Ah helly, woman after my own heart.
I have long liked aldi tinned tomatoes for my italian recipes. Seem to remember that confusingly they were called premium or something but weren't more expensive than their apparently normal stuff. Last time I was in they didn't have them, just chopped. Being a suspicious northerner i instinctively mistrust such tbings, i can do my own chopping in 30 secs thanks very much.
In truth, though the big italian brands are doubtless good i rather doubt they are worth the extra over stuff from canny germans. I know an italian who will only eat barilla pasta. Me, i prefer to look at the nutritional info.
Pccolbeck, yes i find the lidl premium chorizo very good. A hedgehog on a recent camping trip clearly agreed as it dragged it out from under my flysheet, giving me a very odd dream from which i awoke with a start.