ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

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Steamer

13,866 posts

214 months

Thursday 29th February
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Its happened at my local now too - Ruined it.

How is Aldi self-scam SO painful to use?!

First week there were just a few in operation - but tonight it was 'Self-Scam Only'...

Half way through I thought about walking out, but that woudlnt be fair on the poor guy trying to keep all 10 other scanners working.

There was nothing wrong with the conveyor belts - maybe just a couple of self scans would be ideal for '8 items or fewer'.

ambuletz

10,761 posts

182 months

Thursday 29th February
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Perhaps they feel very few people are doing a weekly shop at 8-9pm at night? Much as ALDI/LIDL have a habit of opening up very few manned tills, my local aldi reacts fairly quickly to how busy it gets by opening additional lines.

imck

783 posts

108 months

Thursday 29th February
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Steamer said:
Its happened at my local now too - Ruined it.

How is Aldi self-scam SO painful to use?!

First week there were just a few in operation - but tonight it was 'Self-Scam Only'...

Half way through I thought about walking out, but that woudlnt be fair on the poor guy trying to keep all 10 other scanners working.

There was nothing wrong with the conveyor belts - maybe just a couple of self scans would be ideal for '8 items or fewer'.
Personally, I find them pretty reasonable.
Only have problems with very light items. Pack of Ibuprofen I think.

More importantly, the onions bhajis are very good with the tikka masala.

Fermit

13,038 posts

101 months

Friday 1st March
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andyA700 said:
Aldi has what I would desctibe as possibly the best wine in the country under £20 (I know, tastes vary). It is their French, Rhone Valley Vinsobres for an astonishing £8.49. You have to open and then let it breathe for a couple of hours. It has complexity and gentle tannins with a lovely balance of fruit. These Cru Cotes du Rhone are punching way above their price. This one reminds me of a Gigondas or a cheap (but good) Chateauneuf du Papes.
Just had a look online for the style of flavours, and found it's a dark red colour, full bodied with purple hues with largely herbal and black fruit aromas with a hint of liquorish. The savoury palate is round with elegant tannins, plum and pepper notes.

My wife likes a red, specifically Aldi's Duoro. Have you tried this, and if so do you think it may be to her taste? The description sounds like it could well be?

21st Century Man

40,951 posts

249 months

Friday 1st March
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andyA700 said:
Vinsobres
Alcohol free?

Fermit

13,038 posts

101 months

Friday 1st March
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21st Century Man said:
andyA700 said:
Vinsobres
Alcohol free?
Sure when I looked it up I saw it's 14.5%abv

madbadger

11,566 posts

245 months

Friday 1st March
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Fermit said:
21st Century Man said:
andyA700 said:
Vinsobres
Alcohol free?
Sure when I looked it up I saw it's 14.5%abv
Le parrot pour aisle cinq. smile

21TonyK

11,548 posts

210 months

Friday 1st March
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Anyone tried the Aldi wagyu denver steak?

2HFL

1,205 posts

42 months

Friday 1st March
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21TonyK said:
Anyone tried the Aldi wagyu denver steak?
I did recently try a Wagyu rib-eye from Aldi (don’t recall it being called Denver). It was fine but their standard matured steaks are decent quality anyway, so I'm not sure it was worth the extra cost but then I’m not a steak connoisseur.

Fermit

13,038 posts

101 months

Friday 1st March
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madbadger said:
Le parrot pour aisle cinq. smile
InowSWYD!

psi310398

9,141 posts

204 months

Saturday 2nd March
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cuprabob said:
Only buying a few items in Aldi, I thought it was a godsend when they introduced the self checkouts but recently of the 8 installed at my local Aldi only half seem to be operational at a time frown
They are probably made by the jokers who designed the passport scanners at Heathrow.

andyA700

2,745 posts

38 months

Saturday 2nd March
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Fermit said:
andyA700 said:
Aldi has what I would desctibe as possibly the best wine in the country under £20 (I know, tastes vary). It is their French, Rhone Valley Vinsobres for an astonishing £8.49. You have to open and then let it breathe for a couple of hours. It has complexity and gentle tannins with a lovely balance of fruit. These Cru Cotes du Rhone are punching way above their price. This one reminds me of a Gigondas or a cheap (but good) Chateauneuf du Papes.
Just had a look online for the style of flavours, and found it's a dark red colour, full bodied with purple hues with largely herbal and black fruit aromas with a hint of liquorish. The savoury palate is round with elegant tannins, plum and pepper notes.

My wife likes a red, specifically Aldi's Duoro. Have you tried this, and if so do you think it may be to her taste? The description sounds like it could well be?
My wife is a CNdP fan and likes the Douro as well, she also likes the Vinsobres.

sean ie3

2,055 posts

137 months

Monday 4th March
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Not my tipple but not bad, I'm looking out for the Pomerol.

markiii

3,631 posts

195 months

Monday 4th March
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also watching out for the Pomerol, haven't seen it in a while

SunsetZed

2,257 posts

171 months

Tuesday 5th March
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Haven't tried it yet but a couple of more experienced shoppers I bumped into told me that this is lovely so I picked up a few bottles yesterday.


Haddock82

499 posts

139 months

Tuesday 5th March
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For £5.29 we're rather fond of this

Easy drinking drink

Even better if you can leave it open a while... not that it usually lasts that long in our gaff

It's not going to set the world alight, but for the money it's a good everyday-er!


pb8g09

2,352 posts

70 months

Tuesday 5th March
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sean ie3 said:

Not my tipple but not bad, I'm looking out for the Pomerol.
I cracked one of these last night and had a couple of glasses. Definitely leave it open for a while - seemed to get better as it aired. I didn't find it particularly nice 25minutes after opening but 2 hours later it was much more pleasant.

soxboy

6,297 posts

220 months

Tuesday 5th March
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SunsetZed said:
Haven't tried it yet but a couple of more experienced shoppers I bumped into told me that this is lovely so I picked up a few bottles yesterday.

They very helpfully had these right by the entrance when I called past at lunch, they must have been reading this thread. I bought 3.

markiii

3,631 posts

195 months

Tuesday 5th March
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Cleared mine out, let's hope it's good

soxboy

6,297 posts

220 months

Tuesday 5th March
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markiii said:
Cleared mine out, let's hope it's good
It is good, will have to pop back for some more tomorrow.