Aldi Alert: Stockpot, bar fridge

[bum]

Maybe I'll give their meat another go sometime.

 

[doon]

Highland park I think the brand is they have a range if steaks and mince. Aldi had turkey mince as a special once which was really good. Cant comment on all the other meat.

 

[scottc1178]

marinated pork fillet is pretty good too...

 

[Bribie G]

Got the lovely thing home, it's really top notch quality as with the first one (which I can still use on gas, but the newie is for my Kambrook portable hotplate to do cereal mashes, reboil wort, make curry base gravies etc).

The fridges unfortunately were all in cartons and they didn't have one open at the Taree branch so I couldn't check the internal dimensions. When I walked in at 9 am there was still a pallet load 2 high, and 15 minutes later there were none. Guy bought five of them with his Mrs guarding his stash while he wheeled them out to his truck one at a time :blink: and another joker bought 3 with him and a couple of fat sons wheeling them out to the checkout like a conga line - faced with that feeding frenzy I guess even the best organised and prepared store can't guarantee stock. :huh: AFAIK Aldi don't have a "reasonable individual purchase limits observed" thingo on their specials like some stores do - not that they probably ever enforce it.

You should have seen them on the Saturday before Analog got switched off here and Aldi had 32 inch LCDs for a stupid price, and two pallets of them as well.

 

[Goldenchild]

Not sure if its popped up on the forum yet but aldi has next saturday the 23rd

vac sealers-$70 (1yr warranty)
rolls of bags 2x28cmx5m-$15

 

[Bribie G]

Hmm never mind the hops, I've always wanted to get into Sous Vide cooking (Think Hog's Breath 18 hour cooked steak).

 

[GuyQLD]

Was in Aldi tonight picking up something for dinner and came across the stockpots - Wasn't really in the mood for a new stockpot but my 10L one is a camp jobby that's pretty thin and all banged up.

I was actually somewhat impressed with the Aldi stockpot.... so I grabbed it.

 

[Florian]

I grabbed one only to find out at home that it had a few small dings near the bottom and was somewhat deformed so the lid doesn't fit properly.

That'll teach me to open the box before leaving the store. Now I need to go back before they run out.

To be fair I must add that that's only the second time in my 33 year history of Aldi shopping that I'm not entirely satisfied.

 

[canon1ball]

feeding frenzy sometimes on a Wednesday and a Saturday (specials day)

According to a German friend they call those specials days ALDI DAY in Germany.

 

[Phoney]

Aldi apparently have award winning cheeses too. Although the cheesemakers appeared to be cheesed off about that.

Specialist cheesemakers say the success of supermarket Aldi at the Sydney Royal Cheese and Dairy Show will devalue the awards.
Aldi won 49 medals at the awards, including eight gold, and was named the competition's most successful dairy exhibitor.
But president of the Specialist Cheesemakers' Association, Carla Meurs, says the awards may mislead consumers as they don't give any information about who is actually making the cheese.
"It's a problem across the whole food industry and now in the cheese industry as well, where we have supermarket rebranding or using generic brands for cheese products that are often actually produced by small manufacturers or medium manufacturers in Australia," she said.
"There needs to be some work done on this because it's not helpful."
Victorian cheesemaker Berrys Creek won champion cheese at the awards. But Ms Meurs said Aldi's domination of the competition will make cheesemakers reluctant to enter further Royal Agricultural Society competitions.
"I think it will have a big impact on cheesemakers and other dairy products being entered to the show, absolutely," she said.
"I don't think it's helpful for a cheese show to just be representing a generic brand that means nothing as to the origin of that product."
Aldi wasn't able to provide details as to who produces its award winning cheeses except to say that they are made in Australia.
Cheese judges say this lack of information about who makes these cheeses is a big problem for consumers.
"It's not really a fair thing to take a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, take the badge off it, put your badge on it and claim it's your car," said Ian Roberton, former chief judge of the Australian Speciality Cheesemakers Association.
"They're clearly going to win but I want to know who made the car," he said.
The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW didn't respond to ABC Rural's request for an interview.
http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201302/s3693472.htm

 

[felten]

According to a German friend they call those specials days ALDI DAY in Germany.

Or is it aldi tag?

 

[Bribie G]

German operates on compound nouns such as: Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz so I've no doubt it's Alditag
Totally off topic but I love the German language, despite the fact that my German Teacher was Austrian. They make you wait for 20 minutes for the verb - which is probably an excellent thing and guaranteed to get you in a slather of anticipation:

Today on the way to the Supermarket fifteen dwarfs doing body painting on fifteen schoolgirls of well above legal age fellating a fair number of escaped prisoners I saw.

Florian will advise :beerbang:

 

[Batz]

I love the German language, despite the fact that my German Teacher was Austrian.

He not the only Austrian.

 

[Brew Matt]

Wish Aldi would hurry up & put another vacumn sealer on special.

Vacuum food sealer in the latest catalogue $69.95. I was thinking you could get something a little better quality for a few dollars more, but interested in any feedback. They have a pack of 2 Sealer Rolls 2 X 28cd x 5m for $14.99 - I was going to ask if the rolls are good value?

 

[QldKev]

Hmm never mind the hops, I've always wanted to get into Sous Vide cooking (Think Hog's Breath 18 hour cooked steak).

Watch out for botulism


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[TidalPete]

Glad you brought this up Brew Mat.
My research showed that these Vacuum sealers on sale at Aldi next Saturday (Also on sale at Big Dub here ATM) have been getting a lot of negative reviews & so I'm giving them a miss.
Getting one of these -- http://www.thegoodguys.com.au/buyonline/Sunbeam_Food_Saver_Vac_VS4300 tomorrow for less than the advertised price. :super:
Have emailed here -- http://www.thepackagingcentre.com.au/collections/frontpage/products/channel-bag-roll-200mm to be sure their bags suit before buying.

Off- topic --- Still having trouble getting these bloody links to do my bidding. ^_^

 

[hsb]

Those packaging centre rolls are pretty tiny. Only 200mm.

 

[TidalPete]

Those packaging centre rolls are pretty tiny. Only 200mm.

Good enough for hops ATM.
Happy if anyone can direct me to a cheap source of wider rolls suitable for a Sunbeam vacuum.