Or rather don't include it as non luxury foods are untaxed here. A whole video on how that works or rather is bizarre would be fun. Jaffa cake heavy. But yes tax is included where it applies
“… I thought they just sold food?” Mate, splitting the stores down the middle, in between all the food, is an aisle of mystery and intrigue. You can get an orthopaedic shoe, a lawnmower, an arc welder and a 16-person swing-set. And the mysteries available change almost weekly. We don’t ask why. We just accept that this aisle exists. If you’ve seen The Room Of Requirement in the Harry Potter series, then that gives a bit of an indication of what Aldi’s middle aisle is like.
In Lidl, it's known as the Middle of Lidl! As a professional gardener I have picked up many gloves and work-clothes and occasional hand tool and even water butts there
"Buying British" is still a thing in the UK. So our flag is prominent in advertising. There is also a "Red Tractor" symbol on products to show they were produced by UK farmers.
this is very true but has been massively debunked, most flagged products are pretty much made abroad and then get packaged again and they can claim it was made in the UK
Aldi is famous for people going in to buy a loaf & leaving with a chain saw. The shops have weird & wonderful ' centre aisles' with all sorts of bargains, which vary week to week.
Aldi may be the cheapest, but they take pride in keeping their quality as high as possible. Particularly the deli meat, cheese, bread etc are at least as good quality as the high end supermarkets.
Same with Lidl, excellent quality foods at affordable prices. And BOTH support local farmers/producers as well (which here means Irish when possible and British when not).
My son is the only person in my family who doesn't like cheese unless it's melted as part of a meal. He also doesn't like much chocolate, would rather have a peice of fruit. I sometimes wonder if he's my child.🤣🤣🤣 He does look like my daughter though so I'm sure he is.
Britain has over 700 makes of cheese, apart from France it is probably the most diverse in the world. The grading rates the flavour strength, from very mild to strong, usually found in the Extra Mature cheeses. You can have soft & crumbly like Lancashire or Wensleydale, to harder like Cheddar or Double Gloucester, soft cheese like Dorset White or Cornish Brie and ones flavoured with herbs, fruit or even alcohol, such as Stilton, Derby Sage, Wensleydale with Cranberry etc. We also have a huge range of speciality cheeses with great names like Dirt Lover, Stinking Bishop, Little Dragon, Fat Bottom Girl, Vampire Slayer, Drunken Goat, and so on.
British cheese is the best and most varied hard cheese in the world. French is the best and most varied soft cheese in the world. Those are the go too nations for cheese.
Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when they took over their mother's store in Essen. The business was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Süd, headquartered in Mülheim.
It's where the name comes from ALbrecht DIscount. I believe it was their dad that started as a bakery or butchers their mother ran the shop during WW1 as their dad went to war. Also the Albrecht brothers were conscripted into the German army during WW2 and their mother ran the shop then too.
Don't forget she's buying quite luxurious items really! Preprepared salad, prechopped fruit, ready to roast chicken, tapas. They ate good value, but my aldi shopping is far more food for that money since I cook from scratch.
The packaging with the Union Jack on is products made in the UK. Not all UK products have it, but it lets you shop ethically by buying locally made food.
@michelle-io9dc yeah, this is something that should be addressed. Especially as the products needed can be sourced in the UK. And if they can't, then it should be stated. I think all food products should have a source status.
@glennteale2670 Why this obsession about things having to be made solely in the UK. It's pretty much impossible to do that. All the packaging indicates is It's manufactured in the UK. Even Mr Kipling cakes use liquid egg from abroad
Cheddar cheese in the UK is rated from 1 to 5. 1 being mild, 3 being medium, 4 mature (sharp) and 5 which is vintage (extra sharp). A lot of the food is sourced from Europe to keep the price down, if the Union flag is on the box its from a UK supplier.
Aldi tries to source locally if it can, so living in Scotland and shopping at Aldi, I quite often notice the Saltire (Scottish flag) on food packaging here.
@@frglee Odd as it sounds, that actually pushes the prices up a little bit. But I would rather support a local producer and pay that little bit more than get everything either imported or from a huge centralised company. If I lived in Scotland, I'd buy Scottish where possible, same with Wales, Ireland and England. We have to keep these local sources in business, because not only have they farmed the lands for generations usually, they're part of our heritage. Imagine if we suddenly didn't have Tesco etc. We'd have to rely on the local Butcher, Baker, Fishmonger.
