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

maman

I noticed a few weeks back that Aldi is now selling own brand lazy garlic. I started a new jar yesterday and saw that the weight is different from my old jar from Lidl. Same price 79p but Aldi has 120g drained weight but Lidl 150g. Definitely worth buying from Lidl. 😁

MrsStepford

Hello :waves: I am hoping that Aldi shoppers will have tried at least some of these products as I am hoping to do a click and collect next week. 

Specially Selected Pesto Alla Genovese 190g 89p, The Deli Balsamic Vinegar of Modena 500ml 1.29, The Deli Cornichons with herbs 350g 85p, The Fishmonger Fusions Tuna lemon and thyme 80g 89p, The Fishmonger Anchovies in olive oil 50g 49p. The Fishmonger chilli and garlic tuna 80g 89p, 

I'm especially interested in the balsamic vinegar, anchovies and tuna with chilli. 

Many thanks

Cornucopia

- Cornichons are good (in fact all the pickled veg is)

- The 80g tuna mixes are good but quite small for the price (they used to be a fair bit cheaper).   The chilli one is quite spicy.

maman

I can't say I've tried any of those times but they sound lush and I'd give them a try. 😋

My go to place for cornichons is Lidl. They're just plain but they sell large jars (670g, drained 370g). They're a bu**er to open but they taste great, really nutty. 

Rosa_Damascena

MrsStepford said:

Hello :waves: I am hoping that Aldi shoppers will have tried at least some of these products as I am hoping to do a click and collect next week. 

Specially Selected Pesto Alla Genovese 190g 89p, The Deli Balsamic Vinegar of Modena 500ml 1.29, The Deli Cornichons with herbs 350g 85p, The Fishmonger Fusions Tuna lemon and thyme 80g 89p, The Fishmonger Anchovies in olive oil 50g 49p. The Fishmonger chilli and garlic tuna 80g 89p, 

I'm especially interested in the balsamic vinegar, anchovies and tuna with chilli. 

Many thanks

Not sure about the SS pesto but the bog standard green and red - about 70p IIRC - are fine. Goes for both Aldi and Lidl, I think its the same stuff.

Rosa_Damascena

I was a bit surprised about the pricing of the bottled water in Aldi yesterday: 4x2L (ie 8L) for 99p, fair enough. But I also slung in a couple of 5L bottles without looking at the price and later noted the receipt as 99p each too. Whatever happened to economies of scale?

Doc_N

Rosa_Damascena said:

I was a bit surprised about the pricing of the bottled water in Aldi yesterday: 4x2L (ie 8L) for 99p, fair enough. But I also slung in a couple of 5L bottles without looking at the price and later noted the receipt as 99p each too. Whatever happened to economies of scale?

It's a prime example of economies of scale. They sell vastly more of the 2L than the 5L.

rhcp

Just been in to my aldi after it has been refurbished, they have started putting some fruit and veg in a chiller. I assume to make it last longer.

Rosa_Damascena

Doc_N said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

I was a bit surprised about the pricing of the bottled water in Aldi yesterday: 4x2L (ie 8L) for 99p, fair enough. But I also slung in a couple of 5L bottles without looking at the price and later noted the receipt as 99p each too. Whatever happened to economies of scale?

It's a prime example of economies of scale. They sell vastly more of the 2L than the 5L.

I can be forgiven for having my own interests in mind and not Aldi's

robrymond

Doc_N said:

Rosa_Damascena said:

I was a bit surprised about the pricing of the bottled water in Aldi yesterday: 4x2L (ie 8L) for 99p, fair enough. But I also slung in a couple of 5L bottles without looking at the price and later noted the receipt as 99p each too. Whatever happened to economies of scale?

It's a prime example of economies of scale. They sell vastly more of the 2L than the 5L.

Four bottles is now 85p as well for sparkling so it's actually gone down!