Brand names vs Lidl etc?

ian87

I do the vast majority of my shopping in Lidl and aldi as I find the quality just as good if not better than the name brand stuff. For instance I love lidls fresh breads and orange juice and would go especially just to get them. However I have to buy Birdseye potato waffles from tesco etc as the Lidl/aldi equivalent just don't cut it.

What named brand items must you always buy even when there is a own brand cheaper variety on sale?

Lapin

Its about time we had a Lidl / Aldi thread around here.

Lisha

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056156063/12/#post91347227

Try this thread op

Steviemoyne

The vast majority of the lidl aldi stuff IS brand name. I can't quite find it but there's a thread burried somewhere on what's what in bargain alerts somewhere.

Arthur Beesley

Do Lidl / Aldi pay people to come on here and make these posts?

umop.episdn

Got a "Luxury Plum Tart" In aldi a few months ago, it was like eating a pony's bowel movements

dmc17

umop.episdn wrote: »

Got a "Luxury Plum Tart" In aldi a few months ago, it was like eating a pony's bowel movements

Which did you prefer?

mickydoomsux

umop.episdn wrote: »

Got a "Luxury Plum Tart" In aldi a few months ago, it was like eating a pony's bowel movements

Plum tart sounds manky to begin with.

pauliebdub

I find a lot of their stuff as good if not better than brand stuff, such as detergents, bread, toilet paper, cakes and biscuits. I also like their cold meats.
Some stuff the branded stuff is much better such as sauces and jam.

JustAddWater

Lisha wrote: »

http://touch.boards.ie/thread/2056156063/12/#post91347227

Try this thread op

That's lidl vs brand names
This thread is brand names vs lidl

snubbleste

Wassa Lidl etc?

ian87

Whoops. Mods do as you wish!

Mrs Garth Brooks

I find alot of their stuff is great. But cant touch their brand of corn flakes. Has to be Kelloggs corn flakes for me.

C.M_jc

Arthur Beesley wrote: »

Do Lidl / Aldi pay people to come on here and make these posts?

Very annoying in the Bargain Alerts forum where someone posts about something in Dunnes/Tesco/SV only for people to come along and say you should get similar in Aldi or Lidl. It's almost inevitable.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

All Lidl products are branded - just not brands we were used to.

As for quality, I find them generally inferior. Their biscuits (branded Tower Gate) are excellent and particularly cheap but beans, sauces, coffee et al are noticeably poor. I prefer to spend a bit more on brands I like than to save a bit of money but not enjoy my food as much.

The cleaning products in Aldi/Lidl just don't do the job properly, or you have to use a lot more of them to get the same results - so nothing saved.

Wishiwasa Littlebitaller

If you hold your ear close to one of their tins of beans you can faintly hear the cry of a small child: 'Our mommies are paid only 7c an hour to make these tins please don't help them help them hurt us anymore mister'. After I heard that, I started shopping elsewhere I can tell you.

Pumpkinseeds

Lillianna Hissing Rabble-rouser wrote: »

All Lidl products are branded - just not brands we were used to.

As for quality, I find them generally inferior. Their biscuits (branded Tower Gate) are excellent and particularly cheap but beans, sauces, coffee et al are noticeably poor. I prefer to spend a bit more on brands I like than to save a bit of money but not enjoy my food as much.

The cleaning products in Aldi/Lidl just don't do the job properly, or you have to use a lot more of them to get the same results - so nothing saved.

Exactly. I love their fresh rolls and not from concentrate pineapple juice. They're also really good for vegetarian things. I know I'll be able to get veggie friendly cheese and sweets there that I can't seem to get in Dunnes/Tescos. Their coffee is good too.

takamichinoku

Isn't it that Aldi/Lidl's brands are pretty good but less consistent because they negotiate with people to do a whole load of products under their brand names for 12 month contracts and when they switch to someone else, there's a notable change in the product that you'd never get with a brand name cos it'd raise hell?

131spanner

The Lidl fish-fingers are pure muck, not nearly as nice as Birdseye.

Then again, at 14 of them for €1.15, what would you expect :pac:

snubbleste

131spanner wrote: »

The Lidl fish-fingers are pure muck, not nearly as nice as Birdseye.
Then again, at 14 of them for €1.15, what would you expect :pac:

Fish don't have fingers

ItsShane

Aldi French roast coffee. Good stuff!
I always buy my chicken fillets in the butchers, I always buy brand name fabric softener and washing powder and dishwasher tablets.
I do about 90% of my shopping in Aldi.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

snubbleste wrote: »

Fish don't have fingers

And I always wondered where a chicken's goujons are.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Lillianna Hissing Rabble-rouser wrote: »

And I always wondered where a chicken's goujons are.

