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Are Aldi and Lidl actually cheaper?
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no easy answer as no one supermarket is cheaper on every product
Think the only way of doing it accurately is to draw up a list of your core 20-30 items you buy and then do a direct comparison
mind you you'll have to factor in taste as no good something being cheaper if it tastes c..p
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over a year ago
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I shop at Lidl because I like their products.... and I like the lay out of their stores and the lack of obvious in your face product placement tactics used by some of the major retailers..  |
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By *andm288Couple
over a year ago
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We prefer Aldi to Lidl just personal preference ! And we think they are cheaper than the Big Four
I agree that some of their products are not as good as some branded stuff but on a whole we shop their when we can |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don't think they are when compared to the big 4's value brands.
Thoughts?"
Just recently we have found standards have slipped considerably at our local superstore.Won't say which one but it doesn't start with "S" or "A". And when you talk to the staff, they are equally disenchanted. We have recently started picking up the odd few bits from Lidl and to be honest we thought they were fairly cheap. |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
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Lidl are cheaper for lobsters. You get a whole frozen one for £5. I don't like the shop though so I only go in for lobsters, chocolate marzipan and the Stollen bites at Christmas.
There is a food blogger that can tell you which product is cheapest in each of the supermarkets. She shops around and makes meals for 40p a head. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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These 2 are good on promotion weeks eg lidl do an XL week.. Double size products. Lidl jam is great and so are the washing up liquids and cereals... Best to get their leaflets and pick up the offers on the day they land in shop. I've picked up good kitchen bird and pans or mattress protectors in these stores... So worth looking. Good meat quality if you hit on a reduction. |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
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"I don't think they are when compared to the big 4's value brands.
Thoughts?"
I shopped at Sainsbury's for years - and I always bought the shop own brand - I have an aversion to branded goods as I think they are often a rip off.
Since shopping at Aldi I have seen my shopping bill reduce by an average of £30 a week. No kidding. That's a saving of over £100 per month - so £1200+ per year.
That's some saving. And I am no skimping either. I buy rib eye steaks, beer and vodka most weeks. I can get a large bottle of Becks for £1.49 where it can be up to £2.50 elsewhere.
Also recently bought a small disposable bbq for £1.79. The same one in B and Q is £3. |
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over a year ago
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Being a single guy, with a good income, price has never been an issue, I have always used a local farm shop for my foods, all local, plus organic, free range, meats, breads, fruit and veg, and if I have been busy, just a phone call and they deliver to my kitchen.
More recently because of health issues I have been on a very rduced budget, so have tried Asda, Tescos and morrisons and Aldi.
On price alone Aldi wins, Because I wont buy intensively reared meat, I have become a veggie, and aldi supply 95% of my needs for £25 a week, Its fantastic, the same goods at my farm shop would cost £100 a week,
In fact that's cheaper to feed me than my dog !!!!
Its a state of mind, but remember in Germany and USA people are very fussy and aldi is fast becoming number 1 in those countries. |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
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"Being a single guy, with a good income, price has never been an issue, I have always used a local farm shop for my foods, all local, plus organic, free range, meats, breads, fruit and veg, and if I have been busy, just a phone call and they deliver to my kitchen.
More recently because of health issues I have been on a very rduced budget, so have tried Asda, Tescos and morrisons and Aldi.
On price alone Aldi wins, Because I wont buy intensively reared meat, I have become a veggie, and aldi supply 95% of my needs for £25 a week, Its fantastic, the same goods at my farm shop would cost £100 a week,
In fact that's cheaper to feed me than my dog !!!!
Its a state of mind, but remember in Germany and USA people are very fussy and aldi is fast becoming number 1 in those countries."
Aldi is a well-established supermarket in Germany already as it is a German company. I spent a lot of time there as my in-laws used to live there. It was a company set up by two brothers and which split into two Aldis - one company serving one part of Germany and the other staying in the other part. It's very good quality - and when it first opened here it was cash only. Last I was in Germany it still was but that was a couple of years ago. |
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Aldi is a well-established supermarket in Germany already as it is a German company. I spent a lot of time there as my in-laws used to live there. It was a company set up by two brothers and which split into two Aldis - one company serving one part of Germany and the other staying in the other part. It's very good quality - and when it first opened here it was cash only. Last I was in Germany it still was but that was a couple of years ago."
