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

mikb

Rosa_Damascena said:

Just tried this, which I bought this afternoon for the grand sum of 49p:



The lady at the till said it is delicious, and she is right

Is that ALDI or Lidl ? I wonder if it's as good as Hellas-syrup filled chocolates used to be. They should bring those back, I miss them!

maman

My DD used to love the peanut flavour filled cup chocolates (forget the name) in Aldi but, although I look every week, they've been absent for a couple of years. ☹️

Cornucopia

mikb said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Just tried this, which I bought this afternoon for the grand sum of 49p:



The lady at the till said it is delicious, and she is right

Is that ALDI or Lidl ? I wonder if it's as good as Hellas-syrup filled chocolates used to be. They should bring those back, I miss them!

Lidl -- they are part of the East European week.

harz99

LittleVoice said:

Bacman said:

briskbeats said:

The other day I had to sling out some Lidl’s fat free Greek yogurt. Opened it 3 days before. Though had another 10 days on bb date - it curdled and stank.

I use the stretchy silicon lid covers and never had a problem 

BBE on dairy means unopened, once you open the product then oxygen gets into it and starts the rotting process, opened dairy should be consumed within 2 days of opening, 3 is usually ok but after that, bin it or not only will be product be unpleasant but also could make you sick. So, for example, if the BBE date is 10th of the month, if you open it on 7th, good (usually) to 10th, 8th to 10th, 9th to 10th (maybe 11th), 10th use on the day; if before 7th then 2 or 3 days later from opening date.

On other note, we love the Lidl version of the chocolate digestive biscuits, about 1/3 the McVities price and we think actually taste even better.

I think you may be misinformed.  Dairy products do not have BBE dates.

They may well suggest that the product should be consumed "within 3 days of opening and before the Use By date" - but I have lived so long that I have not only safety consumed dairy products beyond such dates but survived not having them added to purchases.

I expect those biscuits do have a BB date.  Perhaps they are too enticing, but would you bin those if they ever reached that date?

Little Voice, the original response was to a post about yoghurt going off, my Aldi 6 pack fruit yoghurts certainly DO have a BBE date, as does my Aldi Beautifully Butterly spread... 

Rosa_Damascena

mikb said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Just tried this, which I bought this afternoon for the grand sum of 49p:



The lady at the till said it is delicious, and she is right

Is that ALDI or Lidl ? I wonder if it's as good as Hellas-syrup filled chocolates used to be. They should bring those back, I miss them!

Better, much better.

LittleVoice

harz99 said:

LittleVoice said:

Bacman said:

briskbeats said:

The other day I had to sling out some Lidl’s fat free Greek yogurt. Opened it 3 days before. Though had another 10 days on bb date - it curdled and stank.

I use the stretchy silicon lid covers and never had a problem 

BBE on dairy means unopened, once you open the product then oxygen gets into it and starts the rotting process, opened dairy should be consumed within 2 days of opening, 3 is usually ok but after that, bin it or not only will be product be unpleasant but also could make you sick. So, for example, if the BBE date is 10th of the month, if you open it on 7th, good (usually) to 10th, 8th to 10th, 9th to 10th (maybe 11th), 10th use on the day; if before 7th then 2 or 3 days later from opening date.

On other note, we love the Lidl version of the chocolate digestive biscuits, about 1/3 the McVities price and we think actually taste even better.

I think you may be misinformed.  Dairy products do not have BBE dates.

They may well suggest that the product should be consumed "within 3 days of opening and before the Use By date" - but I have lived so long that I have not only safety consumed dairy products beyond such dates but survived not having them added to purchases.

I expect those biscuits do have a BB date.  Perhaps they are too enticing, but would you bin those if they ever reached that date?

Little Voice, the original response was to a post about yoghurt going off, my Aldi 6 pack fruit yoghurts certainly DO have a BBE date, as does my Aldi Beautifully Butterly spread... 

All the yogurts (Sainsbury's), and cheese and fromage frais (Lidl) in my fridge have Use By dates, not BBE dates.

The Foods Standards Agency (a government agency which I would hope knows about these things) says that the Best Before dates are about quality, not safety.  For safety you need to look for a Use By date.  (See Best before and use-by dates | Food Standards Agency )

If Aldi is putting a BBE date on yogurts then perhaps they should use Use By if they want to warn about safety of their products.

harz99

LittleVoice said:

harz99 said:

LittleVoice said:

Bacman said:

briskbeats said:

The other day I had to sling out some Lidl’s fat free Greek yogurt. Opened it 3 days before. Though had another 10 days on bb date - it curdled and stank.

I use the stretchy silicon lid covers and never had a problem 

BBE on dairy means unopened, once you open the product then oxygen gets into it and starts the rotting process, opened dairy should be consumed within 2 days of opening, 3 is usually ok but after that, bin it or not only will be product be unpleasant but also could make you sick. So, for example, if the BBE date is 10th of the month, if you open it on 7th, good (usually) to 10th, 8th to 10th, 9th to 10th (maybe 11th), 10th use on the day; if before 7th then 2 or 3 days later from opening date.

On other note, we love the Lidl version of the chocolate digestive biscuits, about 1/3 the McVities price and we think actually taste even better.

I think you may be misinformed.  Dairy products do not have BBE dates.

They may well suggest that the product should be consumed "within 3 days of opening and before the Use By date" - but I have lived so long that I have not only safety consumed dairy products beyond such dates but survived not having them added to purchases.

I expect those biscuits do have a BB date.  Perhaps they are too enticing, but would you bin those if they ever reached that date?

Little Voice, the original response was to a post about yoghurt going off, my Aldi 6 pack fruit yoghurts certainly DO have a BBE date, as does my Aldi Beautifully Butterly spread... 

