Things to look out for in Lidl and Aldi
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seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Till judgement has never bothered me. Mind you, I once did get a funny look from a cashier when my total shopping consisted of a 1.5 litre bottle of vodka, a box of tampons and a bag of frozen peas. (A good night in by any measureI saw an interesting looking coffee rum in Aldi last week
I didn’t get it as I was already getting a bottle of gin, and I tend to stagger buying spirits (cost but also not wanting to look like a dipso at the checkout)
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T & P
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I wonder if, like me, this beer reminds anyone of a certain popular Spanish brand…
How the cheeky bastards don’t get sued to fuck for stuff like this I’ll never know. But anyway, a very nice 5% lager, and I reckon in a blind test I’d likely choose it over San Miguel. £4.99 at Lidl for a 4-pack.
How the cheeky bastards don’t get sued to fuck for stuff like this I’ll never know. But anyway, a very nice 5% lager, and I reckon in a blind test I’d likely choose it over San Miguel. £4.99 at Lidl for a 4-pack.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Aldi have really good white button mushrooms that are quite a bit cheaper than wonkies and they aren't so "BBF" that they go funny before I've finished eating them ... I eat a lot of mushrooms ..
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
I've been having a lot of issues the last couple of weeks with both mushrooms and bread growing mould sooner than expected, I think it must be down to increased condensation indoors due to the change in outdoor temperature.
I had to throw 4 mushrooms away yesterday cos they had grown some white fluff and I hate wasting food.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
I put them on the top shelf of my fridge - sometimes I open the polythene - I suppose I ought to find out how to do it properly.
It is my fervent hope that within a few years I will be growing several species of fungi...
mould is a tough one - it probably is mould and not mycelium ...
If they've gone slightly smelly, I'll rinse them and chuck them in my stew early.
Usually they go in right at the end - just before serving...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
My fridge is very damp due to a broken freezer compartment - it is OK temperature wise in terms of keeping food safely cool, but the drainage gets blocked with ice because of the knackered freezer bit and it's quite damp - it's fine for most things but if I put mushrooms in there it wouldn't go well.
I store them in a paper bag in the cupboard which is the best I can do with them, same with potatoes, like you should be able to store potatoes for ages (and my parents live in an early 20th century cottage courtesy of the council and have a larder which is great for that and root veg storage) but cos my flat is a bit warm and a bit humid they tend to sprout or rot quickly.
jimbarkanoodle
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Thats gone up twice in the space of about 6 months then, as i remember first seeing it for £3.99, then noticing it was £4.49, at £4.99 its not actually cheaper than San Miguel, is it?
8ball
Maximum Facepalm
I know a graphic designer who specialises in this kind of rip-off and knows exactly how close you can go.
Might forward to him to a) see if it was him and b) see if he reckons this would be too near the knuckle for him.
T & P
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I cannot do mental calculations that well, but I think it's still cheaper. My local corner shop, which is usually quite cheap, charges £7.49 for the pint-sized ones, so this is still cheaper, though admittingly by not that much...
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
8ball
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He says it wasn’t him, but he’d have been proud of that one.
T & P
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Update. Either Lidl has different prices at different branches, which is unlikely, or I remembered the price wrong the first time round. I went to another Lidl yesterday and they were £3.99
jimbarkanoodle
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My local Lidl is also confirmed as £3.99 (Sydenham), so must have used to be £3.49. Still not a great, if any, reduction on real San Miguel as even somewhere like Waitrose regularly does 10 cans for roughly a tenner.Update. Either Lidl has different prices at different branches, which is unlikely, or I remembered the price wrong the first time round. I went to another Lidl yesterday and they were £3.99
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
So I went out to Aldi on Thursday morning (we have one a bit nearer than I thought, but due to its location South of t'river it's still a bus tube bus or bus bus ferry bus - and that's just going in one direction, not the round trip - trek!) to get one of these pans that everyone is apparently raving about and I got caught up in the excitement because who doesn't love a new pan?
I haven't used it yet but will report back when I do.
Also bought a tin and a silicone liner for the air fryer, planning to use the tin so I can air fry meat without sullying the air fryer basket, not sure what the silicone liner is for but it looked useful
And some new tea towels.
I haven't used it yet but will report back when I do.
