The Mantis Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 18 hours ago, welshbairn said: Most supermarket brands are identical to the premium brands, and made in the same factory. The only difference is the packaging. I think supermarket own brand whisky is better than Grouse and Bells, and usually considerably cheaper. 17 hours ago, bobbykdy said: Lidl Newgate Tomato soup is identical to Heinz in taste but about 1/3 of the price. I have my suspicions they have been made in the same factory and simply have two different labels put on them and as a result prices. Meat paste is another one, peel the label off a Shipphams jar and do the same with an Aldi version and they are identical, again most likely made in the same place. I worked for a firm that sold own brand motor accessories. If you approached the brand leader to package something for you (e.g. Holts Radweld - wtf is that I hear the under 40s asking), they would tell you to f**k off. So you usually did a deal with the second or third biggest brand, who would appreciate the extra market share. With whisky the budgets tend to bulk buy whatever is in surplus at the time. So Lidl's Ben Bracken malt was said to be Tamnavulin, which is not a premium brand. Later on the bottle was the same but the whisky was different. It's unlikely that a brand like Ardbeg would give any deals to the budget supermarkets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Aldi's bananas are easily as good as Fyffes or Geests as long as you eat can eat 10 in a couple of days. Beyond that you get lots of wee black flies in your kitchen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 Never again. Scoffed one before heading out to the pub on a cold night. My face was like a tomato. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 > any other cookie in the known universe. They don't come close to a still-warm Lidl's bakery cookie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetterlund Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I worked for a few weeks in a toilet roll factory while travelling around NZ. The rolls were churned out from the big machine at the start of the line then branched off onto 2 or 3 separate lines to be wrapped in different packaging for various brands, budget and named. Made me realise this probably happens with everything in the supermarkets. Was a bit of an eye-opener at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayia Napa Daz Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I've never seen the Lidl Inferno pizza. Is it still on sale and is it any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I've never seen the Lidl Inferno pizza. Is it still on sale and is it any good? Don't know whether it's still on sale but it was fucking rancid. Tried it ages ago after reading all the frothing about it on here. Disgusting. Tastes like it was created in a laboratory by accident and wasn't originally intended to be food. Not that hot either. Like Nando's sauce, it's more like an acidic burn than a spicy heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMartyn86 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Four cans of Belheather for £1.69 in Lidl is exactly the what I need after a dayshift weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philpy Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Don't know whether it's still on sale but it was fucking rancid. Tried it ages ago after reading all the frothing about it on here. Disgusting. Tastes like it was created in a laboratory by accident and wasn't originally intended to be food. Not that hot either. Like Nando's sauce, it's more like an acidic burn than a spicy heat. Agree with all that, it was nothing special. Lidl's other pizzas are decent enough though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 On 07/04/2017 at 20:08, whiskychimp said: Asda Smart Price cornflakes are worse than Isis I tried them in Denmark, they're not bad actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I'd be furious if my girlfriend bought own brand products for us to consume tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Just now, The Diabolical One said: I'd be furious if my girlfriend bought own brand products for us to consume tbh. Furious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Completely. She knows better fortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskychimp Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 9 minutes ago, The Diabolical One said: I'd be furious if my girlfriend bought own brand products for us to consume tbh. 5 minutes ago, The Diabolical One said: Completely. She knows better fortunately. That's a shame . I'd love to see that. "Oi, I'm furious that you bought an almost identical product to the one I wanted. Get it sorted before the red mist sets in, ya boot." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 That would never happen she would know not to do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 One I will never get, bottled cooncil juice. 8.5p/L 55p/L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 20 minutes ago, gavin_3110 said: One I will never get, bottled cooncil juice. 8.5p/L 55p/L The fizzy one is 8.5p / litre too, and I challenge anyone to distinguish it from the bottles costing £2/£3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 28 minutes ago, gavin_3110 said: One I will never get, bottled cooncil juice. 8.5p/L 55p/L The Everyday value stuff is tap water, the Evian is spring water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavin_3110 Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 13 minutes ago, Rugster said: The Everyday value stuff is tap water, the Evian is spring water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the tank Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Do they taste like water ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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