ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

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majordad

3,600 posts

196 months

Wednesday 18th July 2018
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IMHO all of the Aldi/Lidl fresh fish is to be avoided, a local fishmonger will have better and often cheaper.

hyphen

26,262 posts

89 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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RammyMP said:
I bought some salmon last week, it was a bit st, not much flavour to it.
Farmed salmon? Buy Wild, more expensive mind.

Pothole

34,367 posts

281 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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twing said:
Smelly feet cheese fish
This is my favourite term of the year so far!

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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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.

FiF

43,963 posts

250 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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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.
Agree with the above, even to the point that for eg Lidl we are very selective about which fresh lines we buy, esp veg.

Also agree generally about Waitrose, never sure exactly why they have the reputation they do.

V8mate

45,899 posts

188 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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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.
Agree with the above, even to the point that for eg Lidl we are very selective about which fresh lines we buy, esp veg.

Also agree generally about Waitrose, never sure exactly why they have the reputation they do.
Yeah, I'm starting to learn, in Aldi, exactly how many days until use-by my favourite/regular products have on them when at their freshest, and will simply leave them if sales have suddenly slowed and they've been stuck on the shelf a day or two.

andburg

7,214 posts

168 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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its not an ALDI/LIDL specific issue.

I dont tend to do a weekly big shop these days as fresh products seems to degrade too fast.
Chicken is probably the worst for it.

have an ALDI on my way home so i just call in and pickup whatever i need mon/wed/fri

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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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)

Truckosaurus

11,183 posts

283 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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andburg said:
...I don't tend to do a weekly big shop these days as fresh products seems to degrade too fast.
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Indeed. I can only assume it is deliberate to 'encourage' you to visit the store multiple times a week rather than the 'big shop' as you suggest.

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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sidenote, noticed some Guiness flavoured crisps in LIDL... very strange taste, tastes more like marmite!

majordad

3,600 posts

196 months

Thursday 19th July 2018
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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 said often cheaper, not always. And fishmongers like supermarkets often have specials that reflect supply or deals with their suppliers.

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

twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Superb! £3.99 for two, bloody delicious but I doubt they’ll be around for long

soxboy

6,060 posts

218 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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twing said:


Superb! £3.99 for two, bloody delicious but I doubt they’ll be around for long
Look at all the red on the nutritional info, nearly a full house. Can feel my arteries hardening just looking at it. Does look nice though, just needs some chips.

twing

4,996 posts

130 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Wedges this time smile I’ve never noticed the traffic light thing before, Christ I’m behind the times

ambuletz

10,690 posts

180 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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soxboy said:
Look at all the red on the nutritional info, nearly a full house. Can feel my arteries hardening just looking at it. Does look nice though, just needs some chips.
forgot to mention that it's exactly 666 calories too.

Gretchen

18,998 posts

215 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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twing said:


Superb! £3.99 for two, bloody delicious but I doubt they’ll be around for long
It’s like a posh’d up Rustler Burger hehe


ajprice

27,319 posts

195 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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twing said:


Superb! £3.99 for two, bloody delicious but I doubt they’ll be around for long
Had this tonight, with chips smile . Very nice burgers

dickymint

24,097 posts

257 months

Saturday 21st July 2018
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Gretchen said:
twing said:


Superb! £3.99 for two, bloody delicious but I doubt they’ll be around for long
It’s like a posh’d up Rustler Burger hehe
In its own disposable micro-wave hehe

ImonsterXI

31 posts

79 months

Monday 23rd July 2018
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Would normally avoid stuff like this like the plague, but based on the prior posts have currently got one of the above burger boxes "resting" in my fridge ready for cooking tomorrow. If I have the sts on Wednesday I'm blaming this forum smile

BrabusMog

20,083 posts

185 months

Tuesday 24th July 2018
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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!