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Things you refuse to buy in Lidl and Aldi....

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  • #62
    saa
    Registered Users Posts: 2,194 ✭✭✭saa


    The Aldi shampoo is useless, not because its cheap because there is/was an apple Tesco shampoo that was great.

    Ha I love how some people have a weird phobia about anything that comes from Aldi or Lidl I remember when Lidl came to town when I was still in school the teacher used to make a point regularly that she would not even step into the shop because the food just wasnt... right.


  • #63
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    The Aldi fabric softener is really bad. The Lidl stuff is good though.


  • #64
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 13,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    I buy most of my shopping in Aldi, wouldn't buy the baked beans, tried Lidl ones when they first arrived and they were rank.


  • #65
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    whirlpool wrote: »
    I always laugh when I see Aldi's version of "Hunky Dorys" http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/product_range/product_range_19188.htm
    Bill O'Herlihy's favorite crisps.


  • #66
    stimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 7,815 ✭✭✭stimpson


    forfuxsake wrote: »
    I do find their catfood too salty

    WTF?


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  • #67
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,920 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Don't the Lidl condoms have the quality assurance symbol on them?


  • #68
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,388 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Don't know how people can complain about Lidl's bread as it's baked in store all day and is nice and fresh.

    Unless you're a "Brennan's" bread person.

    Good bread is very hard to get in Ireland.

    Also coffee.....people saying their instant coffee is poor makes me laugh.

    Don't see anything wrong with their veg or chicken fillets or millk.


  • #69
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,388 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    whirlpool wrote: »
    I always laugh when I see Aldi's version of "Hunky Dorys" http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/product_range/product_range_19188.htm

    Wow, how do they get away with that?

    Something similar in Lidl that looks like 'Utterly butterly"


  • #70
    Slunk
    Registered Users Posts: 2,556 ✭✭✭Slunk


    The condoms have a German quality assurance number or something or other to say they are up to the job. Don't think the Germans would settle for shoddy merchandise. Have used them in the past with no problems


  • #71
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Lidl in Ashbourne have an in house bakery and its brilliant, very tasty and reasonable but back on topic would not buy cereals from both,they are rank!!!


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  • #72
    sea_monkey
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 755 ✭✭✭sea_monkey


    chainsaws

    i like to get mine from a reliable source that deals in many types of chainsaws


  • #73
    hamco
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭hamco


    Coffee and washing powder.


  • #74
    previous user
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭previous user


    Battered Mars Bar wrote: »
    The bread

    Whats wrong with the fresh bread section in Lidl? its pretty good.


  • #75
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,978 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    I used to be a retailer/brand snob then reality kicked in and I dipped my toes in. Made a few "wrong" purchases early doors like the cheap sausages (but these are lovely) but truth is most of what you find is perfectly decent/good or indeed great - fruit and veg are excellent, the fat frozen chisps are bonzo as is the chocolate, the cheddar (green and purple packs) is lovely. Bixies are better than Weetabix for half the price. All pasta, noodles, tagliatelle type products are as good as anyones.

    Stay away from the ultra cheap frozen ready meals though. Very basic eating indeed.


  • #76
    EdenHazard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,296 ✭✭✭EdenHazard


    whirlpool wrote: »
    I always laugh when I see Aldi's version of "Hunky Dorys" http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/product_range/product_range_19188.htm

    Hahahahahahhahahahahahahahahah so good.

    The cereals are awesome for just mixing together loads of cereals, nothing better than about 5 cereals in one, but they(think Lidl) used to have the most vile 'fruity hoops' cereal I've ever tasted


  • #77
    Deus Ex Machina
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,556 ✭✭✭Deus Ex Machina


    I wouldn't buy their whiskey, purely because it's gross. I've tried their cheese and chorizo though, which is not bad.


  • #78
    arse..biscuits
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭arse..biscuits


    My wife had our first child in 2010. We planned to wait two years before our second. But thanks to lidl, our second is nearly one already. (not joking)


  • #79
    pc7
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 13,982 Mod ✭✭✭✭pc7


    arse..biscuits wrote: »
    My wife had our first child in 2010. We planned to wait two years before our second. But thanks to lidl, our second is nearly one already. (not joking)

    Is that cause you could afford a second because they are cheaper than the other shops? Or because you used their condoms (or cling film)?


  • #80
    fullstop
    Registered Users Posts: 11,300 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    Littlehorny wrote: »
    Lidl in Ashbourne have an in house bakery and its brilliant

    They all do AFAIK


  • #81
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    murpho999 wrote: »
    whirlpool wrote: »
    I always laugh when I see Aldi's version of "Hunky Dorys" http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/product_range/product_range_19188.htm

    Wow, how do they get away with that?

    Something similar in Lidl that looks like 'Utterly butterly"

    They get away with it because they're made by Largo Foods, same as Hunky Dorys.


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  • #82
    mummymoo
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭mummymoo


    the only thing i dont buy in there is shampoo (because they dont sell the one i use) and nappies, there shocking! everything else is great!


  • #83
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,388 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    arse..biscuits wrote: »
    My wife had our first child in 2010. We planned to wait two years before our second. But thanks to lidl, our second is nearly one already. (not joking)

    Of course that has never happened with Durex!


  • #84
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    arse..biscuits wrote: »
    My wife had our first child in 2010. We planned to wait two years before our second. But thanks to lidl, our second is nearly one already. (not joking)

    That's what happens when you let the wife shag a shop. (am joking)


  • #85
    arse..biscuits
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭arse..biscuits


    pc7 wrote: »
    arse..biscuits wrote: »
    My wife had our first child in 2010. We planned to wait two years before our second. But thanks to lidl, our second is nearly one already. (not joking)

    Is that cause you could afford a second because they are cheaper than the other shops? Or because you used their condoms (or cling film)?

    Answer 2.

    I have two kids, the big one and the lidl one


  • #86
    chimmy chonga
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭chimmy chonga


    forfuxsake wrote: »

    I do find their catfood too salty
    well don't eat it then!


  • #87
    cocoshovel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,041 ✭✭✭cocoshovel


    Their cereal.


  • #88
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Spirits and that's about it. Aldi is great quality. I don't look at Lidl so much but I'm sure there's nothing wrong with the place either.


  • #89
    murpho999
    Registered Users Posts: 28,388 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    arse..biscuits wrote: »
    Answer 2.

    I have two kids, the big one and the lidl one

    Hope he doesn't get a complex.


  • #90
    chimmy chonga
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭chimmy chonga


    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    They get away with it because they're made by Largo Foods, same as Hunky Dorys.
    You will find that they are Hunky Dory rejects - the quality is sh1t. imo


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  • #91
    orchidsrpretty
    Registered Users Posts: 2,138 ✭✭✭orchidsrpretty


    Before I was poor there was lots of stuff I would only buy in Tesco like mayo ketchup toilet paper toiletries etc. Now I am a lot less fussy but still buy toiletries in Tesco. Did try lidl toothpaste once and it was horrible


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