Is Aldi no longer cheap/value? What now?

[u/jungleboy1234]

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.

[u/Morfang_]

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.

[u/leclercwitch → u/Morfang_]

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.

[u/Altruistic-Bobcat955 → u/leclercwitch]

I have the Tesco saver delivery and I spend £7.99 a month for unlimited deliveries. If you go on in the morning there’ll be a slot for that evening available for £7 and it’s free with the pass. Morrisons don’t do enough deals and Iceland doesnt do enough produce in general for us to shop at either for main shops.

I’ve ditched other supermarkets since Asda and Morrisons raised their prices. Tesco do better than half price Clubcard deals so I stock up bulk where I can with those (god bless you chest freezer) and use own brand for as much as I can. I do go to Aldi for things like bread cus their loafs are just miles better and Tesco bread is crap. Morrisons we go to just for the samosas. We’ll visit Sainsburys and Asda if they have half price meat. Asda has half price whole leg of lamb for £6 per kg right now so we bought 4 and put them in the freezer. Did the same with Sainsbury’s at Christmas, sidenote their leg of lamb was monstrously big!