ALDI & LIDL Food and Drink Worth Trying?
Discussion
NoVetec said:
Maybe Lidl as well? But they're in Aldi. Stacks of them in my local, no coronavirus panic buying effect, although it would go well with all the loo rolls.
Thank you 
craig1912 said:
Lots of his recipes online and Youtube
https://greatcurryrecipes.net/2020/01/31/recipes/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_uEJjFVrAZeOCq1...
Cheers https://greatcurryrecipes.net/2020/01/31/recipes/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_uEJjFVrAZeOCq1...
- definitely prefer a book though - and at £5, well, it would rude not to really 
Having many cats I tend to buy a tray (12 tins of cat food) every few days. Yesterday I thought I’d just take six tins to last a day and a half. I was only allowed to purchase four. Not wanting to hold the probably already frustrated queue up I relinquished my extra two as opposed to heading back to the shelf and replacing four individual tins with four x12 packs. My bad. It makes me so sad to think people’s animals might suffer because of this.
Gretchen said:
Having many cats I tend to buy a tray (12 tins of cat food) every few days. Yesterday I thought I’d just take six tins to last a day and a half. I was only allowed to purchase four. Not wanting to hold the probably already frustrated queue up I relinquished my extra two as opposed to heading back to the shelf and replacing four individual tins with four x12 packs. My bad. It makes me so sad to think people’s animals might suffer because of this.
Animals suffering in what way?There’s no right answer to this. Nothing I can argue that justifies it either way.
Four individual toilet rolls would last us a week, four loaves of bread two weeks, four bags of pasta a month, four bags of flour, four bags of sugar, four boxes of eggs and four bottles of vanilla essence I’d be baking cakes for a year. Four tins of cat food last a day. Yet next to them on the supermarket shelf is a 12 pack of which I could have bought 4. Supermarkets must be finding it hard to control what shoppers are buying and how to justify their limits. Do they break up the multipacks in order to ration fairly? Weigh out the dry goods and fresh meat?
I’ve overheard a young child (approx 6) asking her Dad why he’s buying more soap when they already have loads at home. A woman telling the assistant she thinks it’s crazy people stockpiling but she’s popping in every day to pick bits up and of course if she sees toilet rolls she picks up another pack...
As humans we can and should be making sensible decisions about what we buy and how wisely we use it. Our pets don’t have that ability. I can’t see anyones dogs or cats happily skipping a meal. I’d hate to see family pets being turned out, or worse still.
Four individual toilet rolls would last us a week, four loaves of bread two weeks, four bags of pasta a month, four bags of flour, four bags of sugar, four boxes of eggs and four bottles of vanilla essence I’d be baking cakes for a year. Four tins of cat food last a day. Yet next to them on the supermarket shelf is a 12 pack of which I could have bought 4. Supermarkets must be finding it hard to control what shoppers are buying and how to justify their limits. Do they break up the multipacks in order to ration fairly? Weigh out the dry goods and fresh meat?
I’ve overheard a young child (approx 6) asking her Dad why he’s buying more soap when they already have loads at home. A woman telling the assistant she thinks it’s crazy people stockpiling but she’s popping in every day to pick bits up and of course if she sees toilet rolls she picks up another pack...
As humans we can and should be making sensible decisions about what we buy and how wisely we use it. Our pets don’t have that ability. I can’t see anyones dogs or cats happily skipping a meal. I’d hate to see family pets being turned out, or worse still.
Toaster Pilot said:
My local Aldi stores seem to be struggling for wine stocks (along with everything else) - didn't realise people were hoarding wine!
(understandable mind, self isolation would drive you to drink)
The staff are probably just focusing on getting other sections replenished.(understandable mind, self isolation would drive you to drink)
V8mate said:
Toaster Pilot said:
My local Aldi stores seem to be struggling for wine stocks (along with everything else) - didn't realise people were hoarding wine!
(understandable mind, self isolation would drive you to drink)
The staff are probably just focusing on getting other sections replenished.(understandable mind, self isolation would drive you to drink)
Toaster Pilot said:
Will your cats eat dry food at all? Might be a handy backup alternative if they're not too fussy?
My two only eat dry stuff, it's a bit easier to have a stock of that than tins
My two only eat dry stuff, it's a bit easier to have a stock of that than tins
I’ve bought a box and am slowly introducing it. Have five cats (two dogs) and a couple are fussy. Hoping I don’t have to self isolate (though in a high risk/vulnerable work environment) No shop in village but community and neighbours are a good bunch.
Gretchen said:
... but she’s popping in every day to pick bits up ...
I know this is the Lidl/Aldi thread but I got an email from Sainsbury overnight (I assume because I have a Nectar card) saying they are limiting sales to 3 of any item and 2 of 'high demand' items such as soap and bog roll, which is definitely going to encourage repeat visits to store rather than the ideal situation where people shop for a week or two at a time and then keep away.Toaster Pilot said:
Will your cats eat dry food at all? Might be a handy backup alternative if they're not too fussy?
My two only eat dry stuff, it's a bit easier to have a stock of that than tins
I was in Morrison’s yesterday and overhead an old couple arguing:My two only eat dry stuff, it's a bit easier to have a stock of that than tins
Old man to wife: “get some more cat food there won’t be any next week”
Old woman: “well if there’s not he can bloody starve and if things get any worse he’ll be on the menu!”
Made me chuckle!
Funny little scene in my local Morrison's yesterday.
Quite a well-to-do area - there were rows and rows of empty shelves where the red wine used to be...and 16 neatly arranged bottles of Black Tower that the good burghers of my little town clearly won't drink under any circumstances!
If I was the brand manager for Black Tower I'd find that deeply, deeply demoralising.
Quite a well-to-do area - there were rows and rows of empty shelves where the red wine used to be...and 16 neatly arranged bottles of Black Tower that the good burghers of my little town clearly won't drink under any circumstances!
If I was the brand manager for Black Tower I'd find that deeply, deeply demoralising.
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