All the yogurts (Sainsbury's), and cheese and fromage frais (Lidl) in my fridge have Use By dates, not BBE dates.

The Foods Standards Agency (a government agency which I would hope knows about these things) says that the Best Before dates are about quality, not safety.  For safety you need to look for a Use By date.  (See Best before and use-by dates | Food Standards Agency )

If Aldi is putting a BBE date on yogurts then perhaps they should use Use By if they want to warn about safety of their products.

Maybe you should tell Aldi that then... 

LittleVoice

harz99 said:

LittleVoice said:

harz99 said:

LittleVoice said:

Bacman said:

briskbeats said:

The other day I had to sling out some Lidl’s fat free Greek yogurt. Opened it 3 days before. Though had another 10 days on bb date - it curdled and stank.

I use the stretchy silicon lid covers and never had a problem 

BBE on dairy means unopened, once you open the product then oxygen gets into it and starts the rotting process, opened dairy should be consumed within 2 days of opening, 3 is usually ok but after that, bin it or not only will be product be unpleasant but also could make you sick. So, for example, if the BBE date is 10th of the month, if you open it on 7th, good (usually) to 10th, 8th to 10th, 9th to 10th (maybe 11th), 10th use on the day; if before 7th then 2 or 3 days later from opening date.

On other note, we love the Lidl version of the chocolate digestive biscuits, about 1/3 the McVities price and we think actually taste even better.

I think you may be misinformed.  Dairy products do not have BBE dates.

They may well suggest that the product should be consumed "within 3 days of opening and before the Use By date" - but I have lived so long that I have not only safety consumed dairy products beyond such dates but survived not having them added to purchases.

I expect those biscuits do have a BB date.  Perhaps they are too enticing, but would you bin those if they ever reached that date?

Little Voice, the original response was to a post about yoghurt going off, my Aldi 6 pack fruit yoghurts certainly DO have a BBE date, as does my Aldi Beautifully Butterly spread... 

All the yogurts (Sainsbury's), and cheese and fromage frais (Lidl) in my fridge have Use By dates, not BBE dates.

The Foods Standards Agency (a government agency which I would hope knows about these things) says that the Best Before dates are about quality, not safety.  For safety you need to look for a Use By date.  (See Best before and use-by dates | Food Standards Agency )

If Aldi is putting a BBE date on yogurts then perhaps they should use Use By if they want to warn about safety of their products.

Maybe you should tell Aldi that then... 

Note I used the word "if".  ("If Aldi is putting a BBE date on yogurts . . . ")

And if I ever go into an Aldi and find they are using BBE and not Use By on their yogurts, I would follow up on that.  I'm not going out of my way to see.

briskbeats

Cornucopia said:

mikb said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

Just tried this, which I bought this afternoon for the grand sum of 49p:



The lady at the till said it is delicious, and she is right

Is that ALDI or Lidl ? I wonder if it's as good as Hellas-syrup filled chocolates used to be. They should bring those back, I miss them!

Lidl -- they are part of the East European week.

They also do a raspberry one of this. Lovely

This week is Greek and buy the canned stuffed vine leaves. Got 2-3 years on the date. Very good plus a lot cheaper than the fresh ones other supermarkets do. £1.29 for a can v £5-£5.50 for 3 mix n match on things like sun dried tomatoes, chilli stuffed peppers etc

mikb

LittleVoice said:

harz99 said:

LittleVoice said:

Bacman said:

briskbeats said:

The other day I had to sling out some Lidl’s fat free Greek yogurt. Opened it 3 days before. Though had another 10 days on bb date - it curdled and stank.

I use the stretchy silicon lid covers and never had a problem 

BBE on dairy means unopened, once you open the product then oxygen gets into it and starts the rotting process, opened dairy should be consumed within 2 days of opening, 3 is usually ok but after that, bin it or not only will be product be unpleasant but also could make you sick. So, for example, if the BBE date is 10th of the month, if you open it on 7th, good (usually) to 10th, 8th to 10th, 9th to 10th (maybe 11th), 10th use on the day; if before 7th then 2 or 3 days later from opening date.

On other note, we love the Lidl version of the chocolate digestive biscuits, about 1/3 the McVities price and we think actually taste even better.

I think you may be misinformed.  Dairy products do not have BBE dates.

They may well suggest that the product should be consumed "within 3 days of opening and before the Use By date" - but I have lived so long that I have not only safety consumed dairy products beyond such dates but survived not having them added to purchases.

I expect those biscuits do have a BB date.  Perhaps they are too enticing, but would you bin those if they ever reached that date?

Little Voice, the original response was to a post about yoghurt going off, my Aldi 6 pack fruit yoghurts certainly DO have a BBE date, as does my Aldi Beautifully Butterly spread... 

All the yogurts (Sainsbury's), and cheese and fromage frais (Lidl) in my fridge have Use By dates, not BBE dates.

The Foods Standards Agency (a government agency which I would hope knows about these things) says that the Best Before dates are about quality, not safety.  For safety you need to look for a Use By date.  (See Best before and use-by dates | Food Standards Agency )

If Aldi is putting a BBE date on yogurts then perhaps they should use Use By if they want to warn about safety of their products.

I would normally agree that "you obviously mean Use By" is the correct response here. But ...

I've just looked at the ALDI "Brooklea Low Fat" 6 packs in my fridge. They absolutely do say "Best Before:" in TWO places -- the lid, under the printed date, and the side panel "BEST BEFORE: See Lid".

"ALDI, what are you thinking!"

It's clearly not some special modern non-dairy long-lasting super-yoghurt -- as it also says "Once opened, consume immediately", which is why I neck them in one. No spoon.