@@frglee Damn I miss Scottish cheddar. No idea why it tasted different, it was just cheap cheddar same as I'd get as a kid down south (very South) but cheap Scottish cheddar tasted specific compared to cheap English cheddar. I hope it still does, although I bet it's all homogenised at a mega factory now
I believe the only differences between a supermarket and its “local” equivalent is mainly physical size. The size then dictates opening hours. The large stores have to close at 4pm on a Sunday but the local stores can stay open till 10/11pm. The locals tend to only carry the essentials and most bought items to.
The thing that really amazes me is that the UK used to be more expensive than the US. When my grandparents spent about a year in the States in the early '90s, they would say how cheap things were. How things have changed!!!
The average wage in USA is around 50% more than in the UK but in UK we are paid if we take a holiday, get paid maternity leave, don't have to pay for using health service ( aware that some employers in US provide health cover) . Overall, that food price difference isn't as ridiculous as it may first appear .
Non-food items still are generally cheaper in the US, so that hasn't changed. The difference has fallen a bit thanks to the weakening of the pound rather than inflation. Our food has been cheaper for 30+ years as a result of more competition.
@@camrileyTrue - But even if the US Employer covers health care, its not all health care, so employees still have to get health insurance even if some is covered by the Employer. Such as Dentistry, any long term illness such as Diabetes and Asthma, which most employers will never ever cover in the US as it costs to much to do so. Then you have to add on all the extra costs for health care and people are still in trouble with the cost of insurance.
@@lukekarts Have watched a few Americans buy furnishings for new homes (yes they are cheaper) an till you get to things like Washing Machines, Fridges and Dish Washers. This American couple got a Washing Machine at a cheap price of $1100. Now that is expensive. It looked like a basic £400 one does here in the UK.
same bruh, but then if youre living inner usa then everything gotta be shipped long distance by land, whereas in the uk things are shipped into the island via sea which is cheap and then the landmass itself is small so shipping via land is gonna be much cheaper
@@jiggely_spears Yeah I'm in Newcastle and it seems much cheaper here. I get by with £125 on shopping including small luxuries like coffee and it includes cleaning materials.
I shop in Aldi for a family of 5. 2 adults & 3 teenage boys. I cook most things from scratch & buy 20 pints of milk per week. Our shopping bill has gone up from roughly £80 per week to around £100 per week in the last few months.
Ive already seen someone comment on the fish pie, and they were spot on. Just to say that unlike most of our pies, fish pie contains no pastry. its just fish chunks in a white sauce often with herbs such as parsley and topped with mash potato and then baked. sort of a fishy shephards pie 😉
My wife & eldest daughter were in NYC for a visit last August although based in NJ for the entire stay, the prices for everyday items e.g groceries, snacks, confectionary, soft drinks in both states shocked them. I always thought us being an island nation and having to import lots of stuff would've had the higher prices. Sensible reasoning I thought until I witnessed the prices you guys endure. You're all being utterly fleeced and our prices at the checkout already have been taxed so there's no little unpleasant surprises when paying. I'm pretty sure the Union flag denotes that it's UK produce and therefore passes our strict food standards.
Lots of Americans I have met forget this fact when they claim "Higher wages and lower taxes" than us in the UK. But they forget our "higher taxes" are made up for by not paying out for healthcare premiums or deductibles/co-pays, and the healthcare isn't tied to your job either like it is in the USA! And the "higher wages" simply NEED to be higher in the USA because the cost of everyday groceries is so much higher, i've seen countless examples from my own research for an item costing 80 pence in the UK (around $1) costing $3.65 in the USA. Plenty of other items I looked at were almost always DOUBLE the price and one item was even 4x the price we would pay over here. Many Americans proclaim that their fuel prices are cheaper, but what they forget is that despite their fuel prices being a lot lower, a lot of Americans drive big "gas" guzzling trucks or SUVs with very poor fuel economy. So whilst they pay less they get less MPG meaning they use more fuel and fill up more often, coupled with just how little it seems most people walk in the USA, and how far apart places are meaning you often have to drive, the point is only exasperated. Compared to the UK cars which are often much more efficient, so despite the higher cost, we get much higher MPG (50-70MPG) is very common and as a result fuel up less often.
