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

maman

greyteam1959 said:

Big reductions in my local Aldi today !!

I've often had 30 to 50% off items lately in Aldi particularly on meat and fish. Yesterday it was on 3% fat cubed beef and salmon fillets which are now in the freezer.

I know not everyone can afford to stock up like this but taking advantage of these offers and shifting my meal plans a little means I rarely pay full price. 

rhcp

The 3 ply 9 pack Saxon Softest Aloe Vera toilet roll is £1.99 in Aldi, down a quid.

Doc_N

Did an instore Aldi shop this morning for the first time in 5 years. Impressive new store, on a par with any other supermarket. What really struck me though was the level of intrusion by major brands compared with the way it used to be. More brands = less space for Aldi own label. Quality noticeably superior to Tesco (we've had no option but to have Tesco deliveries) but I have to say that the price gap does look to have narrowed somewhat.

The chocolate is still a particularly good buy, and the Magnum Premium washing up liquid (not far short of the Which? best performer but very substantially cheaper).  Pretty poor selection of continental cheeses though - nothing like as good as it used to be.

Cornucopia

There was some discussion of the price of Aldi Essentials Chocolate some while ago.   I can confirm that it was 59p/100g in my local Aldi yesterday.

Also, the Wholenut Peanut Butter was down to 99p.  

But the Ice Cream Wafer Bars are up 10p to £1.99 for 8.

maman

Glad to hear you liked the new store @Doc_N. We have both the new and older layouts locally. I'm not sure I like the veg inside fridges in the new ones but the look is very smart. 

I'm definitely with you on the washing up liquid. 

I agree about the limited variety of cheeses recently. I miss the gorgonzola dolce, not seen flavoured Weneslydale for ages and last week they didn’t even have Parmesan. ☹️

Doc_N

maman said:

Glad to hear you liked the new store @Doc_N. We have both the new and older layouts locally. I'm not sure I like the veg inside fridges in the new ones but the look is very smart. 

I'm definitely with you on the washing up liquid. 

I agree about the limited variety of cheeses recently. I miss the gorgonzola dolce, not seen flavoured Weneslydale for ages and last week they didn’t even have Parmesan. ☹️

Might try the newish Lidl next time in the hunt for some decent cheese. I see there’s a £10 off £10 offer on the app. We always used to prefer Aldi, with the odd top up at Lidl, but in 5 years things might have changed!

Cornucopia

We have a new "Site Acquired for Lidl" popped up recently.   It'll be interesting to see what a brand new Lidl on quite a big, prestigious plot turns out like.

Brie

WARNING! WARNING!! 

I wanted to warn everyone that Lidl is selling a Dulce du Leche ice cream.  Don't under any circumstances buy it. 

It's like poison.  Acid.  Everything bad your mother used to tell you would happen if you didn't wear clean knickers.  Do not under any circumstances buy it, let alone eat it.  

If you do see any stock in any store anywhere in the UK or even on the continent please PM me.  I will humanely destroy it for the good of us all.

Rosa_Damascena

Can anyone tell me if the tomato ketchup in Lidl has improved? I need to replace mine but last time it separated and was v watery.

GillyLucy

Rosa_Damascena said:

Can anyone tell me if the tomato ketchup in Lidl has improved? I need to replace mine but last time it separated and was v watery.

Not tried it personally but the Express rated it recently Bargain supermarket ketchup is named better than Heinz - just £1.05 | Express.co.uk