Lidl / Aldi

Two Gun Bob said:
I like that one but I also like this one



I'm really getting disullutioned by the Aldi/Lidl brand as the months pass by and thinking of migrating back to Tesco.

We have just returned from an expedition to the English Lakes and needed feeding and all there remained in our freeezer was a pack of Aldi cod fish in batter advertising 100% fish fillet on the front of the box.

I love Cod, truly I do, but these were square pants, and after cleaning up the plates decided to read the box contents in detail as I know my fish, having spent many years at sea.

Imagine my dismay when I read it was only 52% cod and whatever other salt dwelling amoebic shite they decided to blend in with it. How do they get away with this on a legal footing. Lidl do the same, a clear excercise in deciept, lies and untruth.

I was a big advocate of the above discounters but so many of their produce is now becoming inedible. Crackers that taste of dust, rice pudding with the consisitancy of pish, peas that are beyond the dreadful, margarine that can not hold consistency, Holly Lane cakes with the worst being their apple pies that hold little in the way of an apple etc etc etc.

I have an idea that these mini beheamoths of the discount world are piling on the pressure to suppliers for ever cheaper food, and quite franky something has to give and it's looking like it's the ingrediants thats suffering.

There are still some decent products such as the seeded bread and some of their beer and wine and the fruit and veg and some of the meat and low fat mince ..but not enough to warrant a full shop.

Thoughts ?
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Didn't Tesco deceive people by putting horse meat in there beef burgers?
 
Two Gun Bob said:
I like that one but I also like this one



I'm really getting disullutioned by the Aldi/Lidl brand as the months pass by and thinking of migrating back to Tesco.

We have just returned from an expedition to the English Lakes and needed feeding and all there remained in our freeezer was a pack of Aldi cod fish in batter advertising 100% fish fillet on the front of the box.

I love Cod, truly I do, but these were square pants, and after cleaning up the plates decided to read the box contents in detail as I know my fish, having spent many years at sea.

Imagine my dismay when I read it was only 52% cod and whatever other salt dwelling amoebic shite they decided to blend in with it. How do they get away with this on a legal footing. Lidl do the same, a clear excercise in deciept, lies and untruth.

I was a big advocate of the above discounters but so many of their produce is now becoming inedible. Crackers that taste of dust, rice pudding with the consisitancy of pish, peas that are beyond the dreadful, margarine that can not hold consistency, Holly Lane cakes with the worst being their apple pies that hold little in the way of an apple etc etc etc.

I have an idea that these mini beheamoths of the discount world are piling on the pressure to suppliers for ever cheaper food, and quite franky something has to give and it's looking like it's the ingrediants thats suffering.

There are still some decent products such as the seeded bread and some of their beer and wine and the fruit and veg and some of the meat and low fat mince ..but not enough to warrant a full shop.

Thoughts ?
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But how much "fish" do you expect supermarket battered fish to contain?
Supermarket/ready meals are designed for convenience as well as low cost. Oven on, in a tray or pop & ping.
I only buy supermarket battered fish if I want a quick/easy meal - if I want a good fish meal I buy fish.
Takes an extra 10 minutes and some washing up.
Three step process, first coat in cornflour then beaten egg, then panko breadcrumbs. Shallow fry few minutes each side, delicious.
 
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