aldi!!!! do you shop there?

I believe you W D.

Go where the value is. Shop around.

Time is money and I don't like shopping.  It takes an hour door to door to do a food shop so the fewer the better.

Send the Mrs

Seeing as she has a ft job and I live off the money I've made gambling that's a bit tricky!

I'm going to have to google where my nearest Aldi is, I've never seen one before let alone shopped in there.

there pea and ham soup is fantastic,,  if you can get it,, big seller

There are 3 stores a few miles from me but in areas I never go to namely, Streatham, Balham and Catford. I used to go to Catford all the time but that's when the dog track was still open.

it's probably the Aldi

very good bap. probably is slippy

Oh don't, when Catford dog track closed it was literally like a bereavement to me and the Adenmore Road faithful. I was absolutely broken hearted!

I had the same feeling with the Green. Game has gone.

I use to buy my 6 pack of red thunder energy drinks there, until I was told to stop drinking them by my doctor

Don't shop there anymore though

no wonder your eyes are goosed, SS

My eyes are awful, bap

But it was the pulse rate that was to high through drinking them so had to pack them in

i was only jesting, SS sometimes it's not appropriate & i apologise. Have you made an appointment with the Doc or Specialist yet?

I spoke to the doctors about my vision and will probably need eye drops as my eyes dry out and that's causing the dry aching

Nah not to worry, bap, I'm not easily offended

good man. I would still ask to see an eye specialist though; you only get one set SS

Alternate between Aldi in Wetherby and Lidl in Knaresborough. Aldi good for fruit, veg ,fish , cleaning and washing products . Lidl good for the fresh bakery. Both have good offers depending on time of year for beach gear / gardening stuff/ski gear. Four cans of guinness for £4 that's cheaper than the other supermarkets.  I like the quick checkouts -no messing about -pack by the shelves.

full of mugs.

I'm going to be mugging off in there later today .
I buy my vedge,fruit and Acti leaf milk from there .
That milk costs 89p . Tesco and others sell it for 1.80

I love those shops , Callisto moon .

So we all attend M & S  who a couple of Years back were selling rank Chicken for 3 times the Price it was in Aldi

At least there is Value in Aldi , Albeit a different label

Moon is fully Correct  Regarding Shops being full of Mugs

Aldi veg doesn't seem to last long.

imvho.

Do Aldi call their veg vedge??

Aldi seems to be full of brands that are very similar to well known products but with a slight name change

Fraudulent behaviour....surely !

Don't they all do that ?

The product offering is poor.  The shop layout is poor.  The queues at the tills are longer because there's so few tills and as far as I can see it's not any cheaper.  It's not even British.

I'd rather starve than eat any of the muck they sell. Only people with no pride shop there.

Bet you wouldn't....JM !

Their bakery products are not bad.


The big super markets stock well known brands and their own version....

but they have the name of the supermarket on their version in large letters.

Aldi have similarly named products as big brands and you can only see the Aldi  name in very small type on the back of the pack.

I have been dragged in there a few times under duress !

Jul 12, 2019 -- 11:47AM, The Leopard wrote:

Aldi seems to be full of brands that are very similar to well known products but with a slight name changeFraudulent behaviour....surely !

Funny though, all the ladies inserting the Trumpax when it's their time of the month.

Jul 12, 2019 -- 11:47AM, The Leopard wrote:

Aldi seems to be full of brands that are very similar to well known products but with a slight name changeFraudulent behaviour....surely !

Do you have a few examples?

Trumpax

Jul 12, 2019 -- 12:21PM, detraveller wrote:

Jul 12, 2019 -- 11:47AM, The Leopard wrote:Aldi seems to be full of brands that are very similar to well known products but with a slight name changeFraudulent behaviour....surely !Do you have a few examples?

