ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
21TonyK said:
Am I missing a trick with Lidl? Just opened a new big Lidl local to me and have been round a few times but yesterday I couldn't find naans or any ready made samosas or anything like that?
The range of products seems very limited compared to Aldi?
When a big new Lidl opened at first the different layout locations made it difficult to find stuff, without realising one had been programmed into looking for things in a particular sequence. Having said that they do seem to be changing and dropping some lines, for example we've previously bought their Simply Oats to go into home made muesli mix, now nowhere to be seen and replaced by some Oatilicious rubbish. Naans were there definitely, not sure about samosas, we get ours from the local butcher done by his own chef, presumably Lidl's are quite good then?The range of products seems very limited compared to Aldi?
21TonyK said:
Am I missing a trick with Lidl? Just opened a new big Lidl local to me and have been round a few times but yesterday I couldn't find naans or any ready made samosas or anything like that?
The range of products seems very limited compared to Aldi?
Lidl is a very different proposition to Aldi and you just need to get past that. It's much closer to the German original in terms of its offering style. Smaller core range but a lot of both food and non-food specials in the 'Middle of Lidl'. The range of products seems very limited compared to Aldi?
In terms of booze, for example, Aldi's core range is better, but Lidl is much better at finding one-off drops of great wines (and beers).
We discuss them equally here as they have a common profile of invading German discounter, but there are distinct differences as you dig deeper.
Trustmeimadoctor said:
around here lidl is far superior to aldi.
I think they're just different.I mainly shop at Aldi, because they have the core stuff I need for a week's meals.
But I love Lidl because they still import lots of stuff from the Fatherland. On many occasions I'll find that I've returned from Lidl, clutching a fifty or sixty quid receipt, and only have one 'dinner'. The rest has been spent on life's luxuries.
V8mate said:
Aldi/Lidl fanboi, I may be, but all supermarket hot cross buns are sure. The dough is, inevitably, cheap and dry. Whilst 'split and toasted, with butter' is the correct way to enjoy them, you can tell you've got a good bun when you can quite happily eat it straight from the packet.
M&S Luxury are the only acceptable packaged variant.
And as for the the recent fad of random (generally extremely sweet) additions... FFS. Someone at work the other day had 'chocolate and salted caramel' hot cross buns. Filthy soandso.
The chocolate and salted caramel hot cross buns are my new favourite hot cross bun flavour.M&S Luxury are the only acceptable packaged variant.
And as for the the recent fad of random (generally extremely sweet) additions... FFS. Someone at work the other day had 'chocolate and salted caramel' hot cross buns. Filthy soandso.
Edited by V8mate on Friday 29th March 17:01
Lidl has more continental stuff, which is good. Fun things at the moment are a full range of Jaffa Cakes - cherry, raspberry, strawberry, apricot etc. Also picked up a bar of Polish (?) chocolate with a white chocolate and raspberry filling. Very tasty.
Aldi better for brands, but less interesting things to pick up as you go round.
Aldi better for brands, but less interesting things to pick up as you go round.
Welshbeef said:
How much of the Aldi and Lidl produce that you buy are produced in the U.K.?
I saw a commend above made in the fatherland like it’s good to be supporting another country instead of our own
Their milk, much of their cheese and increasingly their yogurts are British dairy.I saw a commend above made in the fatherland like it’s good to be supporting another country instead of our own
Thesprucegoose said:
What do you mean produced in UK.
They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
It’s was just the comment about “the fatherland” all the good stuff. They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
A lsicilian drizzle whatisitsname isn’t produced in the U.K.
and lots of the pics I’ve seen here “ohhh look at this grab em while you can” style posts.
Welshbeef said:
Thesprucegoose said:
What do you mean produced in UK.
They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
It’s was just the comment about “the fatherland” all the good stuff. They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
A lsicilian drizzle whatisitsname isn’t produced in the U.K.
and lots of the pics I’ve seen here “ohhh look at this grab em while you can” style posts.
What we like is that when they have a regional specialty in it's generally the real McCoy, not some 'British' interpretation. You may like them, equally may not. Some Polish sausage got mixed reviews at home the other day, not because it wasn't decent stuff, properly decent meaty stuff, just too garlicky. Obviously the rip off lines, e.g. cereals are a branded 'equivalent', some are ok even as good as or better than the original branded version, others are sadly not worth the shelf space, which is where this thread excels in pointing out the good, the bad and the ugly. As earlier, open mind and common sense required.
Welshbeef said:
Thesprucegoose said:
What do you mean produced in UK.
They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
It’s was just the comment about “the fatherland” all the good stuff. They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
A lsicilian drizzle whatisitsname isn’t produced in the U.K.
and lots of the pics I’ve seen here “ohhh look at this grab em while you can” style posts.
Thesprucegoose said:
What do you mean produced in UK.
They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
Here in Scotland the majority of Aldis fresh meat is Scottish - far more so than in the likes of Tesco. Both Aldi and Lidl source their milk up here from Grahams of Bridge of Allan.They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
matchmaker said:
Thesprucegoose said:
What do you mean produced in UK.
They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
Here in Scotland the majority of Aldis fresh meat is Scottish - far more so than in the likes of Tesco. Both Aldi and Lidl source their milk up here from Grahams of Bridge of Allan.They don't import German chickens.. most will be contract manufactured in the UK, fresh is UK as it usually says on the label. The thing is Lidl and Aldi are very different to the German ones, sone many British specific products.
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