My wife was looking in a jewellers window the other day and I'm sure I heard her mumbling something about how she would like me to buy her something with carrots for Xmas.

I couldn't just spend 19p on her for Xmas? Or could I?

Nah, I'll buy her two bags! :stuck_out_tongue:

I didn't know audi did veg - vorsprung durch technik :wink:

I'd like to add to this also that *not* having a best before date on veg goes some way towards stopping wastage for large supermarkets, who dispose of tonnes of perfectly good fruit and veg every week just because a 'best before date' says that they should, and because many consumers won't buy things that they feel aren't fresh, even though their is nothing wrong with it.

Unfortunately these days people rely more on best before dates than their noses and eyes, which is very sad.

Be aware, I think there is a limit on how much you can buy. I had a trolley full of veg at the checkout but realised I needed another bag of small onions. I asked the guy on the till if it was alright to go and grab another bag and he said 'no that's shallot!'
I reckon you might be able to buy a few in each store though.....Lidl by Lidl

I didn't know audi did veg - vorsprung durch technik :wink:

Vor-spring Greens...

I'd rather go to Audi tbh :wink:

This offer was instore today.

Nice to see the price-matching and hoping the BIG 4 follow.

Whatever happens, Aldi have been the leaders and any price drops are down to them.

​Audi vegetable engineering at its best eh?? :wink:

Thank you op, nice one, heat added :smiley:

Carrots were on sale today at Lidl

HotVegDeals :sunglasses:

VEG WARS!

My wife was looking in a jewellers window the other day and I'm sure I heard her mumbling something about how she would like me to buy her something with carrots for Xmas.

I couldn't just spend 19p on her for Xmas? Or could I?

Nah, I'll buy her two bags! :stuck_out_tongue:

that was all available today in aldi

Damn. Paid 29p for all these today. No mention in my local they were dropping in price though.

How about a donkey? Very festive - she'll love it.

She's already got one I believe. :sunglasses:



Sadly, it's the next door neighbour! :confused:

Aldi does it all the time.

I will be going to ASDA because they have got the best before date ! And I think asda is better quality than Lidl

Thanks OP heat added.

This will go well with my lidl gravy granules I bought last week :confused:

​if i can get something from audi for 19p would you blame me?

​enjoy your branded audi pen :wink:

Lidl price matching Aldi! :confused:
Where will it all end?

Free Food? :sunglasses:

what sizes are the packs and which potatoes are they king Edward or Albert or some others maybe roosters

If its price matching Aldi then hows this a hot deal then? luke warm as its not cheaper then their competition.

Get from Aldi or Lidl and it will be rotten in two or three days time.I am not implying that this happens in all Aldi or Lidl, but it does happen quite a lot with the fruit and veg in Llanelli stores.

Just watch that they haven't misrepresented the mpg on the carrots like Volkswagon, or the farts per hour on the Brussels

19p carrots Heat :smiley:

This deal should also include Brussel Sprouts for 19p which was previously on offer for 29p with carrots, potatoes, parsnips and shallots.

Seen this in the store brochure on Wednesday and thought is it worth getting up early today and the local store with its small carpark and thought not worth it.

got those 29p potatoes yesterday, they are new potato sized king Edward's... and made a very tasty mash!

no shallots in my local, they have brussels sprouts on offer instead

I've heard that Lidl have started adding chemicals to their food, starting with their gravy. Perhaps it makes them last longer? :stuck_out_tongue:

Veg doesn't need a best before date. Carrots, potatoes etc will keep for weeks on end in the fridge. Best to gauge the state of the vegetables at the time of purchase rather than worrying about what arbitrary best before date someone came up with. Sprouts deteriorate quite fast so I tend to just get frozen ones, defrost them overnight, halve them and fry them with bacon on Christmas Day.

I'd like to add to this also that *not* having a best before date on veg goes some way towards stopping wastage for large supermarkets, who dispose of tonnes of perfectly good fruit and veg every week just because a 'best before date' says that they should, and because many consumers won't buy things that they feel aren't fresh, even though their is nothing wrong with it.

Unfortunately these days people rely more on best before dates than their noses and eyes, which is very sad.

Be aware, I think there is a limit on how much you can buy. I had a trolley full of veg at the checkout but realised I needed another bag of small onions. I asked the guy on the till if it was alright to go and grab another bag and he said 'no that's shallot!'
I reckon you might be able to buy a few in each store though.....Lidl by Lidl

Well, it can't be called price match, as Lidl is selling 1.5kg of potatoes, where Aldi is selling 2kg bags, same with parsnips, 600g at Aldi where only 500g at Lidl

​There no limit on fruit and veg offers at Lidl, I sometimes see people taking the whole box of them. but there is 6 item limit on meat products.

19p... Wow... A bag of spuds, planted, grown, picked, cleaned, bagged, transported and put on a shelf. I wonder how much the shops paid for them. Maybe 10p. I dont usually think twice when i see a bargain but surely these farmers must be getting screwed over if we are buying stuff so cheap.

Doh!