Norpak....looks very like Lurpak
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https://www.aldi.co.uk/search?text=norpak&category=ALL

2 letter difference ...packs look the same

I'm surpried Leopard as an avid reader of the Daily Heil's femail section you don't have a copy of this in your kitchen, next to your avocado blemish grading chart:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4838518/FEMAIL-puts-copycats-test.html

LURPAK, £3.25 FOR 500g

VERSUS

NORPAK (ALDI), £1.75 FOR 500g

YOU SAVE: £1.50 per tub, or 46 per cent per 100g.

OUR TEST: Lurpak is made in Denmark, while Norpak is from Ireland, where costs are cheaper. Aldi’s option has the same subtle taste, spreads thickly and melts on potatoes without the butter splitting — a common fault with cheaper brands.
LURPAK , £3.25 FOR 500g
NORPAK (ALDI) , £1.75 FOR 500g

She also chose the budget version sandwich spread because of its health content over the branded version

EXPERT VERDICT: Angela Dowden says: ‘The ingredients are identical — both contain 64 per cent butter and 26 per cent rapeseed oil, lactic cultures, water and salt.’ Aldi says: ‘Our customers want a simple experience when they visit our stores and we package our exclusive brands in such a way that they are easily recognisable to savvy British shoppers.’

WINNER: ‘Copycat’.

I'm just bitterly disappointed to find out Norpak isn't made in Norway.

I thought that was North Pakistan

So did Tommy.

It does seem a strange name for an Irish product given it's got what appears to be a longboat on it and "Nor" whick makes you think of Norway. Maybe it's from Northern Ireland and the boat is full of sash wearing men with drums and it's sailing along the historical 12th of July route.

Well, how incredible is this?

I just got back to my, perhaps, once every three to four weeks shop at Aldi!

The first time I went, it was a very strange experience, and somewhere after that I posted similar findings to the OP.

However, further encouraged by my daughter (she uses Tesco delivery mainly) but Aldi for selected products.

That's the way I roll now, as there are a fair number of ultra competitive items....

Greek yogurt (identical in appearance and taste to FAGE) and may even be such, is £1.39 with FAGE £1.00 more, so I get six tubs....

Incredible value on some wine with a South African Pinotage (13.5% abv) at £3.99 and a Spanish Merlot (13 % abv) at £3.69....

"Bockwurst" 8 Frankfurters in brine....twice the size of the miserable "Herta" ones and £1.29

Tomato Puree 0.33p (I paid 0.55p at Tesco, just yesterday)

Same story with Passata....

Cereals, pretty much identical to the big names, and Muesli (superb) and biscuits, crisps etc a fraction of the price!

Oh, and £3.29 for a 430G Salami Pizza.....

Anyway better shut it now, as sounding like an advert (not forgetting Pure Orange Juice at 0.55p 1lt and soft drinks 0.42 2lt}.....

So Aldi, a german company, are using Ireland as a bridgehead into our economy usurping trusted brands,
the ultimate goal being  to destroy them.

After which they will then raise their prices to a similar level to Lurpaks.

Fight them on the beaches !

Lurpak are a Danish company? Ireland seems huge for dairy for all our supermarkets, all of them seem to source cheese from there. (I eat a lot of cheese and check the labels).

THIS is fantastic as a knock off:
https://www.reddit.com/r/crappyoffbrands/comments/ca58g7/iamthe_most_cattle/

Are YOU the most cattle?

No it sucks.
Adibas would be way better.

Then sorry, you are clearly not the most cattle.

So I am the most cattle is basically another way of saying I don't follow the herd?

Surely there is a market opportunity for an Alcohol Free Beer under the name - "I can't believe it's not bitter"

get yerself a proper bird.. Men don't go to supermarkets

Prince Phillip and his team of assassins ruined my first move into the Stationary business - Just before the crash I was about to launch a Princess of Wales ruler - under the marketing banner of "Straight as a Di".

TBF the stationary business came to a stand still soon afterwards.

Johnny_Mustang, please advise where is ok to shop as Aldi/Lidl are for the poor and Asda is for the gypsies, as you put it.

