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

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  • Rosa_Damascena
    Rosa_Damascena Posts: 6,979 Forumite
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    Could hardly believe my eyes yesterday- the cheapie essentials chocolate in Aldi has gone up to 77 pence a bar ( was 55 pence  very recently)
    It was 55p in Lidl yesterday - was considering slipping a bar into my basket but was put off by the price hike of a few pence from last time I bought it!
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
  • robrymond
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    Anything chocolate based has shot up, just look at the biscuit prices with choc on as well. It does gripe me that Home Bargains and B&M can sell the 180g bars of Cadburys for £1.89 yet the bog standard Aldi chocolate is now more expensive (subjective if its better, sometimes the Dairy Milk still made in the UK can be good) and the Aldi Milk Chocolate can be more bitter.
  • Brie
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    Has anyone else noticed that Lidl's maple syrup no longer specifies a country of origin?  previously they'd proudly shown a maple leaf and said Canada Grade A or whatever.  Now the back label just gives the address of the Lidl UK office.  Wondering if it's an attempt to avoid tariffs if they are providing the same bottles to the US or if they don't want to admit they are selling US syrup.  Or syrup from somewhere completely other.
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  • J63320
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    Brie said:
    Has anyone else noticed that Lidl's maple syrup no longer specifies a country of origin?  previously they'd proudly shown a maple leaf and said Canada Grade A or whatever.  Now the back label just gives the address of the Lidl UK office.  Wondering if it's an attempt to avoid tariffs if they are providing the same bottles to the US or if they don't want to admit they are selling US syrup.  Or syrup from somewhere completely other.
    Last week I was using some dried chickpeas and was surprised to see that the country of origin was Russia (I had had them in for quite a while). So I looked through the other stuff in my pantry to see if there was anything else from countries whose produce I’d prefer to avoid, and most things I’d bought recently had no country of origin identified. The items were nuts, dried fruit, pulses, sugar, flour, from various supermarkets. I wonder if removing this information is a Brexit “benefit” - hope those quotation marks won’t be interpreted as being too political !
  • PLRFD
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    I was shocked when I found out where my eggs come from.
  • Cutmeownthroat
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    PLRFD said:
    I was shocked when I found out where my eggs come from.
    Not chickens?

     :o 
  • maman
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    I remember my school cook was getting hassle from a parent who was forcing her DD to eat vegetarian. The child obviously didn't want to as she kept asking for the meat option. The parent was adamant that her child wasn't to eat 'anything with a face'.

    I told the cook to be sure never to give her potato smileys! At least it cheered the cook up. 🤣
  • Rosa_Damascena
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    Brie said:
    Has anyone else noticed that Lidl's maple syrup no longer specifies a country of origin?  previously they'd proudly shown a maple leaf and said Canada Grade A or whatever.  Now the back label just gives the address of the Lidl UK office.  Wondering if it's an attempt to avoid tariffs if they are providing the same bottles to the US or if they don't want to admit they are selling US syrup.  Or syrup from somewhere completely other.
    Funnily enough I bought some last Tuesday. It seemed to be 100% maple syrup so I didn't even think to look for the country of origin.

    @robrymond - I popped into Poundstretcher yesterday and was taken aback by a basket of McVities chocolate biscuits. The packs looked to be about 400g and cost £2.99!! Prices are just crazy.
    No man is worth crawling on this earth.

    So much to read, so little time.
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