@@thefiestaguy8831 you can't blame Americans for thinking they have everything better if they are told since birth that US is the best country on the planet.
Fish pie.... There are lots of variations on fish pie but it is basically mixed chunks of fish (for example cod, smoked haddock, salmon etc) in a bechamel or light cheese sauce, placed in a deep dish, topped with mashed potato and cooked in the oven. Served with steamed vegetables, it is delicious. 😃
If you can cook.........nothing fancy.........just goog meats/fish........various vegetables, treats, sweets.........cakes etc , it is so easy.........with condiments etc ,...........and other things you may fancy........easily done..........plus fresh & local.......tinned things if you wish............léss preservatives by far............whatever..........
Aldi (and Lidl) are German. It took a while for them to be accepted by the British shoppers because their original products were "foreign" to us. But they adapted to our tastes now we love them.
as a German who shops at Aldi and Lidl every week I didn't recognize one single product... Might be interesting how much changed since Brexit, but I actually prefer my Lidl to Aldi because fruit and veggies are way fresher and better quality
Grocery shopping is way way way cheaper in the UK than it is in the US, even after recent price rises. Food prices in both the US and Australia are totally extortionate by comparison, although Brits who've only ever shopped in the UK really don't understand how fortunate they are.
it's hard to see how fortunate we are when our prices have shot up. The supermarkets artificially kept the fuel prices high which made the delivery prices higher, which increased the cost of food... when the fuel prices went down, food prices went up more.
For the equivalent of 30 pounds in Aussie dollars you would get in standard supermarket without specials or buying cheapest brands this amount for example 8 pack of wraps 2litre milk 18 eggs Punnet of strawberries 1 avocado 2 tomatoes 1 broccoli 1 onion 1 zucchini 2 oranges 2kg of potatoes 1kg chicken thighs 1.2kg beef sausages 270g lamb steak That’s around $57 Aus dollars which is equal to $38 US dollars.
She could have got quite a bit more than she did for her £30 too. She was getting quite a bit of prepackaged things. I can feed myself for 2 weeks on £30. I always use Aldi. Obviously that’s just me as my family have now flown the nest but I find it really good value. Most of the stuff is their own brand they do occasionally sell branded things too. I think the biggest fresh milk we get over here is 6 pints. I just checked the Aldi website and it is £2.19. I love Aldi
I think the UK flag means the ingredients are sourced in the UK. Red tractor symbol means it has been born or grown in the UK and all areas of food production from animal welfare and food safety, to traceability and environmental protection are guaranteed.
stumbled across your channel and i like it because it makes me feel better living in the UK, not just for the price but for the better quality produce in general. Lidl and Aldi are the cheap supermarkets that focuses on every day value and they're great. But if you want better quality food then its Marks and Spencer, they have a good mix of more budget option but something more special for more special occasions. However if you switched that shop to M&S you're probably looking at £60
Great video mate. Hovis is one of our oldest bread brands. Ridley Scott made an advert for it back in the 80s before he became big. It's on TH-cam. Brings back many childhood memories watching it today. Thanks again for opening my eyes to what we actually have over here
Pretty sure it's mostly soy. I saw once that most of the soybeans grown in the US is for livestock feed, around 80%. I also heard that 80%of soy is gmo. Pretty sure there's a correlation there, but not touching that can of worms.😅
Nope. You're presuming. The reason we ended up with Mad Cow's Disease in the UK before is that they have even fed cows to cows. 100% Grass fed would be labelled as such generally. If its not it can be a mix of things. Not cow anymore as that's now illegal but they can still be fed grains and silage. Basically waste product from the farming industry.
Aldi is a German supermarket which we Germans call a discounter store. There you get a great variety of everyday products for less than in other superstores because they keep their stores very simple and try to offer you many local products without a long transport to the customer. By the way - there are Aldis in the USA, too.
