To say Aldi is not even cheap anymore

[Abdican]

basically I went earlier with DD16 and spent 97 quid and I don’t even feel like I got a proper shop it’s just bread milk fruit bits for lunches some nappies and cleaning stuff and it’s gone. honestly I remember when you could do a full trolley there for 60 and that wasn’t even that long ago

I don’t know if it’s just me cos the kids are eating more now like DS14 eats constantly and DD6 is so fussy I end up buying extra bits for her to actually eat something but it feels like no matter where I go (aldi lidl tesco) it’s all the same price now.

DP just rolls his eyes and says I must be wasting money but he doesn’t see how much food they all go through. DD16 eats like an adult now plus she had to get stuff for college lunches cos apparently “everyone else” takes meal deals 🙄 so I caved and got her some wraps and chicken bits which aren’t cheap either.

sorry long post I just wondered if anyone else feels like Aldi isn’t even cheap anymore or if I’m shopping wrong xx

I went to our local Aldi and got a real shock, go there regularly but there was a definite sudden price rise in things. Also no everyday salted butter for the second time - weird!

same here with the salted butter, I got the blue pack instead

Love unsalted

We don't have an Aldi near us, but whenever I've visited one elsewhere I've not been impressed.
Lidl is cheaper for us, and the quality is mostly comparable. I do get some toiletries in Superdrug, and Daz in Tesco, but otherwise can mostly do a shop in Lidl.

I don't think it's as cheap as it used to be, but it's still cheaper, i did a price comparison on a like for like shop with Sainsbury's, and it came out £30 cheaper.

It does things like small individual pots of Greek yoghurt, which the others don't. Their Cream of Tomato soup is the nicest I've found (Sainsbury's and Tesco are way too sweet and use tomato puree whereas Aldi use actual tomatoes and less sugar). Their pizzas and chips are nice.

I still have to go elsewhere for cat food, Shredded Wheat, porridge, marmalade and all my toiletries. So I'm not sure it's worth it.

I go to Waitrose or Morrisons for my fruit and veg. Waitrose because they sell potatoes individually, and I only want 1 or 2, I don't eat enough to get a bag of them. And Morrisons have a good fruit selection. Morrisons or Tesco for bread, they both sell Oat and Barley bread.

How cheap do you want it to be? Spending £30 on a roast dinner with all the trimmings for five people including dessert sounds completely reasonable. Aldi has always been a bit cheaper compared to to most other supermarkets - it still is - but it’s never been dirt cheap i.e £2 for a whole chicken. Last week someone on here was complaining about broccoli and cauliflower being “expensive” which I thought was ridiculous. I think some people these days are understandably stretched and have skewed expectations of the cost of things e.g they want to pay pennies for their food, which won’t happen.

My £80 Aldi shop is £140 now ..that plus the inevitable "top up" for bits shop mid week is getting stupid. Think this countries obesity crisis will solve its self if this keeps on as no one will be able to afford to eat! I am so sick of paying more for less. ..

It is cheaper but not as cheap as it used to be.

Basics like pasta, rice, cereals, loo roll etc is definitely cheaper than the other big supermarkets.

Is that the branded weetabix? The equivalent Aldi band one which tastes identical is nowhere near that expensive.

Yep we’re definitely using Tesco more than Aldi these days as even though the prices for some things are cheaper, a lot is price matched or on clubcard offer. Plus you can get cash back on Everup which I’m saving for Christmas.

I like Aldi - ours is quite spacious and has good lighting unlike Tesco and Asda which I find depressing. The other supermarkets boast about price matching to Aldi - which suggests they were over charging in the first place. The Almat washing powder is great value as is their organic porridge and almond milk. Yes prices have gone up everywhere but you can still get some good value items in Aldi.

Food should have been more expensive than it was for a long time. the uks food prices have been artificially low for decades.

if chickens had increased with house prices, as they should have, to ensure everyone in production could afford to adequately house themselves without state support. You’d be paying £50+ a chicken - and that study was done years ago.
Add on a war in Ukraine meaning wheat has gone up, oil has gone up, fertiliser has gone up.
and supermarkets still trying to appease share holders.

