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

Rosa_Damascena

EasyToAssemble01 said:

The Sauce Shop -  Buffalo Sauce - 49p (reduced from £1.99). They also had some Burnt Pineapple flavour before reduction, but I missed out on those
Mr Freeze Strawberry Fizzy Pop - 9p for a 2L bottle (!)

Also picked up their Glenmarnoch Single Malt, Rum Cask Edition. £19 seemed like a bargain. But, now I've tasted it, I realised I should have gone for something with a proven track record

Thanks for the warning!

Katiehound

EasyToAssemble01 said:

 

Also picked up their Glenmarnoch Single Malt, Rum Cask Edition. £19 seemed like a bargain. But, now I've tasted it, I realised I should have gone for something with a proven track record

Use it for Bramble whisky?

Cornucopia

Lidl Everyday Essentials Chocolate has new packaging - traditional paper & foil.  

I suspect it may be a case of new recipe/new supplier/new packaging.   The dark chocolate is creamier, I think.

Rosa_Damascena

Cornucopia said:

Lidl Everyday Essentials Chocolate has new packaging - traditional paper & foil.  

I suspect it may be a case of new recipe/new supplier/new packaging.   The dark chocolate is creamier, I think.

I was looking for this the other day but couldn't find it, so ended up buying the 200g pack in the dark pink wrapper. It's sitting in the fridge until 
I want a hot chocolate this autumn (I grate a square and then melt it into scalding skimmed milk). 

I have made a happy new discovery at Aldi: I really like The Hotel Collection perfumes, £6.99 /100ml bottle. I'm used to my favourite top-end perfumes being discontinued so I bought a couple just in case. I sprayed myself with it before bed and now I smell mighty fine .

I have just found this review of the fragrance I am currently bathed in: https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/reviews/aldis-jo-malone-dupe-perfume-27526886# .

dealyboy

Cornucopia said:

Lidl Everyday Essentials Chocolate has new packaging - traditional paper & foil.  

I suspect it may be a case of new recipe/new supplier/new packaging.   The dark chocolate is creamier, I think.

I have been buying the Lidl 'New Recipe' 'Simply... Dark Chocolate' 100g 49p in bulk over the last couple of weeks ... it's lovely 

It comes in dull red and white paper + foil and individualized 'squares', it is marked as a Fairtrade Cocoa product with a minimum 50%.

PLRFD

In all honesty 50% isn’t very good for dark choc.

Cornucopia

dealyboy said:

Cornucopia said:

Lidl Everyday Essentials Chocolate has new packaging - traditional paper & foil.  

I suspect it may be a case of new recipe/new supplier/new packaging.   The dark chocolate is creamier, I think.

I have been buying the Lidl 'New Recipe' 'Simply... Dark Chocolate' 100g 49p in bulk over the last couple of weeks ... it's lovely 

It comes in dull red and white paper + foil and individualized 'squares', it is marked as a Fairtrade Cocoa product with a minimum 50%.

Yes, of course... that's the one I'm talking about.  "Everyday essentials" is the Aldi one.

Doc_N

Aldi price match at Tesco - some goods not like-for-like

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m0vrmlzgyo

I'm surprised only that it's taken so long for this to be highlighted. It's little short of fraud by Tesco.

VoucherMan

Doc_N said:

I'm surprised only that it's taken so long for this to be highlighted. It's little short of fraud by Tesco.

Well it is the BBC! Just highlighting what most Aldi shoppers have known for years.

I've been a victim of the 'price match' a few times. It's almost like comparing Tesco brisket against Aldi sirloin steak. 'We have beef at the same price as Aldi'. But Aldi's meat is reasonable quality, whereas Tesco's is mostly fat & gristle.

Doc_N

VoucherMan said:

Doc_N said:

I'm surprised only that it's taken so long for this to be highlighted. It's little short of fraud by Tesco.

Well it is the BBC! Just highlighting what most Aldi shoppers have known for years.

I've been a victim of the 'price match' a few times. It's almost like comparing Tesco brisket against Aldi sirloin steak. 'We have beef at the same price as Aldi'. But Aldi's meat is reasonable quality, whereas Tesco's is mostly fat & gristle.

It is the BBC? They’re the first amongst all the media to highlight it!

What amazes me is that Aldi haven’t taken this whole issue to the Advertising Standards Authority. Aldi shoppers probably are aware of it - but confirmed Tesco shoppers who haven’t tried Aldi because they think it’s no cheaper won’t be. It’s yet another Tesco scam.