I love Aldi because it's good quality stuff sold cheap. And don't even get me started on 'the aisle of dreams' 😂 Go in for milk, come out with something random like a wetsuit. Cement mixer, cordless drill or whatever that week's promotional theme happens to be
Love the “weekly buy” specials. Came home with a re-chargeable camping lantern with two detachable hand torches. My husband just shook his head. Last year during Winter a massive storm came through and we lost electricity for a week and that lantern (which could also be re-charged in the car) came in real handy along with the gas bbq and the woollen duvet that somehow found their way into my shopping trolley prior to that. Aldi “weekly buys” were a life saver. If only they had had a portable hot shower unit on offer!
i went to new york in January and was shocked at the prices - bread is 6 dollars which you can get here for 79p! crisps are also really expensive but the worst is fruit, it was like 5 dollars for a small punnet of grapes. bananas were 3 dollars which would be about £1 over here!
I got a cracking, cheap cordless drill in the mysterious Aldi middle aisle about four years ago that I'm still using to this day, it's never let me down.
And a lot of their brands are deliberately as close as possible in packaging to the brand leaders. Some are equivalent quality as well, but not all. Alanna at Adventures & Naps did some taste comparisons in the last week or two.
Ja, ich finde, dass Aldi eine ziemlich gute Option für meine Einkaufsbedürfnisse ist, oder für diejenigen, die nicht zu viel ausgeben möchten oder eine zu große Auswahl an verfügbaren Produkten haben möchten. Im Vergleich zum Sortiment (Vollsortiment) von Handelsketten wie Edeka oder REWE Group Yes, I find Aldi to be quite a good option for my shopping needs, or for those who don't want to spend too much or want too much choice in the products available. Compared to the range (full range) of retail chains such as Edeka or REWE Group
In the north of England there is a chain of shops called Heron which is cheaper than Aldi for a lot of things also Farmfoods is another cheaper store, Aldi has increased its prices in the last few months along with the other stores.. I certainly couldnt afford to shop in the US😂 enjoyed the video❤
Hi 😊 Food packaging with the Union Jack are made from ingredients sourced in the UK 😌 The brand name foods will be found in most of the supermarkets here but each different supermarket will have its own brand which is usually cheaper. The 'local' shops, Tesco, Aldi etc are smaller versions of the larger supermarkets which you will find in smaller areas or larger cities. They are more convenient if you can't get to a big, out of town supermarket. They can also stay open later as they're smaller.
The Union Jack 🇬🇧 is called racist by the mainstream media of the UK the far left have made the UK flag 🇬🇧 into a pariah. the nation is hated for being British for even existing
I had a student summer job in a factory that made pork pies, they made then for lots of own brands. The production line for the M&S ones were cleaned three times a shift rather than the standard once and they were packed with bigger separation in the ovens to get a better quality of bake, the other brands were effectively identical with each other.
@@muchsake There's a sparky that lives down the road who does some work in some of the factories. He was at the plant that makes digestives one time and said it was literally like one big vat of dough that got separated into McVitie's, Asda's own brand, Sainsbury's own brand, Tesco's own brand etc 😂 Somehow McVitie's still taste better than the others though so I guess the spacing in the ovens and the cleaning process must play a part in that too
@@Fyreflier It definitely does all the pork pies used exactly the same ingredients but the M&S ones tasted better because the crust was better cooked (staff were allowed to have the pies where the top had not sealed properly).
When I first went shopping in America I couldn’t believe how expensive stuff was. I always complained at our fuel being able 2-3 times more than yours but then I saw the grocery cost. However you do have coupons that you can use to make a huge difference in a way that we don’t here.
Tell me about it! I stayed at an airbnb in Queens, and my hosts took me to a Trader Joe's to buy some groceries. I walked out without buying anything - and I was living in Cheshire at the time! I couldn't believe the prices.
Store loyalty cards make a big difference too. I can save at least a few percent that way. Still wish it was cheaper but at least its a bit of a buffer on cost.
For many years I shopped at Tesco, my son kept telling me to switch to Aldi which I did last year. I live alone and I generally buy the same stuff more or less every week and my shopping bill halved by switching to Aldi. I don't buy my veg or soft fruits there but everything else is fine, never had a problem with the quality
Aldi and Lidl have a lot of variety on offer but very little choice of brands. Baked beans will be their own brand, and you're unlikely to find Heinz or other brands.
