I might try Aldi

I like the meat and fish, it's good value, but I found I couldn't do a full shop there. I need Ariel and comfort pure as one of my girls has horrendous eczema and if I change the washing detergents etc she fares up bright red, cracked and itchy!
The fruit and veg don't keep very well either. I was finding berries, and salad was fluffy or slimy after three days or the broccoli had gone soft and yellowed.
The flowers are fantastic though.

It depends.There are items for which I would choose Tesco and Morrisons , likewise Aldi and Lidl. Being retired I am not pushed for time so do not have to use which is most convenient.Staff attitude for me is important and find Tesco and Morrisons will personally take me to what I am looking for where as L and A will point or give the aisle number. Not leaving their shelf filling where as T&M will do this.

I Love aldi prices but not enough organic fruit and veg.

My daughter prefers Aldi but I can shop daily and often get bargains from the reduced shelves at our local Tesco (Christmas Day dinner was reduced price Duck Breasts picked up at Tesco and popped in the freezer until the day!) so prefer to get our meat from Tesco. Fresh fruit/milk/bread/veg are all good from Aldi, though what we save on the grocery bill often goes on 'extras' that Aldi stocks in the non-food section that I didn't even realise we needed (but daughter thinks we do).

We dont live in the UK and here there isnt Aldi but we do have Lidl which I enjoy, you dont get a shock at the check ut, its almost a pleasure to shop at Lidl, products are good and there is a great variety.In this Country we cant buy spirits etc in supermarkets, I only wish we could, but everything else is good.
Must try Aldi and Lidl next time we are in the UK.

Binkibonk I can’t agree about Aldi flowers. They are excellent value, and last at least a week, and often longer.
I do a lot of my shopping in Aldi, and think that their goods are excellent quality and value. I also bought some toys for my GD which were really sturdy and very inexpensive.
The nearest Lidl store is rather far away from me. I have shopped there a few times, and was very happy with the quality and prices.
I mainly go to Sainsbury’s and Asda if I want clothes. I bought some lovely childrens’ clothes in the end of season sales at amazingly cheap prices.

Despite living in a large town, until recently we had no Lidl or Aldi, then suddenly both decided to open a store across the road from each other and just down the road from Tesco.
The Lidl one was purpose built, the Aldi one, which still hasn't opened, has taken over a ToysRUs unit.
I've been loving Lidl, especially since ours changed it's hours so that it now opens at 7am. We go there most mornings after we've walked the dog round the local park so it's always pretty quiet.
Just love the sourdough bread, much nicer and also a lot cheaper than the Tesco one. I still go to Tesco to buy my free range chicken as the ones in Lidl look so tiny, apart from that been happy with most things. Not sure if I have saved any money as I have been buying lots of marzipan stuff for my mum

A bit 'Curate's egg'. Good in parts. I find fruit disappointing, apples bruised. Potatoes black when you cut into them.
Good deli products.
meat good.
Butter better than Lurpack in my husbands opinion.
Tinned goods that we have tried tasted like 'Poor people's food'.

No probs frankie just surprised it was reposted so soon.

Goodness me - if I decided not to step foot into a supermarket because of one (or even a few) experiences I’d have nowhere to shop.

That’s odd your fruit and veg from Aldi go off after 24 hours - mine never do. Given the popularity of Aldi and Lidl right across Europe it would suggest that your experience is not widely shared. Maybe complain to head office?

Prefer Lidl to Aldi- we have both in our town - feel Lidl has a better range of food which is nicely laid out but don't like the jumbled up non food items

I refuse to set foot in Aldi after my daughter bought some steaks for Father's Day. They looked lovely on the top of the pack but when we opened the pack up and got them out, they were smothered with a layer of fat on the bottom! By the time we'd cut the fat off, I ended up with one mouthful of steak! (And, of course, being a Sunday, the shop shuts at 4pm - it was too late to exchange them).

My husband is an avid shopper at Aldi - sometimes he brings some nice food back and I eat it but the fruit and veg go off within a day and the mushrooms always look bruised.

I'm very anti-Aldi!

I have tried both Aldi and Lidl and am not convinced by the quality of their fruit and veg. Also I am told that their meat is packaged in Britain but not necessarily produced and slaughtered here - that I find worrying.

I refuse to swap quality for a few pence less, so have gone back to Waitrose where I get money-off coupons and vouchers to spend in John Lewis and Waitrose.

I've always shopped on and off at Aldi, even before it became "fashionable". I remember my excitement when they build a store in our town, and my work colleague's shocked expression when I asked if she'd been in. "Oh no", she replied. "Someone might see me in there".!!

I've been without a car for a year now, so I've reverted to Tesco or ASDA home deliveries, but now I'm back with my own wheels again, I am going to plan my shopping at Aldi, and the new Lidl that's just opened quarter of a mile further down the road. They are both on my way home from work, and what I can't get in those two, I can get at Tesco, which is just another quarter of a mile further down the road! We are very well served for supermarkets in this town

I am looking forward to seeing some big savings.

Aldi sell almond and soy milk, I’ve seen oat milk in Lidl too. Occasionally Alpro yoghurt. Vegan sausage rolls and ice cream.

MawB wrote..."Also posted at 10.27 pm yesterday frankie74 hmm"

Sorry for trampling on your toes, MawB

I have yet to find non dairy milk and yogurt. Fruit and veg brilliant. Their vegan selection is getting better. Coffee brilliant. Cereal awful. Found a lovely vegan wine for £4.99 a bottle. Find I am having to shop in two places... Now I am retired I might have the time.

I bought a lot of fruit to juice this week and the finger was rotten the avocado mostly rotten. Some of then pineapple was suspect too. So not impressed really

I love Aldi! Binkebonk I've always had great flowers from Aldi! In fact the ones I bought the day before Christmas Eve are still thriving in my hallway! Rib eye steaks are to die for and the fruit and veg is always good. The low fat sausages are a family favourite and the wine is always decent! I could go on.......

I like Aldi and Lidl in the UK but in France prefer Lidl. Over the Christmas holidays I used other shops,I went back to Lidl yesterday and thought why do I go elsewhere?

Another thumbs up for Lidl and Aldi. Lidl bakery good which our Aldi doesn’t have, also the fruit n veg comes in plastic which I try to avoid. Wine good in Aldi and I bought some good wellington boots and a clothes airer there this week. Clothes airer was £12.99 and very similar one in B and q £28! Aldi vegan sausage rolls are yum buy them in the freezer section.

I have found Aldi veg fine but keep an eye on their fruit as the shelf life can be shorter than stores such as Sainsbury's and Tesco's. Aldi flowers are dreadful and even if they look great when purchased, invariably shrivel up without the flowers opening. Drives me mad when the buds all fall off without opening!

We love Aldi. Lidl is okay too, but a bit further away. So far I can't say I've bought anything I've thought was tasteless. The prices are great.

Tesco has gone down hill fast can hardly bring myself to go into the store anymore .

Love Aldi and Lidl both excellent value. The only thing to watch out for is that the fruit and veg doesn’t last as long as from other supermarkets. This is no bad thing as the fruit and veg hasn’t been artificially stored for months.