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AIBU - Aldi: How much should this have cost...?

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GingerWit · 02/07/2022 20:51

I'm not sure if I should be shocked or I should have realised everything will cost more due to cost of living situation etc and I need to suck it up.

However, Mumsnetter's!

How much do you think the following should have cost?

Small tray of beef pieces
Jar of mango chutney
2 onions
Bag of wonky peppers
3 packets of microwave rice
Small, plastic container
Cheap drinks bottle
Tin of mixed fruits
2 Naan Bread's
Garlic bread
Small tray of Indian bits (bhaji and samosa x2)
Flour
Sugar

One bag of shopping from Aldi. This is also a bit of fun/tongue-in-cheek to help me get over handing over the money when it came time to pay and my daughter needed to unfurl my iron-like grip from my card and put it in the card machine for me while I stood there wondering when are my kids gonna get a job at the ages of 8,9, and 14 and buy me food instead and leave my money alone.

Alas, here I am! So...how much!? Have a guess!

(I didn't get a receipt. Daughter was too busy guiding me out of the store through my veil of tears and catatonic state. I might actually just be a tight-wod!?) Hubby works full-time, I work full-time.

Anyway!

How much!?

(Stffu, Aldi! Stffuuuuuu! hisses)

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liliainterfrutices · 03/07/2022 19:50

£2 for flour?! You can get it for 60p in Tesco, unless you bought a massive packet.

poppycatty · 03/07/2022 19:53

£32

worriedaboutmoney2022 · 03/07/2022 19:54

£219 for 5 people for 3 weeks is preety good going

mcmooberry · 03/07/2022 19:56

£13 - not looked to see if we have an anwer

mcmooberry · 03/07/2022 19:56

answer

mcmooberry · 03/07/2022 19:57

Have just seen the answer - am shocked!

Dibbydoos · 03/07/2022 20:02

I went into Aldi today, bought 3 bags full of stuff plus storage boxes for camping (£8.99) and shelving until for under the sink (£5.99) and it was £59. We'll eat for a week on this little lot - using cupboard foods onto - butter, oils, milk, frozen and fresh veg we already have. OP, I think you got ripped off, lol!

Thebeastofsleep · 03/07/2022 20:06

Food costs ar ridiculous at the moment. Did a shop for the weekend (camping) and it came to £75. Not even a full weeks shop. Should have been about £50.

EmilyBolton · 03/07/2022 20:11

My observation over last year is that processed food will whack up price….so 3 bags of microwave rice is costing way more than buying a bag of rice which will do loads of portions, Ham and cheese or any lunch type processed food will break the bank. Naan bread, garlic bread and those Indian bits will have added to that.
try minimising processed food - ok means more cooking but it does keep my bills down

KittyKittyKat · 03/07/2022 20:12

£22? I don’t shop there though, so it’s just a touch estimate

ElsieMc · 03/07/2022 20:14

£28 with the additional items you mentioned.

KittyKittyKat · 03/07/2022 20:15

I would have guessed £30 with the additional items.

£45 seems a lot for that list.

nokidshere · 03/07/2022 20:19

I was fairly bored doing my online shop on a very wet Saturday afternoon so I put the same shopping list into the 3 stores near us and did a comparison.

I ordered 54 items. I feed 4 adults, a 16yr old and a 12yr old. There was no alcohol and no cleaning or personal care items.

The cost at each store was Tesco 66.18, Morrison's 86.45, Asda 70.28

I was really surprised that Tesco was the cheapest even though that's my usual shop. It was a mixture of brand names, shops own and generic.

Scoobydoobydo · 03/07/2022 20:29

My friend has always done the same with her babies and now children. They are always decked out in Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren, Stone Island etc. She doesn’t know that we know they are either second or fakes and it doesn’t matter. It makes her happy and a happy Mama is the best

MandyLHarkness · 03/07/2022 20:47

At least £20, how much was it?

bruffin · 03/07/2022 20:53

I put OP's list into Ocado and it came out at £33.20 including a disney lunch box in the sale!

I dont think Aldi is very cheap anymore

I dont think it was ever as cheap as people think. It' s advertising was misleading as it compared their own brand goods with premium branded goods in other supermarkets

Thebeastofsleep · 03/07/2022 20:59

EmilyBolton · 03/07/2022 20:11

My observation over last year is that processed food will whack up price….so 3 bags of microwave rice is costing way more than buying a bag of rice which will do loads of portions, Ham and cheese or any lunch type processed food will break the bank. Naan bread, garlic bread and those Indian bits will have added to that.
try minimising processed food - ok means more cooking but it does keep my bills down

It won't keep your costs down much longer with fuel prices. Boiling rice takes much more energy than microwaving it, then if you add anything to it that's more cost in both ingredients and energy, not to mention time. I also waste a lot more food that way. I used to cook everything from scratch but find it's so expensive to do it now.

incognitodorrito · 03/07/2022 21:18

£32

latetothefisting · 03/07/2022 21:47

flutterbybabycakes · 02/07/2022 22:11

That's 99% processed food. It's going to cost the earth in money and health.

raw onions, peppers, beef chunks, mixed fruit, flour....none of those are processed (or not more than you need to turn wheat into flour).....even the microwavable rice, the ingrdients are only rice (99%) with 1% water and sunfloweroil....the remaining 5 items excluding the water bottle and container which I assume OP isn't going to feed to her family is not 99%.

OP I see your point, I would have estimated those things to be maybe 35-40 max so that is a lot! It's hard when you think you're already shopping in what's supposed to be the cheapest shops, not really sure how people can cut down any further.

PearlyShamps · 03/07/2022 21:57

I'm normally pretty near when I roughly work out what shopping should cost... I had this in my head as being between £30 - £35. I had estimated the plastic container & drinks bottle as being £6/7. I am really surprised to hear this was £45, abd wouldn't be at all surprised if there had been a mistake at the checkout where items have been accidentally scanned twice, or on the system at the wrong price. Without the receipt you'll never know - but I agree, cost of living is soaring, and £45 is excessive for what you bought.

Misty333 · 03/07/2022 21:58

£25

Solonge · 03/07/2022 22:03

difficult when you dont specify what kind of beef....but I would go with £23

mewkins · 03/07/2022 22:08

That's too much. I reckon the plastic container and bottle were more than you thought (probably dumped in the wrong bit of the middle aisle). All the food stuff wouldn't be more than 25, probably even less.

ForAFriend123 · 03/07/2022 22:14

Didn't realise Aldi did click and collect?

(Misses point of thread Grin)

ladypink1 · 03/07/2022 22:26

Not Aldi but I spend £60 per week at Tesco
that’s 2 adults i cringe at that
with others staying houseguest’s I spend £150 in a week that’s a extra 3 adults