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

Pollycat

I've bought 2 bags each of carrots, parsnips, potatoes & sprouts.
Plus a large savoy cabbage.
There are only the 2 of us but we have a full dinner again on Boxing Day.
Leftover sprouts will be blanched and frozen - we like them in beef casseroles.
Leftover parsnips & carrots and the swede will be cooked and mashed to go in the freezer to add to mashed potatoes for various mince pie toppings - parsnip & carrots go particularly well with chicken/turkey/pork mince.
The potatoes will be mashed and frozen.

So some healthy stuff for not a lot of outlay.

Depending on space in my freezer, I'll buy some more veg after Christmas to make a batch of soup if it's still 19p.

harz99

Rosa_Damascena said:

robrymond said:

Terrible shop in Aldi tonight, loads of stuff missing so ended up in Sainsbury's.

Turkey prices were only 50p less than them and beef prices were same. 

None of the cheap veg bad a few spuds. Weird as supply is normally plentiful, I can't see them giving away much Xmas Eve or even having anything left.

Try getting edible crackers, both Sainsburys and Aldi out and no eggs still anywhere. 

Perishables shift fast towards Christmas, no good getting there in the evenings.

I drove past Aldi at 7.30am yesterday, and the car park was full. (It doesn't open until 8am). 20 years ago there would be long queues of cars outside the Tesco Extra. The rise of the so-called discounters has put a stop to that.

Aldi are opening at 7am all this week...

Katiehound

Pollycat said:

 
Depending on space in my freezer, I'll buy some more veg after Christmas to make a batch of soup if it's still 19p.

That's unlikely- in Aldi anyway- as the cheapie veggie prices are advertised as from Dec 18th-Dec 24th with new offers starting Dec 27th. (According to their latest buys 'magazine.')
Some of those veggies would keep reasonably well in a cool place .

I'm planning on some of Delia's red cabbage & some coleslaw next week- reckoning they will keep  but now I want the outside temps to drop they look fairly temperate!!

p00hsticks

Pollycat said:

I've bought 2 bags each of carrots, parsnips, potatoes & sprouts.

I got 19p carrots, parsnips and a swede earlier this week - all sliced that afternoon with added onions to make up three bags of casserole vegetables to go into the freezer ready for slow cooker casseroles in the new year.

Pollycat

Katiehound said:

Pollycat said:

 
Depending on space in my freezer, I'll buy some more veg after Christmas to make a batch of soup if it's still 19p.

That's unlikely- in Aldi anyway- as the cheapie veggie prices are advertised as from Dec 18th-Dec 24th with new offers starting Dec 27th. (According to their latest buys 'magazine.')
Some of those veggies would keep reasonably well in a cool place .

I'm planning on some of Delia's red cabbage & some coleslaw next week- reckoning they will keep  but now I want the outside temps to drop they look fairly temperate!!

Thanks.
I'll not be bothering then.
I'm in the house and not going out until after Christmas apart from a visit up to my sister's.

robrymond

Rosa_Damascena said:

robrymond said:

Terrible shop in Aldi tonight, loads of stuff missing so ended up in Sainsbury's.

Turkey prices were only 50p less than them and beef prices were same. 

None of the cheap veg bad a few spuds. Weird as supply is normally plentiful, I can't see them giving away much Xmas Eve or even having anything left.

Try getting edible crackers, both Sainsburys and Aldi out and no eggs still anywhere. 

Perishables shift fast towards Christmas, no good getting there in the evenings.

I drove past Aldi at 7.30am yesterday, and the car park was full. (It doesn't open until 8am). 20 years ago there would be long queues of cars outside the Tesco Extra. The rise of the so-called discounters has put a stop to that.

I've done the Xmas shop on the evening of the 22nd for several years now and never had any issues getting anything at all. That was also across different stores as I've moved, so Stoke > Solihull > Nantwich.

PLRFD

I have a huge veg soup in the pressure cooker must work out at pennies per portion.

maman

In true mse fashion I, too, am taking advantage of the cheap veg. I have 2 red cabbages to make Delia's recipe and freeze in portions. Also carrots and swede to freeze portions of mash. When I cook the gammon, I'll be making lentil soup from the stock. 😋

Fortunately, when the turkey and pigs in blankets and other bits come out of the freezer, I'll have some space. 😁

Brie

OH reported that there was no wine purchased today as Lidl only had "oh, you know, the white wine with the 2 names!" 

"Pinot Grigio?" 

"NO!  The other one that you don't like!!" 

"New Zealand?" 

"NO!!! AH!  Sauvignon Blanc!!" 

"But I like that as long as it's not from NZ, Aus or California!" 

"Well in that case you'll have to go back tomorrow and see if they have any left."  

rhcp

Wow, went into Aldi and the only 19p veg they had was swede.

Popped into Sainsbury's just before to go into Argos and they had loads of 19p veg.

Maybe a trip to Sainbury's tomorrow.