Great 'What's Hot and What's not at Aldi, Lidl & Netto' Hunt revisted
What's this about?
Super-cheap supermarkets Lidl, Aldi and Netto smack the bottoms of their big name competitors when it comes to price. The problem is that their products can be hit and miss.
This is all about rating their best deals
To beat this, three years ago, we asked MoneySavers to rate the good products from the bad (see the orginal hunt). The results formed the What's Hot and What's Not at Aldi/Lidl/Netto guide.
Three years is a long time, and so we need your help to do it again. Please click reply and put in your recommendations.
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Super-cheap supermarkets Lidl, Aldi and Netto smack the bottoms of their big name competitors when it comes to price. The problem is that their products can be hit and miss.
This is all about rating their best deals
To beat this, three years ago, we asked MoneySavers to rate the good products from the bad (see the orginal hunt). The results formed the What's Hot and What's Not at Aldi/Lidl/Netto guide.
Now we want to rate the products again and need your help
Three years is a long time, and so we need your help to do it again. Please click reply and put in your recommendations.
The best format is like this
- Supermarket: Detail which you're talking about
- My top things to buy are:
- My top things to avoid are:
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I'll throw in.
Supermarket: LIDL
My top things to buy are:
Bockwurst, pack of 10, chiller
German potato salad (1kg tub)
Frikadellen
Peas and carrots, canned
Kabanossi sausages
Pork salami (the big one)
Orangeade 2l
Chicken soup, large can
Luxury muesli
Multivitamin juice
My top things to avoid are:
Maccaroni Cheese
Chili con carne, 800g can0 -
the fruit and veg in aldi lidl is great ive never found anything nice in nettoonwards and upwards0
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Lidl
Recommend -
Sliced meats
Tortilla wraps
Diet cola
Cup a soups
Barbeque spare ribs
Potato salad
Coleslaw
Iced marble cakes
Malted wheats (shreddies)
Chocolate sandwich bars (orange, mint and plain - imitation penguins basically)
Xmas gingerbread biscuits
Frozen pizzas
Cheese
Own brand version of twix bars/milky ways (whatever they call them)
Instant noodles
Orange juice
Onion rings
Breaded fish
Salmon fillets with herbed crust
Yogurt
Kitchen roll
Mayonniase
Jelly babies
Neopolitan wafer ice creams, sandwich icecreams, imitation cornettos/magnums
Premium vanilla ice cream
Own brand multipacks of crisps
Xmas cake
Jam
Jaffa cakes
Olive oil
Tinned veg
Avoid
800g tins of chilli
Milk in warmer weather - goes off extremely quickly, not so bad in winter but still doesn't seem to last as long as supermarket stuff before going 'off.'
Olive oil
Yeast extract
Baked beans
Frozen peas (like bullets)
Tinned spaghetti
Fruit and veg is generally great and brilliant value, but other times the quality can be lacking, but this is easily judged by appearance. Don't be put off if it seems bad quality now and then as more often than not it is a great buy.0 -
ALDI
Recommend: Pesto - 99p a jar and seven different varieties, its great!!! Also coconut milk, when it is in stock which isn't all the time, is MILES cheaper than any of the big supermarkets and just as nice, not watery which is always the risk with the cheaper versions.0 -
lidl sell some great sweets..........the party mix (various individual packets) are great.
orange juice (still yet to find anywhere cheaper @ £0.58)0 -
I wouldn't touch foodstuffs in Netto, but I find them ok for household cleaning stuff in general, ie bleach, washing up liquid etc.Be careful who you open up to. Today it's ears, tomorrow it's mouth.0
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I'm working on comparing the vetinary food stamps from major brands against Aldi's own to see which major producers make food for Aldi.
Lidl do a lovely iced coffee for 55p, various flavours.0 -
Fruit n veg in ALDI is brill, in LIDL it's a bit hit and miss.Bread is dire form both of them, and I can't get hold of red lentils at LIDL at the mo, there's a shortage apparently:rolleyes:"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf"
(Kabat-Zinn 2004):D:D:D0 -
Lidls
Fresh Vale Wafer Thin Cooked Ham 400g (£2.19) - fabulous quality and not at all plasticky like Tesco/Asda ham (and considerably cheaper)
Pre Packed Salami Slices - fantastic taste and price (I think it was £1.49 for 200g)
Lidls version of coco pops £1.19 - kids think these are nicer than coco pops.0 -
Aldi and Lidl, a world away, and absolutely not to be confused with Netto, which is just cheap and usually nasty.
Anyway - in Aldi
Recommend
Their varied frozen fish dishes
Muesli
Carlos round frozen pizza - one of the best frozen pizzas IMO - and really reasonable
Frostys luxury ice cream
Clothes washing liquid
The fruit and veg can be varied, but is usually as good as any
Jars of cooking sauce - the Korma is one of the best I've tasted and incredibly cheap.
Chicken breasts - seriously some of the best chicken of it's type, better definately than Tesco and cheaper - though obviously nothing like if you support a local butcher.
Carrot cake - this is the best carrot cake I have ever tasted, and knocks the socks off Marks and Spencer - I'm serious!
German beers - nothing over special, but very palatable, and at just over £3 for 6 bottles you can't go wrong
Their weetabix look-a-like - frankly you won't be able to taste any difference.
Avoid
Cornflakes - you might as well just eat the box it comes in.0
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