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

Rosa_Damascena

Doc_N said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Brie said:

OK not Lidl or Aldi but I thought I would slip this in here.....Sainsbugs has a new line of Indian food in their Taste the Difference range.  Very expensive!!  BUT they're having a meal deal.

So 2 mains and 2 sides for £15.  One of the mains we've picked up is a half tandoori chicken which RRP is £10, there's a beef dish for £12 and then some nice looking naans and bhajis, again all above  the normal price you might pay for things.  So about £30 normal price for the lot but costing half that.  And frankly I think it will do us for 2 dinners or 1 dinner and a couple of lunches.   

I did somewhat wonder when we picked it up whether the till would say that the £10 half chicken counted as 2 mains but it didn't.  

They also had their mango lassi on special at £2.50 for a litre.  Saves me having to make my own.

Food prices are crazy, yet the supermarkets know there is a demographic that are still ready to spend silly money on convenience - have you seen the prices of M&S Christmas food? Charlie Bigham has also introduced a £30 ready meal, nuts!!

There’s a review in The Times today of these latest Bigham ready meals. Ties up with the experience I’ve had of their pies - not good. Anyone who reads the full review would be very unlikely to buy one! It concludes:

“Bigham, like them, is gambling that people will look at the cost of eating in a pub and conclude that one of his meals is far cheaper. Dishes to light a candle for? I’d turn out the lights.”

I did read this - up until the point he insisted his meals are not ready meals. The guy has truly bought into hid own marketing!!