ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
majordad said:
IMHO all of the Aldi/Lidl fresh fish is to be avoided, a local fishmonger will have better and often cheaper.
That may be your opinion, but in my *experience* Aldi fresh fish has been fine. And while it's possible that a fishmonger's supply chain is shorter, suggesting that they are cheaper is comical.I would certainly recommend eating all Aldi/Lidl fresh meat and fish well before its use-by date. They are far too optimistic with their packaging capability and dates.
Having said that though, I would suggest that it is a common problem across supermarkets and that Waitrose is amongst the worst, especially their chicken cuts, which seem to struggle to see the day out.
V8mate said:
majordad said:
IMHO all of the Aldi/Lidl fresh fish is to be avoided, a local fishmonger will have better and often cheaper.
That may be your opinion, but in my *experience* Aldi fresh fish has been fine. And while it's possible that a fishmonger's supply chain is shorter, suggesting that they are cheaper is comical.I would certainly recommend eating all Aldi/Lidl fresh meat and fish well before its use-by date. They are far too optimistic with their packaging capability and dates.
Having said that though, I would suggest that it is a common problem across supermarkets and that Waitrose is amongst the worst, especially their chicken cuts, which seem to struggle to see the day out.
Also agree generally about Waitrose, never sure exactly why they have the reputation they do.
FiF said:
V8mate said:
majordad said:
IMHO all of the Aldi/Lidl fresh fish is to be avoided, a local fishmonger will have better and often cheaper.
That may be your opinion, but in my *experience* Aldi fresh fish has been fine. And while it's possible that a fishmonger's supply chain is shorter, suggesting that they are cheaper is comical.I would certainly recommend eating all Aldi/Lidl fresh meat and fish well before its use-by date. They are far too optimistic with their packaging capability and dates.
Having said that though, I would suggest that it is a common problem across supermarkets and that Waitrose is amongst the worst, especially their chicken cuts, which seem to struggle to see the day out.
Also agree generally about Waitrose, never sure exactly why they have the reputation they do.
Freeway cola, how is it the price hasn't gone up with the whole sugar tax thing? The normal verson (with sugar) is 42p! mad considering it's £2 for much smaller bottles of coca-cola or pepsi. annoyingly i couldn't find any of the blue sugar free freeway colas (that are like pepsi max)
V8mate said:
majordad said:
IMHO all of the Aldi/Lidl fresh fish is to be avoided, a local fishmonger will have better and often cheaper.
That may be your opinion, but in my *experience* Aldi fresh fish has been fine. And while it's possible that a fishmonger's supply chain is shorter, suggesting that they are cheaper is comical.I would certainly recommend eating all Aldi/Lidl fresh meat and fish well before its use-by date. They are far too optimistic with their packaging capability and dates.
Having said that though, I would suggest that it is a common problem across supermarkets and that Waitrose is amongst the worst, especially their chicken cuts, which seem to struggle to see the day out.
I'm a bit spoiled myself though living in Cork where fresh fish is landed within hours. We have some choosey customers !
Re chicken, I owned a Service Station / Shop for ten years and found chicken fillets were impossible to quess how well they would keep. Eventually I put it down to where you put them in the display fridge and just how cold it was and if it kept to the required temperature 100 % of the time. In my opinion, a day or two is as much as I'd be comfortable with eating them, perhaps in a strong curry another day !
Edited by majordad on Thursday 19th July 22:55
They had loads of the halloumi fries in stock last night, so I finally managed to grab a box and they tasted great. I had the worst thin beef frying steak I've ever had from there though. It was actually inedible due to being so chewy from all the gristle which is a shame as I really enjoy my cheap steak wraps from time to time!
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