Aldi, your days are numbered

[TheBabyAteMyBrain]

First you fuck with the design of your pull ups so they give my toddler a wedgie and leak all the time, but now, now you've gone too far by changing your camembert.

I made gorgeous chorizo bread, I prepared the cheese, I popped a bottle of fizz and it all went to hell when I baked your stupid camembert. The packaging had changed but I never expected the puffed up scrambled egg mess that came out of the oven. Where was the ooze? Where was the goo. So. Disappointed.

I will now be frequenting tesco for my cheese needs.

You're on your last chance aldi, stop messing with my shopping.

Nappies have gone shit aswel

Go to Lidl for your oozing and pull-ups, we do. Also DSIL works for them.

Oh ffs! This is so the last straw for them and also have to say for Lidl. I bought a pack of easy peelers and one a day went mouldy so i ended up eating only half the pack. Morissons on the other hand, all 6 have stayed ok and I've had them since last Wed! These German supermarkets are rubbish..you have to ask yourself why are things cheaper..hmmm, maybe because they're crapper, older, etc. My m-i-l swears by Aldi and Lidl and has a right go at me cos i prefer to pay more and get quality longer lasting fruit etc. My advice ...ditch 'em!

Yeah, DH and I noticed this about the cheese a while back. The Asda el cheapo Camembert does the trick thankfully

There are many things that piss me off. Food/grocery shopping snobbery is one of them.

I love Aldi but keep seeing good things about Lidl. Might take a trip tomorrow for my top-up shop- any decent recommendations on products?

Bakery, continental meat slices, good steaks.

Laertes Rey organic Rioja.

@SlowLiving0 this is not grocery snobbery. The OP is quite content shopping at Aldi. She's unhappy that they have changed products that she buys and they now don't seem to be as good quality.

I think we are really lucky in the Uk. We have such a massive choice of supermarkets. Many places in Europe only have Aldi or Lidl type equivalents. I lived in Germany for a while and the choice was dire! I must say I never really got the MN love for these budget places. I do Tesco’s for basics and Ocado for “nicer” things.

It’s cheap for a reason

Temp too high on oven?

I like them for tins, jars, cereal and crisps. That's about it. I once wrote on a post a while ago that I thought their fruit and veg was crap and didn't last 5 minutes and it was met with horror and disbelief.

@BullBullBull aahh a supermarket snob...you have been outed. Do a blind taste test...I'd bet my own child you wouldn't spot the difference, although many Aldi products taste nicer.

Aldi Camembert has always gone puffy/scrambled egg for me. I can bake Camembert from any other supermarket no problem

I'm another supermarket snob. And I absolutely can taste the difference.

I couldn't get Lidl or Aldi ketchup past my teenager even decanting it into the Heinz bottle.
Also the washing powder from both stores could not deal with football kits.
The fruit and veg is also awful and doesn't last.

SlowLiving
It's not snobbery, it's expectation of quality.

I'll buy stuff from Aldi that I find to be good quality just as I'll complain about poor quality from Waitrose.

It pisses me off when people insist not wanting to buy mouldy/poor quality food is snobbery.
FIL scoffs at me buying fruit from M&S as he's throwing half of his muzzy old Lidl fruit in the bin before the week is out. Meanwhile my M&S fruit and veg last for ages.

So happy to see this. I thought I had lost the ability to cook brie/camembert 🙈

Bollocks....fruit and veg great quality in my store and mostly british.

It’s cheap for a reason

There is a reason why Waitrose et al have been chasing their suppliers as well, continental europe seems to go amiss when comparing supermarkets for some reason on MN.

The reason why it has become mainstream is because of the Waitrose, Booths etc etc dropped the ball and became complacent.

A few people in an Aldi Facebook group were complaining about the Camembert today, exactly the same issue. Someone said it’s something to do with pasteurising it to make it last longer I think.

Maybe fruit and veg varies depending on the branch of Aldi. I work for Tesco and I always buy fruit and veg from Aldi, better quality and always keeps well

Shop in Aldi.
But some of their stuff just doesn't cut it. Fact.

SlowLiving you’re very defensive! How is OP a food/supermarket snob? She has been happily shopping at Aldi until now and is just complaining about products that have changed and are no longer the quality she expects!
Nothing worse that dipping your crusty bread into a Camembert and getting scrambled egg mess.