ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
Parabola said:
don4l said:
I tend to pour a small amound and put the cork back in. I then give the bottle a vigorous shake. This seems to do the trick very nicely.
I like that. Definitely works!I remember a taste test from a wine magazine where identical bottles of red were left in different places for a year.
(Wine cellar, kitchen, restaurant cellar, boot of a car.)
After a year, everyone in the blind taste group favorited the bottle that had been kept in the boot of the family car!
Anyway, that £6 Aldi Malbec is great paired with Aldi's £3.09 ribeye steaks. Superb combo for the money.
I've yet to try their 'Specially Selected' ribeyesteaks, will grab some on the next trip.
V8mate said:
The Spruce goose said:
picked these up in the co-op for 2 quid.
McCain Triple Cooked Gastro Chips
Really nice, and they have beef fat on them. Taste like proper chips.
Yeah... but... you went in a Co-op. (Eeew)McCain Triple Cooked Gastro Chips
Really nice, and they have beef fat on them. Taste like proper chips.
Guards!
BTW - the Aldi Christmas food catalogue thudded on to our door mat the other day, it's well worth a read.
Riley Blue said:
V8mate said:
The Spruce goose said:
picked these up in the co-op for 2 quid.
McCain Triple Cooked Gastro Chips
Really nice, and they have beef fat on them. Taste like proper chips.
Yeah... but... you went in a Co-op. (Eeew)McCain Triple Cooked Gastro Chips
Really nice, and they have beef fat on them. Taste like proper chips.
Guards!
BTW - the Aldi Christmas food catalogue thudded on to our door mat the other day, it's well worth a read.
The Co-op is not a discount store though. It's the fetid home of people with various social issues, and a business which further abuses them by way of wholly uncompetitive pricing.
Fastchas said:
The large oblong pizzas are a delight (£3-ish?). Just get the veggie one and put your own ham and chorizo on, bottle of their 'selected' wine and it's a fine meal for two.
They've introduced some new varieties recently, the ham and mushroom is good. I'm greedy enough to eat a whole one to myself!Gareth1974 said:
Fastchas said:
The large oblong pizzas are a delight (£3-ish?). Just get the veggie one and put your own ham and chorizo on, bottle of their 'selected' wine and it's a fine meal for two.
They've introduced some new varieties recently, the ham and mushroom is good. I'm greedy enough to eat a whole one to myself!Extra protein and adds a lovely chilli kick!
Edited by V8mate on Saturday 12th November 12:02
V8mate said:
I don't disagree; great Lidl finds should also be shared here.
The Co-op is not a discount store though. It's the fetid home of people with various social issues, and a business which further abuses them by way of wholly uncompetitive pricing.
I just quizzed my O/H who sometimes calls in at our local Co-op on the walk home. She reckons you're wrong with regard to their pricing. She's Scottish so I doubt she'd be wrong...The Co-op is not a discount store though. It's the fetid home of people with various social issues, and a business which further abuses them by way of wholly uncompetitive pricing.
Riley Blue said:
V8mate said:
I don't disagree; great Lidl finds should also be shared here.
The Co-op is not a discount store though. It's the fetid home of people with various social issues, and a business which further abuses them by way of wholly uncompetitive pricing.
I just quizzed my O/H who sometimes calls in at our local Co-op on the walk home. She reckons you're wrong with regard to their pricing. She's Scottish so I doubt she'd be wrong...The Co-op is not a discount store though. It's the fetid home of people with various social issues, and a business which further abuses them by way of wholly uncompetitive pricing.
jas xjr said:
the co-op pretty much have the monopoly around my way for convenience stores. their prices are outrageous.
i only pop in there if i have forgotton something in my main shop. but i see some people seem to do a full shop in there.
Yep. There's a Co-op with Post Office counter in it just up the road from me, on the edge of a huge council estate. Had to grab some milk there recently (early on a Sunday, no options) and it was £1.85 for a four-pinter. 99p in other supermarkets? 89p in Aldi?i only pop in there if i have forgotton something in my main shop. but i see some people seem to do a full shop in there.
And yet this company, with a supposed social conscience, mainly serves the poorest communities.
And yet our Co-op, recently refurbished, has reasonably competitive pricing, milk same as anywhere else. It's like all supermarkets, some things are priced competitively, some not. Shoppers have to get savvy and have market price knowledge. But don't let the broad brush sweeping, and at times condescending, generalisations stop you all.
V8mate said:
jas xjr said:
the co-op pretty much have the monopoly around my way for convenience stores. their prices are outrageous.
i only pop in there if i have forgotton something in my main shop. but i see some people seem to do a full shop in there.
Yep. There's a Co-op with Post Office counter in it just up the road from me, on the edge of a huge council estate. Had to grab some milk there recently (early on a Sunday, no options) and it was £1.85 for a four-pinter. 99p in other supermarkets? 89p in Aldi?i only pop in there if i have forgotton something in my main shop. but i see some people seem to do a full shop in there.
And yet this company, with a supposed social conscience, mainly serves the poorest communities.
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