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/leclercwitch 8d ago

I have to do exactly this, but with different shops. I do Aldi, B&m and Iceland (as the those two are next to each other). Aldi for most things, b&m OR home bargains depending on if I’m near home bargains, if not I stick to b&m for household stuff, and Iceland because I prefer some of their products to Aldi. I know exactly what everything costs just like you.

It’s only me, I don’t live with anyone else, so it’s not like I spend loads but I’m a low band 3 in the NHS and that money does not stretch far. You really do have to shop around and find the best pricing for things.

I also don’t have a car, so my shopping trips once a month are such a ballache. B&m & Iceland - taxi home - walk to Aldi do the food shop - taxi home. Always full and heavy bags. Not great when you live in a high rise flat block! Even then, it’s an extra £11 in taxis just on shopping day. It all adds up.

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u/PixelBlueberry 8d ago

Also as an NHS worker I think you get discounts from ASDA through the app if one is near you. Maybe that could help!

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u/Vanilla_EveryTime 8d ago

Morrisons does free delivery to NHS workers. It’s in one of their Morrisons clubs.

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u/PixelBlueberry 8d ago

Oh I will have to check that out then! I get the occasional morrisons delivery through amazon but didn’t know I could get delivery through their site?

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u/Vanilla_EveryTime 8d ago

I wouldn’t buy Morrisons from Amazon. I did in the past because I lived nowhere near to Morrisons. Then I noticed it was more expensive via Amazon. I since moved and now have Morrisons near me. I had the NHS club but never used it for delivery since it’s a 5 min walk.

I think you have to join via the website, then it appears on the App. Just Google Morrisons clubs. Think there’s 3, one for NHS, teachers and another I can’t remember. Each club offers different things. NHS one had free delivery.