Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi all! We have been experiencing an issue on site where threads have been missing the latest postings. The platform host Vanilla are working on this issue. A workaround that has been used by some is to navigate back from 1 to 10+ pages to re-sync the thread and this will then show the latest posts. Thanks, Mike.
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

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

24567…15

Comments

  • #52
    Recessionbust
    Registered Users Posts: 243 ✭✭Recessionbust


    whirlpool wrote: »
    The next person to mention toast gets a free lifetime supply of Lidl condoms, and they HAVE TO use them.

    Ill toast to that :-D


  • #53
    Battered Mars Bar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 672 ✭✭✭Battered Mars Bar


    vicwatson wrote: »


    Browning is in essence burning bread, there are varying degrees of course.

    Get over it.;)

    "Burning toast" One cannot burn bread.


  • #54
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Cicero wrote: »
    My entire weekly shop

    glad you are so rich!
    Polloloca wrote: »
    Everything.

    and you!
    YouTookMyName wrote: »
    all meat and frozen stuff veg.

    Meats and frozen greens are just fine.
    bubblefett wrote: »
    Milk.
    For most stuff they're grand

    Milks fine
    mikeym wrote: »
    Wouldnt touch the Ketchup :(

    You can buy Heinz in Lidl if you like.


  • #55
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭RichieC


    all the things.


  • #56
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Lionel Messy wrote: »
    The johnnies look dodgy alright. I don't know why they sell them. Lets face it, most people who shop in Lidl don't use them.

    Ehh..... ok there. You're basing this obviously on lots of research and not just some completely uninformed view that you have from walking by one once.
    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    Irony is that most of their products are actually supplied by the big manufacturers (Hunky Dorys supply the Aldi crisps), so it's quite possible that the condoms could be from the likes of Durex. Not that Durex are likely to admit it...

    Would you take the risk? Jaysus!


  • #57
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    Cigarettes because I don't smoke.


  • #58
    meoklmrk91
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    I would find Lidl very hit and miss, some of there stuff is grand, an awful lot of it is rank though. Their beans are too sugary for example, lunchmeats are expensive and not that nice and their meat isn't the best either.

    Aldi however is the ****, have yet to come across something that tasted like it was made cheaply.


  • #59
    Owen_S
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭Owen_S


    The Fruity Mondos :pac:


  • #60
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


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


  • Advertisement
  • #61
    Benny_Cake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,205 ✭✭✭Benny_Cake


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Would you take the risk? Jaysus!

    Haven't been in the condom-buying market for some time, but no, I don't think I'd take the risk!


  • #62
    saa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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: 14,124 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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,822 ✭✭✭stimpson


    forfuxsake wrote: »
    I do find their catfood too salty

    WTF?


  • Advertisement
  • #67
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


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


  • #68
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,542 ✭✭✭✭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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,542 ✭✭✭✭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, Registered Users 2 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, Registered Users 2 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!!!


  • Advertisement
  • #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: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭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, Registered Users 2 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: 14,124 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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,499 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • Advertisement
  • #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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,542 ✭✭✭✭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, Registered Users 2 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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,542 ✭✭✭✭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


  • Advertisement
  • #91
    orchidsrpretty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,147 ✭✭✭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


  • #92
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    Benny_Cake wrote: »
    Coffee, tea, ketchup, mayonnaise, cat food (nobody has told cats that we're in a recession). Apart from that I find most stuff is as good if not better than branded items.

    Is their heinz/chef (cant remember which, it doesnt bother me what I get) different that the same bottle in Dunnes or Tesco?


  • #93
    dearg lady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭dearg lady


    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)

    And? Even with perfect use, the failure rate on condoms is still 2%, typical use failure rate is 15%, so it's not that shocking, and there's no proof this brand of condom was the issue.
    I've used Lidl condoms...Mondos, why did they have to call them that?!!! The only thing I've found so far that I'd avoid is Aldi mayonaise, very watery stuff.


  • #94
    TheMilkyPirate
    Registered Users Posts: 6,017 ✭✭✭TheMilkyPirate


    mummymoo wrote: »
    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!

    Bollox, Lidl pull up nappies are the best you can buy. Hold more piss than a camel.


  • #95
    Ghandee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭Ghandee


    dearg lady wrote: »
    And? Even with perfect use, the failure rate on condoms is still 2%, typical use failure rate is 15%, so it's not that shocking, and there's no proof this brand of condom was the issue.
    I've used Lidl condoms...Mondos, why did they have to call them that?!!! The only thing I've found so far that I'd avoid is Aldi mayonaise, very watery stuff.

    Dearg lady has a mickey, na na, na na na :pac:


  • #96
    CinammonGirl
    Registered Users Posts: 185 ✭✭CinammonGirl


    Lidl: toilet paper and cleaning stuff.
    Their bakery breads and cakes are lovely.
    Don't shop in Aldi


  • Advertisement
  • #97
    dearg lady
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,091 ✭✭✭dearg lady


    Ghandee wrote: »
    Dearg lady has a mickey, na na, na na na :pac:

    shhhhhhhhhhh! :P


  • #98
    Johnny Derpp
    Registered Users Posts: 216 ✭✭Johnny Derpp


    ****in bin liners. They'd rip like a twinks arse at an anal party.


  • #99
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    YouTookMyName wrote: »
    all meat and frozen stuff veg.

    Aldi has some of the best steaks and freshest veg going - and much cheaper than competitors (i.e. other supermarkets not butchers or green grocers

    Some of the wines are also brilliant despite the price and have been recommended by friends working in that area


  • #100
    Midnight Sundance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 798 ✭✭✭Midnight Sundance


    I wouldn't buy the bread in lidl anymore. Green packet, if that makes a difference?!!

    I left it in my press for a couple of weeks. It was hidden by cereal boxes.
    Anyways after two weeks you'd expect it to walk out of the press and put itself into the bin it would be that manky...
    It looked like I'd just bought it the day before...
    Makes you question what preservatives they put into it


  • #101
    Chain_reaction
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭Chain_reaction


    a fat guy wrote: »
    Yeah.

    Buy one, get a child free!

    I've used them in the past.

    Saying that I spent a good while googling them first. They've never split like Durex.


    I'm earning again so its back to name brand! All I can think of now is people secretly sniggering at us when we did buy them. No babies yet!! huzzah! Poor people need love to!!

    I will admit a few years ago a chap I was seeing produced a mondo.. I quickly gathered my things and left.


    But to answer the question at hand - Tinned mushrooms, tinned peas, tinned hot dogs, Irish stew. Everything else is fair game.


  • Advertisement
Advertisement