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

KxMx

Lidl Deluxe onion rings have a nice batter, but the onion slithers out when you bite into one. So for me the clear winner is Lidl standard where this doesn't happen. 

I think my favourite Aldi product is the Solero dupe ice cream filled lollies. Fruit sorbet coating rather than the cheaper, weaker fruit juice and stuffed with really nice ice cream. They don't skimp on the size of these lollies!

HillStreetBlues

KxMx said:

Lidl Deluxe onion rings have a nice batter, but the onion slithers out when you bite into one. So for me the clear winner is Lidl standard where this doesn't happen.

Certainly frustrating when it slips out and very hard to get in back in again.

KxMx said:

I think my favourite Aldi product is the Solero dupe ice cream filled lollies. Fruit sorbet coating rather than the cheaper, weaker fruit juice and stuffed with really nice ice cream. They don't skimp on the size of these lollies!

Will give those ago

Brie

The problem with onion rings is that properly they need to be rings, in batter.  So often they are chopped onion in batter.  I guess it depends on which you prefer.

PLRFD

HillStreetBlues said:

Certainly frustrating when it slips out and very hard to get in back in again.

Ooooooh Matron 😂

wild666

I was in Lidl on 2/1/24 and picked up 15 times 500g packs of mince, 10% fat for 90p each plus 2 time 1Kg packs of cooking bacon for 60p each. There was still lots of mince left but I was worrying about how much I could pack into the freezer. Total price was £14.70 but full price should be £59.85 for the mince and £3.40 for the bacon, so £63 of meat for under £15 a saving of over 75% but not as good as last years haul of chicken breasts and mince plus other meats.
They didn't have any chicken breasts reduced this year as all the packs had a use by date of at least the 7/1/24 on them. I will make pies, chilli, or other meals that are mince based with the Mince. I only ran out of 2023's haul in early December. 

wild666

HillStreetBlues said:

PLRFD said:

I was in Lidl on Saturday the till operator scanned everything then his till roll bunched up and jammed the machine he said quite loudly for f*ck sake.

That would be my response, thankfully for everyone's sake I've not worked on a shop floor more than a day.

Apparently if you use the self service checkouts in Lidl if you opt for no receipt in the Lidl app then it doesn't produce a receipt at the checkout whereas if you use the manned checkouts you get a receipt every time.

KxMx

Brie said:

The problem with onion rings is that properly they need to be rings, in batter.  So often they are chopped onion in batter.  I guess it depends on which you prefer.

Normally I'd agree, but looking at the package text, Harvest Basket are 59% onion listed as reformed, and Deluxe are 37& onion, composition not listed.

The Harvest Basket are far superior, cook to a lovely cripsy texture and in tact onion when eaten. Every ring comes out perfect. 

HillStreetBlues

wild666 said:

HillStreetBlues said:

PLRFD said:

I was in Lidl on Saturday the till operator scanned everything then his till roll bunched up and jammed the machine he said quite loudly for f*ck sake.

That would be my response, thankfully for everyone's sake I've not worked on a shop floor more than a day.

Apparently if you use the self service checkouts in Lidl if you opt for no receipt in the Lidl app then it doesn't produce a receipt at the checkout whereas if you use the manned checkouts you get a receipt every time.

What areas  are these self service checkouts? I've never seen one in Lidl.

maman

Lidl have been gradually introducing the self checkouts over the past few years @HillStreetBlues. Obviously not got around to your store yet. 😁

Rosa_Damascena

maman said:

Lidl have been gradually introducing the self checkouts over the past few years @HillStreetBlues. Obviously not got around to your store yet. 😁

They don't take vouchers btw. I had to go to a normal till to use mine (luckily there wasn't much of a wait).