Aldi Crisps

Hank_Jones

Often have myself some Aldi crisps, they are the business.

The cheese and onion ones taste like Walkers,
Smokey Bacon taste like Tayto,
Salt & Vinegar taste like Walkers (I think, not a big fan of S & V)

They also have a selection of crisps that are pretty much identical to Chipstix, Bikers and a few others.

So they basically took the best flavours from all the local crisp makers and packaged them as their own.

Is this the greatest rip off ever?

Me thinks so.

MrStuffins

How is it a rip off? if they're able to replicate the lovely taste of the big companies for a lower price, that's great!

Tayto and Walkers didnt invent Cheese & Onion Crisps!

Hank_Jones

MrStuffins wrote: »

How is it a rip off? if they're able to replicate the lovely taste of the big companies for a lower price, that's great!

Tayto and Walkers didnt invent Cheese & Onion Crisps!

Indeed, I must replicate the exact taste of Coca Cola and sell it at a knock down price.

Them selling them works out well for me, couldn't care less.

I can appreciate a good crisp.

Eroticfishcake

Hank_Jones wrote: »

The cheese and onion ones taste like Walkers,
Smokey Bacon taste like Tayto,
Salt & Vinegar taste like Walkers (I think, not a big fan of S & V)

You're wrong, they don't

MrStuffins

My mother bought a 6 pack of crisps last week. She says to me "Hey Mr.Stuffins, would you like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys?"

"Yes mammy, I would rather like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys"

So I tucked into the packet and they tasted off, so I inspected the pack to see the Best Before and when I did I notieced thay were in fact a rip off called "Okie Dokies". the packet was a copy of Hunky Dorys.

They werent as nice!

RichieC

MrStuffins wrote: »

How is it a rip off? if they're able to replicate the lovely taste of the big companies for a lower price, that's great!

Tayto and Walkers didnt invent Cheese & Onion Crisps!

Tayto in fact did invent cheese and onion.

MrStuffins

RichieC wrote: »

Tayto in fact did invent cheese and onion.

But Walkers didn't....... and he was talking about Cheese and Onion tasting like Walkers..... so THERE!!! :P

I honestly had no idea Tayto invented Cheese 7 Onion Crisps. Nice one!

Hank_Jones

Eroticfishcake wrote: »

You're wrong, they don't

*Checks location*

They do in Louth.

Pompey Magnus

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Salt & Vinegar taste like Walkers (I think, not a big fan of S & V)

Walkers' Salt and Vinegar sucks, they are close to being tasteless.

Adyx

Pompey Magnus wrote: »

Walkers' sucks, they are close to being tasteless.

FYP

Hank_Jones

Oh yeah, they also have crisps called Okey Dokeys that are placed beside the Hunky Dorys and have similar flavours.

It's a massive crisp conspiracy.

theteal

since when did walkers become the benchmark for cheese and onion crisps in Ireland, I wouldn't even have them in the top 3 - jaysus I'd even prefer Perry!

Tbh OP, I can't see the quality you're referring to in aldi/lidl brand crisps, they're pretty poor.

One of them, I think aldi, has a great fizzy orange though, would almost rival finches and club. Being stuck where I am, you appreciate a good fizzy orange!

Eroticfishcake

Hank_Jones wrote: »

*Checks location*

They do in Louth.

I'm pretty sure the Louth Aldi isn't that much different to here! Well apart from not doing Salt n Vinegar over here :mad: Poxy paprika instead *vomit smiley

MrStuffins

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Oh yeah, they also have crisps called Okey Dokeys that are placed beside the Hunky Dorys and have similar flavours.

It's a massive crisp conspiracy.

MrStuffins wrote: »

My mother bought a 6 pack of crisps last week. She says to me "Hey Mr.Stuffins, would you like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys?"

"Yes mammy, I would rather like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys"

So I tucked into the packet and they tasted off, so I inspected the pack to see the Best Before and when I did I notieced thay were in fact a rip off called "Okie Dokies". the packet was a copy of Hunky Dorys.

