own brand vs real brand foods

NachoBusiness · 03-07-2015 12:59AM

Tesco's effort at Bounty Bars is embarrassing.

lulu1 · 03-07-2015 01:08AM

Buy very little in Aldi or Lidl it dose not taste the same I dont care what anyone says.

Maybe if you had toddlers you could start shopping there because they wouldnt know any difference but not when you have teenagers who looks at the food turns it upside down and inside out and maybe even smells it before they eat it.
Mot of the time I do all my shopping in supervalu because I find if you get a few things here and then go to aldi and then to lidl you end up spending twice as much

Insect Overlord · 03-07-2015 01:11AM

Lidl's triple chocolate cookies are the best things in the world.

Also fruit, veg, cheese, butter, milk, pasta, tinned tomatoes, nuts, breads, chocolate, all good.

Skylinehead · 03-07-2015 01:15AM

NachoBusiness wrote: »

Tesco's effort at Bounty Bars is embarrassing.

Their Snickers are bloody gorgeous. Haven't tried that, but I will.

Zhane · 03-07-2015 01:19AM

lulu1 wrote: »

Buy very little in Aldi or Lidl it dose not taste the same I dont care what anyone says.

Maybe if you had toddlers you could start shopping there because they wouldnt know any difference but not when you have teenagers who looks at the food turns it upside down and inside out and maybe even smells it before they eat it.
Mot of the time I do all my shopping in supervalu because I find if you get a few things here and then go to aldi and then to lidl you end up spending twice as much

Honestly, if your teenagers are turning their noses up at the food you make them. Tell them to cop on and to fend for themselves.

If I did that, it would be death by wooden spoon!

thelad95 · 03-07-2015 01:19AM

Coca Cola and Durex are two brands I would never compromise on.

Aldi do delicious luxury yoghurts for about 70c that are way nicer than anything like Muller or Cadbury yoghurts.

Robsweezie · 03-07-2015 01:37AM

thelad95 wrote: »

Coca Cola and Durex are two brands I would never compromise on.

Aldi do delicious luxury yoghurts for about 70c that are way nicer than anything like Muller or Cadbury yoghurts.

what are you trying to prove???

:D:D

lulu1 · 03-07-2015 01:51AM

Zhane wrote: »

Honestly, if your teenagers are turning their noses up at the food you make them. Tell them to cop on and to fend for themselves.

If I did that, it would be death by wooden spoon!

I was really referring to aldi/lidl food

TBH i wouldnt eat it myself

Zhane · 03-07-2015 01:55AM

lulu1 wrote: »

I was really referring to aldi/lidl food

TBH i wouldnt eat it myself

Each to their own. Aldi is the closest shop to me, been shopping there for years. Nothing wrong with the food at all.

desbrook · 03-07-2015 11:30AM

lulu1 wrote: »

I was really referring to aldi/lidl food

TBH i wouldnt eat it myself

It's not off the ground your teenagers got their fussiness!!!

Fat Christy · 03-07-2015 11:32AM

Mostly own brand as I shop in Aldi and Lidl. The only branded stuff or real brand thingy's I buy is tea (Lyons/Barry's) and Mayonnaise, because food really does love Hellmans!

kfallon · 03-07-2015 11:35AM

Tell you what's really nice, the Spar own brand Cola/Diet Cola....and only 49c a can (or 6 pack for 2.50)

Trond · 03-07-2015 11:37AM

osarusan wrote: »

Stay away from Lidl whiskey.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10985584/13.29-Lidl-whisky-wins-top-spirit-award.html

osarusan · 03-07-2015 11:44AM

Trond wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10985584/13.29-Lidl-whisky-wins-top-spirit-award.html

Is that sold in Ireland? I was thinking about the Dun Dealgan one (or whatever it is called).

That one was kind of nasty.

Areyouwell · 03-07-2015 11:53AM

I've often been surprised by the quality and taste of some of the supposedly cheaper brands. So I couldn't careless about a products brand tbh.

SEPT 23 1989 · 03-07-2015 12:01PM

CFlat wrote: »

If you were unfortunate enough to live around the time of the 'Yellow pack' products in the 70s and 80s, you'll remember that the Corn Flakes tasted like something you'd see nowadays in 5 litre bags used for wood chippings on your flower beds. No amount of milk and sugar would disguise their awfulness.

the Sunblest cornflakes were even worse if thats possible

Trond · 03-07-2015 12:05PM

osarusan wrote: »

Is that sold in Ireland? I was thinking about the Dun Dealgan one (or whatever it is called).

That one was kind of nasty.

Not 100% sure tbh. I know they had a good single malt for about €24 recently but it tends to sell out (the name escapes me).

Haven't tried Dun Dealgan though....

lulu1 · 03-07-2015 01:23PM

desbrook wrote: »

It's not off the ground your teenagers got their fussiness!!!

