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To hate cheap food from aldi??

152 replies

sammiejasminemills · 01/11/2011 00:35

I absolutely hate cheap food , I don't know why I ate it as a
Child but now I refuse to shop in them kind of places ?

OP posts:
MrCondiment · 04/11/2011 10:21

Lol at mrsmills' poo chute

LieInsAreRarerThanTigers · 07/11/2011 12:39

Maybe getting mixed up with Puma and Adidas, I think that was the scenatio with two German brothers and those two companies?

LieInsAreRarerThanTigers · 07/11/2011 12:39

scenario

LoveBeingAFirework · 07/11/2011 20:22

Dh and I have just been fighting over sharing a bag of their prawn crackers yum

tash640 · 07/11/2011 20:41

I shop in Aldi and love it!! There's one a 2 min 2 min drive. I used to get all my fruit and veg in there and get the tesco shop delivered - now I get the majority of my shop in there and the rest from my local sainsbury's. I am saving £200/£300 a month by not shopping at Tescos for my main shop. The food is fine it all comes from the same supplier a lot of the time - free range etc etc. I have more money to spend on more important stuff than what comes out the other end. Enough said!

tash640 · 07/11/2011 20:43

yep the nappies are excellent too!

fedupofnamechanging · 07/11/2011 20:57

I love Aldi. I buy free range chicken for a fiver, the gammon is nice, as is the smoked salmon, cheese, cold sliced meat, cake etc. And it all costs less than Waitrose. Anyone who will go to Waitrose in the assumption that expensive = quality is a moron and deserves to get ripped off.

They take card payments too now. I used my debit card last week and think they also take credit cards now too.

chuckeyegg · 11/11/2011 12:37

I agree tash the nappies are great. I also love their big bags of chips, mini pizzas for DS. Chocolate is brill, yummy cheese baps, tiger bread and nan breads. The free range eggs are the cheapest I've found. The wine is pretty good too, even the £2.99 bottles!

chuckeyegg · 11/11/2011 12:40

Also if anyone is in there soon can the help this lady with her question here

I won't be in there until next week.

PigletJohn · 11/11/2011 15:35

they take debit cards but (unless they have recently changed) not credit cards.

AnotherEmptyNest · 11/11/2011 16:37

KittyFane

I have bought food from Makro (4kg lovely apples for £2) They lasted me for a month and, as they aged, they became sweeter and softer. I have bought gorgeous prawn rings with dip there and huge bags of frozen blackberries. I was pleased that they stayed whole when defrosted. When I picked my own blackberries and froze them individually (spread out on a tray), they sqashed themselves when defrosted. The lettuce and cucumber were half the price of a run-of-the-mill supermarket.

LoveBeingAFirework · 11/11/2011 16:45

I have found something amazing in there, little pots of profiteroles yum. They have three in there with a lovely choc sauce thats a bit like choc pudding. So nice and just the right size.

Badgerwife · 11/11/2011 16:58

I don't know Aldi but I regularly shop in Lidl. Not so much fresh meat, but their chocolate (white chocolate with nuts and rice crispies, yum!), yoghurts, cheese and all their frozen stuff is amazing, especially the paella and the frozen fish and lobsters around Christmas time. And their Pannetone easily beats Waitrose. I will however never set foot in Iceland ever again. Maybe their fresh stuff is OK, I don't know. But I can tell just by the look of the food in the adverts that it's going to be minging processed stuff.

lugwump · 11/11/2011 17:17

Is the OP serious? I think not so will not bother responding directly.

LIDL - SUPERB Nurnburger Rostbratwurst. 14 chipolata size sossidges - v good flavour.

Chorizo also good. And Greek Yoghurt.

ALDI - Great Ginger Beer. £5 for min1.5kg Free range chooks - always in fact over 1.6kg. LIDL sell by weight, and I think not quite so good.

lugwump · 11/11/2011 17:19

Beware of Makro - often pricier than the smkts. And remember to add VAT if applicable. Much easier thanks to nice Mr Osborn.

Saffron · 12/11/2011 21:20

Today, The person in front of me asked for (and got!!!) £1.00 yes one pound as CASH BACK!! In aldi. Says it all really

exoticfruits · 13/11/2011 08:21

People do make huge assumptions! Maybe they just happened to need a £1 coin for a specific purpose.Confused
I don't know why people get so snobby. Yesterday Lidl had packets of McVities chocolate digestives for 99p and exactly the same thing is £1.75 in both Waitrose and Tesco. They had a pack of 6 Plenty kitchen rolls for £3.99, Sainsburys has them on special offer but they even on special offer they are only down to £5. Avocado pears were 49p as opposed to 99p in Waitrose.
You can't do a whole shop there but you can save a lot by going in and being selective. If I wanted children's ski wear I would definitely start there.
Maybe people are just too conservative and have to stick to a brand name they know-they can produce something just as good or better in Germany!

exoticfruits · 13/11/2011 08:23

Lidl plain dark chocolate is lovely-and a fraction of the cost of elsewhere!

Saffron · 13/11/2011 20:13

Exotic, I wasn't being critical I was saying, YEAH to Aldi Smile

MrsChemist · 13/11/2011 20:27

Aldi has crabbies mulled wine and whiskey mac.

Everyone must go and buy some right now.

dementedma · 13/11/2011 20:59

spent £25 in Aldi on Saturday and got tons of stuff! I find fruit and veg variable - had to take a bag of spuds back once as they were manky - but bought the MOST gorgeous, crisp apples yesterday for about 60p.
Aldi is great for cleaning products, wouldn't buy any other washing up liquid or surface cleaner, also good for cold meats, fresh pasta and gnocchi, cereal, chocolate,cheese, wines......

jenni75 · 13/11/2011 23:37

Hi, i think Aldi is brill, I do my main weekly shop there and top up at Asda for the couple of other things i can't get there.
I buy all my bread and milk from there for the week, milk keeps in the fridge as it's always fresh and has good dates on it and i freeze the loaves.
The washing up liquid is great - the lemon magnum, and my cat loves the dried cat food a senior one - 1.99
The chickens are lovely - 3.85 for a 1.8kg
Fruit and veg nice and fresh, potatoes make lovely mash.
You can use credit cards there too, i did at the weekend.

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whowherewhen · 23/11/2011 20:38

Over a year ago I was singing the praises of Aldi and Lidl on here and there wasn't much response then. I'm pleased to see now that alot of you are in favour!! It doesn't pay to be uppity and too proud to be seen in either of these shops. Hard times call for value food and if needs must, these are 2 places that dish up the goods

nursenic · 23/11/2011 20:44

I shop in Waitrose and Aldi.

Last week i returned a too-posh-to-push Waitrose chicken that was green underneath and 3 days within date.

Aldi's EVOO was voted 2nd in recent Which? tasted tests.

Some food is good, some is bad. But as 'for those places'.......some of the most ill-mannered, arrogant and rude people I have ever had the misfortune to shop alongside can be found in my local Waitrose....including their badly supervised, badly behaved offspring.