ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?

[condor]

I tried the new Aldi triple cooked, beef dripping coated, skin on, frozen oven chunky style chips for lunch today { £1.49/750g) with a Lidl's fillet steak ( last week's offer at £3.49)
Thought the chips were very flavoursome, impressed with them. Will buy again. They managed to stay hot throughout the meal
Prefer Aldi steaks to Lidl, but was OK and great value for the price.

[twing]

4x rumps for £7 something today, 900g total

[wobert]

I’m a big fan of the Aldi Chicken Jalfrezi, closest to a takeaway curry I’ve had in terms of flavour and consistency of the sauce.

Serves two.....yeah right......

[andburg]

Just had a garlic bread I paid too much for from Morrison’s, not a patch on the chilled garlic bread from Aldi.

Aside from that specially selected pasta, stir through tomato and mascarpone sauce slipped down a treat

[Bear-n]

Not food, but my nearest (Tong Rd, Leeds) is selling off individually-wrapped ZIP firelighter packs for 49p. Plenty left for folk as I only snaffled 5 packs

[condor]

Bear-n said:

Not food, but my nearest (Tong Rd, Leeds) is selling off individually-wrapped ZIP firelighter packs for 49p. Plenty left for folk as I only snaffled 5 packs

Yes, the firelighters were 49p at my local Aldi too. Along with loads of other very cheap prices (99p, 49p and 19p) on their 'aisle of dreams' stuff. I bought 2 pairs of ladies slippers at 49p each and a double climate control mattress protector also for 49p. 19p got me some silicon baking strips, some spice jars and glass cleaning wipes.

[matchmaker]

The Aldi Specially Selected chilled wild mushroom and truffle oil ravioli is delicious.

[condor]

My local store have now stopped doing half price and instead are doing 30% off short dated products.
I usually buy half price flowers when I see them, but not sure I'll bother if they're only 30% off.

[Tony Angelino]

condor said:

My local store have now stopped doing half price and instead are doing 30% off short dated products.
I usually buy half price flowers when I see them, but not sure I'll bother if they're only 30% off.

I've only ever seen 30% off in my local Lidl.

[condor]

Yes, sorry - I should have said the 30% was now at Aldi as they've stopped their half price discount as of yesterday.
Lidl has always been 30% as far as I know.

[Gretchen]

My local often have had written stickers as low as 20p. Small corner at the end of the chiller section. Though I’m familiar with all the reduced sections and always check for a bargain.

Picked up a petrol can today for £1.49 and a DAB radio with Bluetooth for £11.99 both from Aldi





Haven’t tried it yet but it’ll be mostly for the cats to listen to so I’m sure it’ll be fine.

[Pothole]

hotchy said:

Mines never seems busy at all until the world decides to use the one checkout that's open just when I want to checkout...

As much as they throw the stuff at you faster than anyone can bag, it still takes an age. Ofcourse you could join the fight with the others when checkout 2 is opened, but you always seem to have a few items just going on the belt and the masses of lucky shoppers who are behind me manage to get served first.

I do enjoy the middle. I got a hotdog toaster once hahahaha.

STOP BAGGING AT THE CHECKOUT!!

[FiF]

Pothole said:

hotchy said:

Mines never seems busy at all until the world decides to use the one checkout that's open just when I want to checkout...

As much as they throw the stuff at you faster than anyone can bag, it still takes an age. Ofcourse you could join the fight with the others when checkout 2 is opened, but you always seem to have a few items just going on the belt and the masses of lucky shoppers who are behind me manage to get served first.

I do enjoy the middle. I got a hotdog toaster once hahahaha.

STOP BAGGING AT THE CHECKOUT!!

Depends, devil is in the detail.

I called at Lidl this morning, 8 items only, so no trolley, just a basket, which has to be left at the entry end of the conveyor belt. Therefore have no option other than to bag at the checkout. Despite the operator having flung three of my items through before the previous customer, who incidentally was not bagging at the checkout, had stopped fannying around and got out of the way I still managed to bag everything, chilled items in cool bag, room temp stuff in normal bag, not have any delicate things under heavier items etc., and hand over the cash without causing any delay. It's folks who aren't organised who are the issue, one prime example being those who get to the paying stage and only then start digging out purse / wallet.

[CharlesdeGaulle]

It probably won't be much use to the collective as I'm in Luxembourg, but I'm delighted with these two bargains in Lidl.

Saint Emilion grand cru at €8.


And a kiwi sauvignon blanc for €3.50.

[RC1807]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

It probably won't be much use to the collective as I'm in Luxembourg, but I'm delighted with these two bargains in Lidl.

Saint Emilion grand cru at €8.


And a kiwi sauvignon blanc for €3.50.

Noted, cheers!

[CharlesdeGaulle]

RC1807 said:

Noted, cheers!

Rare bargains!

[V8mate]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

Rare bargains!

They're exactly the same price in England.

Just that we have to pay the government an additional £2.68 in duty

[twing]

Venison grill steaks £1.99 for two, gotta be worth a go

[OriginalFDM]

Which of their red wines in the £5ish range are worth a look? Not shopped there in ages but from memory used to enjoy the Bushland Shiraz and the Kooliburra Shiraz which was daft cheap at about £3.50

[ben5575]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

It probably won't be much use to the collective as I'm in Luxembourg, but I'm delighted with these two bargains in Lidl.

Saint Emilion grand cru at €8.

Yes I enjoyed this one over Christmas. Very nice from Lidl.

OriginalFDM said:

Which of their red wines in the £5ish range are worth a look? Not shopped there in ages but from memory used to enjoy the Bushland Shiraz and the Kooliburra Shiraz which was daft cheap at about £3.50

I (used to before I stopped drinking) enjoy Aldi's Stellenbosch at £6.99