In fact, a full list of what type of people shop in all named supermarkets would be most welcome. I can select what is most apt and send the wife shopping safe in the knowledge she knows her place.

i send my Aileen shopping - when she agrees & as she is a Barrister;  i can't wait to send her to Aldi for my beans

if ever proof was needed

I think she has an NVQ level 2 - but no one has ever asked her to prove it.

hello bum fluff; you obviously feel the need for another 3 month sabbatical to recover like the last time. Some people, or cats never learn

https://community.cdnbf.net/community.betfair.com/user/mouse_muldoon/large/7...

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a wind seems to have got up on Betfair; a severe case of bum fluff has just invaded this topic

Crags thinks you are him....I'm not sure.

Crags thinks you are Brian_Cox from you tube.....are you ?

You can have 5,000 that he's g2d

this trolling has just reached a new low

I bin to Aldi this morning, bought a box of Troll bird seed.

Mouse - what price that Aileen is a Barrister?

And can I have $5 EACH WAY on she's a Barrista (That is an ultra double maximum steaks bet for me!) - I will take 7/2 BOG.

And do her in an EW double with Lewis Hamilton for SPOTY (1/3 ODDS 1,2,3) please.

I'm afraid I don't take multiples on either Frankie or Aileen.

Fair play mouse - I understand - Laying Fujiyama Crest cost me a fortune when I was Banksy the well known bookmaker.

another topic ruined; what a credit to the forum

I'm still smarting from the 2015 World Barrista champs coup when Aileen took the Latte, Americano, Cappuccino and Mocha categories.

The thread's been hijacked. Would not surprise me if they were disruptive and non-conducive to innovative changes at work or recreational societies.

Where I'm there's no Aldi, but quite a few Lidl at close proximity too. I love their Ritter Sports chocolate (dark and nutty ones); mixed peppers; high energy bread and chicken thighs - the rest I cannot comment on.

Lidl seem to be frequented by largely foreigners buying excessively (possibly) induced by perceived low prices, I believe.

Foreign people probably like LIDL as they are all over Europe and virtually identical, some local perishable produce like milk and cheese differs, and the "Cheaper!" will be the translated word in their homeland. They know what they will get. I've been in a Tesco abroad and while I'm a fan here I was a bit disappointed.

I was going to go into a Tesco in Saudi but a local stopped me and pointed across the street. "Supermarkets here my friend? There is none good but Asda!".

ALDI is fine  ,the range isn't great  but SOME of the quality on offer in very good .

Just make sure anything fresh is consumed pretty much straight away as the 'fresh ' produce is about the same freshness i see in the reduced bin at Sainsbury's . 

Once you shop there a few times you become well versed with the good and not so .

The brand names  in the big stores are pretty awful these days..PG tip[s must be one of the worst about whereas you get a  good packet of Yorkshire in ALDI for not a lot more .

Be wary too if it's a w/known brand youre looking for as some of their their own labels look similar   ...not sure how that's legal  but there u go

"I'd rather starve than eat any of the muck they sell. Only people with no pride shop there."

Lot of Oirish people in the one I use ..

Cooked meet 2nd to None Roast Beef ham etc ..

I gave my kids a piece of advice when they went to uni & reminded them of it when they bought their first houses namely - don't get taken in by advertising, Branston beans are the best

^^^ the above post comes with due deference to Pa Lapsy

Nothing wrong with Branston Beans . Spot on Lee

Most Heinz products are now loaded with rapeseed oil , why is that ?

rapeseed oil in pretty much everything

Without a doubt the quality of most veg at Lidl eg broccoli, spring onion, lettuce, mushroom, etc, and flowers is inferior compare to the big supermarkets - they do not stay fresh fr long - but their bakery section is ok, I think; adequate nothing fancy, fresh and tasty; nuts are good value too. But, not sure about their coffee, cocoa, biscuits, tin or frozen food. Nevertheless, shoppers would still fill their trolleys with these products, households and personal hygiene stuff.

