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#726 |
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I must say I'm a recent convert to Aldi. I only spent 80 quid on my grocery shop this week, I could easily spend 30-40 quid more in Morrison's.
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#727 |
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I recommend the boxes of ham trimmings from ALDI for £1.65.
Loads of meat and they have cooked ham, breaded ham and smoked ham. The smoked ham is lovely. It says trimmings but mostly it's thick round pieces. |
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#728 |
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I've been using quite a lot of feta cheese in recent months and out of all I've tried the one I get from Aldi is the best one. I think it's only 75p but beats ones more than double that price.
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I'm somewhat disappointed to hear on the news today that Aldi are recalling some of their edible products due to "pest contamination". Is that a spin doctor way of saying rats or mice have been shitting and pissing on them or their ingredients? Apparently, these things are made in a South African factory, which clearly has problems, despite posting the following text on their website until it was removed:
Production Facilities: State of the art’ production facility on its own 5 acre site. Multi-purpose plant manufacturing a wide range of sweet, semi-sweet biscuits, crackers and baked snacks. Extensive bagging & flow wrap packaging systems. Accreditations: BRC Global Standard Food Issue 5 Grade A British Retail Consortium requirement for supplying retailer U.K. branded products IFS (International Food Standards) Higher level PPC Audit - Marks & Spencer Approved Tesco Food Manufacturing Standard Mind you, there are a few reasons not to be a happy shopper today, too. Next time someone replies to a thread on this forum with, "I make my own", they'll be doubly smug for sure!!! |
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I'm somewhat disappointed to hear on the news today that Aldi are recalling some of their edible products due to "pest contamination". Is that a spin doctor way of saying rats or mice have been shitting and pissing on them or their ingredients? Apparently, these things are made in a South African factory, which clearly has problems, despite posting the following text on their website until it was removed:
Production Facilities: State of the art’ production facility on its own 5 acre site. Multi-purpose plant manufacturing a wide range of sweet, semi-sweet biscuits, crackers and baked snacks. Extensive bagging & flow wrap packaging systems. Accreditations: BRC Global Standard Food Issue 5 Grade A British Retail Consortium requirement for supplying retailer U.K. branded products IFS (International Food Standards) Higher level PPC Audit - Marks & Spencer Approved Tesco Food Manufacturing Standard Mind you, there are a few reasons not to be a happy shopper today, too. Next time someone replies to a thread on this forum with, "I make my own", they'll be doubly smug for sure!!! |
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#731 |
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In the last week or so....
There has been a change in their best range of deli meats, 2 packs i picked up, 1 was a sliced chorizo nice but nothing special, but the other was an Italian salami with fennel, wow! that is pretty tasty, i've been a fan of papa Johns Italian sausage with fennel, for a while and in this deli sliced pack of salami at 1.79 seems a bargain
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#732 |
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We like the Aldi sausage rolls
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#733 |
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Location: Manchester
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We often use Aldi. We go there for and enjoy:
Brioche buns for burgers Chilled burgers Cheese Some of their wines are great. Gin (I think it won a silver award one year) Shamareto Hot dog pickle relish (so so good) Chocolate or vanilla brioche loaves Deli meats We don't buy any other meats from there. The bacon and chicken we find awful quality and beef mince really fatty. The fresh fruit and veg doesn't last as long either. |
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#734 |
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I have to say that I approve of the range chosen for Aldi's summer beer festival.
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#735 |
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I had some wild boar and some venison salami from there recently, the wild boar was especially delicious.
Not food, but Aldi nappies are excellent, better than pampers and under half the price. |
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#736 |
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I have to say that I approve of the range chosen for Aldi's summer beer festival.
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#737 |
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Not sure what they've done to their snackrite crisps but they ain't what they used to be
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Anyone else having trouble getting Benefit cereal with red fruit? I thought maybe stock was low but now there's no shelf edge price as if they've stopped making it.
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#739 |
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Anyone else having trouble getting Benefit cereal with red fruit? I thought maybe stock was low but now there's no shelf edge price as if they've stopped making it.
Between that and them constantly moving things around the stores, you sometimes think you imagined seeing a certain product on your last visit when you can't find any trace of it the next time you're in. |
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#740 |
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Aldi breadmix
I like aldi's white bread mix, and have not been able to get it in either of the 2 aldi's near me for a couple of weeks. I messaged them and was told it was a seasonal product ?.
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#741 |
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We often use Aldi.
We don't buy any other meats from there. The bacon and chicken we find awful quality and beef mince really fatty. The fresh fruit and veg doesn't last as long either. |
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#742 |
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My MIL thinks Aldi bacon is the nicest she has tasted in ages and we always have to take some for her - probably depends which one you bought.
But you need to get Aldi's "Specially Selected" or Lidl's "Deluxe" brands rather than the cheap rashers. A similar thing goes for the other meats and minces etc. I find the standard mince lacking in taste and full of gristle, but their Aberdeen Angus steak mince is absolutely lovely. It's £3.69 for 500g in both Aldi and Lidl, but Lidl also do it in 250g packets for £1.89. It's much better than the £4 500g packets of mince you get from the big supermarkets. |
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Among others. Aldi layered yogurts. Corned beef. Cheese at 1.59
Someone on here tipped us on to Benefit cereal. |
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#744 |
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In their premium cheese range they have a cheddar with a strength rating of 7
It's very good, but in all honesty it doesn't taste any stronger than their regular extra mature, although that's stronger than I've been able to find anywhere else.
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#745 |
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Clancey's pistachio nuts are good and very good value.
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Aldi have some excellent perfectly ripe Haas avocados - 89p each. bargain!
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This year's early English strawberries have been good so far, though slightly mixed. They've just switched to larger 400g boxes of Kentish strawberries for 10p less than the previous 227g boxes and they're absolutely lovely! Clearly getting into season now.
Lidl's are never quite as nice. |
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#748 |
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My main reason for going into Lidl was to buy their luxury fruit & not muesli, but I now find that Aldi are stocking exactly the same product (only in a box) and have price matched it at £1.69.
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#749 |
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Aldi have got some waygu steaks in at the moment, I picked a couple up today
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#750 |
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In their premium cheese range they have a cheddar with a strength rating of 7
It's very good, but in all honesty it doesn't taste any stronger than their regular extra mature, although that's stronger than I've been able to find anywhere else. |
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