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Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
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Brie said:Alternative to Lidl or Aldi - we have a BBD warehouse place near us called Rogers (there's several locations in the south). Tins, bottles and packets for the most part. Some are past their BBD (but still safe to consume) and others are still several months off from this. Everything is normally sold in quantity (so 6 tins of X for £Z) rather than individually. But that might suit a lot of people.1
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Aldi Lacura Spa bath foam and shower gel. ❤️. (The orange coloured ones)
Smells just like branded Sanctuary Spa.
How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)3 -
Just bought & cut into an Aldi Cranberry Topped Layered Pie.
YukLayers of pork meat, chicken meat & stuffing ??
Oh no it is not.
The pie is filled with a tasteless mush.
Contacted Aldi by telephone & purchase price refunded immediately.
First complaint to Aldi in 20 years.
And this is what their brochure picture was.6 -
I think they've got their boxes mixed up!
That looks like a standard pork pie with a few cranberrys on. Do they sell those too?How's it going, AKA, Nutwatch? - 12 month spends to date = 2.60% of current retirement "pot" (as at end May 2025)2 -
greyteam1959 said:Just bought & cut into an Aldi Cranberry Topped Layered Pie.
YukLayers of pork meat, chicken meat & stuffing ??
Oh no it is not.
The pie is filled with a tasteless mush.
Contacted Aldi by telephone & purchase price refunded immediately.
First complaint to Aldi in 20 years.
And this is what their brochure picture was.
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I used Lidl's marzipan for the first time on my Christmas cake this year - it's very disappointing, not moist enough and not very tasty.3
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Shuffling off to Lidl today to return a set of Christmas lights we bought. Unfortunately no receipt which might be a challenge. But I'm not wanting to return them as I don't like them (they look lovely) but that they are missing a part which is the switch to turn them on!! So effectively useless.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Brie said:Shuffling off to Lidl today to return a set of Christmas lights we bought. Unfortunately no receipt which might be a challenge. But I'm not wanting to return them as I don't like them (they look lovely) but that they are missing a part which is the switch to turn them on!! So effectively useless.1
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