And thats one reason why i don't shop at ALDI
11 April 2016, 09:55 PM
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I bought one of Aldi's 'Espresso Macchiato' ready to drink cold coffees a few months ago. It cost 49 pence. I also bought a Tesco equivalent later that week, which cost 50 pence but I then saw at (I think) 75 pence a few days later.
Both looked and tasted exactly the same, had the same listed ingredients and the same 'nutritional' information (bearing in mind that admittedly they are dreadful, sugar laden cack - lovely!)
Crucially, they also both came in identical plastic cups with the same embossed markings on them, only differing in the plastic sleeve with the printed information on it.
I remember thinking at the time that they must be the same thing from the same manufacturer, apart from one had Tesco and the other had Aldi wrapping, and the Tesco one cost more.
Both looked and tasted exactly the same, had the same listed ingredients and the same 'nutritional' information (bearing in mind that admittedly they are dreadful, sugar laden cack - lovely!)
Crucially, they also both came in identical plastic cups with the same embossed markings on them, only differing in the plastic sleeve with the printed information on it.
I remember thinking at the time that they must be the same thing from the same manufacturer, apart from one had Tesco and the other had Aldi wrapping, and the Tesco one cost more.
11 April 2016, 10:00 PM
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I can believe that many Aldi/LIDL/Tesco/Waitrose products are made in the same factories, but I can also believe that the quality may differ, in order to meet the cost.
I also believe that a foolish consumer can be fooled by a supermarket wrapping 'No Frills' in expensive 'Yes Frills'. A foolish consumer will enjoy the latter more like an idiot and slate the former; even when the products are identical. It's like if you stick a Ford badge on an Audi. Audi with Ford badge will devaluate like f&&k in a regular consumer's eyes! We all know that.
I also believe that a foolish consumer can be fooled by a supermarket wrapping 'No Frills' in expensive 'Yes Frills'. A foolish consumer will enjoy the latter more like an idiot and slate the former; even when the products are identical. It's like if you stick a Ford badge on an Audi. Audi with Ford badge will devaluate like f&&k in a regular consumer's eyes! We all know that.
11 April 2016, 10:03 PM
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I can believe that many Aldi/LIDL/Tesco/Waitrose products are made in the same factories, but I can also believe that the quality may differ, in order to meet the cost.
I also believe that a foolish consumer can be fooled by a supermarket wrapping 'No Frills' in expensive 'Yes Frills'. A foolish consumer will enjoy the latter more like an idiot and slate the former; even when the products are identical. It's like if you stick a Ford badge on an Audi. Audi with Ford badge will devaluate like f&&k in a regular consumer's eyes! We all know that.
I also believe that a foolish consumer can be fooled by a supermarket wrapping 'No Frills' in expensive 'Yes Frills'. A foolish consumer will enjoy the latter more like an idiot and slate the former; even when the products are identical. It's like if you stick a Ford badge on an Audi. Audi with Ford badge will devaluate like f&&k in a regular consumer's eyes! We all know that.
11 April 2016, 10:05 PM
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11 April 2016, 10:10 PM
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LOL I remember the days when Subaru was the word of glory 
My low level scooby spoiler got sold within 20 mins of being on eBay in 2001! My partner used to say that even if you stamped Subaru word on frikking turd, it'd get snapped for any money on eBay!
My low level scooby spoiler got sold within 20 mins of being on eBay in 2001! My partner used to say that even if you stamped Subaru word on frikking turd, it'd get snapped for any money on eBay!
11 April 2016, 10:16 PM
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They dont cut corners lol they have won a ton of awards they have a small selection of good and buy good quality products( yeh the factory was found to not be meeting standards and they stopped using the supplier Aldi dont make a huge profit from stores unlike the other big supermarkets. just about every supermarket week on week ouy recal stuff before it gets to the shops, thing that annoys me is the stuff that gets rejected because it has bashed packaging or veg that dont look perfect seems a waste.
11 April 2016, 10:25 PM
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Oh, I must add that if you're a cyclist or a fisherman, you must venture Aldi. They've always got loads of cycling and fishing stuff scattered about for quite cheap in their jumble sale isles. You know, those skimpily fitted Lycra kits, fishing rods/hooks and $h1t like that.
14 April 2016, 12:35 PM
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You say that, but surely it can't be the same product, i'm not saying it isn't on odd occasion, but i've tried Lidi stuff and never been impressed by any of it. Old things i'm sure i wouldn't know the difference.
Even places like home bargains, you can taste the difference in some of there products compared to the same thing in others shops, couldn't workout why, until i noticed the sell by date on a chocolate bar only had a few months left, so was probably past its best.
Even places like home bargains, you can taste the difference in some of there products compared to the same thing in others shops, couldn't workout why, until i noticed the sell by date on a chocolate bar only had a few months left, so was probably past its best.
The non-branded stuff is made and repackaged for many "Premium" retailers. In fact Waitrose pulled the plug on their cakes from a local supplier because they made the same cakes for LIDL.
Even snobs are buying in Aldi/Lidl then leaving with their goods in .............. (insert posh supermarket name) bags
Even snobs are buying in Aldi/Lidl then leaving with their goods in .............. (insert posh supermarket name) bags
14 April 2016, 02:09 PM
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I went in and realised it was Lidl, which was handy as I could look at the cycling gear, all the peasants were staring at me, maybe my gold monocle wasn't shiny enough.
Aldi is the other side of town, will Lidl do? They're all made in the same factory right?
Aldi is the other side of town, will Lidl do? They're all made in the same factory right?
14 April 2016, 06:24 PM
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14 April 2016, 11:54 PM
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15 April 2016, 10:56 AM
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Well at least when your eating waitrose glass its from a clean factory lol https://www.food.gov.uk/news-updates...sauce-recalled
Did you search for that? It's from 2015 so I doubt it popped up, either way good for you for being so concerned that you'd spend time looking.
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15 April 2016, 03:46 PM
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Nope other half shops there as its closest supermarket to the house she got an email for the recal as its still products dated to 2017 shelf date, i dont see what the fuss is as when she shops there its over priced small portion crap that costs her a fortune lol
15 April 2016, 03:53 PM
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So Waitrose sent an email to their customers, apart from me, about a recall that happened last year, really?
And it's not on the list with the other current stuff https://www.waitrose.com/content/wai...fications.html
And it's not on the list with the other current stuff https://www.waitrose.com/content/wai...fications.html
15 April 2016, 03:55 PM
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So Waitrose sent an email to their customers, apart from me, about a recall that happened last year, really?
And it's not on the list with the other current stuff https://www.waitrose.com/content/wai...fications.html
And it's not on the list with the other current stuff https://www.waitrose.com/content/wai...fications.html
17 April 2016, 11:29 PM
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I had Aldi's thin Dutch bacon, topped with Aldi's cherry tomatoes and finely sliced red onions (both fried in the bacon fat itself) in between Aldi's bread slices that were toasted in the same non-stick frying pan. No oil and no butter was used. I added some Aldi's brown sauce to it and wallah! It was amazing! :salivates:
18 April 2016, 05:16 PM
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I bought some Aldi Dark Chocolate Digestives, they taste like and have the consistency of cardboard. They must have consulted Shamsung on the packaging, it looks so much like McVities I'm surprised it's allowed. 59p instead of 75p for the real deal. 4/10 because I will eat them all. Definitely not made in the same factory.
