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There is a middle ground surely? 5 tins of chocolates and 2 packs of after eights for 9 people is a lot. Then a low quality frozen turkey and ready made roast potatoes, followed by frozen cheesecake. It doesn’t sound like a nice dinner to me, but if those dinner ingredients are what is affordable fair enough. I have no idea how much a bag of frozen roasters costs v a bag of potatoes, or a frozen cheesecake v a homemade one, and I certainly buy ready made pigs in blankets, however that is a ridiculous amount of crap chocolate. The thread feels like a bit of a wind up tbh.

What a supercilious and patronising post!

Mine does and I am okay with that. Who wants to care about ultra-processed foods at Christmas. People need to get over themselves and pour a large glass of Aldi Ballycastle Cream Liqueur.

Unless you have your cashmere clad children slitting the necks of your home raised turkeys then you have no one to blame but yourself for this needless cost. Of course said darling's will be so grateful for your home grown parsnips and root vegetables dug up the day before mixed with honey from the bees. 🐝

£95??!!!!!!!

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£70

£65?

£86

£78

Around £80-90 I imagine - £6 per tin of chocolates, £20 for the crown and then rounded up the rest?

£50

I get what your saying . But for low income families who are entitled to them vouchers. All year they are probably careful about what they buy. Make food stretch probably not many treats. If them vouchers allow them to have treats and not worry so much over Christmas so be it. Weather it's spent on treats over Xmas or on other types of food they still have to feed their children regardless.

I don't think it would be very nice for a family who are entitled to them vouchers to not enjoy Christmas because they should be buying the right type of food .

£50

I normally get home delivery as I don't drive. I absolutely hate going to the supermarket. I only went because of the vouchers I had. Other wise its home delivery only . Delivery wish aldi done home delivery.

You may jest but there is such a difference in taste between home grown veg and the stuff in supermarkets.

Unfortunately I don't have a garden big enough or an allotment to grow my own but my in laws used to. It's a shame really that we have all got used to eating veg which doesn't have a lot of flavour.

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£95. The selection boxes alone were £6 each last time I checked.

the thing is, OP, if you're not prepared to cook or prepare things yourself, then yes, buying 4 packs of cheesecake and 4 tubs of chocolates is going to cost you £30. This is a CHOICE.

For sure. I hope your family enjoy it! 😀
i was just making a suggestion, i think...and like i said not to offend. But you can make those vouchers go a very long way.
Yes, you are completely right, no family shouldnt have an enjoyable xmas.

have a great one and as i said dont be offended 🤗

£70

I'm absolutely not judging because I too will be getting in the tins of chocs (and plenty of booze), but it's bonkers how the food industry have shaped what many of us view to be a 'treat'. Same with alcohol- it's literally poison, but hey 'treat yourself, it's Christmas!'.

<wanders off to pour another Baileys, open the Quality Street and read 'Ultra Processed People">

Someone above said i should do better for 2025. I will definitely do that . I have asked for books to teach me about organic growing. Also bee keeping. The home raised turkey seems a bit more complicated. But hopefully someone can help me with that . 🦃

Possibly - but I am a cheapskate and wouldn't buy branded Phillie, would buy the essentials range cream cheese and Aldi digestives. Couple of eggs, butter (won't use it all), flavouring. Not saying it's cheaper but it's certainly not loads more expensive.

Currently thinking of making a gingerbread cheesecake for christmas day.

Yes - my home grown vegetables always tasted so much worse than supermarket offerings.

Home grown tomatoes - I’m looking at you! So much worse than Ocado’s offerings!