Goujon is French for bollock.

The Backwards Man

I used to run a pub years ago and people's knowledge of brand always impressed me. For example, I'd estimate ninety percent of people preferred Grants Vodka out of a Smirnoff bottle to Grants Vodka out of a Huzzar bottle.

Duck's hoop

Lillianna Hissing Rabble-rouser wrote: »

All Lidl products are branded - just not brands we were used to.

The cleaning products in Aldi/Lidl just don't do the job properly, or you have to use a lot more of them to get the same results - so nothing saved.

Of all the products I think these are the ones least likely to differ in quality to big brand stuff. I mean how many household cleaning products factories can there be?

It's all the same stuff in different boxes / bottles.

Also I like their tea and coffee. And most other stuff. Lidl ice cream is superb value.

xzanti

The only things I don't buy in Aldi are.. Coffee, butter, shampoo, washing powder, deodorants and sweetener for coffee as they don't seem to have such a thing.

Everything else is good quality and just as good as if not better than branded stuff.

Their smoked salmon is better than any I've seen in bigger supermarkets and only about €3.50 a pack, and loads in it.. unreal.

Sir Arthur Daley

Lidl need to stock turf and timber, big sellers.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Duck's hoop wrote: »

Of all the products I think these are the ones least likely to differ in quality to big brand stuff. I mean how many household cleaning products factories can there be?

It's all the same stuff in different boxes / bottles.

Also I like their tea and coffee. And most other stuff. Lidl ice cream is superb value.

I can only speak about the cleaning products from personal experience and they are simply not up to scratch - less active ingredients probably. I know what lifts stains and cleans and what doesn't!

As for the foodstuff I mentioned, I know I do not like them. So personal tastes come in to play. I can afford to pick and choose what I buy, so I choose what I prefer regardless of brand.

bonzodog2

I like the oat cookies in Aldi, also the tea and jaffa cakes. In LIDL I like the pork and spring onion sausages, stilton cheese, wholemeal sliced bread, deep pan pizzas, quiches, and more. Occasional electrical items too.

Baked.noodle

I tried Aldi and Lidl a few years ago and was disappointed. Nevertheless, necessity brought me to their door about eight months ago and I'm so glad I gave them a second chance. Now I usually shop in Aldi and in general it is just as good with great value for money. I can buy much more stuff for the same money and have a better variety of good in my basket as a result. My house mates don't shop there and buy popular branded products, but they never complain when it's my turn to cook; and help themselves to the stuff I bought when it suites them. The only thing I don't like is most of their cheese, which I find cheap tasting, and a few other bits and pieces so I'm off to Dunnes now and then. I hate shopping in Tesco and loathe going in there every time. For example, the local Tesco express charges 85c for a litre of milk instead of the 75c charged everywhere else and then the auto checkout spits you out a load of crappy change and probably photographs you for the privilege. So much for providing a service to the community, every little helps you empty your pockets and hand you a P45. All the own brand stuff they sell is expensive and inferior IMO.

RhubarbCrumble

Has to be Kerrygold butter and Heinz Ketchup. After that the rest of my shopping usually comes from Aldi.

shewasdiesel

RhubarbCrumble wrote: »

Has to be Kerrygold butter and Heinz Ketchup. After that the rest of my shopping usually comes from Aldi.

Can't abide "kerrygold", reminds me of the healy-rae's, greasy.

Baked.noodle

Aldi Ketchup is the Boss.

RoadhouseBlues

I do most of my shopping in Aldi. They have Brannigans smoked rashers. 2 packets for 2.69. Its divine. Sliced ham. Great. Fruit and veg is fine. And cheap as well. Bottles of detergent for washing clothes. Just as good as anywhere else. I always buy deodorant from Tescos though. Nivea I find is the best. And if you like packet soups, I cant take to them in Aldi. For me, nothing beats Knorr. Overall though. Aldi is great. I would be robbed anywhere else.

B.A._Baracus

Aldi and Lidl are great. Sure their products are in fact brand named products.

In 2009 it was reported that Aldi meats come from Larry Goodman. Same plant that supplies Superquinn. Also Aldi crips are made by the same company who makes Tayto and King Crisps :pac:

So next time someone says "I'd never buy meat in Aldi. I buy it in Superquinn" - laugh at them

mickydoomsux

I do all my shopping in lidl and/or aldi.

Used to do it in dunnes and super valu but paying roughly 1.5 times more for the same things is just silly

c_man

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I used to run a pub years ago and people's knowledge of brand always impressed me. For example, I'd estimate ninety percent of people preferred Grants Vodka out of a Smirnoff bottle to Grants Vodka out of a Huzzar bottle.