I live across the road from a HUGE Tesco's. I only step into the place at Christmas. Lidl's is where I go. Aldi is almost as close as Lidl to me. But its a real faff to get to. I can walk to Lidl and back. I have to drive to Aldi.
The number on the cheese tells you how strong it is from mild to extra mature or vintage, and the roll of cheese with the green stuff on is soft cheese with herbs 😊
Several British supermarket chains have what's technically called "city-sized" stores (e.g. Aldi Local, Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express). These are small supermarkets that can fit into an urban street environment. The selection is obviously less than in a full-sized supermarket, and the prices are slightly higher, but they're very handy for city workers popping in to pick up a few things on the way home. Yes, Aldi sells mainly its own store brands, most of which are very close copies of national brands. A fish pie is basically a seafood version of a cottage pie, and originally was a way of using up leftovers. Bite-sized pieces of cooked fish in white sauce (or a light cheese sauce). Stir in some cooked vegetables if you want. Put in a baking pan and top with a thick layer of mashed potato. Sprinkle with a little grated cheese if you like. Bake until it's piping hot and the potato is lightly browned.
The 2 German 🇩🇪 stores in the UK came 29 years ago but took 10 years to really become established and initially had a stigma attached to them ! Now Lidls and Aldi are frequented by the whole spectrum of people and they offer exceptional value and good quality 🤟💪
Not forgetting that a lot of people here have started shopping there through necessity. People will still have their waitrose shopping bags just in case people see them😂
Aldi prices have increased a bit since Hannah filmed this in Sept 22. Four pints )2.2ltrs) of Milk today at Aldi is £1.95. A lot of stores like Sainsbury's now sell 'Aldi Price Match' food.
Are those London prices? Anything over a quid seventy for a 4 pinter would be considered a bit pricey around here. As the above said, even the Co-op (who aren't exactly known for being wallet friendly) are banging it out for under £1.80.
@@terranaxiomuk okay, I only suggested it because I would like to see a wide range of British supermarket options represented for people who might be curious.
17 minutes in and she really is just looking at all the posh stuff and ignoring the basics - Regular milk ignored, regular bread ignored, regular crisps ignored, regular chocolates ignored, regular cheese ignored etc. etc.!
used to be a company who made crisps over here Called Brannigans and they had some awesome types of flavours like beef and (English) mustard (so it had a spicy kick) :)
USA gallons are also less than UK gallons. USA pint is roughly 475 millilitres and UK pint is roughly 570 millilitres. She was also buying more pricey pre packaged food. If she had bought the stuff to make the pre packaged goods, she would have got a lot more in volume for a lot less in price. For example 4UK pints of cows milk is anout £1.45 so about £2.90 a gallon and that is much more than a US gallon. A UK gallon is about 20% more. It is the same for measurements for flour etc. A US cup is smaller than a UK cup size because we have 20 fl oz to a pint and the US has 16 fl oz. That is why when following recipes etc you need to remember if you are using an American recipe or a European recipe. Being British we can constantly convert from European metric to UK imperial because we do it everyday. Grams and Kilos to pounds and ounces especially for baking but if using an Anerican recipe you cannot just say 1 cup as the amount will be different to British cup and throw your recipe off course. It is the same when baking. How heavy is a stick of butter? We measure butter out in grams or oz or even spoon sizes like tablespoon and teaspoon but again those sizes are different in US and UK. So it is a little harder to compare prices unless you take Aldi prices and weights in US and compare with Aldi prices and weights in UK. A loaf of sliced bread here is usually 800g and that is normally about 16 slices. This can be anything from 45p to £1.40 at the upper end depending on the maker. In the vlog she was only looking at what we could call more speciallity breads which are more expensive and smaller. You could genuinlely feed a family of four from aldis for a week for under £50 with a good slection of food. You just have to be prepared to cook your pasta, prepare your own salads and cook your veg. A kilo bag of frozen chicken breast is about £4.00. A 3kg bag of pasta is about £3.50. 30 eggs around £3.50, 5kg potatoes about £2.00. You also get deals on fish like 3 bags for £10 that you can mix like a bag roughly 400 to 450g depending on the fish will be atlantic salmon, cod, haddock, smoked haddock (my favourite), trout or mackerel, all filleted and no bones. You can pick any 3 or 3 the same. 750g ground beef 5% fat is around £4.50 and there are plenty packet powders to make sauces for your meals starting ftom 20p like beef casserole, chiĺi con carne, sausage casserole, lots of chicken ones and indian ones and cajun, chinese etc and Aldis food even its cheaper food is great quality because it is a German shop with EU standards. It is so good and popullar that other stores like tesco and asda even morrisons try to keep customers by selling their equivalent food with a price match to Aldi. For example if I buy 1kg bag frozen chicken breast at Tescos etc that will have a price that guarantees it will match whatever price that product sells for at Aldi. I hope I haven't been too boring in trying to explain the reason why Aldis is so popular but I didn't feel her vlog was that accurate because it seemed more like a middle class shopper than a normal everyday lower paid working shoppers basket. Most people are not adding a couple of bunches of flowers to their list especially with the cost of living prices at the moment.😅
I agree that her shopping isn't a true representation of what a family would buy from Aldi etc. I personally prefer to avoid the premade stuff like the salad etc unless I was for lunch at work or a picnic. Cooking from scratch can make the shopping much cheaper. The price of food has gone up significantly since COVID and families are struggling to make ends meet because bills have gone up and wages have stayed the same so it's not all good news unfortunately.
