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Things you refuse to buy in Lidl and Aldi....
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I find a lot of Aldi's (in particular) food to be superior to some of the other supermarkets stuff.
Maris piper chips at 1.99 thrash mccains etc at double the price.
Aldi steaks are melt in the mouth
Aldi cooking sauces (curry in particular) puts pataks, uncle Ben to Shame.
The sweets, cakes, biscuits are lovely.
fruit and veg seems to be tastier/fresher than Tesco.
Rhinebacher beer, six pack of 500ml bottles, 4.9% beats Budweiser, miller etc HANDS DOWN! (6.29€)
I draw the line at ketchup and brown sauce from Aldi though, its rank.
Can't understand people saying Ketchup. I find their Bramwells range much nicer than the mainstream brands. You can tell it's made with real tomatoes and not packed full of flavourings and crap!!
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I have a kind of hierarchy when it comes to shopping. I move down the list if what I want isn't available at my first choice of shop, or I can't get to them for whatever reason:
1. Local greengrocers, fishmongers, butchers
2. Lidl or Aldi
3. Supervalu
4. Tescos
We don't buy a lot of processed food, so apart from the Inferno pizzas from Lidl (which really ARE hot, great if you like spicy food), I can't comment - but their chicken is fine (I usually buy the free range whole birds), their mince, steaks, pork fillets - all good. Packs of smoked streaky bacon have become a favourite, extra mature cheddar is lovely. I won't buy supermarket fish at all, since our fishmonger (Clarke's in Westport) is brilliant, and I'm spoilt
. I've had no problem at all with Lidl vegetables or milk - and had a nice little chat with the young Irish guy on the till last time I was there - no complaints about the staff, either. Lidl loo paper is fine, their ziplock freezer bags are good, and our dogs love their dog treat biscuits (Orlando, I think is the brand?). If you drink instant coffee, Lidl do big jars of Nescafé Gold Blend (we keep it as a standby for when I can't be arsed to use the espresso machine, or we've run out of Carte Noir Instance) much more cheaply than anywhere else.
Some things I always buy the branded version - Colman's mustard, mustard powder, Heinz beans and ketchup, Knorr stock cubes and stockpots - if I can find them in Lidl (rarely), I buy them there, if not, we go to Supervalu after the Lidl shop - and invariably buy more stuff just 'cos we see it on the shelves!
I can't say there's anything I wouldn't buy in Lidl or Aldi on principle. If you'd asked me, I'd have said I'd never buy perfume from Lidl, but at €3.99 for a bottle, I thought it was worth trying their 'Suddenly' - and it's rather nice - definitely OK as an everyday scent. Shopping in either Lidl or Aldi with my husband (which is about 90% of the times I go there) is a nicer experience too, since he can browse the central aisles with their tools etc. whilst I do the foodie bits - keeps him quiet and stops him sighing 0 -
I find a lot of Aldi's (in particular) food to be superior to some of the other supermarkets stuff.
Maris piper chips at 1.99 thrash mccains etc at double the price.
Aldi steaks are melt in the mouth
Aldi cooking sauces (curry in particular) puts pataks, uncle Ben to Shame.
The sweets, cakes, biscuits are lovely.
fruit and veg seems to be tastier/fresher than Tesco.
Rhinebacher beer, six pack of 500ml bottles, 4.9% beats Budweiser, miller etc HANDS DOWN! (6.29€)
I draw the line at ketchup and brown sauce from Aldi though, its rank.
Can't understand people saying Ketchup. I find their Bramwells range much nicer than the mainstream brands. You can tell it's made with real tomatoes and not packed full of flavourings and crap!!
People get really irrational when it comes to ketchup and other sauces.
I never ate ketchup until recently so they all rate like vinegar to me, couldn't tell you the difference between two brands.0 -
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Lidl do sell flourIf lidl stocked a few things like flour, frozen pastry, suet, I'd hardly need to go anywhere else. They need to beef up the home baking/cooking aspect.
Aldi do ready roll pastry, their baking section is a bit letter than lidl's in fairness but lidl do all the basics: Flour, caster sugar, marge, icing sugar, wholemeal flour, mixed fruit etc.
Never seen suet though.0 -
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If lidl stocked a few things like flour, frozen pastry, suet, I'd hardly need to go anywhere else. They need to beef up the home baking/cooking aspect.
Lidl stock flour.
I'm not sure about Lidl, but Aldi has fresh pastry in the cold shelves, which you can freeze at home.
No idea about suet... I bake a lot, but have never come across this? 0 -
Lidl stock flour.
I'm not sure about Lidl, but Aldi has fresh pastry in the cold shelves, which you can freeze at home.
No idea about suet... I bake a lot, but have never come across this?
LIDL do flour and fresh pastry.
Good quality cooking ingredients have a short shelf life so the prices would be too high as a permanent line.0 -
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