uk

My local Aldi store hasn't had their Gold tea bags for well over a month now, which is strange as it's always been in stock before. They have plenty of their normal Diplomat red label ones, which I tried and they still taste strong enough for me so I might as well switch to them now and save.