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Coles Simply Cheddar Cheese Block 1kg $8.70 @ Coles

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Coles Simply Cheddar Cheese Block 1kg $8.70 @ Coles
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hamza23 on 02/10/2024 - 16:55 coles.com.au (771 clicks)
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Was $9.90 in June, then dropped to $9 in July when the Tasty went down to $9.50 from $13.90. Now a further $0.30 drop to $8.70.

Coles Simply Cheddar Cheese Block 1kg.
Mild and smooth
Strength indicator: 2
Made in Australia

Hillview Cheese Block 1kg from Woolworths $8.70 has also dropped from $9 to $8.70, for those who don't have Coles near them. I prefer the Coles version over the Woolworths Hillview option. The ALDI version is now $8.49, from $8.69, and also a good option. $8.69 deal.

Personally I was buying Tasty Cheddar for $9.50 over this Milder Cheddar at $9, now $8.70. However if you prefer milder cheese or it's not worth the $0.80 extra, then this option is for you.

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  • jv on 02/10/2024 - 16:58
    +13

    WOW !!!

    Save 30 cents !!!

    • Guybrush57 on 02/10/2024 - 18:24

      What is the normal price?

    • omblygombly on 02/10/2024 - 18:36
      +2

      You've been listening to too much of Brian Taylor's commentary. Wowee

    • Clear on 02/10/2024 - 19:59
      +1

      If it were Aldi it would be the normal price.

    • Mr Bob Dobalina on 03/10/2024 - 20:08

      120k comments, wow. Slow down a bit!

  • Jimbot2000 on 02/10/2024 - 17:23
    +2

    What do people think of the Coles Tasty Cheddar in comparison to Aldi and Woolworths? I haven't tried Coles version but the others are not particularly tangy. That said I would put WW above Aldi… hillview is like a soft rubber, once opened it takes a month+ in the fridge to ripen up.

    • pennypincher98 on 02/10/2024 - 17:30
      +22

      Coles Tasty ($9.50) above all. Not worth saving 80 cents to have a kilo of disappointment.

      • Jimbot2000 on 02/10/2024 - 17:32
        +9

        Life is too short to suffer inferior cheese.

        • Hangryuman on 03/10/2024 - 14:03

          "What would Cheeses Do … ?"

          (for those who don't get it - the US expression uses "Jesus")

      • melbstheburn on 02/10/2024 - 18:04
        +1

        Agree, good value!

    • souths123 on 02/10/2024 - 18:07
      +5

      Coles Tasty, hands down

      • Sydgun on 02/10/2024 - 18:32
        +6

        Coles Tasty best value cheese right now compared to all the other generic supermarket brands

        • stickyfingers on 02/10/2024 - 18:41
          +1

          In certain it’s rebranded Bega

          • souths123 on 02/10/2024 - 20:00

            @stickyfingers: yes, it does taste like Bega

          • Igaf on 02/10/2024 - 21:09
            +3

            @stickyfingers: It's better than Bega by a decent margin imo.

            Bega supplied Coles until about the middle of last decade. Then Coles contracted Devondale MG. Last few years (probably not coincidentally about the time when their Tasty improved) their cheese has been supplied by Saputo in Cobram (Vic).

    • Igaf on 02/10/2024 - 20:11
      +4

      Coles Tasty (quite tasty) >>>> Aldi Westacre (mildly recognisable taste of cheese > Ww Hillview (horrible texture and no cheese taste whatsoever)

      Coles Simply is marginally better than Hillview.

  • ShireBarrrgainnns on 02/10/2024 - 17:31
    +2

    Is it 24% chicken though?
    Tried the simply sausages… Just don't.

    • elguapo on 02/10/2024 - 18:04
      +5

      Yeah Coles Simply takes me back to the old days of Franklins no frills or Black and Gold…..shudder. Some really average products in the Coles Simply range. However, if money is tight then you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do to feed your family.

      • altomic on 02/10/2024 - 22:46

        The coles simply spiral pasta is gross. Once cooked it becomes a gluggy mess

        • Fobsessive on 03/10/2024 - 00:30
          +3

          Just cook it al dente?

    • Flying Ace on 03/10/2024 - 08:45

      The Coles Simply garlic bread is as good, if not better than the more expensive ones. La Famiglia is just rubbish. For $2, you can't go wrong really.