Won't argue with that If I wouldn't eat it myself I wouldn't force it on someone else

cbyrd · 03-07-2015 01:24PM

The aldi range of Turkey slices ( the specialty packs) are made by hogan meats in Meath, the Lidl bread used to be made by spicers in Navan until it closed, the fruit and veg offers every week are not subsidised by the producers, aldi and lidl take the hit as opposed to tesco dunnes and supervalu who make the supplier take the hit on product price.
I used to be a brand snob until financial reasons made me cop on to the amount of money I was spending on food.
I find a lot of the own brand stuff far nicer than the brand products.
The red tub of vanilla icecream in lidl.
The lidl extra mature cheese
Supervalu own brand spaghetti hoops and beans.
The aldi weetabix doesn't need as much milk as the kelloggs ones, and the rice crispies are nicer to.
Aldi also do lovely gluten free sausages for 99c as opposed to E1.89 for the cheapest branded ones.

Thargor · 03-07-2015 01:29PM

Cant shop in Dunnes or Tesco anymore since Aldi opened across the road from our house, everything is twice as dear for the same or less quality. Id say I feed myself on €3 a day or less overall now compared to €5-6 or often a lot worse in the Tesco days.

Trond wrote: »

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/10985584/13.29-Lidl-whisky-wins-top-spirit-award.html

osarusan wrote: »

Is that sold in Ireland? I was thinking about the Dun Dealgan one (or whatever it is called).

That one was kind of nasty.

Same for Lidls vodka, nearly the cheapest on the market and the best vodka money can buy imo, Smirnoff tastes of chemicals to me now:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/lidl-own-brand-vodka-beats-market-leaders-141897.html

Mesrine65 · 03-07-2015 01:35PM

The only branded stuff I buy is beer, I'm a beer geek :eek:

Aldi/Lidl all the way otherwise

theteal · 03-07-2015 01:46PM

I'm struggling to think of any brand name grocery products we have in the house apart from tea and coffee (and they're both down to mrsTeal as I don't really drink either).

It's been a gradual transition from shopping mainly in Tesco and Asda 4 years ago to now getting everything we need (and some treats too!) in Aldi - I'd shop in Lidl as well but the one beside us is a bit grubby.

fleet_admiral · 03-07-2015 01:49PM

cbyrd wrote: »

The aldi range of Turkey slices ( the specialty packs) are made by hogan meats in Meath, the Lidl bread used to be made by spicers in Navan until it closed, the fruit and veg offers every week are not subsidised by the producers, aldi and lidl take the hit as opposed to tesco dunnes and supervalu who make the supplier take the hit on product price.
I used to be a brand snob until financial reasons made me cop on to the amount of money I was spending on food.
I find a lot of the own brand stuff far nicer than the brand products.
The red tub of vanilla icecream in lidl.
The lidl extra mature cheese
Supervalu own brand spaghetti hoops and beans.
The aldi weetabix doesn't need as much milk as the kelloggs ones, and the rice crispies are nicer to.
Aldi also do lovely gluten free sausages for 99c as opposed to E1.89 for the cheapest branded ones.

We use that sometimes in work if we run out of the premium stuff we buy off our supplier:o, people often compliment it. Its amazing for the price

desbrook · 03-07-2015 02:59PM

lulu1 wrote: »

Won't argue with that If I wouldn't eat it myself I wouldn't force it on someone else

I just want better for my kids than wasting five grand a year just because they are used to something. Ability to change is a life skill.

Wetherspoons is opening up a pub near me. When people say " you won't get Heineken / Carlsberg / Guinness etc there " I piss myself. Jesus you'd swear they were serving rat poison. Can't wait to try their range.

desbrook · 03-07-2015 03:01PM

fleet_admiral wrote: »

We use that sometimes in work if we run out of the premium stuff we buy off our supplier:o, people often compliment it. Its amazing for the price

3.5 litres of Premium ice cream for 3.99 . My lads love it ( so do I)

osarusan · 03-07-2015 03:01PM

I actually think Lidl's cooking chocolate tastes better than a lot of brand chocolates.

AndyBoBandy · 03-07-2015 03:04PM

I would buy Premier Dairies low fat milk, often have to get the own brand when the premier is not available, or the date only has 2-3 days left on it, Tesco own brand low fat milk is fine, Supervalu low fat milk tastes terrible.

Would also usually get the Kellogs Fruit n Fibre, and once had to get the Tesco own brand fruit n fibre and in my opinion it was nicer than the Kellogs.

Caliden · 03-07-2015 03:07PM

Smoked salmon.

I love it but some of the cheaper brands are horrific and would put you off it.

suicide_circus · 03-07-2015 03:13PM

Fairy washing up liquid is pretty much the only product I won't compromise on

Uncle_moe · 03-07-2015 03:15PM

Generally find nearly all brand products taste better than knock offs. Some more obvious than others.

Cereal own brand is muck. Low cost cheese has zero flavour. Real mature cheddar, for example, will never cost less than about €18 per kilo.
Ketchup, mayo, mustard etc own brands I've tried are poor also.

Like anything you get what you pay for.

own brand vs real brand foods

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