They werent as nice!

washiskin

I think it has been mentioned elsewhere in Consumer that the Aldi Okey Dokey crisps are made by Largo Foods aka Perri aka Hunky Dorys and nowadays makers of Tayto.

The company is based in Meath - maybe that's why it may leave a certain "taste" on the Louth palate??

Temptamperu

Nah i had aldi crips the other day salt and vineger tasted like stale ready salted and the cheese and onion had no flavour.
Walkers are shít too.
Tayto multipack is where its at.

hardCopy

Call me when they have King Cheese & Onion

oppenheimer1

MrStuffins wrote: »

My mother bought a 6 pack of crisps last week. She says to me "Hey Mr.Stuffins, would you like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys?"

"Yes mammy, I would rather like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys"

So I tucked into the packet and they tasted off, so I inspected the pack to see the Best Before and when I did I notieced thay were in fact a rip off called "Okie Dokies". the packet was a copy of Hunky Dorys.

They werent as nice!

Strange... as both hunky dorys and Okie Dokies are both made by Largo foods in the same factory... probably on the same line.

The difference is all in the mind. Powerful stuff this advertising lark.

MrStuffins

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Strange... as both hunky dorys and Okie Dokies are both made by Largo foods in the same factory... probably on the same line.

The difference is all in the mind. Powerful stuff this advertising lark.

Well the difference wasn't at all in the mind as, if you'd read the story, I realised they tasted different before actually realising they were not Hunky Dorys.

Trust me, Okey Dokeys don't taste as good as Hunky Dorys. The difference is all in the mouth with this one!

phasers

they sell a multipack with onion ringds, cheese curls and some wheelies knock offs that taste really good.

Although wheelies started to taste like crap a few years ago when they started skimping on the powder.

up for anything

Hank_Jones wrote: »

Indeed, I must replicate the exact taste of Coca Cola and sell it at a knock down price.

As a confirmed Coca-Cola snob I was surprised to find that the Ikea fake coke is probably the head and shoulders over all the 'fake' cokes including Pepsi.

Sooopie

You can't beat a good bag of Tayto Cheese and Onion

Another favourite would have to be Marks and Spencers beef and onion, have loved them since i were a nipper

wild_cat

Their crinkle crisps are made my largo so your basically getting hunky doreys but at own brand prices.

It's the same with their Irish relishes... which are "hand made in county cork" and taste very like a well known Irish brand of high repute.

There was an article in the Irish times about it a few weeks ago, apparently a lot of the Aldi Irish own brand range comes from well known brands but at much smaller prices. Some of their yogurts are made by a reputable Irish brand to.


They buy the exact same meat as superquinn to.... but they sell it at cheaper prices.

It's pretty funny if you're a brand snob who thinks Aldi is sub standard...

Wertz

Bought those okie dokies for a while...they strike me as being hunky dorys that didn't make it past the first QC...they tend to be harder, less/more flavoursome or bigger/smaller.
But the taste isn't far off and at half the price they're grand.

Sofiztikated

The Lidl multi pack of crisps, its either 18 or 24 pack, in red packaging, are fecking deadly.

And they only cost about €3, whereas its normally €2.90 something for a 12 pack of Kings or Tayto.

However, my cola beverage HAS to be CocaCola. Failing that, de oul Country Spring Cola is full of sugary chemicalness. Similar to that of Cavan Cola.

mr.wiggle

hardCopy wrote: »

Call me when they have King Cheese & Onion

Mr.hardcopy?!.... Calling Mr.hardCopy!?

As fate would have it( Yes, FATE!), I am currently stuffing my gob with a packet of Aldi's lovely cheese&onion Spuddy's, ( from their 24 x multi-pack).
And what do I think they taste like?
Yes! you got it in one.....King Cheese and Onion !!! I s**t you not !

Nom, nom, nom....

Now where's that glass o milk..

