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

wild666

I was in Lidl on Monday morning and picked up 4.2 Kg of chicken breasts reduced from £9.99 per 2.1 Kg pack to £6.99 and pork shoulder steaks for £2.09 for 4 and a 6 pack for £3.49 reduced plus a pork loin 1 Kg joint for £3.49. I did notice another 2.1 Kg pack of chicken but I left that. 

wild666

briskbeats said:

I say about half of the eggs in Lidl this morning I saw at display until dates of yesterday and 2nd.

Just because the display date is only a day or two doesn't means they will go off, I have eggs that say display until 19/11/21 best before 26/11/21 and they're still fresh and I bought them from Lidl.

wild666

pumpkin89 said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

There are very few brands I buy when it comes to food. Spending over the odds for food is just not my bag - if I had my way I wouldn't spend anything on it - which is why Aldi and Lidl suit me well.

This perfectly illustrates why there is such a wide range in the amount that people spend on food.  We all have to buy it, but for some it is one of the biggest joys in life and for others it's purely functional.  I guess most people are somewhere between those two.

Personally, it's one of the last areas I would cut down on - I'll shop around for the best deal on the brands I like, but I won't trade down to a cheaper option unless it really is just as good.  Mind you, I think a lot of the famous brands have reduced quality over the years and I buy a lot more niche brands these days.

I definitely agree with branded goods getting reduced quality the Heinz Ketchup used to be really thick and now it just pours out of the bottle, in the 70's you had to bang on the bottle to get the sauce out now it comes out when you tip it up. I last bought Hienz Ketchup about 3 years ago and that was because it was only 50p for the bottle.

briskbeats

wild666 said:

briskbeats said:

I say about half of the eggs in Lidl this morning I saw at display until dates of yesterday and 2nd.

Just because the display date is only a day or two doesn't means they will go off, I have eggs that say display until 19/11/21 best before 26/11/21 and they're still fresh and I bought them from Lidl.

I know they can be used two weeks after the UBD - my limit as had a rotten egg 15 days after the UBD. Not many people understand that eggs can be eaten after the USB.

Brie

re UBD eggs - the problem is that with properly free range eggs you don't know how long the egg has been sat on before it gets picked up and shipped off to market.  We occasionally get a really rotten egg but that's because the eggs are from a local farm and someone has to go and stick their hand under the chicken's butt to find them.  Not always easy.

And speaking of butts.....    Hoping to pop into Lidl either later today or first thing tomorrow to get their motion sensor LED toilet bowl light.  OH needs something really special for Christmas.

Rosa_Damascena

Brie said:

And speaking of butts.....    Hoping to pop into Lidl either later today or first thing tomorrow to get their motion sensor LED toilet bowl light.  OH needs something really special for Christmas.

Wow, the gift for the person who has everything!!

Brie

Oh Butt!  Sadly the toilet bowl light is not available in my local.  Looks like I'm going to have to pay 4 times the price from Amazon!!

briskbeats

From Lidl
This is a fab gin 
https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/spirits/hortus-artisan-london-dry-gin/p15807 

Has anyone here tried the Ignis French Grain Vodka (Lidl’s Grey Goose)?

Cornucopia

New products at Aldi:-

- A new variety has been added to the Fibre Now cake bars - Cinnamon Squares.     

- Satay Chicken Skewers seem to have become BBQ Chicken Skewers.   Not sure if this is a festive change, or whether we'll eventually have both.

Murphybear

Gmaman said:

Farway said:

maman said:

I watched a programme last night ( called Tonight on ITV?). They compared a trolley of Christmas food from Aldi with M&S. The Aldi trolley was (in round figures) £40 but the M&S was £124!!!!. I know where my Christmas food will be coming from. 🤣

Never saw it, but seems a cheap shot, choose a known cheap store versus a an expensive one, why not compare with Fortnum & Mason's plus Harrod's while they were at it?

I think they compared a range of High Street stores and these were the extremes. 

Whatever your point is, I don't think M&S food is 3+ times better than Aldi. 

No, it’s 4x better