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

2childmum2

I have the 2x points on fruit and veg too

I have also had a free bakery item coupon. Spent that today on a loaf for tea, and also got mushrooms free with my initial points. That means I'm off to Aldi for my weekly shop on Monday. There are some things I prefer there anyway. And I will probably buy stuff from Tesco when the prices are matched - clubcard is now on par with Lidl re points, and I can double them up to spend with partners.

The ' we listened to you ' line is the thing turning me away really. I think it's dishonest. If they had said ' sorry folks we can't afford to keep it going, we have to change it' I would be less put off.

( Ditto M and S with their much worse Sparks scheme where they are trying to pretend it's better when it's much worse!)

Rosa_Damascena

@2childmum2 - I think there is such a thing as selectve listening. Lidl may have been told their 15% off coupons were no big deal and acted on that specific feedback.

A sure sign that summer is back is the return of Lidl's lovely buttery Victora sponge - at the new price of £2.99 😮. I will wait until I see it with a 50% off sticker before buying.

Brie

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81993000#Comment_81993000

We get the small cakes from both Lidl and Tesco (when discounted) and I think they are pretty much identical. Probably made to the same recipe and in the same factory. I was using this theory when I was at Sainsburys this week and saw their cakes at £1.95ish. They had a lime drizzle which I thought would be a nice change. Well it's nice and a change but I prefer the lemon drizzle from either of the other 2 stores.

Rosa_Damascena

Coupons at Lidl refreshed today with a message saying I have a "mystery box" voucher for a free item, that also indicated this would continue every week. My voucher this week is for a vegetable, I am all potato'd out (boiled spuds are now a staple for me rather than bread) and ended up getting another sack yesterday as my next choice - cauliflower - were puny in size compared to the snowy white whoppers we have seen over the winter.

In order to maximise value: what is the most costly vegetable to be found on the aisles at Lidl? I'd much rather buy a staple that can feed me for a while rather than a treat (such as speciality tomatoes).

Brie

@Rosa_Damascena

I tend to go for something like avocados or asparagus if I know it's a freebie. And when I actually purchase it I do it as a separate transaction so I can easily see that it is free. Occasionally the signs are missing or swapped about and I've picked up something I thought was free or discounted only to discover it's a slightly different item (i.e. the 150g is free not the 175g)