Also bought a tin and a silicone liner for the air fryer, planning to use the tin so I can air fry meat without sullying the air fryer basket, not sure what the silicone liner is for but it looked useful
And some new tea towels.
High Voltage
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A bit of a naughty I think I've spotted at my local Aldi, this will be store wide as well
They stocked two own label baked bean ranges. One was the "premium" can't remember brand name but I think it started with a C. They also did a budget range "Bramwells(?). Main difference that I could tell being more of a thinner sauce and less actual beans in the cheap one
The premium was something like 45-50p / tin, with a multi buy offer on 4 tins. This range is no longer available.
The Bramwells range has now been priced up to the premium price with a similar multi buy offer, and a new budget range has been introduced at the lower price and I'm assuming a further skimp-flated product
They stocked two own label baked bean ranges. One was the "premium" can't remember brand name but I think it started with a C. They also did a budget range "Bramwells(?). Main difference that I could tell being more of a thinner sauce and less actual beans in the cheap one
The premium was something like 45-50p / tin, with a multi buy offer on 4 tins. This range is no longer available.
The Bramwells range has now been priced up to the premium price with a similar multi buy offer, and a new budget range has been introduced at the lower price and I'm assuming a further skimp-flated product
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Yeah they seem to have changed the branding on their budget range from what I can make out - I saw items of 2 different "brands" at the same price.
I am not a regular at Aldi due to relative difficulty of getting to a shop (as detailed above).
Lidl cheapo baked beans used to be the mutt's nuts, if you need an alternative - I would be hard pressed to tell the difference between those and Heinz last time I got them, although tbf I do prefer Branston beans as the sauce isn't as sweet!
I suspect a lot of these things are produced at the same factories though, at my trip to Aldi yesterday I picked up some of their cheap lager called "Galahad" and it tasted suspiciously similar to the Lidl own brand lager called "Excalibur".
High Voltage
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Don't get me wrong, price wise, probably still half the price of a tin of Branston beans but they had a very good product which I was more than happy to buy, now I don't, shopping that element of my shop at Lidl (own brand) or just saying "fuck it" and occasionally getting Branston
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Aye I mean Aldi, Lidl, Asda etc (all the cheaper supermarkets) are a bit of a trek from where I live - fuck knows why because we're in one of the poorest areas of London, but we've got 3 branches of Iceland which used to be good but have got ridiculously expensive these days for basics, a Co-op where every time I have bought veg it turned out to be mouldy when I got it home, and a Morrisons which is OK.
Everything else is a couple of miles away which equates to more than 2 hours round trip on the bus lugging shopping around, so I stock up on Branstons beans at Morrisons when they are on special. Morrison's own brand beans are surprisingly rank, considering the pretty good quality of a lot of their other own brand or Savers brand products.
Thanks for the tip - I bought two tins, a round one and a loaf one, and two silicon liners (think I was only charged for one though)So I went out to Aldi on Thursday morning (we have one a bit nearer than I thought, but due to its location South of t'river it's still a bus tube bus or bus bus ferry bus - and that's just going in one direction, not the round trip - trek!) to get one of these pans that everyone is apparently raving about and I got caught up in the excitement because who doesn't love a new pan?
I haven't used it yet but will report back when I do.
Also bought a tin and a silicone liner for the air fryer, planning to use the tin so I can air fry meat without sullying the air fryer basket, not sure what the silicone liner is for but it looked useful
Just used the round one for black pudding and it was amazing.
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Aldi have Silent night electric blankets. The single I paid £30 for is £20....
High Voltage
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If you get your electricity from Octopus and are registered as being "vulnerable" (a categorisation with a ludicrously low threshold) one used to qualify for a free electric blanket, as we did. It is Mrs Voltz's most favourite thing in the world
gentlegreen
I hummus, therefore I am ...
Damn
I may qualify. I'm technically "diabetic" so got free covid and flu shots.
Oh well ...too late now.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Do you make your own?
farmerbarleymow
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Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
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These salt and pepper cashews from Lidl are absolutely delish. Stocked up on five bags of them yesterday.
Lidl are also excellent for unsalted/unroasted plain nuts for cooking with - I usually pick up a bag of plain cashews for my stir fries when I go in there
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Just been to Aldi and they’ve dropped the price on all Xmas veg - got large bags of carrots, parsnips, onions, sprouts and 5lb bag of spuds for the grand total of 60p!
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