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

Cornucopia

Mine has been a winner every time, as well.    On mine, the win message flips around and I get a picture and description of the offer item.

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

My Lidl spinning coupons seem to say I've won every time so far this month.  But they don't necessarily tell me what I've won so it's a case of trying to figure out what new coupon might have been added.  Not that easy really as there seem to be ones dropping off and new one added every day.

You have to keep on scratching before it flips over.

Cornucopia

New product at Lidl:   

Simply Soya (Milk) - 50p/1 litre

It may just be a coincidence, but Morrisons seem to have discontinued their equivalent product recently.

DigForVictory

Almost certainly not news to you good folk but caught me soundly amidships this morning  - Aldi frozen ready cooked chicken pieces 360g bag £2.15.
Iceland own-label product of 400g bag last seen at 3 for £10.

Brie

Iberian week at Lidl.  So the little jars of anchovies rolled around capers are in stock.  The perfect thing to hard boiled eggs on a light summer salad.  Failing that they could go in a martini.

PLRFD

Anchovies in a Martini ?

DigForVictory

Not sure how well they would take to being shaken. Or does one add the anchovy garnish after, like an olive? 
(Devout tea drinker here.)

HouseMartin567

DigForVictory said:

Almost certainly not news to you good folk but caught me soundly amidships this morning  - Aldi frozen ready cooked chicken pieces 360g bag £2.15.
Iceland own-label product of 400g bag last seen at 3 for £10.

Is there any difference in quality? I.e. percentage of chicken breast meat? Sometimes a price comparisons doesn’t tell the full story.

DigForVictory

I’m conducting a blind taste test later on, & will report back.

Brie

PLRFD said:

Anchovies in a Martini ?

Why not!!??!  I know the normal standard is a green olive (added after the shaking and stirring malarky).  Add a small pickled onion instead and you have a Gibson.  And have just googled and apparently you make a dirty martini by adding a bit of anchovy brine and garnish with an olive stuffed with an anchovy.  I'm not a huge fan of olives so the caper will be a much nicer addition in my opinion.

@DigForVictory - I'm interested to hear how the test test goes.  I've had M&S fresh cooked chicken which is lovely, Tesco's version which is fine and Lidl's which was horrid.  Not sure how they got it so wrong but suspect additives.