Fish Pie is a dish consisting of (usually) cod, smoked haddock and salmon chunks in a béchamel (white) sauce, covered with a thick layer of mashed potato. I would recommend you try it, very tasty!
Here's a recipe: *_Ingredients_* 1kg Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and halved 400ml milk, plus a splash 25g butter, plus a knob 25g plain flour 4 spring onions, finely sliced 1 x pack fish pie mix (cod, salmon, smoked haddock etc, weight around 320g-400g depending on pack size) 1 tsp Dijon or English mustard ½ a 25g pack or a small bunch chives, finely snipped handful frozen sweetcorn handful frozen petits pois _Optional_ Capers Whole scrubbed Chanterelle Carrots or fine batons 125-250g Prawns, raw, tiger or king or just handful regular frozen prawns *_Method_* _STEP 1_ Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas mark 6. _STEP 2_ Put 1kg potatoes, peeled and halved, in a saucepan and pour over enough water to cover them. Bring to the boil and then simmer until tender. _STEP 3_ When cooked, drain thoroughly and mash with a splash of milk and a knob of butter. Season with ground black pepper. _STEP 4_ Put 25g butter, 25g plain flour and 4 finely sliced spring onions _[Add Capers here if using - ed]_ in another pan and heat gently until the butter has melted, stirring regularly. Cook for 1-2 mins. _STEP 5_ Gradually whisk in 400ml milk using a balloon whisk if you have one. Bring to the boil, stirring to avoid any lumps and sticking at the bottom of the pan. Cook for 3-4 mins until thickened. _STEP 6_ Take off the heat and stir in 320g-400g mixed fish _[Add prawns here if using - Ed],_ 1 tsp Dijon or English mustard, a small bunch of finely snipped chives, handful of sweetcorn and handful of petits pois _[Add carrots here of using - ed]._ Spoon into an ovenproof dish or 6-8 ramekins. _STEP 7_ Spoon the potato on top and sprinkle with a handful of grated cheddar cheese. _STEP 8_ Pop in the oven for 20-25 mins or until golden and bubbling at the edges. Alternatively, cover and freeze the pie or mini pies for another time.
@@MostlyPennyCat Nice recipe! As a former chef I would personally not add the onions and veg, but serve any vegetables on the side; imho, too much content in the sauce can affect the texture, although I sometimes add chopped hard boiled egg. Not a criticism, merely a preference! To get a good flavour in the béchamel I first simmer the fish in the milk, along with half an onion, some peppercorns and a bay leaf (6-8 minutes) Then remove and flake the fish in to the oven dish and strain the milk through a sieve, allowing it to cool slightly before making the sauce. I also add a bunch of finely chopped parsley and a dash of nutmeg in the thickened sauce.