Ha! I worked in a pub years ago where the Harp tap was regularly hooked up to a Carlsberg keg. Never heard a complaint. Although now I've given the opening for the beer snobs to crash this thread... Same thing would happen with spirits, and the Chef/heinz ketchup bottles were replenished from the same bland bought stuff

fleet_admiral

c_man wrote: »

Ha! I worked in a pub years ago where the Harp tap was regularly hooked up to a Carlsberg keg. Never heard a complaint. Although now I've given the opening for the beer snobs to crash this thread... Same thing would happen with spirits, and the Chef/heinz ketchup bottles were replenished from the same bland bought stuff

Same thing was done in a pub I worked in, harp onto carlsberg and vice versa. I worked in a kip of a pub that used the cheap plonk vodka (count rostof) to fill empty smirnoff bottles for the optics

Aldi teabags are done by robert roberts afaik

umop.episdn

dmc17 wrote: »

Which did you prefer?

I went back for seconds of the pony poop !

shewasdiesel

c_man wrote: »

Ha! I worked in a pub years ago where the Harp tap was regularly hooked up to a Carlsberg keg. Never heard a complaint. Although now I've given the opening for the beer snobs to crash this thread... Same thing would happen with spirits, and the Chef/heinz ketchup bottles were replenished from the same bland bought stuff

given that harp is pish, why would anyone complain ? and what would be the point complaining about shyte beer is a shtye pub ?

The Cool

As well as the good value, I like that Aldi isn't as big and doesn't offer such a huge range of stuff. When I go to Tesco - my local branch is huge - I buy things that aren't on my list, that I don't need, and that along with the time it takes to go round all the aisles means that I spend an hour in there and come out with a massive load of shopping that I didn't even need. I go into Aldi and am in and out with everything on my list in about 20 minutes.

As for brands etc, the only brands that I prefer to buy in Tesco etc are drinks - actual Coca cola, Robinson's dilute, etc. I buy everything else from Aldi and it's perfect. I find it really worthwhile for the meat and the fruit & veg.

SEPT 23 1989

Big fan of Roar Bars which are Lion Bars in the Lidl parallel universe

lennyloulou

Aldi firelighters 1.99e are good. We never buy Zip anymore which are 6.00e approx. Did a heap of shopping today for 65e. Tons of fruit and Veg, dog chum, milk etc. I never go to Tesco now- their prices are high and unpredictable. also bought mayo today in Aldi- will give it a go and see.

lmimmfn

"Every Lidl helps" as the ad goes

For Forks Sake

B.A._Baracus wrote: »

So next time someone says "I'd never buy meat in Aldi. I buy it in Superquinn" - laugh at them

And point them in the direction of a time machine, seeing as all the Superquinns were rebranded six months ago.

comongethappy

If one is into 'Special-K' (the cereal, not the drug), Lidl's "Special Flakes" have about 40% less sugar & fat than the Kellogs product.

Being half the price helps too.

Temptamperu

I get my coffee from lidl, nice arabic blend. Tis lovely tis. Also cracking munchy selection.

Harry Angstrom

I put Fallon's tea bags from Lidl into an empty Barrys Tea box and nobody in the house knew the difference. The following week, I left the tea bags in the Fallon's box and they refused to use them, saying that it probably tasted like piss.


The only drawback from shopping in Lidl and Aldi is the lack of express checkouts. There's nothing worse than queuing behind somebody with a trolley full of their weekly shop and all you're buying is a bottle of milk.

Blazer

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I put Fallon's tea bags from Lidl into an empty Barrys Tea box and nobody in the house knew the difference. The following week, I left the tea bags in the Fallon's box and they refused to use them, saying that it probably tasted like piss.

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Barry's are piss anyway so no surprise they didn't know the difference.
Do a comparison with Lyons and I'd pick the lyons out every day. Much better.
Also aldi ham slices is crap...everything else though is pretty good in fairness bar their corn flakes.

Tail Docker

I bought a chainsaw in Lidl and found the flex simply too short for a proper rampage. You can really run amok with the big-brand models but the Lidl one was very restrictive. I tried calling out to potential sawees to come closer but they just laughed and walked off. I'm seriously considering bringing it back.

we'llallhavetea

ventured in there during the week as the poverty was at an all time high, its so unbelievably cheap i felt like a thief. i bought a block of brie for €1.09, thought i had won the cheese lottery. tasted like fcuking sh!te. got veg that was fine though! although their onions were so strong i was blinded for ten minutes. would not buy meat in there for love nor money, have done it and its like rubber *puke*