Ha Ha that's just brought a memory back, when in the merchant navy we were running low on food and were on port in France, The cook and the captain filled four shopping trolleys to the brim and wondered off to the checkout only to be told it was cash only when they presented the company credit card 
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"Being a single guy, with a good income, price has never been an issue, I have always used a local farm shop for my foods, all local, plus organic, free range, meats, breads, fruit and veg, and if I have been busy, just a phone call and they deliver to my kitchen.
More recently because of health issues I have been on a very rduced budget, so have tried Asda, Tescos and morrisons and Aldi.
On price alone Aldi wins, Because I wont buy intensively reared meat, I have become a veggie, and aldi supply 95% of my needs for £25 a week, Its fantastic, the same goods at my farm shop would cost £100 a week,
In fact that's cheaper to feed me than my dog !!!!
Its a state of mind, but remember in Germany and USA people are very fussy and aldi is fast becoming number 1 in those countries."
What are you feeding your dog???  |
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over a year ago
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he has is on a BARF diet, bones and raw meat, raw chickens, offal and bones, not cooked, ( cooked bones are dangerous) a dog cant digest cereals, like rice and flour, tinned dog food is 95% water, flavourings and preservatives ( all known to cause cancer and dementia) |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
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"i often wonder how asda can state its the cheapest supermarket for 16 yrs if so how come every other supermarket in the land
hasnt shut down x
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They are canny enough to say they are the cheapest of the big 4 though. |
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I find the quality of aldi's fruit veg meat etc to be far superior to supermarket value brand, at a great price. It's also very close to home, and there's a guy who works there who is an excellent fuck  |
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"he has is on a BARF diet, bones and raw meat, raw chickens, offal and bones, not cooked, ( cooked bones are dangerous) a dog cant digest cereals, like rice and flour, tinned dog food is 95% water, flavourings and preservatives ( all known to cause cancer and dementia)"
I know a lot of dog food isn't very good for them, I feed mine wainwrights dry and butchers tripe mix which has 51% meat in it... Highest % I could find. He loves the butchers choice tripe but it stinks.
Mine turns his nose up at raw meat, have to cook it slightly to interest him. Have you thought about road kill to reduce your costs Is yours a big dog? Mines about a 20kg staffy. |
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"Way i see it baked are baked beans so get the cheapest you pay more for the sauce thickness thats all "
Lidl baked beans are nice their tinned spaghetti not so nice... |
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"I don't think they are when compared to the big 4's value brands.
Thoughts?
Wait till the £1 shops get in on the act, god knows what kind of animals will be in the burgers  "
Which brings us to road kill  |
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"I don't think they are when compared to the big 4's value brands.
Thoughts?
Wait till the £1 shops get in on the act, god knows what kind of animals will be in the burgers
Which brings us to road kill "
you could be right and they could employ the jobless to ride around at night on pushbikes trying to run over wildlife..cars would be no good as the fuel would drive the cost up |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"on a serious note,aldis £2.99 is superb
£2.99 what? Vodka?"
I get the Aldi vodka and I am pretty fussy. The blue one is almost identical to Russian Standard and is less than £10 a bottle. |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
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"Way i see it baked are baked beans so get the cheapest you pay more for the sauce thickness thats all "
I prefer Aldi beans to the well-known brand as they are not as sweet. |
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"Way i see it baked are baked beans so get the cheapest you pay more for the sauce thickness thats all
I prefer Aldi beans to the well-known brand as they are not as sweet. "
I'm funny about beans! Baked bean sauce freaks me out. I have been known to put the beans in a sieve to get rid of excess sauce lol |
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"I have a huge labradoodle, he weighs 52kgs, plus have various rescue dogs that I rehabilitate and re home."
I had my little pooch weighed at the vets today and he's gained a fair bitin the last 6 months (400g to be precise) ... he's now 5.3kg the little porker!
On the OP - there isn't an Aldi close enough to me to make it viable to shop there. Lidl is close by but I still tend to shop at Asda ... mainly because they have a George section and I can browse round the clothes |
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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago
Over the rainbow, under the bridge |
"They are great for certain things....
But wouldnt use them for a weekly/monthly shop...."
I shop there every week and have done for a while. I eat just as well - sometimes better - than when I shopped in a bigger supermarket and save a fortune. |
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