Which own brand/budget products are good?

Another +1 for Aldi Spuddies. I think I prefer them to Tayto now. Aldi's chocolate digestives are also great and a steal at 65c.

I can't remember how much it is, but Aldi's bags of rocket are delicious and seem to last a lot longer than other brands. I finished off a bag at lunchtime that had been open since Saturday and it was still fresh and dry.

snubbleste wrote: »

Supervalu daily basics jaffa cakes are yum!
89c for 24 pack ~ 300g.

The nicest and cheapest jaffa cake in the world!!

Aldi custard creams by Belmot are lovely! 34 in pack and are only 69cent. Also agree with previous posters about the Dunnes brand Choc chip cookies and gingernuts. Better than branded items.

Lidl

Cat food, cheap and keeps the moggies happy. Ready meals if don’t feel like cooking and only €1.99. Chinese chicken in black bean sauce with rice. All the Indian range; especially the chicken Korma with pilau rice.

Sweet and sour or Thai green curry sauce when cooking and my daughters love the Thai green curry in particular when I cook it.

I think their mature cheddar is about €7.95 per kg against €14.95 (?) per kg for Kilmeaden and every bit as good imo.

Aldi.

Almat detergent, no problems. Even Danny Baker would be impressed. Liquid hand soaps, blue anti-bacterial smells nice. Again, ready meals. Thai curry and chicken and bacon with potatoes and leek is lovely and again only €1.99 each. Digestives, not bad, ginger nuts and fig rolls the same. Love the salt and vinegar Stackers that are only €1.15 and better than Pringles imo. I like a glass or 6 of cider at the weekend especially pear and the Taurus pear cider is a nice drop at €3.99 per 2L. Probably missing a lot of stuff as I shop mostly here.

I’m hard pushed to shop in Tesco but just because it is a bit out of the way and I’m no fan of Dunnes and their euphemistically named “rewards scheme,” sending me vouchers for stuff that I’ve never bought in my life.

Pico pizza's from lidl are lovely

Atomic Pineapple wrote: »

Pico pizza's from lidl are lovely

How much are they? The Supervalu €2 pizzas are tasty. Not as filling as Goodfellas but every bit as tasty. Really like the five cheese one and the sweet chilli chicken too.

Aldi used to do nice sundried tomatoes, but they stopped it for some reason. I used to make a nice pesto from them

snubbleste wrote: »

Tesco Every Day Value 80 Teabags 250G
"Blended and tasted by experts"
Revolting stuff. I don't how they sell these, anyone would tastebuds would not go near them.

I've never tried those ones, but the "ordinary" Tesco tea bags (1.89 for 80) are really nice I think. I used to only like Lyons or Barry's Gold Blend. Although I know tea can be a very subjective taste!

NATLOR wrote: »

Aldi's version of weetabix,cheerios,shreddies special k and cornflakes are excellent and more than half the price,they are the only generic brand my kids will eat and they are well fussy!

Have you checked the respective nutritional information of the Aldi cereals compared to their brand name counterparts.

I remember a couple of years ago I noticed that the Tesco version of weetabix had way more sugar than actual Weetabix. Dunno if that still is the case. Anyway, it might be worth having a look on the side of the box

snubbleste wrote: »

Tesco Every Day Value 80 Teabags 250G
"Blended and tasted by experts"
Revolting stuff. I don't how they sell these, anyone would tastebuds would not go near them.

I find Dunnes 80 bags gold bland tea bags to be grand out, honestly don't notice any difference to the Barrys ones the parents use at home, €1.50 for the 80 bags last time I bought so decent value

Red Crow wrote: »

The Tesco Weetabix are delicious. And there only 2.69 or something for 48!

if you buy 2 of the 24 pack it is cheaper than the 48 pack. 90% of the time all the time.

Tabnabs wrote: »

To drag up an old comment, both the Lidl and the Aldi Bix are like eating soggy cardboard. We all gave up on them. Dunnes version however is identical to wheetabix and according to the boxes, identical nutritional information etc.

Not our households opinion to be honest. Notwithstanding nutritional differences (haven't got a wheetabix box to compare), but we don't rate lidl's, but aldi and tesco are as good as the original imo, with aldi our preference. Well as good as we won't pay the extra anyway.

Definitely watch tesco on the pricing - 24 packs less than half the price of the 48 pack (not the only item I've nearly got caught on in tesco either)

snubbleste wrote: »

Tesco Every Day Value 80 Teabags 250G
"Blended and tasted by experts"
Revolting stuff. I don't how they sell these, anyone would tastebuds would not go near them.

These really are awful - i bought them and dumped them after one!!

Doodlebug wrote: »

Originally Posted by snubbleste View Post
Tesco Every Day Value 80 Teabags 250G
"Blended and tasted by experts"
Revolting stuff. I don't how they sell these, anyone would tastebuds would not go near them.
I've never tried those ones, but the "ordinary" Tesco tea bags (1.89 for 80) are really nice I think. I used to only like Lyons or Barry's Gold Blend. Although I know tea can be a very subjective taste!

These ones are fine, I normally use McGrath's teabags from Aldi, but these are equally grand.

Tesco Hot Oats at €1.89 is significantly (approx 50%) cheaper than Ready Brek and my kids can't tell the difference, looks the same to me too!

stoutykid wrote: »

The relish from Aldi and Lidi are really good IMO. The jalopeno one is my fav and beats the over priced Ballymaloe one in our house.

Don't like Aldi's versions at all - Lidl ones are pretty much identical bar the fact they're about 50% of the price!

Lidl's brown soda bread, their Deluxe sausages and 16 pack "regular" sausages are fantastic.