Things to look out for in Lidl and Aldi

[Ceej]

Was given a bottle of the Lidl bailey's stuff - surprisingly nice, bit less rich than the real thing but good enough and i made a killer cheesecake with it. For a bargainous £3.75 a bottle.

 

[Ms T]

My Lidl was selling off a decent French blanc de blancs for £3.99 on Saturday (half price). Perfect for an urbanite gathering at my house that evening!

 

[friendofdorothy]

Was given a bottle of the Lidl bailey's stuff - surprisingly nice, bit less rich than the real thing but good enough and i made a killer cheesecake with it. For a bargainous £3.75 a bottle.

sounds nice - can you share the recipe?

 

[izz]

Tis the season for ...................ministollen !

 

[ViolentPanda]

Tis the season for ...................ministollen !

I shall be toodling and/or bimbling along to Lidl tomorrow, in order to conduct quality control tests on any stollen products they are selling.

I also want to check out whether they're stocking those 5 litre mini-kegs of lager at the mo.

 

[Voley]

The houseplants are really good value in Lidl atm if you get there before they all get snapped up. You could pay 40 or 50 quid for the four foot Dracaena I bought for £10.99. Also bought a smaller one for a fiver and a capsicum plant for £3.99.

 

[pogofish]

Boss has just come-in raving about the variety of well-priced gins apparently in Aldi at the moment - and here's me thinking he was just late from a doctors appointment..!

 

[planetgeli]

The houseplants are really good value in Lidl atm if you get there before they all get snapped up. You could pay 40 or 50 quid for the four foot Dracaena I bought for £10.99. Also bought a smaller one for a fiver and a capsicum plant for £3.99.

Top tip, thank you!

I got a dracaena for £10.99. Looked them up on google and what looks like an equivalent costs anything between £60 and £80.

 

[Voley]

Top tip, thank you!

I got a dracaena for £10.99. Looked them up on google and what looks like an equivalent costs anything between £60 and £80.

You're welcome. Internet chitchat says water them well at first (something to do with Lidl having to keep them dry for H&S reasons if they have them in store) then you can just water them as and when. A really good buy if they last though. Like you say, you could pay 5 or 6 times as much elsewhere.

 

[quiet guy]

For all us Aldi and Lidl fans

 

[circleline]

Organic Prosecco (£6.99) and organic red wine (£4.99) in Aldi. I was chuffed..

 

[Miss-Shelf]

Knock off Jo Malone candles and scent diffusers ALDI

 

[izz]

Aldi specially selected cauliflower cheese pie with oaty crumble topping. I had one yesterday and even though I've just had my brekker I could have another, right now.

 

[5t3IIa]

Aldi doing panettone in a gorgeous turkwhase and gold tin for £6.99. Not arsed about panettone but do need somewhere to keep my buttons

 

[BoatieBird]

Aldi doing panettone in a gorgeous turkwhase and gold tin for £6.99. Not arsed about panettone but do need somewhere to keep my buttons

You could always turn it into an ice-cream bombe
Christmas Ice Cream Bomb

 

[5t3IIa]

You could always turn it into an ice-cream bombe
Christmas Ice Cream Bomb

*gasp*

 

[polly]

Top tip, thank you!

I got a dracaena for £10.99. Looked them up on google and what looks like an equivalent costs anything between £60 and £80.

I had no idea - got an enormous one that I've had for about 18 years. Not from Lidl.

But second the recommendation for their plants - I got a passion flower in the summer and it's completely covered the wall it's on and flowered loads. And got a ficus that's doing really well too.

Lidl has 'artisan' (I don't really know what this means - presumably that a human squirted the flavouring in as opposed to a robot?) flavoured gins in at the moment. Friend who works there says they only release a few at a time and people fight over them, so if you're interested get in there early.

 

[chandlerp]

I'm hoping to be able to buy a couple of Katie carrots when they go on sale on Sunday morning. I've got a couple of Kevin ones.

 

[izz]

... turkwhase ...

I say it like that too

 

[nogojones]

Just got a pretty good, small bluetooth speaker in Lidl for £20, comparable to ones I've paid £40 for elsewhere. Also doing good coffee grinders for a tener. Much bigger bowl than my old one. Means I can keep one for coffee and one for spices

 

[gentlegreen]

After a bit of thinking, I've managed to work out what this thing is supposed to resemble ...

 

[ringo]

Anyone tried the dark rums in Lidl?

I had a look at the weekend when using their carpark, but most looked suspiciously like standard supermarket made up label on cheapo rum type bottles. The spiced rum might have been decent, but I don't go for spiced rum overly much. One of the dark rums looked like it might have been a decent brand I'd never heard of, or at least that's what I'm hoping. I'm not looking for Sainsburys own or Captain Morgan type swill.

 

[shambler]

Anyone tried the dark rums in Lidl?

I had a look at the weekend when using their carpark, but most looked suspiciously like standard supermarket made up label on cheapo rum type bottles. The spiced rum might have been decent, but I don't go for spiced rum overly much. One of the dark rums looked like it might have been a decent brand I'd never heard of, or at least that's what I'm hoping. I'm not looking for Sainsburys own or Captain Morgan type swill.

I don't know about Lidl, but Aldi were doing a 7 year aged rum for about £15 yesterday.

Looked proper tasty.

 

[Ms T]

Lidl champagne is £8.99 a bottle from tomorrow for the weekend. It's pretty decent for the price and a lot better than a similarly priced prosecco. Six maximum per person.

 

[doodlelogic]

Aldi are doing authentic skyr alongside their British knockoff. Economics of imported yogurt don’t work and having tried it can’t say it’s worth the difference so sticking to the 49p local version over the 99p import.

 

[Shirl]

Has anyone mentioned this yet? It's gorgeous and only £1.49
I only have one square at a time because it's really rich and also the time that I had two squares I was awake half the night.

It's not with the other chocolate in my Lidl, it's in another isle with random stuff

 

[Libertad]

Has anyone mentioned this yet? It's gorgeous and only £1.49
I only have one square at a time because it's really rich and also the time that I had two squares I was awake half the night.

It's not with the other chocolate in my Lidl, it's in another isle with random stuff

I love that stuff, I grate it into hot chocolate or on my coffee.

 

[Shirl]

I love that stuff, I grate it into hot chocolate or on my coffee.

Why did you put that idea in my head? shuffles off to find the grater

 

[Libertad]

*Cackles*

 

[trashpony]

Aldi have got an Xmas pet week thing going on and I've bought the animals a bottle of pawsecco to share (good for dogs and cats apparently). They also have bottom sniffer dog beer