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Aldi... what do you recommend?

Zelda247

i have just moved into an area where there is an Aldi, i am not really familiar with the store, what do you recommend of their products.

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HeidiHeidi

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Freeman's Bay Pinot Gris is a lovely white wine.

It seems to be new.

I can confirm that this wine is very nice indeed

tringle

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I think there is a purchasing problem

I think they should arrange a different mix with their suppliers.

There are similar patterns with some other lines, and I see the same sort of issue in Lidl.

I think it the same with the bottled cider, they have nice one in sweet, medium and dry. The dry one is great, it has a blue label, but often when you go in the shelf has about 50 sweet ones, 10 medium and no dry. They don't seem to restock the dry ones until the shelf is empty.

tphase

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I recommended the Albariño here previously. It is very nice. Think it is only about €9 but will check again.

if it's only €9, I better grab some more

Tigerandahalf

tphase wrote: »

Freemans Bay Sauvignon Blanc - a decent drop considering it's under E9
Albarino Rias Baixas is also worth a try for a few quid more (about 12.50). Part of their "Exquisite" collection - a bit of a misnomer, some of those wines are anything but....

I recommended the Albariño here previously. It is very nice. Think it is only about €9 but will check again.

I will try that Freeman SB.

Thargor

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

The same happens with crackers. The red salted ones sell out much quicker and you are left with the blue and green ones.

Got some specially selected tomato relish recently. Beautiful. So nice on a burger. Don't buy ketchup anymore.

Chocolate peanuts are the exact same, chocolate raisins all over the place for weeks because nobody wants them, peanuts are gone in a couple of days.

tphase

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Any recommendations for nice white wines for €10 or under or anything above that is really special.

Freemans Bay Sauvignon Blanc - a decent drop considering it's under E9
Albarino Rias Baixas is also worth a try for a few quid more (about 12.50). Part of their "Exquisite" collection - a bit of a misnomer, some of those wines are anything but....

Tigerandahalf

Any recommendations for nice white wines for €10 or under or anything above that is really special.

Tigerandahalf

Thargor wrote: »

Exact same things happens with the jars of Specially Selected Apple Sauce I put on my pork chops, the box is 50% Apple 50% Cranberry! So you're left looking at a shelf full of cranberry sauce for weeks on end waiting for the jars of apple to reappear and sell out in 48 hours...

The same happens with crackers. The red salted ones sell out much quicker and you are left with the blue and green ones.

Got some specially selected tomato relish recently. Beautiful. So nice on a burger. Don't buy ketchup anymore.

Thargor

P. Breathnach wrote: »

I think there is a purchasing problem: the 85% chocolate comes in a carton with some other types, but sells faster than the others. Sometimes they seem to hold back on restocking until people buy the other stuff.

I think they should arrange a different mix with their suppliers.

There are similar patterns with some other lines, and I see the same sort of issue in Lidl.

Exact same things happens with the jars of Specially Selected Apple Sauce I put on my pork chops, the box is 50% Apple 50% Cranberry! So you're left looking at a shelf full of cranberry sauce for weeks on end waiting for the jars of apple to reappear and sell out in 48 hours...

ellejay

Zelda247 wrote: »

I tried the frozen stuffed chicken breast, I think its called Oakham. Good price but not great quality I am afraid and barely feeds 2 (advertised for 3/4 people).

Do you think the chicken meat is Irish though?
If a producer adds something to the meat, eg breadcrumbs, they can claim it's "produced in Ireland" even if the meat came from Thailand.

A few pages back someone explained it. I only buy the pure meat now.

B0jangles

Zelda247 wrote: »

Has anyone tried their Chicken Burgers?

I absolutely love their chicken burgers - I love cooking all sorts of different cuisines but to be honest, their chicky burgers are my favourite dinner

Both the sweet chili/lime and mixed pepper ones are delicious - the way I do them is to fry off some onion til it is lightly caramelized, fry the burger at the same time, towards the end I add a slice of pineapple to the pan so it gets lightly caramelized on both sides.

