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[Kathleen]

Hello ladies.

Another Aldi fan here. I have three other supermarkets where I live so I do shop around but I still use Aldi. I was sold on them when I discovered their soya milk is so much cheaper than other stores. I don't have a problem with the quality of the items I buy but my husband has recently complained that their toilet tissue is a bit scratchy!

Take care ladies.

K.

[CLKD]

As students we went through all the types of loo paper at the time - Andrex remains the best 

[kerrieann]

overall seems to be quite popular then    glad to hear the loo roll was a bit scratchy    we do like soft paper  worth going in maybe 1 a fortnight to pick up the staples
I was told they do a chicken thats roast in the bag and is lovely might try that we do use oue local butcher for most meats   x

[Rhubarb]

We have Aldi in the US too and I do a lot of my shopping there. The quality is good, except sometimes the fresh produce isn't so fresh, but it's usually good, you just have to look carefully before you buy. And they have added lots of organic foods which I love to get whenever I can. We usually buy wine and chocolate there too. Good European chocolate at a good price. American chocolate can't compare (don't get me started on Hershey's, I'm quite upset they've banned import of Cadburys) but at least I can still get good Choceur chocolate from Aldi

[CLKD]

European chocolate i.e. Belgian ? State-side? 

We did a quick dash round Aldi during the week, I was at the local animal warehouse for bird feed so we nipped over. 

[honeybun]

I got two Gresingham duck breasts for £4.25. Self same thing in the supermarket is £3 more expensive. They also had a special on blueberries.....49p


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[CLKD]

blueberries at this time of year  - foreign then 

nice in ice-cream  …….. we used to pick them from the wild and our fingers and tongues would be blue  and the dog would pick ripe ones from the bushes!

[honeybun]

Yep foreign  .......like most of your tomatoes and cucumber and lettuce....I could go on.

My daughter used most of them in a smoothie....home made....she is going through a smoothie phase which is costing me a fortune 


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[Rhubarb]

CLKD, I'm in the States, and all the chocolate at our Aldi is made in Germany or Austria. Much creamier and better than any American made chocolate. They used to have a Choceur milk chocolate bar made in Germany that said "British recipe" on the label.  It was very much like a Cadbury but I haven't seen it for a while so it might have been discontinued

Honeybun, my daughter likes to make smoothies too and we usually use frozen fruit. It can get expensive, but the smoothies she used to buy at college from the "smoothie bar" were way overpriced so making her own isn't too bad in comparison. At least it's a healthy snack

[Rowan]

All the Supermarkets sell fresh blueberries, a tip though our own blackcurrants are more nutritious and have far more antioxidants (much more of a super food) then blueberries but you rarely find them fresh in the Stores even if they are only seasonal.

I love Aldi and  Lidl  Continental chocolate ( so much cheaper), I never buy Cadburys ( taken over by the  American owned Company KRAFT)  It tastes like American chocolate now, I have only tasted Hershey's once and never again.

Please don't take offense Rhubarb, besides Italy you make the best cup of coffee in the world 

[Rhubarb]

No offense taken, silverlady, I don't like American chocolate at all   It's a shame Cadbury isn't as good since Kraft took over, but I still think UK-made Cadbury is better than US Cadbury, which is made in America by Hershey's. Hershey's just won a lawsuit against importers of British chocolate and UK Cadbury is no longer allowed here. They say it's because they don't want Americans confused by similar packaging, but I think it's because they know it's better chocolate.

My husband and daughter appreciate good coffee, but I prefer a cup of Nescafe instant to anything from Starbucks

Went to Aldi yesterday and got some raspberries and strawberries on special. The strawberries weren't very good, nothing can compare to local in-season strawberries in June. But it's still nice to have fresh berries in February.

[honeybun]

I love strawberries and eat them daily in season. The only way that I can get them to taste of anything at this time of year is to cut them up and squeeze a little lemon juice over and a small amount of castor sugar. It bring out what little taste they have and softens them. I think it's called maserating and it takes most of the day at room temperature.


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[Rowan]

I have only tasted coffee from Starbucks once and was most disappointed. I was thinking of Costa Coffee , and thinking it was a American import. 

Have just googled and found that

Costa Coffee was founded in London in 1971 by the brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa as a wholesale operation supplying roasted coffee to caterers and specialist Italian coffee shops.

So its British  (well an Italian import) their cappuccino foam is the best I have tasted other then in Italy, when a well trained Barista is making in it.

[Rhubarb]

My daughter spent four months at University of Stirling in Scotland and one of the things she misses most from being there is Costa coffee! That and shopping at Primark. So you do have good coffee there, even if it is sort of Italian

Keeping on the topic of Aldi, they do sell good coffee there. It's also German, like their chocolate.

[clio]

£2.94 for 6 cartons of milk from aldi £4.75 in Morrison's. £1.50 frozen fruits of the forest from aldi £2.00 in Morrison's.