I've been saying this for ages. Their price increase seemed to be steeper than the other supermarkets. Their value dried spaghetti used to be 19p and it's now 51p. I remember in 2017 when I lived alone I used to spend around £15 a week on an aldi shop for myself and several pets 😳 Now if I fill a large basket it's easily £50. They've also stopped selling a lot of the stuff I used to buy. I still do most of my shopping there though because it's next to my house and DD will only drink their soy milk.

Oh yeah and as others have mentioned their fruit and veg quality is terrible. Apples and bananas are generally OK but the berries aren't great and I've bought melons and pumpkins only to discover they were completely rotten. I've had to stop buying their onions altogether as more often than not the entire packs are rotten.

Cheaper, not cheap. I don't think anywhere is genuinely cheap these days.

I did used to notice a difference in fresh produce quality between them and Tesco/Sainsbos, but tbh that's been eroded now. I got fruit from the latter this summer and was surprised at how shit it was.

Groceries aren’t cheap anywhere. I think perhaps Lidl is a bit cheaper than Aldi.

I gave up on Aldi a while back, Sainsbury’s is a much nicer shopping experience and I don’t think there is much saving at all, you do have to resist all the fancy stuff though!

I don’t shop at Aldi anymore. I could never do a full shop there anyway as there’s always something they don’t have. The quality just doesn’t compare either to other supermarkets.

I find the quality rubbish at our local Aldis (plural - I’ve tried a few). The fruit and veg barely lasts a few days compared to other shops. As someone who does one big shop a week to save money; I can’t rely on their products.

Tesco price match Aldi.
Ocado price match Tesco.

So we shop at Ocado as the service is brilliant.

I've checked and a lot of Asda produce is the same price as Ocados own.

Ultimately - it’s marginal now the difference in prices.

When I used to shop at Aldi in 2014 it was hugely noticeable on your receipt and paid to endure the chaos of the shop. Now, I can’t be bothered to save a couple of pence at most and end up losing half my Saturday in a chaotic shop where fruit / veg rots at the doorstep of my house.

We went yesterday and I thought similar, I spent £100, but I didnt get anything frozen as we weren't going straight home. Last week's Tesco shop was 109 (although the aldi shop included 2 bottles of wine and Tesco shop had no alcohol...)

Everything is more expensive everywhere but Aldi is still proven to be cheaper than others (why do you think the others do Aldi price match?)

I shop mostly in Aldi, and I've never had problems with fruit going off quicker, in fact the last lot of strawberries I got from Sainsbury's at a much higher price were half mouldy within a day. Also people claiming butchers/local shops are better are just virtue signalling. I'm sure they sell lovely stuff but it will definitely cost a bloody fortune.

I buy almost no branded goods and Aldi own versions of things are generally really good. I don't agree that pack sizes are smaller either. Frequently it is exact the same product as elsewhere.

It may seem ridiculous to you, but a cauliflower is now £1.20 at Tesco (same price as Ocado which is crazy).

The cauliflowers are really small so I’d say you’d need at least 2 for a family of 4 for your 5 a day. If you’re making home made cauliflower cheese, sometimes you’d need 3 they’re so pitiful. Broccoli is much cheaper at about 60-80p.

That is expensive for a basic veg that can be grown in the UK in my opinion. If the farmers were actually making a profit from these it’d be one thing, but we all know it’s the Tesco shareholders.

I think people are sick of prices sky rocketing and quality plummeting too

What bothers me about the Butchers crowd is they don’t seem to realise Butchers in most areas seem to only cater to retirees. Ours opens 9-5 on weekdays and on a Saturday 9-12. So Saturdays it’s heaving and often out of stock by the time I’ve tried to get there.

May be personal but I find it really hard bulk buying when it’s so busy and I’m having to shout in a tiny butchers shop. They’d make a killing if they adapted to modern life and allowed online ordering/collection so I feel very little sympathy when they complain we’re all going to supermarkets.

Everything is more expensive everywhere but Aldi is still proven to be cheaper than others (why do you think the others do Aldi price match?)
Turn that on its head: others can afford the price-match gimmick because Aldi is no longer as cheap as it was!

Aldi is not cheap but still cheaper than the rest.