When the burger is cooked on both sides I top it with some maasdam cheese which I let melt, and then put it into a lightly toasted soft white roll (not a burger bun, they are mostly nasty and dry) with some burger sauce at the bottom, then the fried onion, then cheese-topped burger, then pineapple slice, chopped lettuce, more burger sauce, top bun.

It so fecking nice and every ingredient comes from aldi, so shopping is easy

P. Breathnach

RasTa wrote: »

Getting fed up of no 85% chocolate in my local one. They don't even have the 70%!

I think there is a purchasing problem: the 85% chocolate comes in a carton with some other types, but sells faster than the others. Sometimes they seem to hold back on restocking until people buy the other stuff.

I think they should arrange a different mix with their suppliers.

There are similar patterns with some other lines, and I see the same sort of issue in Lidl.

deadanonymau5

Aldi's Jam & Cream biscuits are much nicer than the original Jammy Dodgers imo!

Zelda247

I tried the frozen stuffed chicken breast, I think its called Oakham. Good price but not great quality I am afraid and barely feeds 2 (advertised for 3/4 people).

L1011

fin12 wrote: »

Bought one today so see how it goes, never really get dandruff but my scalp got burned on holidays and I've got dandruff now.

That would be dead skin slewing off, not dandruff.

Most 'anti dandruff' shampoos do absolutely feck all. There's various different causes that have different treatments, e.g. fungal dandruff can be killed by ketoconazole shampoo etc. Most 'anti dandruff' ones have some zinc in them and that's it - they aren't going to treat any real causes of dandruff.

And no, you can't eat them (getting back on topic)

nc6000

fin12 wrote:

Is aldi anti dandruff shampoo good?

It's Head & Shoulders above the named brands.

fin12

Keane2baMused wrote: »

Hmmm if it got burned I would actually stay away from an anti-dandruff one for a time and get a sulfate free shampoo instead. It will be much gentler and help your scalp heal.

Thanks, I have Elave sensitive shampoo which is sulfate free, I'm just having a lot of trouble with my hair, there's no shampoo really that works anymore, my hair just gets greasy so quick, I don't use conditioner anymore and use really light shampoos like clarifying shampoos but it doesn't matter I end up having to use dry shampoo even after I've just washed and dried it.

Keane2baMused

fin12 wrote: »

Bought one today so see how it goes, never really get dandruff but my scalp got burned on holidays and I've got dandruff now.

Hmmm if it got burned I would actually stay away from an anti-dandruff one for a time and get a sulfate free shampoo instead. It will be much gentler and help your scalp heal.

fin12

Keane2baMused wrote: »

OH uses it and said it's as good as head and shoulders

Bought one today so see how it goes, never really get dandruff but my scalp got burned on holidays and I've got dandruff now.

Keane2baMused

fin12 wrote: »

Is aldi anti dandruff shampoo good?

OH uses it and said it's as good as head and shoulders

RasTa

Getting fed up of no 85% chocolate in my local one. They don't even have the 70%!

fin12

Is aldi anti dandruff shampoo good?

Galway K9

Curry sauces in the jars - **** ya
Hallumi cheese and other is very good
Pizza dough base and passata too

Nekarsulm

My favorite Aldi product this week are the black work trousers at 9.99!
Now have four pairs

ShadyAcres

Zelda247 wrote:

Has anyone tried their Chicken Burgers?

The sweet chilli ones are amazing.

vicwatson

Those mini beef burgers they have are amazing, well tasty little chunks of meat ! even have mini bundies to go with them !

nc6000

Zelda247 wrote: »

Has anyone tried their Chicken Burgers?

Yep, I tried the peppered ones and they were nice.

Zelda247

Has anyone tried their Chicken Burgers?

tringle

My favourites from Aldi are the BBQ meats, chicken skewers, their angus burgers (2 pack), duck breasts. I buy them now for the week and freeze them rather than buying frozen food (trying to shop juts once a week if I can). The brioche buns are good. The irish cheeses and the French cheeses good too. I find the special offer fruit and veg bad value, they go off very quickly. I used to do my weekly shop in LIDL cos it had better wine and bread but now I make all our bread and we stocked up in wine in France so I tend to do one week in LIDL and one in ALDI.

StripedBoxers

Clancy's roasted and salted pistachio nuts are delicious, less than €2 as well.