Aldi?..we really are channel 5 Britain..gambling forum where many members discuss how to survive on pennies!

It is indeed coach , I have a very bad allergy to it , I cannot be the Only one , incredible the escalation in its use , I have written to several of the Large industrial bakers asking why they use it , I have yet to receive a reply ...

s'posed to be healthier alternative to the others       it's probably cheaper to produce

"Rapeseed oil" has now been put up for renaming  as "Consensual-sex-seed oil" and will face a first reading in Parliament on July 30th 2019 after numerous complaints !

I for one approve of the name-change !

I will tell you this Spotty , My effing stomach feels likes its being raped,if I consume it

And totally agree with name Change , I am surprised there has not been uproar regarding it

Found this :
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https://www.rapeseedoilbenefits.com/faqs/rapeseed-oil-allergy-explained/

Honestly mate makes me very Ill , I have found other Sufferers online , most had be diagnosed as IBS, I wonder how many of the
IBS cases could be "Consensual-sex-seed oil" related ..

Strangely It was being grown in a lot of fields near where I live , its the Bright Yellow Crop . airborne it  does not cause a Problem Many people have been left with Brutal rashes after making contacting with it , I don't make a habit of walking in the fields TBH .

Toxicity in Animals

There have been numerous anecdotal reports of domestic and wild animals, e.g. dogs, roe deer and rabbits, becoming unwell/dying after eating oilseed rape foliage and/or seeds. These anecdotal reports have been supported by a number of studies which have confirmed the oilseed rape crops are extremely toxic to animals both when grown in the field and after crushing into animal feed.

  Fooking ell I have not seen that before , Sorry for Hi jacking the thread , I will leave  it now

Normally these plants would grow not in massive fields in a mono-crop so artificially causing them to do so is bound to produce problems.

Something which never ceases to amuse is the sight of the "shopping snobs" who load their trollies to the limit at Aldi, Asda or Lidl then carefully pack thier purchases into M&S or Waitrose carrier bags.

Happy to shop there but Heaven forbid that the neighbours realise

KC...I do the opposite...winds the till ladies at M and S up when I pack my food into Co-op carriers.

I'm about to go to Aldi now to buy A Chicken .

My Father bought a whole chicken there last week for £3 and it was delicious .
While I'm there I'll also buy some other bits N Bob's.

The only Supermarkets I can ever recall shopping in are Adsa, Aldi, Lidl, and Tesco .

In my opinion , which is based not only on value , I place Aldi and Lidl above
Asia and Tesco .

Talking of oil seed rape, I was out in the countryside and kept thinking I smelled cabbage (my dad used to grow it and I know the smell fairly well).
Turns out oil seed rape was the source. Strange that, these fields of tall yellow flowers can smell like a *totally* different plant.

If we didn't have oil seed rape we'd have to have something, it's a lot more enviromentally friendly I'm sure than palm oil or butter, I've no problem with it.

(Apart from it's insidious and deliberately sneaky attempts to smell like a ground lying vegetable).

Well blow me down I'd have never thought that. Oilseed rape is in the brassicae family, the cabbage (and mustard) plant family.
That'll explain the smell I was getting, they look totally different I'd have thought they were light years apart genetically.

The rape is more photogenic.

Reyno a bit slow off the mark here.

Stockwell beans from Tesco - 23p a tin are my current fave. They taste a lot like Branston used to, but aren't the mush that Branston now make

I go to an Aldi store every Sunday but I don't buy much. Cheap pear cider, red spuds, their quiches are great imo, porridge oats, baked beans. That's about it really. I buy everything else from Asda's.

This from the Bradford riots thread....

"Shouldn't make fun, but had to laugh at "the Aldi rs3 being the car of choice for Brantfords bad"...

2 days ago I discovered Lidl is on a higher plane than Aldi and will change my shopping habits in light of this new info.  They even have a bakery with proper bread not processed muck.