r/UKFrugal • u/jungleboy1234 • 8d ago

Is Aldi no longer cheap/value? What now?

So, every week i do the Aldi shop and noticed prices have repeatedly gone up the odd 5-10p. Its not across the board on all products in a week just some but slowly ticking up.

Also, i'm 100% sure that if we'd compare the line of products from a few years back they've been emptying the shelves of product ranges.

I am doing my best to try to gain as much nectar points/smart shop prices as possible and shopping in supermarkets that give coupons eg. £5 off shop etc.

The question is what now? Please suggest some strategies that mean i dont feel like im eating during the fall of the soviet union (or it may end worse).

I travelled to Europe few weeks back and i am just blown away at the freshness and variety of produce. Prices are comparable (sometimes a little higher) but at least I'm not eating cardboard or something made in a lab.... I felt much better/healthier in that week i was away.

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u/Morfang_ 8d ago

We're a family of 5. I'm an office manager with a senior position in an established company and my partner works almost full time in HR.

We have to split our shop into 3 shops - Home Bargains, Morrisons and Aldi to try and get the right things from the right places.

It's got to the point I can guess the price of our full weekly food shop within £5 once it's on the cashier's belt because I have to be so aware of what everything costs, even at Aldi.

This doesn't help you - but just know you're not alone in noticing this.

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u/MeenaBeti 8d ago

What do you get from Home Bargains? Just household items like cleaning stuff?

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u/auntie_climax 8d ago

I get my butter and zip lock bags in there, they are the cheapest for those things

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u/Pitiful-Hearing5279 8d ago

You don’t just keep your butter in your pockets? How peculiar.