  • follow on 02/10/2024 - 17:37
    +7

    Colby one is the best

  • R4 on 02/10/2024 - 18:04
    +1

    Our choice for the 1kg block of sh1te cheese is Aldi's.

    Good for cooking, kids and guests you don't really like though.

  • 3atc3 on 02/10/2024 - 18:05

    It is really cheaper? https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/accc-takes-woolworths-…

    • jv on 02/10/2024 - 19:20

      Yes

  • lordezekiel on 02/10/2024 - 18:07
    +1

    That is the standard price for IGA 1kg block too.

  • bbbargain1 on 02/10/2024 - 18:10
    +2

    I had the premium 9.50 tasty block x2 after the last post and I did enjoy it. I never really paid much attention before. Then I bought a Colby to try it and mate its so plain and almost like eating flavourless soylent green or something, like a Nutroblock Dairy 3000. Almost tastes like unsalted butter.

    I'm a tasty cheese man 🧀

  • MS Chris on 02/10/2024 - 18:12
    +4

    Aldi ftw. They didn't price gouge on the cheese like Coles and Woolworths did during the last couple of years. Now that people have cottoned on, they miraculously are reducing their prices.

  • LegitBox on 02/10/2024 - 18:20
    +4

    they probably make everything else more expensive and their own brands cheaper

    • Mike Nolan on 02/10/2024 - 18:48
      +1

      Exactly

    • twig on 02/10/2024 - 21:37
      +1

      While bending over the producers who make these products for them

  • Frederico Z on 02/10/2024 - 18:24

    You all know this emulsified super processed stuff is not really cheese, right?

    • GC67 on 02/10/2024 - 18:35

      …beg pardon… !

    • AssociatedSpainKing @ Coles on 02/10/2024 - 18:39

      Love me some cheese product. What's wrong with emulsification? Mayonnaise seems pretty popular

    • grasstown on 02/10/2024 - 18:57

      What do you eat instead? First I’ve heard of these cheeses being processed in a bad way

      • Frederico Z on 03/10/2024 - 08:50
        +2

        I picked up "Swiss Cheese: in ALDI the other day, They forgot to punch the holes into the slices ;-)

        Seriously though, there's plenty of information available about the nature, tastyness and dangers of super & ultra processed foods about.

        https://webstories.theguardian.com/stories/2023/sep/8/ultra-…

        But, whatever excites your taste buds.

        • robertxx74 on 13/10/2024 - 10:10

          I clicked but they said nothing about cheese.

    • Corgsta on 02/10/2024 - 20:35

      What do you mean? Genuinely interested, haven’t heard of this as yet.

      After backpacking in Italy, I came back thinking this yellow block cheese is not real cheese. But we still buy it all the time.

    • ozilicious on 03/10/2024 - 03:54

      No, but say more?.. I'm intrigued

  • Jimbuscus on 02/10/2024 - 18:26

    I coincidentally bought this myself for the first time yesterday and used it last night on a pizza.

    It was okay, but just okay, not enough taste for my preference.

    • AssociatedSpainKing @ Coles on 02/10/2024 - 18:40

      Did it release a lot of oil/get greasy? I always worry about that when using tasty cheese

      • Jimbuscus on 02/10/2024 - 18:45

        I'd say it didn't come across as oily or greasy at all.

    • J5 on 02/10/2024 - 19:17
      +3

      Buy the grated pizza cheese
      3 cheeses inside , great stuff

      • SeanConnery on 02/10/2024 - 19:40

        100%. That 3 cheese combo one is far superior to this cheddar block cheese.

      • TEER3X on 02/10/2024 - 20:13
        +1

        Plus a load of preservatives and the amounts used are largely unregulated… All pre-grated stuff is crap, sorry.

        • jv on 02/10/2024 - 20:27
          +1

          Preservatives help you live longer…

          • buthidae on 23/10/2024 - 15:48
            +1

            @jv: I’d have thought they just make your body take longer to decompose

        • Corgsta on 02/10/2024 - 20:37

          Agree. They add that stuff which is like cardboard to stop the cheese pieces from sticking together.

          • AssociatedSpainKing @ Coles on 02/10/2024 - 20:55
            +1

            @Corgsta: Sometimes I wish they didn't include the starchy non-stick coating so I could just wrestle with my big mass of cheese shreds and have it melt properly. Grass is always greener 😮‍💨

    • souths123 on 02/10/2024 - 20:01
      +2

      get the tasty in the green packaging instead

    • Corgsta on 02/10/2024 - 20:39
      +1

      I thought normally on pizza you put a fairly “tasteless” cheese anyway - mozzarella. Or fior di latte, etc. Creamy but not tasty like parmesan.

