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

harz99

maman said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Nothing wrong with grade 2 f&v. It does the job without the extortionate prices of top grade.

I think the sale of Wonky veg is excellent. A wonky carrot just the same as any perfectly formed one! 

A lot aren't wonky or misshaped though, they are all too often old, damaged and broken pieces and packaged whilst still wet which doesn't help them keep very long.

Katiehound

harz99 said:

maman said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Nothing wrong with grade 2 f&v. It does the job without the extortionate prices of top grade.

I think the sale of Wonky veg is excellent. A wonky carrot just the same as any perfectly formed one! 

A lot aren't wonky or misshaped though, they are all too often old, damaged and broken pieces and packaged whilst still wet which doesn't help them keep very long.

totally agree. the carrots & potatoes have been very poor lately

maman

I agree about the packaging when wet @harz99 so perhaps carrots wasn't the best example (although that can apply to any carrots) but same applies to potatoes, onions, blueberries, strawberries etc. I know wonky veg wasn't necessarily wasted previously but I still think giving the consumer the option to buy is a good idea. 

harz99

maman said:

I agree about the packaging when wet @harz99 so perhaps carrots wasn't the best example (although that can apply to any carrots) but same applies to potatoes, onions, blueberries, strawberries etc. I know wonky veg wasn't necessarily wasted previously but I still think giving the consumer the option to buy is a good idea. 

It used to be a good idea when "wonky" meant misshaped, or not conforming to the standards of size the big supermarket's demanded, but now it seems that wonky just means poor quality produce.

Rosa_Damascena

harz99 said:

maman said:

I agree about the packaging when wet @harz99 so perhaps carrots wasn't the best example (although that can apply to any carrots) but same applies to potatoes, onions, blueberries, strawberries etc. I know wonky veg wasn't necessarily wasted previously but I still think giving the consumer the option to buy is a good idea. 

It used to be a good idea when "wonky" meant misshaped, or not conforming to the standards of size the big supermarket's demanded, but now it seems that wonky just means poor quality produce.

Aside from a single bag of carrots, I've not found that to be the case.

Doc_N

No problems at all with wonky fruit and veg - but grade 2 doesn't necessarily mean just wonky.  Often it's simply inferior quality.

harz99

Rosa_Damascena said:

harz99 said:

maman said:

I agree about the packaging when wet @harz99 so perhaps carrots wasn't the best example (although that can apply to any carrots) but same applies to potatoes, onions, blueberries, strawberries etc. I know wonky veg wasn't necessarily wasted previously but I still think giving the consumer the option to buy is a good idea. 

It used to be a good idea when "wonky" meant misshaped, or not conforming to the standards of size the big supermarket's demanded, but now it seems that wonky just means poor quality produce.

Aside from a single bag of carrots, I've not found that to be the case.

You're extremely lucky then. I suppose it could be that different shop areas are supplied by different growers. We get a lot of Scottish grown veg, and it could also depend on sales throughput, so if you live in an area where a lot of processed and "junk" type food is consumed like i do in the North East, fresh veg hangs around.

dealyboy

The 'cheap' 100g bars of chocolate (milk, white, dark) in white packaging, which were 36p, disappeared from my local Lidl about 3 weeks ago. Now have choice of 200g bars at around 90p.

Aldi's 100g bars were 45p last time I looked (same price at Sainsbury's).

Rosa_Damascena

I bought a couple of large boxes of strawberries from Aldi last week as an easy dessert for guests. They were nice enough....but those I bought from Asda yesterday were so much tastier. Sometimes it really is luck of the draw!

harz99

Rosa_Damascena said:

I bought a couple of large boxes of strawberries from Aldi last week as an easy dessert for guests. They were nice enough....but those I bought from Asda yesterday were so much tastier. Sometimes it really is luck of the draw!

Where were the suppliers of both from though, the growing region often makes quite a difference in flavour?