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Good and Bad Buys at Lidl and Aldi stores (***Please don't expire***)
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With supermarkets stop selling own label stuff, it must be not a supermarket decision but the brand or manufacturers. Esp if the brand make/made supermarkets own labels as it’s more profitable as less different packaging to use - individual and outer cases etc.0
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briskbeats said:With supermarkets stop selling own label stuff, it must be not a supermarket decision but the brand or manufacturers. Esp if the brand make/made supermarkets own labels as it’s more profitable as less different packaging to use - individual and outer cases etc.
Once that contract expires, products sometimes disappear, perhaps for a couple of weeks, or sometimes forever. When they reappear, sometimes the price changes, or the packaging, or even the product itself. It's one of those compromises that are involved in shopping at Lidl & Aldi.4 -
Kernow666 said:over the last couple of months i have swapped from branded biscuits to Lidl's own
Ginger nuts
Rich Tea
Oaties
Digestives
Malted Milk
Chocolate chip cookies
i wouldn't ever go back to McVities even if they were on offer2 -
Cornucopia said:briskbeats said:With supermarkets stop selling own label stuff, it must be not a supermarket decision but the brand or manufacturers. Esp if the brand make/made supermarkets own labels as it’s more profitable as less different packaging to use - individual and outer cases etc.
Once that contract expires, products sometimes disappear, perhaps for a couple of weeks, or sometimes forever. When they reappear, sometimes the price changes, or the packaging, or even the product itself. It's one of those compromises that are involved in shopping at Lidl & Aldi.1 -
Kernow666 said:over the last couple of months i have swapped from branded biscuits to Lidl's own
Ginger nuts
Rich Tea
Oaties
Digestives
Malted Milk
Chocolate chip cookies
i wouldn't ever go back to McVities even if they were on offer6 -
Doc_N said:Kernow666 said:over the last couple of months i have swapped from branded biscuits to Lidl's own
Ginger nuts
Rich Tea
Oaties
Digestives
Malted Milk
Chocolate chip cookies
i wouldn't ever go back to McVities even if they were on offerNo man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.1 -
Doc_N said:Kernow666 said:over the last couple of months i have swapped from branded biscuits to Lidl's own
Ginger nuts
Rich Tea
Oaties
Digestives
Malted Milk
Chocolate chip cookies
i wouldn't ever go back to McVities even if they were on offer
Never understand why people buy Napolina (sp?) tinned tomatoes. Seen some supermarkets charge a £1 a can! If I make two spaghetti bolognese sauces. One has branded chopped tomatoes and the other with a can of Lidl’s Simply chopped tomatoes costing 28p - all other ingredients and quantities are the same, you can’t tell which one has the branded tomatoes!
Some people are in the belief from the 70s and 80s that supermarkets own labels are still inferior. Then some branded stuff is worse than own label. Heinz is a classic example as their tomato ketchup, soup and baked beans are horrible.
Some of the branded items I buy are Coke/Pepsi- as don’t like own brands cola drinks, certain spirits and Comfort Intense as others are too weak. I check prices first2 -
Kernow666 said:over the last couple of months i have swapped from branded biscuits to Lidl's own
Ginger nuts
Rich Tea
Oaties
Digestives
Malted Milk
Chocolate chip cookies
i wouldn't ever go back to McVities even if they were on offer0 -
Doc_N said:Kernow666 said:over the last couple of months i have swapped from branded biscuits to Lidl's own
Ginger nuts
Rich Tea
Oaties
Digestives
Malted Milk
Chocolate chip cookies
i wouldn't ever go back to McVities even if they were on offerRosa_Damascena said:
I struggle to understand why anyone buys at least 90% of branded groceries. With a few exceptions, almost all of them can be replaced at a much lower price, with just a little open mindedness.
We've done Martin's brand challenge on most of our food and there are some things that we really don't like the taste of.
So we buy branded when it suits us.
'open mindedness' doesn't come into it.
I'll make a decision whether a better taste is worth paying extra for.4 -
Pollycat said:Doc_N said:Kernow666 said:over the last couple of months i have swapped from branded biscuits to Lidl's own
Ginger nuts
Rich Tea
Oaties
Digestives
Malted Milk
Chocolate chip cookies
i wouldn't ever go back to McVities even if they were on offerRosa_Damascena said:
I struggle to understand why anyone buys at least 90% of branded groceries. With a few exceptions, almost all of them can be replaced at a much lower price, with just a little open mindedness.
We've done Martin's brand challenge on most of our food and there are some things that we really don't like the taste of.
So we buy branded when it suits us.
'open mindedness' doesn't come into it.
I'll make a decision whether a better taste is worth paying extra for.2
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