{"id":331361,"date":"2026-03-06T04:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/331361\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T04:00:23","slug":"chefs-and-food-writers-share-their-lidl-and-aldi-favourites-from-bargain-wines-to-affordable-steaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/331361\/","title":{"rendered":"Chefs and food writers share their Lidl and Aldi favourites \u2013 from bargain wines to affordable steaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">What do food experts put into their trolleys when they shop in German discount supermarkets?\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Lidl and Aldi have lots of delicious bargains. Photo: Getty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3a6c3e5a-4cb2-4fa3-aa23-0227c494b2cb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Lidl and Aldi have lots of delicious bargains. Photo: Getty<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Lidl and Aldi are well known for their low prices, making them a reliable stop for those of us seeking to keep our shopping bills down.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Irish chefs and food writers have their bargain favourites at the German discount supermarkets too, from fresh cheese and cupboard staples to wines for entertaining.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What do food experts put into their trolleys when they shop in German discount supermarkets? Lidl and Aldi&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":331362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[28994,72,943,615,61,60,16117,86771],"class_list":["post-331361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-aldi","tag-business","tag-cost-of-living","tag-dublin","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lidl","tag-meadhbh-mcgrath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/331362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=331361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=331361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}