ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[skilly1]

These are bloody lovely! Plus you get a free ceramic pot.

[gregs656]

ambuletz said:

Bought the FREEWAY cola from Lidl today to try it. for 42p for a 2 litre bottle it's actually not bad. bought the diet verson and it tastes better then diet coke and diet pepsi. much cheaper compared to £1.40 for pepsi or £2 for coca-cola. definately getting this more often. Just need to see how it holds it's carbonation over the next couple of days.

I buy the cans fairly often, nice I think. It's the same stuff in Aldi from what I can tell.

[hyphen]

skilly1 said:

These are bloody lovely! Plus you get a free ceramic pot.

How much? And how does ingredients/nutrition compare? As it looks a competitor to this one my OH loves: http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317-100...

[Jordan210]

Tried the Picanha Burger with Rump Chunks last night. very nice. even better as was marked up as £2.69 an scanned in at £1.35. Should have stocked up !

[ambuletz]

Tony Angelino said:

ambuletz said:

So I have some of the ALDI smoked mackerel fillets in peri peri seasoning. (similar pic below). What do YOU guys do with it? sure you can eat it on it's own.. but would rather eat it with something. intial thoughts was just to tear it up in a pasta salad. or just eat it over rice with regular soy sauce. if it's any good I might make it a go-to thing for work lunch.

Tried this a while back and it has too many bones for my liking - could have been a one off as I've not tried it again since. Only supermarket smoked Mackerel I can find that consistently is basically bone free is the Marks and Sparks version. Interested to know the bone content if you could please?

ta

So I ate it for lunch today with some rice, was good, definately getting it again. As for bones... I'm used to eating a whole mackerel grilled so haven't got much problem with picking out bones as I eat it. There were bones in this but not much, it was mainly around the top edge of the fish (which always has bones) the main meaty body of the fish didn't really have any. Most of the bones were tiny and a little soft. the harder small ones being on the top edge of the fish.

[skilly1]

hyphen said:

skilly1 said:

These are bloody lovely! Plus you get a free ceramic pot.

How much? And how does ingredients/nutrition compare? As it looks a competitor to this one my OH loves: http://www.waitrose.com/shop/ProductView-10317-100...

About £1.20. No idea on nutrition but ingredients looked natural enough.

[IanA2]

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

[jas xjr]

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

[FiF]

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

[matchmaker]

FiF said:

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

Aldi do unsalted.

[FiF]

matchmaker said:

FiF said:

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

Aldi do unsalted.

Ta, will take a look.

[V8mate]

FiF said:

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

The wholesale price of butter has gone up 60% this year in Germany. I guess there was only so long they could keep those rises from being passed through to the consumer.

[Gretchen]

Has anyone tried this? Just went shopping with my friend who has picked some up to nibble on later



Unfortunately for medical reasons alcohol is off the menu at the moment for me

[hyphen]

FiF said:

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

That has decreased the price difference between Organic and not organic considerably, even at full price, as the former is normally £1.60 ish.

We bulk buy organic unsalted when on offer - you can freeze butter so simples.

[hyphen]

21TonyK said:

hyphen said:

Currently tucking into some lovely Aldi 'specially selected' Wild Alaskan Boneless Sockeye Salmon fillet, also have some pole caught Yellow Fin Tuna for tomorrow.

Both say 'Im new' on the packaging, but I don't shop there enough to know if actually a new item, were in the chilled area rather than frozen.

Also have some of the sockeye salmon and yes, definitely only been around a couple of weeks.

Going to part beetroot cure it. Not sure what to serve it with though or whether to just use it as a starter for something at the weekend.

Now the Salmon is no longer sold, try to eat salmon once a week so will make me also shop more elsewhere. Guessing demand has gone up due to the lice issue with farmed salmon.

[IanA2]

FiF said:

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

Yup Lidl do unsalted. I prefer their butter as it's a "continental" churn. Not as hard as the British churn.
Bit of googling about reveals that the main problem is that folks are dumping spreads as they no longer believe butter is bad for them, I never did! So whilst they've been off on their chemical spreads, demand for butter has fallen, milk producers have gone bust, and so now we have huge increase in demand for butter alongside a reduction in the availability of milk. Wonderful.

[FiF]

IanA2 said:

FiF said:

jas xjr said:

IanA2 said:

Lidl's butter has shot up from 00.99p to 01.30 in one week. I can't see that other dairy produce has increased by 30%. That's an extraordinary increase which to date they have not been able to explain.

similar increase in aldi. butter has gone up everywhere unfortunately. we use a lot of butter and usually bulk buy it when it is on offer. the £1 blocks of lurpak are long gone.

Yep, likewise used to 'bulk buy' on offers, but increasingly having to buy at full price, as even a 1:50 offer is rare. Unfortunately the Mrs doesn't care for the Lidl butter, too salty, and only buys Lurpak. All the other cheaper offerings are genuinely too salty, on that I tend to agree with her. Btw do Lidl do unsalted? Must remember to look.

Yup Lidl do unsalted. I prefer their butter as it's a "continental" churn. Not as hard as the British churn.
Bit of googling about reveals that the main problem is that folks are dumping spreads as they no longer believe butter is bad for them, I never did! So whilst they've been off on their chemical spreads, demand for butter has fallen, milk producers have gone bust, and so now we have huge increase in demand for butter alongside a reduction in the availability of milk. Wonderful.

Thanks for that. Didn't know about different churns, I must be the other way round as I find, for example, the President the daughter buts too soft and a bit greasy. Also interesting to hear about consumers dumping the processed spreads, though personally find Bertolli olive spread ok. Guess it's a similar scenario to ice cream, Mr Whippy vs proper gelato.

[Driver101]

skilly1 said:

These are bloody lovely! Plus you get a free ceramic pot.

The salted caramel one was better. I wouldn't rave as much as you.

[RammyMP]

Driver101 said:

skilly1 said:

These are bloody lovely! Plus you get a free ceramic pot.

The salted caramel one was better. I wouldn't rave as much as you.

I had one a couple of months ago, thought it was ok. The kids love the chocolate mousse in the shot glass. Trouble is now, we've loads of small glasses now!

[hyphen]

RammyMP said:

Driver101 said:

skilly1 said:

These are bloody lovely! Plus you get a free ceramic pot.

The salted caramel one was better. I wouldn't rave as much as you.

I had one a couple of months ago, thought it was ok. The kids love the chocolate mousse in the shot glass. Trouble is now, we've loads of small glasses now!

Chuck them, otherwise they will just pile up unused.

I've tried all 4 of the flavours, and it maybe the hot weather, but I preferred the Lemon/Raspberry & Cream over the two chocolate. Especially the latter.

Also picked up a lunch box for £5. Has 3 compartments at the bottom, and one in the lid. Plus a round lidded cup too.

Look nice, good brand and perfect for kids, may pick up another if still there on next visit, as the cost will pay for itself if my OH spends less eating out with other mums!!

Edited by hyphen on Sunday 27th August 20:49