Celly Smunt

some of their crisps can be horribly greasy though

Is this making anyone want to eat a pack of crisps?

Badgermonkey

Screw the crisps, anyone tried Aldi Irish Angus Steaks?

Seriously tasty.

Eroticfishcake

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Screw the crisps, anyone tried Aldi Irish Angus Steaks?

Seriously tasty.

I have and was seriously unimpressed. Do they do different cuts, maybe I just got a dodgy one. I think it was rump.

Sooopie

mr.wiggle wrote: »

Mr.hardcopy?!.... Calling Mr.hardCopy!?

As fate would have it( Yes, FATE!), I am currently stuffing my gob with a packet of Aldi's lovely cheese&onion Spuddy's, ( from their 24 x multi-pack).
And what do I think they taste like?
Yes! you got it in one.....King Cheese and Onion !!! I s**t you not !

Nom, nom, nom....

Now where's that glass o milk..

SO wrong

Jesus I hate milk, but milk after taytos? :eek:

*Barfs*

ScumLord

theteal wrote: »

since when did walkers become the benchmark for cheese and onion crisps in Ireland,

They haven't, I can only assume the OPs gone mad on low quality foreign cheese flavouring substitute.

You can get big bags of actual hunky dorys in Lidl.

theparish

I am partial to a Tayto Velvet crunch myself.I picked up the Aldi version last week and guess what they are exactly the same and cheaper to boot.

cosmic

Hmmm, I'd steer clear of them Okie Dokies if I were you...

http://aldi.ie/ie/html/service/17623.htm?WT.z_src=main

...small pieces of rubber?! :eek:

chalkie 501

Hunky dorys ad campaign=hot,breasty models in GAA jerseys.
if oakey dokeys want my money they better come up with something better than cheap prices:p

hardCopy

mr.wiggle wrote: »

hardCopy wrote: »

Call me when they have King Cheese & Onion

Mr.hardcopy?!.... Calling Mr.hardCopy!?

As fate would have it( Yes, FATE!), I am currently stuffing my gob with a packet of Aldi's lovely cheese&onion Spuddy's, ( from their 24 x multi-pack).
And what do I think they taste like?
Yes! you got it in one.....King Cheese and Onion !!! I s**t you not !

Nom, nom, nom....

Now where's that glass o milk..

To Aldi!

maxxie

Stop eating so much crisps ya fat pig

kfallon

maxxie wrote: »

Stop eating so much crisps ya fat pig

Sorry but this made me laugh

sunflower27

MrStuffins wrote: »

My mother bought a 6 pack of crisps last week. She says to me "Hey Mr.Stuffins, would you like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys?"

"Yes mammy, I would rather like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys"

So I tucked into the packet and they tasted off, so I inspected the pack to see the Best Before and when I did I notieced thay were in fact a rip off called "Okie Dokies". the packet was a copy of Hunky Dorys.

They werent as nice!

haha

I am lovin' the name Okie Dokies That really made me laugh. Thanks Mr Stuffins.

kfallon

There seems to be a lack of Hunky Dory Balanced Buffalo falvoured crisps in the shops round my way at the minute, I miss them

Gummy Panda

Do they make a meanies clone?

Badgermonkey

Eroticfishcake wrote: »

I have and was seriously unimpressed. Do they do different cuts, maybe I just got a dodgy one. I think it was rump.

Rib-eye / Fillet / Striploin

They're vacuum packed in a box.

Either you got the wrong one or you ain't cookin' it right

Cheapo

MrStuffins wrote: »

My mother bought a 6 pack of crisps last week. She says to me "Hey Mr.Stuffins, would you like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys?"

"Yes mammy, I would rather like some Buffalo Hunky Dorys"

So I tucked into the packet and they tasted off, so I inspected the pack to see the Best Before and when I did I notieced thay were in fact a rip off called "Okie Dokies". the packet was a copy of Hunky Dorys.

They werent as nice!

Both products are produced by the exact same company