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

Cornucopia

Hmmm....  Polish soup powder - I would never have guessed such a thing was available.   I think we have a Polish shop...

The Lidl and Aldi soups are both 55p for 4 sachets.   Inevitably they were a fair bit cheaper than that not all that long ago (39p).  

Brie

@Cornucopia
I was going to say the brand was Barszcz but that (obviously!) is Polish for borscht.
It's this stuff....



oh and fyi - because I sometimes lose this in the back of the cupboard to find years on I have discovered it tastes just fine even 2 years beyond it's bbd.  it does tend to solidify a bit in the pot though so probably best to use while still relatively fresh.

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

@Cornucopia
I was going to say the brand was Barszcz but that (obviously!) is Polish for borscht.
It's this stuff....



oh and fyi - because I sometimes lose this in the back of the cupboard to find years on I have discovered it tastes just fine even 2 years beyond it's bbd.  it does tend to solidify a bit in the pot though so probably best to use while still relatively fresh.

I cannot deny the bargain factor financially but I would guess that pales next to the health disbenefits of its additives! That its taste is uncompromised tells me its bound to be choc-full of them.

Brie

Rosa_Damascena said:

I cannot deny the bargain factor financially but I would guess that pales next to the health disbenefits of its additives! That its taste is uncompromised tells me its bound to be choc-full of them.

Good point.  I'll have a look the next time I go to buy some.  It's the same with some of the things I bring back when I visit across the pond and few things have BBDs of any sort.  

Katiehound

A serious bad buy from Aldi

British beef Steak- 21 day matured. Tough, gristly, fatty. The visible part of the meat looked okay, but the underside turned out to be fat/ gristle. Think I might have been able to eat about 25% so 75% for the dog. An expensive  outlay just for the hound. Very very disappointing.

Only good thing: tray (card) and film have both been recycled. 

Will most certainly not be buying this again.

Still have the pack label and might take that back & complain because it was dreadful. (I do bulk of my shopping at Aldi & this was by far the worst thing I have ever bought: I am usually a very happy shopper)

greyteam1959

Ring customer services & complain.
You will normally get the value of the product plus a couple of quid refunded.
If you return the product install you will only get the exact value of your purchase.
I have done this several times over the last few years with Aldi.
They will email you a voucher to use in store.

Rosa_Damascena

The staff at the local Aldi really helped my mum out the other day. They are always pleasant and this is what sets them over and above other supermarkets. I was happy to give good feedback to HO.

I was watching Michael Mosely yesterday evening and saw the couple featured like feasting on honey nut cornflakes. . I then saw Tesco ad indicating they had slashed the price. Much as I am going out of my way to avoid UPFs, it occurred to me that I would be better off snacking on a small qty of dry honey nut cornflakes rather than cake / biscuits (these never come in micro-helpings) with my afternoon coffee. Any thoughts on Aldi's own?

Katiehound

greyteam1959 said:

Ring customer services & complain.
You will normally get the value of the product plus a couple of quid refunded.
If you return the product install you will only get the exact value of your purchase.
I have done this several times over the last few years with Aldi.
They will email you a voucher to use in store.

Phoned customer services & complained.
They took the details & said they would send feed back to supplier/ quality control

"take the packaging/ till receipt to the shop & they will refund or exchange."  No mention of any extra money!

I have phoned a few times in the past & never had anything other than directions to return the item.

I certainly won't be exchanging!!

Pollycat

Rosa_Damascena said:

The staff at the local Aldi really helped my mum out the other day. They are always pleasant and this is what sets them over and above other supermarkets. I was happy to give good feedback to HO.

I was watching Michael Mosely yesterday evening and saw the couple featured like feasting on honey nut cornflakes. . I then saw Tesco ad indicating they had slashed the price. Much as I am going out of my way to avoid UPFs, it occurred to me that I would be better off snacking on a small qty of dry honey nut cornflakes rather than cake / biscuits (these never come in micro-helpings) with my afternoon coffee. Any thoughts on Aldi's own?

I have Aldi honey nut flakes for breakfast, alternating with other cereal, Greek yoghurt & porridge.
I have no idea if they are ok dry or better for you than cake/biscuits.

MrsStepford

Cereals and cake are both unhealthy, full of sugar and carbs (which are  processed by the body as glucose (sugar). Google Dr David Unwin, an NHS GP in Southport. He has produced graphs which show how many teaspoons of sugar there are in cereals, bananas etc. He was NHS Innovator of the Year for it.

Re: Polish food, a lot of the jarred food is flash - pasteurized which means that they then don't use preservatives.