Gloomtastic! wrote: » See there’s a new section in the chilled cabinet for artisan food suppliers. Some odd sausage flavours and an expensive humous amongst others. Anyone tried anything yet?
Whispered wrote: » I bought the vegetarian white pudding from that fridge today. I haven't tried it yet but I intend to have it on toast with fried tomatoes firmly brekkie. Will report back.............
Lady Haywire wrote: » No but seen some of that artisan stuff at the end of an aisle today. Line caught tuna, relishes, brownie/brown bread mix, hot sauce, all Irish suppliers. And the small tins of flavoured tuna are gone. I'm distraught!!! :mad:
vicwatson wrote: » €2.99 for what looks like less than 100g of roast sliced chicken :eek: Thank you ALDI but I’ll go buy a 1.6kg for 4 quid and roast it myself !
Lady Haywire wrote: » And the small tins of flavoured tuna are gone. I'm distraught!!! :mad:
Thargor wrote: » No tuna in Aldi for ages now, I don't know if it's just Aldi Bray or everywhere but they're restocking has been seriously patchy lately, there's always something missing when I go in.
Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: » A chicken for 4 euro is mental though. How do you think that chicken was raised? You're better to spend money and ensure you are getting an ethically raised animal.
SozBbz wrote: » Im wary of meat that is too cheap. €4 for a whole chicken is suspicious to me. Also be careful of labling, as I think there are workarounds that the industry use to be able to label things as irish when they're actually from elsewhere. Like once a certain % of the processing was done here, then its Irish.
SozBbz wrote: » Im wary of meat that is too cheap. €4 for a whole chicken is suspicious to me. Also be careful of labling, as I think there are workarounds that the industry use to be able to label things as irish when they're actually from elsewhere. Like once a certain % of the processing was done here, then its Irish. Anyway, I do buy meat from Aldi but I tend to go for their higher end Organic/Specially Selected range. I don't eat a huge amount of meat but what I do buy, I like to be lean and good quality. I find their 5% organic lean mince to be very good and I think its about €3.70 per pack, which because of how much veg I use, makes 5/6 portions of bolognese/chilli or whatever sauce I'm making.
odyssey06 wrote: » SozBbz wrote: » Im wary of meat that is too cheap. €4 for a whole chicken is suspicious to me. Also be careful of labling, as I think there are workarounds that the industry use to be able to label things as irish when they're actually from elsewhere. Like once a certain % of the processing was done here, then its Irish. https://www.aldi.ie/love-ireland/poultry _All of our fresh poultry is sourced from Bord Bia Quality Assured Farms_
SozBbz wrote: » I wasn't talking about aldi, I'm suspicious of a chicken for €4 from anywhere. They'd have to be battery farmed at that price, which I'm happy to pay a premium to avoid.
leahyl wrote: » SozBbz wrote: » I wasn't talking about aldi, I'm suspicious of a chicken for €4 from anywhere. They'd have to be battery farmed at that price, which I'm happy to pay a premium to avoid. I think they were referring to your comment on the labelling. As in, it's Irish if it has the Bord Bia quality mark on it, which all Aldis fresh meat does.
alaimacerc wrote: » SozBbz wrote: » I wasn't talking about aldi, I'm suspicious of a chicken for €4 from anywhere. They'd have to be battery farmed at that price, which I'm happy to pay a premium to avoid. If you're not buying something certified as "free range" or "organic", chances very much are it's indeed battery farmed. Whether you're paying Aldi prices or M&S ones.
SozBbz wrote: » I know that, I go by the label, not just the price. A high price doesn't mean that something is not battery farmed, but a low price means it almost certainly is because and organic, freerange producer couldnt sell a chicken at €4 RRP and make a livnig. Don't get me started on M&S prices!
Lady Haywire wrote: » Aldo do actually have slow grown full chickens, though as I only seen it in someone else's trolley, i don't know the cost!
alaimacerc wrote: » SozBbz wrote: » I know that, I go by the label, not just the price. A high price doesn't mean that something is not battery farmed, but a low price means it almost certainly is because and organic, freerange producer couldnt sell a chicken at €4 RRP and make a livnig. Don't get me started on M&S prices! If a producer is organic or free range, they'd be mad not get it certified as such. So, unless you're going to get into conspiracy theories about products being mislabelled one way or another, I'd recommend going entirely by the certified welfare standard and country of origin -- or lack thereof -- and not the price to any extent at all. If you're paying more for a chicken with no certification, don't assume it must somehow be a better class of battery chicken. A far more likely hypothesis is you're just paying a premium to your retailer or processor.
vicwatson wrote: » Hey get off your high horse there How do you know how the 2.99 chicken slices was raised? If you’ve a family to feed I don’t care about how it’s raised as I’m price sensitive. Next you’ll be wanting me to spend €20 for a free range chicken or the likes, no Siree
Pintman Paddy Losty wrote: » Well if you're happy to feed your family food that is pumped full of antibiotics and raised in horrendous battery conditions that's your perogative I suppose. I prefer to ensure my family eats well and eats ethically. A few euro extra for a nutritious and well raised animal is a small price to pay for looking after ones family.
SozBbz wrote: » Did you read my post? I said I go by the label, not the price. Price is only indicative of things not being organic/freerange.
