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Went to Asda a couple of Sundays back. Normally we shop at Aldi, but we were running late and Asda were open an hour later.
My God!
We bought way less than we normally buy and spent way more than we normally spend.
In fact, we spent £187.98, which is more than we spend even on a Christmas shop!
There's only three of us: us two and one of the lads.
What pizzed me off more was the dates on the fresh stuff were very short, stuff like courgettes and celery were going limp quickly and the baby plum tomatoes had gone mouldy in the pack. Even stuff like the bread wraps which have a long date in Aldi had a short date. Had to scoff them quick.
There were a few things that suffered shrinkflation, like an Allison's pack of flour (1 kg instead of 1.5). Mrs S got that. If I'd got it, I'd have looked for the cheap stuff, I don't think for our purposes, we'd notice the difference. It gets mainly used for pancakes and Yorkshire's.
We got a posh corn fed chicken which was over a tenner. When my lad got the remains out of the fridge to make soup 2 days later, part of it had gone green... It would be under 9 quid in Aldi for the same weight and I have never had one go a funny colour.
The prices just smacked my gob. Some of them were branded, so you can't compare them because most of Aldi's stuff is own brand, but the own brand stuff (I think) is comparable in quality.
Birds Eye cod fish fingers were 5.26 for 10.
I got a jar of pasta bake sauce. I normally make my sauces, but the lad likes this one where you chuck a jar of it in the oven with a jar of water and a measure of pasta and some sausages...he loves it. I couldn't find an own brand so I got the only one I could find which was Homepride.... £1.88.
Aldi's equivalent is 69p.
I got some Heinz burger sauce. £2.48. Again, yikes!
But not as yikes as Sainsbury's. .£3.40.
Aldi burger sauce 89p for a lesser quantity but even doubles it's way cheaper.
But I think the biggest ripoff has to be Colgate toothpaste. Aldi manage to sell it at 99p a tube.
Asda? £1.99.
My God!
We bought way less than we normally buy and spent way more than we normally spend.
In fact, we spent £187.98, which is more than we spend even on a Christmas shop!
There's only three of us: us two and one of the lads.
What pizzed me off more was the dates on the fresh stuff were very short, stuff like courgettes and celery were going limp quickly and the baby plum tomatoes had gone mouldy in the pack. Even stuff like the bread wraps which have a long date in Aldi had a short date. Had to scoff them quick.
There were a few things that suffered shrinkflation, like an Allison's pack of flour (1 kg instead of 1.5). Mrs S got that. If I'd got it, I'd have looked for the cheap stuff, I don't think for our purposes, we'd notice the difference. It gets mainly used for pancakes and Yorkshire's.
We got a posh corn fed chicken which was over a tenner. When my lad got the remains out of the fridge to make soup 2 days later, part of it had gone green... It would be under 9 quid in Aldi for the same weight and I have never had one go a funny colour.
The prices just smacked my gob. Some of them were branded, so you can't compare them because most of Aldi's stuff is own brand, but the own brand stuff (I think) is comparable in quality.
Birds Eye cod fish fingers were 5.26 for 10.
I got a jar of pasta bake sauce. I normally make my sauces, but the lad likes this one where you chuck a jar of it in the oven with a jar of water and a measure of pasta and some sausages...he loves it. I couldn't find an own brand so I got the only one I could find which was Homepride.... £1.88.
Aldi's equivalent is 69p.
I got some Heinz burger sauce. £2.48. Again, yikes!
But not as yikes as Sainsbury's. .£3.40.
Aldi burger sauce 89p for a lesser quantity but even doubles it's way cheaper.
But I think the biggest ripoff has to be Colgate toothpaste. Aldi manage to sell it at 99p a tube.
Asda? £1.99.
