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

HillStreetBlues

Doc_N said:

Tesco call that a price match. I’d call it misleading consumers, given the noticeably inferior quality. Many, if not most, of their so-called price matches show the same reduction in quality.

It's the same even when Tesco is over double the price.
Aldi Spaghetti Hoops 19p
Spaghetti (42%) (Durum Wheat Semolina, Water), Tomatoes (39%), Water, Sugar, Glucose-fructose Syrup, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Colour: Paprika Extract; Acidity Regulator: Citric Acid; Potato Starch, Onion Powder, Herb Extracts.

Tesco Spaghetti Rings 40p
Cooked Pasta (46%) [Water, Durum Wheat Semolina], Tomato Purée (29%), Water, Sugar, Modified Maize Starch, Salt, Onion Powder, Acidity Regulator (Citric Acid), Paprika, Potato Flour, Colour (Paprika Extract), Sage Extract, Basil Extract, Bay Extract, Capsicum Extract, Cinnamon Extract, Clove Extract, Coriander Extract, Garlic Extract, Ginger Extract, Marjoram, Nutmeg Extract, Onion Extract, Pepper Extract, Thyme Extract.

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

A new Lidl opened near us and 3 months later I still find the lay out strange.  When you enter you are confronted by the end of the veg display which is at an odd angle to the rest of the display units.  It's as if they are trying to force you to go down the first aisle even if you want fruit which you know is in the second aisle.  

There is a massive variation in the feel of the stores locally (we have 2 in central Southend and a further 3 in the surrounds) although the store layouts follow a blueprint. The two oldest ones are tired and scruffy, although well-visited. The one I now detour to visit takes me to the edge of the coast, and is light, airy, clean and most importantly full of nice people and run by a good team.

Aldi is wising up to the claims of price-matching in its latest cheeky ad. Only one store genuinely does price match, they'll let us guess which one. My money is on Lidl!

YoungBlueEyes

Cornucopia said:

YoungBlueEyes said:

New products sounds good I've not seen anything 'new' in either of my Aldis for a while. I mean things that are actually new, not the things with a label that says "I'm new". 

Mmmm... Deluxe crackers (Sesame & Garlic).   I will post a review when I open them.   

Open Sesame! & Garlic

I'll get me coat.

VoucherMan

Aldi have recently started selling 6x400g tins of cat food for £2.99. The ingredients look similar to those that other stores are selling for £4.50 or more.

Not sure I'd want to use it for their main diet, although I'm sure it's got everything they'd need. Still, they seem to enjoy it as a 'mid-day snack' to supplement their dried food.

dealyboy

Thanks VoucherMan ... good for hedgehog food.

thriftytracey

I made the stupid mistake of putting through a non household item (a torque wrench £10) and used my Lidl app, of course that week had the 10% off so I saved a £1.  Then £75 worth of groceries went through with no discount!

The annoying thing was the check out guy told me to scan my Lidl app.  If only I had put the torque wrench through with everything else or even after the groceries.  Not the first time I have done that.  Even if I asked for a refund I couldn't reuse the discount.

I bet other people have done that too.

dealyboy

thriftytracey said:

I made the stupid mistake of putting through a non household item (a torque wrench £10) and used my Lidl app, of course that week had the 10% off so I saved a £1.  Then £75 worth of groceries went through with no discount!

The annoying thing was the check out guy told me to scan my Lidl app.  If only I had put the torque wrench through with everything else or even after the groceries.  Not the first time I have done that.  Even if I asked for a refund I couldn't reuse the discount.

I bet other people have done that too.

... maybe time to change your username Tracey ... sorry 

Dizzycap

Not sure if anyone else has this at their local Lidl.

Thursday morning at 8am, Lidl now have extra large boxes of fresh fruit & veg for £1.50 at the checkout / on the packing bench, and also have nice quantities of reduced meat in the fridges. 

Saving a fortune on my weekly shop!

It might be worth something to someone

Doc_N

Sad news for anyone using Aldi Click and Collect. The last day is this Sunday. Unsurprising, given the drop in the numbers doing home deliveries, and the £5 charge, but a shame nonetheless. That’s my last Aldi shop for the foreseeable future.

Rosa_Damascena

I have been shopping at Lidl this month.

It is no coincidence that I am gaining a lot of weight!!