I'll try to word this in such a way as to keep on topic. As far as the Aldi line goes, I've only ever tried the Dopiaza and from memory I quite liked it. I think I may still have at least one Aldi jar in my time capsule cupboard as I recall seeing the spice holding lid. I'm not sure of which variety it is, or they are, so I 'll have to check now.
The time capsule cupboard is a deep corner cupboard where things go to sit through years of waiting before finally being determined as past it. You need a torch to see into the back corner and you have to get on hands and knees to crawl in to reach the longest residents. It's sort of Hotel California for packaged food that seemed like a good idea at the time of purchase. This is where I found the relic Pataks Tikka Masala can Onions, which was more like 12 years old, or more, and 5 years past the "use by" date. It had been on at least one and possibly two home relocations before eventual use last year It still made a half decent dish for curry in a can. CT didn't give it his nod of approval which was completely understandable.
Unfortunately, I still can't get the Bhuna from Aldi out here.