Confused on a Monday, thats normal. However either you are providing good information or you missed the humor. Or I missed the irony with your post.

Must admit that the prices from the Germans is very good, unlike the ripoff british stores.

A lot of supermarkets own the producer so they'd be screwing themselves.

Probably a loss leader and quite a clever one. By reducing a few key low value items it only slightly reduces the cost of your shopping but is great at getting consumers to perceive lower pricing. Obviously real savings are high price items with big reductions, half price offers etc. Lidl operates on a higher profit margin than most UK supermarkets. It does that by only selling high volume items, so a more limited range and by buying low price goods and selling them under their own created brands with an appealing colour label. I.e. their ketchup might be 50-70p but the same ketchup in Sainsbury's under its 'basics' brand is 30p with a dull unappealing label. That's not to say Lidl isn't great value but they are clever in the way they control perceived value in the mind of their customers. Not forgetting a greater ratio of their food is imported which used to offer greater cost savings although perhaps with sterling falling in value maybe that advantage has diminished partly.

These will complement their paint thinner gravy :confused:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4045092/Lidl-recalls-gravy-granules-contaminated-PAINT-THINNER-chemical.html

If they did, they'd be stuck to your bum and desperate to pass, no matter what.

Thanks. Heat added.

Coop gonna come in at 18p

Too much veg does that to me too :confused:

You won't get anything for 19p

do they take healthy start vouchers :smirk:

Or even vorsprout durch technik :smiley:

Think people are getting sick of seeing this link now. Every supermarket has had an issue with a product in a supply chain before, it's not their fault as such, and you're no more likely to see this happen again at Lidl than anywhere else - it's just one of those things. Every Supermarket has had one or more major safety recall or ingredients scare at some point in recent years.

Got some this morning :wink:

Lidl sell Heinz Ketchup for less than most other stores.

29p in lidl NI . although that is still good

Looking at the state of the snips in Aldi, the wouldn't last till xmas. I bought ours from Lidl last year and had gone mushy before xmas. Not worth the risk this year for a few pence saved.

To be honest its one of those products where I can't tell the difference in quality so tend to go for the cheap option. I did pick up a Heinz squeezy bottle for a £1 about six months ago because it was an offer but it was 70p wasted really. Same with heinz baked beans actually prefer the Tesco everyday value. However when it comes to tinned soup you can't beat Heinz cream of tomato.

How much do the farmers get from this? If we keep buying the veg at this price the farmers will surely go out of business?

Asda food has no taste to it

Come with me to my Lidl store in Albir near Benidorm and I will prove it.

Yes mate you can't beat Heinz soups, I like cream of tomato, mulligatawny, and vegetable best.

Be aware!! I have just been toLidl in Leamington Spa bought some sprouts shallots & potatoes BUT when I got home I had been charged 29p for the shallots & when I opened the sprouts they were not very good at all, it is ok if you eat then today but just be careful!!!

The Lidl ketchup is cheaper for a larger bottle but that was not what I was on about, I was on about that Lidl prices are as good if not better for branded products and a smaller size Heinz ketchup is dearer in our Iceland ( Overseas Ltd ) and in the local stores around that sell products for the UK people over here.
I know it's not relevant for HUKD readers in general but good information for people holidaying here that do their own catering.

it will end when the suppliers have gone bust and there is no one else to supply lidl or aldi etc. its the same as the milk wars. selling at a loss to the supplier can not carry on forever

​or maybe it's a loss leader?

Well I don't hang around every deal to spot every time someone might post up the same link.

Anyway I'm sure there will be someone who hasn't seen about it and it might just save them from getting sick,is that so bad ?

Anyway why you sticking up for lidl so much,do you work for them or something ? as I don't remember saying lidl are the only company to have a food recall,yet you are going on like I did for some strange reason.

Your comments always suggest as if you are still living in the UK and everybody is unaware you are referencing deals from a foreign perspective. If only you dropped that act and spoke the truth, then a lot of people would appreciate it.

Touché

You got me, well done.

How come they are 29p in Northern Ireland? It's not like we don't grow veg here.

shame not on salad stuff

It's not as if a lot of HUKDers don't know I am in Spain, enough people always pull me up for being on the site, but I always point out that I make use of the products posted and I have enough likes to back up my comments. I have also been thanked for some of my informative posts. If you had had more responses for your 5 + years on this site I might take notice of your views but until then, no chance.

To Everyone the shallots are 29p NOT 19p

All 19p at my local Lidl except the shallots, which are 29p. Still cheap!

just been down lidl no potatoes left on shelf some shallots instead at that price but judging by the size of shelf I don't think they actually order a lot like aldi maybe 50/60kgs at a time . anyone else had same issues

Fully agree about Lidls Brussel Sprout rubbish quality had to bin the pack had lots of black bits after 2 days.

Newsflash: Nobody cares or pays any attention to the utter nonsense you spew out. Anyways, I am really busy and can't tend to your over-inflated sense of self-importance or deal with your tedious and childish tantrums, so I wish you season's greetings and bid you goodbye.

You looking in a mirror when you wrote that?