      • Flying Ace on 03/10/2024 - 08:49

        I've found that the mozzarella here in the little plastic containers is too watery for normal home-oven pizzas, just makes the bases all soggy.

  • haru on 02/10/2024 - 18:29

    It was still $9 at my local store

  • M00Cow on 02/10/2024 - 18:29

    ay least it's Australian made with Australian ingredients, processed dairy products are now is making itheir way across the ditch.

  • CommuterPolluter on 02/10/2024 - 18:30
    +2

    I’d rather buy Beqa

    • Corgsta on 02/10/2024 - 20:41
      +1

      My mother in law knows someone who worked at the Bega factory. They said they supply Aldi (and probably the other supermarkets). But it was a particular Aldi product.

    • Craig6 on 02/10/2024 - 22:42

      Me to. Aussie owned and Aussie made and tastes great.

  • GC67 on 02/10/2024 - 18:38
    +2

    I just finished cutting 1/2 block of the Aldi Westacre Tasty Cheese block @ $8.49 - Not bad…

    Also, what does everyone else use to cut their cheese…

    I've tried a few solutions, but am liking this atm.
    https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0D9Y57KRB

    • geek001 on 02/10/2024 - 18:52

      What is the maximum thickness you can slice with that? Kids like sliced cheese for some reason, so I am forced to pay for the sliced version.

    • lordezekiel on 02/10/2024 - 19:29
      +2

      A $1 steak knife I’ve had for 20+ years…

      • souths123 on 02/10/2024 - 20:03
        +1

        yes, I use steak knives as well, the ones with lots of fine serrations and a thinner blade….works wonders for cutting cheese cleanly. I also use for tomatoes, onions etc as well

      • waade395 on 03/10/2024 - 02:39
        +2

        I grew up slicing it that way and agreed until I found these things with a wire and two different sizes. Same result and easier

        https://amzn.asia/d/04UGjCu

        • worrierwan on 03/10/2024 - 07:42

          Thanks just ordered to try it :)

        • GC67 on 03/10/2024 - 08:49

          I will try as well.

        • lordezekiel on 03/10/2024 - 09:31
          +1

          For $9, I would rather have another 1kg block of cheese and 30 cents leftover instead!

    • CrazySurfaNZ on 02/10/2024 - 20:25
      +1

      Chef'n Slicester Cheese Slicer (Apricot) https://amzn.asia/d/3fkfYNF

      This works pretty good, take a bit if getting used to and wouldn't mind if it went a bit thinner but it's pretty good

      • GC67 on 03/10/2024 - 08:51
        +1

        I have one of these, similar concept - https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0794QLJJX

        But found that the last 1cm could get 'stuck' or dig deeper into the block, making it hard to remove the slice.

        But that solution, where you apply pressure from the top, could be a winner…

  • Yaren24 on 02/10/2024 - 19:12
    +2

    Can you take this on the plane?

  • J5 on 02/10/2024 - 19:16
    +2

    Havent bought tasty for years , they took all the flavour out

    Always buy vintage, for the bit extra money its not worth eating bad cheese

    • Igaf on 02/10/2024 - 20:52
      +2

      Try the current Coles Tasty 1kg block, you may be pleasantly surprised. Has been very good for a couple of years now (well that's when we took the gamble and paid the premium). Little difference between Coles Tasty and Aldi Vintage taste and texture wise.

      • Fobsessive on 03/10/2024 - 00:46

        Coles Tasty shredded holds flavour even weeks after opening. Recent improvement

  • twig on 02/10/2024 - 21:39

    What are your favourite recipes to go with this big boi?

    • battler on 02/10/2024 - 22:32

      Cheese fondue.

    • Fobsessive on 03/10/2024 - 00:47
      +1

      500g cheese charcatcurie (I don't speak French) board with white Monster or goon

      • pennypincher98 on 03/10/2024 - 07:02

        I would absolutely love to see a chart with cheese + Monster pairings lol

  • hamza23 on 23/10/2024 - 07:03
    +1

    Back to $9.90. Still cheap at Woolworths and ALDI for now.

  • Techefy on 14/11/2024 - 19:34

    How do you guys store this? Mine gets slightly bitter after some days

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