Lidl Kickstart 2025. Promising Producers Highlighted.
Worth Checking Out!
Amazing treats from Carrigaline's Second Street Bakeshop.
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| The annual Lidl Kickstart is underway. I made a call to the Ballyvolane store the other day and purchased a few to try. The gluten free Gourmet Toffee Popcorn was the star of the show as far as I am concerned. These addictive little mouthfuls, made with all-natural ingredients, including Irish butter and Achill sea salt, are produced by Second Street Bakeshop in Carrigaline. |
We've previously highlighted some of their products that were
bought in Bradley's, North Main Street, Cork. Ideal for a Netflix night.
Go on, treat yourself
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| Slim's Healthy Kitchen began with their 2013 Belfast restaurant and they introduced a range of retail convenience meals tailored to the health-conscious consumer. This Jerk Chicken with Rice is one You get the chicken plus fire-roasted sriracha peppers, sweetcorn, garden peas and basmati rice. We shared one for lunch and it was a treat, a delicious mix of textures and flavours and judiciously spiced. |
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| A big thumbs up also for this 100% Irish Gluten Free Porridge. The oats are grown, milled and packed on the Cotter family farm in Castletownroche, Co. Cork |
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| Looking for a good well priced coffee? Then consider this American blend. Coffee beans from Brazil, Guatemala and Honduras are in the mix. Quite a story behind this rapidly expanding small firm, started when they needed coffee for their own café. Read more about Galway Roast as you sip one of their coffees. |
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| Having a cuppa? Feel like a wee treat with it? Northern Ireland's New Found Joy bakery have you covered. Their Caramel Squares and Rocky Road were featured in the pack. And, yes, featured, rather than feature - they are all gone! It is a gluten free bakery. |
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| Just a small selection from what is available at Lidl Kickstart 2025. |
Hide and seek at Grow with Aldi
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With no dedicated signage in the store, in contrast to Lidl, it was very difficult to find the products that are being highlighted in the 2025 Grow with Aldi promotion. But I did know where to find the delicious ice creams produced in Novohal by the Good Dairy. By coincidence, the one beer that I bought (not part of the current promotion) was a success story from a previous Grow with Aldi. Wicklow’s O Brother did go on to produce a number of beers for the supermarket, including this stout. |
