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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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fin12

Vanilla latte

Muahahaha

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

I did the same for the chilli sauce with dried spices in the lid a few years ago (nicest chilli sauce ever!) to absolutely no avail

Having only just discovered the skin on fries, I'm fierce disappointed they're going! Might try to snaffle another bag tomorrow..... although my freezer is stuffed full!

haha you've reminded me now, that chilli with the spices in the lid was exactly what I emailed them about a couple of years back and yeah no dice, just a sorry and enjoy all the other products, etc. It was really decent chilli sauce too, I have never come across anything as good as it since

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

Had the new cheesy garlic bread in the mini pizza box last night, it was so good!!!

I had my third one last night, they're getting addictive

tangy

Beanstalk wrote: »

Well they just got back to say it's been replaced with a new brand skin on fries product so we'll see the craic I guess.

edit: and now i have a further response saying the new skin on product will be from the same suppliers so...

Usual Aldi/Lidl scheme:
withdraw product
wait, so a direct comparison is less likely
replace with lower quality product but same packaging

Jimmy Bottlehead

Had the new cheesy garlic bread in the mini pizza box last night, it was so good!!!

con747

Dial Hard wrote: »

Mother of god that's a metric sh*t-tonne of carbs in one meal!

Instead of a takeaway once in a while.:D

Dial Hard

con747 wrote: »

The skin on fries go well with the garlic bread side and a lasagne.

Mother of god that's a metric sh*t-tonne of carbs in one meal!

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Beanstalk wrote: »

Well they just got back to say it's been replaced with a new brand skin on fries product so we'll see the craic I guess.

edit: and now i have a further response saying the new skin on product will be from the same suppliers so...

Change of wrapper/branding to up the price after seeing the popularity?

Esse85

Beanstalk wrote: »

Well they just got back to say it's been replaced with a new brand skin on fries product so we'll see the craic I guess.

They just gave me the product number of the replacement.
Hopefully there won't be much difference in products as that skin on product was really good.

Beanstalk

Well they just got back to say it's been replaced with a new brand skin on fries product so we'll see the craic I guess.

edit: and now i have a further response saying the new skin on product will be from the same suppliers so...

HeidiHeidi

Muahahaha wrote: »

Did that before with a discontinued product, you'll just get a standard email back saying sorry but we hope you can enjoy all our other products, etc, etc. They're used to people complaining when they discontinue products but they just do it anyway

As someone else said it might be because they are making way for Christmas products. If thats the case we can only hope that they re-appear in January

I did the same for the chilli sauce with dried spices in the lid a few years ago (nicest chilli sauce ever!) to absolutely no avail

Having only just discovered the skin on fries, I'm fierce disappointed they're going! Might try to snaffle another bag tomorrow..... although my freezer is stuffed full!

Muahahaha

Beanstalk wrote: »

Emailed my dismay to aldi customer services anyway. In a nice, pleady kind of way not in an angry giving out way...

Did that before with a discontinued product, you'll just get a standard email back saying sorry but we hope you can enjoy all our other products, etc, etc. They're used to people complaining when they discontinue products but they just do it anyway

As someone else said it might be because they are making way for Christmas products. If thats the case we can only hope that they re-appear in January

Beanstalk

Emailed my dismay to aldi customer services anyway. In a nice, pleady kind of way not in an angry giving out way...

54and56

bassy wrote: »

Sad day.........

Why get shut of such a popular chip and great seller

Not a profitable product or can't secure a sustainable supply?

bassy

Esse85 wrote: »

Skin on fries being discontinued alright, Aldi customer service confirmed it and said being replaced and gave a new product number.

Sad day.........

Why get shut of such a popular chip and great seller

Esse85

Skin on fries being discontinued alright, Aldi customer service confirmed it and said being replaced and gave a new product number.

Esse85

54and56 wrote: »

Think that chap was mistaken, new full stock of Skin on Fries in Aldi Sandyford this morning.

They are 95p in UK, that works out at €1.05

Big difference in what they charge.

54and56

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Just a heads up. I went looking for those skin on fries today. None there,I asked a chap there and he told me they were discontinued.
I went to another store and got a few bags. If you want them get them quick

Think that chap was mistaken, new full stock of Skin on Fries in Aldi Sandyford this morning.

rubadub

Thargor wrote: »

McCains Skin On fries are perfection and available in Tesco/Dunnes/Supervalu etc but its €4.75 for the same size bag!

Yeah, they are only 700g it could be cheaper going to a chipper. Chipper chips reheat very well in an airfryer, sometimes come out better than when fresh. Typical chipper bag is 400-450g.

I posted the images and the aldi is definitely trying to copy the mccains, so much so that the other day I nearly used some by accident as somebody in the house bought the mccains!

con747

Got the Don Carlos garlic pizza bread side yesterday and have to wonder how the Don Carlos stuffed crust pizza's can be such pile of crap in comparison. The skin on fries go well with the garlic bread side and a lasagne. A pity when a chain puts out a few great items and then discontinues them.

Muahahaha

Thargor wrote: »

McCains Skin On fries are perfection and available in Tesco/Dunnes/Supervalu etc but its €4.75 for the same size bag!

Thats a mad price compared to 1.49 for the Aldi version. I always think with name brands that about a quarter of the price is made up by the expensive prime time TV ads they screen to try to get you to buy it in the first place.

Anyway I picked up another bag of the skin on fries in my local earlier. Only for I was on the motorbike I would have stocked up with more before they go out of stock, will miss them when they do.

rubadub

Crucials garlic & herb is back, and chilli & garlic. 1.19 each

Thargor

McCains Skin On fries are perfection and available in Tesco/Dunnes/Supervalu etc but its €4.75 for the same size bag!

Muahahaha

Doesnt surprise me about the chicken thigh burgers, stopped buying them about six months ago when they changed them up and started using cheap stringy chicken in them. Shame as they were nice when they first came out.

Cazale

Did the skin fries last night which I love so I'm not happy they are going! Did them with the famous chicken thigh burgers. Got the southern fried ones. Had the flaming hot ones previously and enjoyed them. Have to say the burgers were revolting. Ended up dumping them.

Muahahaha

Thats a real shame if the skin on fries are going. Im not gone on any of the other fries they have, they're all about 6/10. Its good news for my veg consumption though.

rubadub

pigtail33 wrote: »

It might be to clear freezer space for their Christmas range.

The seeded brioche burger buns and hot dog buns might disappear soon too as they are usually seasonal, the plain burger buns are all year round. They have a very long shelf life so you can stock up.

pigtail33

robwen wrote: »

Ah no why would they discontinue a clearly popular so I assume profitable product

It might be to clear freezer space for their Christmas range. It often happens this time of year. I don't know how they decide which products to ditch for the few months though.

fin12

Those cinnamon buns are delicious.

robwen

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Just a heads up. I went looking for those skin on fries today. None there,I asked a chap there and he told me they were discontinued.
I went to another store and got a few bags. If you want them get them quick

Ah no why would they discontinue a clearly popular so I assume profitable product

vicwatson

Ok let the campaign begin