Aldi 'Titan' bars are every bit as nice as the Mars Bars they copy.
Morrisons Cola is surprisingly almost as good as The Real Thing, but 70p for a 2l bottle.
A few years back, I bought some Aldi Shortcrust chicken and gravy pies, and they were like cardboard chunks in bin jus in wet cardboard.
Share your own-brand discoveries so we can keep that shopping bill under control.
Lidl canyon is good. (Rocky). Beats the Aldi wacko bar.
All I can offer is never, EVER buy own-brand Weetabix...baby food (and I've got one) doesn't come close to that insta-mush!
Waitrose baked beans are good as are their tinned tomatoes.
Prefer Sainsbury's Cola Zero to the Coca Cola product, @47p for 2 litres.
Also, prefer Sainsbury's ketchup to Heinz.
Aldi's version of Tunnock's caramel wafers aren't great. They are probably the only Aldi knock-off I won't buy.
Pretty much all own brand baked beans are better than the slop Heinz produce now.
I hate food waste. I once bought Asda potato waffles. I had no qualms about throwing them out.
Generally we buy a lot of own brand.
We rarely buy any branded stuff nowadays. Certainly never Heinz red sauce, beans, or soup. I have some HP at the moment as I remembered we needed brown sauce when in home bargains or somewhere and that was all they had. I prefer Batts from Lidl.
Most stuff is fine, even Aldi or Lidl weetabix!!
Waitrose soups; comparable with Covent Garden and Yorkshire Provender.
Pretty much all own brand baked beans are better than the slop Heinz produce now.
Came on to post exactly this. Did blind taste on family, unanimous.
Aldi- jives(twix) are bubbly(aero) good
Most own brand laundry detergents are utter pish. It's probably the main thing I stick to branded on.
Others are:
Mutti tinned tomatoes because they taste like tomatoes.
Hamlyns / Scotts / Quaker oats because th supermarket ones often are rough AF. Kids can blind taste test the difference.
Otherwise it's Aldi/Waitrose/Asda own brands all the way
dont buy any branded stuff now. all aldi. all good to me. food is fuel, nothing more.
Tesco Marmite is nicer than Marmite Marmite.
It's a little stronger I find and also spreads better as it's a little less viscous.
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Waitrose baked beans are good as are their tinned tomatoes.
Wiatrose baked beans were my favorite much better than Heinz or Branston IMO but unable to eat them now 😞
Finding the "smoked salmon" on the Christmas toasties especially tasty I rumaged in the bin to find which of the various brands we'd bought it was. It was the Aldi smoked trout.
All the Parkside tools I've bought from Lidl have proved strong and reliable beyond their price point, except the batteries and chargers - buy several and keep them warm and dry.
'Nordpack' Aldi knock off Lurpack. As good as the original and half the price.
Tesco own brand mars bars are also just as good as the real thing, and they cost nowt.
Sainsbury's gluten free bread is bloody awesome.
I used to work for a food manufacturer- they made for the likes of Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, Selfridges, Waitrose, M&S and Aldi. There was no change to the recipes between the labels
Continuing a theme, Aldi Racer bars are better than Snickers. And their Wibbly Wobblies kick nice n spicy Nik Naks into the long grass.
The vast majority of their off brand beers are decent too.
Haven't bought branded beans, ketchup, brown sauce or loads of other stuff for years now. Aldi FTW in most cases.
tomd - +1 for Mutti tinned toms: expensive but definitely worth it!
Nordpack’ Aldi knock off Lurpack. As good as the original
That's definitely not the case, I'm afraid.
I do buy the Nordpack for cooking but I also get big packs of lurpack spreadable from Costco but it is damn expensive.
Aldi fruit pastels are completely lush though!
Aldi spaghetti stands in tomato sauce is dire. The chocolate is spot on and better than most.
Asda English mustard. It's the bomb.
Sainsbury's espresso beans are not too shabby in an emergency.
Co-op fresh bread - especially three cheese, and jalapeño.
Nordpack’ Aldi knock off Lurpack. As good as the original and half the price
Lurpack is one of the few branded things we buy. Partly because my wife's Danish, mostly because The Aldi version tastes awful.
Aldi Oaties are better than hobnobs.
dhb is as good if not better than rapha
All I can offer is never, EVER buy own-brand Weetabix
That depends....
I used to work for a food manufacturer- they made for the likes of Harrods, Fortnum & Mason, Selfridges, Waitrose, M&S and Aldi. There was no change to the recipes between the labels
Also depends....
Lidl and Tesco Weetabix soak up milk too quickly. Morrisons is OK, but tastes a bit different. Waitrose and Sainsburys are good for the price. The real deal are better (but I can't justify the extra cost)
Under no circumstances even contemplate buying any own brand Worcester sauce. It’s completely pointless. It appears to be coloured water
Aldi French Fries knock offs are really good
We always buy Lurpak, despite it being silly money, as nothing else is quite the same and butter is just one of mankind’s greatest achievements
I'm happy to go with own brand for most things but I'll never try Tesco's razors again.
Terrible.
Lurpak my arris. Get yourselves some Aldi west countey butter with salty bits in.
I've bought own brand Weetabix from many different supermarkets.
I couldn't tell you what it tastes like as I can't get into the plastic wrapping around them.
So I splash out on the branded one with their lovely paper packaging.
Aldis fake snickers are also perfect copies
Most own brand laundry detergents are utter pish.
You're not supposed to have it neat man!!!
butter is just one of mankind’s greatest achievements
I don't know how to break this to you ... but man butter isn't legal to buy over the counter!
I worked in a frozen vegetable factory for a summer years ago, all the supermarket companies packaging had the same content in as the manufacturers.
Aldi Nordpak is a no from me, Lidl Danpak on the other hand is excellent
Lidl Crownfield Apple and Cinnamon porridge oat bars are my fave cycling snack
dhb is as good if not better than rapha
I’m not sure about that? I ordered a new pair of winter bibs from Wiggle for this years Festive 500 and nearly wore through the lycra around the seat pad in a single 3 hour ride! I have a pair of Rapha winter bibs that are still going strong after at least 5 years and jerseys going back about 10 which are a bit faded but still function as well as when new.
Tesco dishwasher tabs are just as good as Finish but much cheaper.
Fairy Liquid on the other hand is much better than the Tesco equivalent and cheaper because you don't need to use as much.
No comment on Aldi or Lidl - none close to me although there's meant to be an Aldi opening opposite the Tesco later this year.
And baked beans - don't you make your own?
And baked beans – don’t you make your own?
I grow my own. And mine my own tin for my Ore to Can machine.
Lurpak, nordpak, danpak. Just buy salted butter it's fine. The fancy west country stuff with sea salt from Aldi or Lidl is great though.
I worked in a frozen vegetable factory for a summer years ago, all the supermarket companies packaging had the same content in as the manufacturers.
Frozen vegetables perhaps? I'm shocked...
Co-op fresh bread – especially three cheese, and jalapeño.
So true about the cheese and jalapeño one, I could do a loaf of that in one sitting.
Aldi baked beans are better than Heinz and second only to Branston IMO. Lidl's are quite acceptable too.
Lidl's spreadable butter (in a yellow tub with red writing IIRC) is excellent.
Get yourselves some Aldi west country butter with salty bits in.
This. It really is the best!
I personally find that there is little difference between Aldi / Lidl own brands and so called "branded" products.
