r/AldiAustralia

I went shopping today and all the self checkouts were open! No staff running around closing and opening things off, surprisingly they didnt even have one staff manning it.

Has the customer and staff backlash to the changed the annoying new policy? Or was I just lucky to have a convenient shopping experience again? What has it been like at your stores?

Only did a shop a few days ago and so far I've had limes lemons and apples all spoilt. They were stored properly and when I bought them they looked decent and fresh. Say what you will about Coles or woolies but in recent times I've never experienced this with them.

How do they hold up?

was working in remote WA for a few years so my only options were colesworths.

Now moved back to Melbourne with Aldi closeby with public transport. Went to buy a lot of stuff to setup the new place and then I went through the receipt and everything was cheaper than coleworths, some staples by a few cents, others by even a dollar or more based on weight. that makes it way cheaper overall, not like ‘oh there’s these 2 items that are cheaper, everything is cheaper here”

I understand that it had less variety of products but you can easily buy most of the stuff you need from there and then you can pass by coleworths for something specific you are missing.

Like buying at Aldi doesn’t feel like highway robbery unlike colesworths when you are forced to buy something that isn’t 50% off so you know you are being robbed.

For those who have bought it recently, are they any good?

It’s June and I currently have $270 Christmas dollars at Woolworths so at that pace I should have around $500 Christmas dollars.
I mainly shop at Woolies because it’s closest but I do really love Aldi. But my Aldi is 45 minutes away. Tend to spend $250 a week at Woolies and maybe $100 a week at Aldi.
So anyway my point is do you think I would save $500 a year shopping only at Aldi?
Does that make sense?

I'm travelling Australia in a camper and rely on premade meals a lot. I've tried the majority or meals from Aldi over the past year and wanted to make a list of what I liked and disliked.

1. Chicken Biryani (9/10. Added veges & curry sauce)

2. Pulled Beef Lasagne (9/10. For the price, top notch)

3. BBQ Smoky Beef (8/10, tasty, semi nutritiouss, cheap)

3.5 Beef Massaman 800g (8/10. Delish sweet sauce with decent amount ot beef and veges. Almost as good as takeaway)

4. Chipotle Chicken Burrito Bowl (7.5/10, delicious but $10 is pushing into Zambrero, G&G territory.

4.5 Butter Chicken 800g (7/10, tastes good, slightly Bland. Mostly sauce. A good base for extras)

5. Lemon Pepper Chicken (7/10. Not bad. Not great)

6. Chicken Burrito (7/10. I add Verde & Hot Sauce. Much better)

7. Loaded Beef, Mac & Cheese. (7/10. Delicious and cheap)

8. Lemon Pepper Chicken w Peas (7/10. Semi nutritious & cheap)

9. Spaghetti Bolegnese (7/10. Punches above it's weight)

10. Beef Lasagne 400g (7/10 Not bad for the price)

11. Chinese Style Chicken & Cashew. (6.5/10, small but kind of healthy)

12. Shepard's Pie 400g (6.5, cheap and delicious but very small)

13. Chicken & Mushroom Risotto (6.5/10, tastes ok but a bit mushy)

14. Sundried Tomato Chicken Pasta (6.5/10, nothing special)

15. Singapore Noodles (4/10, mushy, salty, bland, avoid)

16. Chicken Parmagiana 320g (4/10, Bland, processed)

17. Chicken Kiev 480g (4/10,Bland, processed)

18. Hot Honey & Pepper Beef (4/10, Bland besides the sugar)

19. Malaysian Style Beef Curry (4/10, Didnt like the texture)

20. Chicken & Pesto Penne w Green Vegetables 330g (4/10, just make it yourself for x10 better)

Ps. Pizza Numero Uno is GOAT. (9.5/10)

May edit later and add more.

Cheers!

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Handsome looking bunch

I just lit up and had the best toasted cheese sandwich with this cheese. 10/10. Will always be buying over that green block that tastes like chalk now.