Heyy, you asked why some of the boxes had our British flag on it, that's because the product is obviously British made, while the store aldi and lidl is not a British store, they are both German, and sell a lot of German food as well as our own, (and some other European foods), so as not to get confused ours has the flag on, and yes I have seen a section dedicated to you Americans!!!! Although not that big as they have to fit there's, ours, and then the rest in in little sections, and I've done a week's shopping on £45 from aldi before now and got extras on top of that too so it can be done with around £30 to £35 Sarah from Yorkshire England. X
Yorkshire tea - the best. The biscuit version is for dunking in your tea. … flags - typically means made in the UK … but that can mean just out in the packet in the UK. You need to check. Sometimes it’s from the EU then processed in the UK. The red tractor sign means UK farm produced. Strawberries are the fruit that has the most pesticide and insecticide sprayed - on average 28 times. So worth buying organic but they just spray different stuff.
In the UK food prices went up quite a bit during and after Covid before it used to be much cheaper than this and the shop Iceland is another good one if you want to pack out your freezer on the cheap.
@@CarlBland-cv5zoCameron campaigned to remain, but honestly the whole debacle was on him trying to scapegoat the EU for his own failings. Boris made his whole career on lying about Europe, no idea how anybody ever took him seriously given how often he got caught in a lie.
@@CarlBland-cv5zo Did you notice at 33.09 the comparison shop with US Aus and EU? EU shop about £4 more 🤭 Aldi tomatoes... Good variety too but has to be said - Moroccan, the best. People in the UK complain how expensive food is without realising that we have some of the cheapest!
In the UK. 1 gallon of milk is around £3. ($3.80 USD) 1 small tube of Greek yogurt. Half a pint. £2 ($2.53 USD) Fruit preserves (strawberry jam) £3 ($3.80) Total £7 ($8.86 USD) Almost twice the price in America compared to the UK!!
Just to complicate everything, British gallons and pints are about 20% bigger than American gallons and pints. (4.55 litres and 3.79 litres for the gallons respectively)
There has been a difference in the price of groceries in the last couple of years. For 2 of us, with 2 dogs and 2 cats I used to spend about £40 a week in Lidl. That bill is nearer to £50 now but £10 a week is spent on the dogs
I love Aldi, and they have a very clever packaging strategy. They use the same colours as best brands, but mix them differently so as not to breach patent/copyright laws. Their foods are very good quality, even though there are some detractors which refuse to shop there. They had an Italian themed week not long ago, and it was fabulous. I'm not a snob, and will buy the tastiest, best quality, cheapest I can get (which is what Aldi sell). Their meat and poultry is top notch. No, i dont work for them😂
With reference to pesticides here in UK. I think we banned an awful lot of that years ago and farmers are now very restricted on what they can use. The same happened with Home Garden based pesticides/insecticides, they banned them and brought out natural, weaker and more organic ones to stop people misusing them. That was a European directive at the time. We can buy milk in 1 pint , 2 pint , 4 pint, 6 pint. We also do them in 1 litre and 2 litre euro sizes.
Beef and mustard crisps are top notch, branaghans used to do the best ones but i read a comment somewhere saying they got discontinued. Locals and extras tend to be smaller stores and cost a bit more than the regular big supermarket.
If you can find them, there's a banging brand called Sussex Crisps ... They got beef and horseradish, lamb and mint, as well as the expected cheese and onion, salt and vinegar!
We've recently Changed our shopping Habits from a local Sainsburys' which an average weekly shop for a family of 4 which cost near £120, to a local Aldi, with Bus fairs included, and even a few extra beers, costs close to £60 maybe £80, depending on what we get. we can fill a shopping cart for £80. And the great thing about an Aldi is the so called 'Centre Aisles' On one side you can buy your normal groceries and in the centre aisles, anything from toys, pyjamas, drills, tools, paint, just about anything they have sent through their doors.
Whole food is not in general use in the UK. It used to mean health foods (eg wholemeal flour) from specialist stores, but since most supermarkets stock wholefoods and organic, this term is not in general use. We would call more expensive supermarkets 'up market' and the 2 most popular are Waitrose, Marks and Spencer. Waitrose would have the US Republican party screaming 'Communist!' as they are owned by the shop workers, as is their sister company: John Lewis, which is a department store.
I was very surprised just how expensive food is in the US, my American daughter in law and I bought an identical shop (mine was from Aldi) and she couldn't believe how little my trolley came to.
We are a family of 3 (me, my husband and my toddler) and we spend around £35-£40 a week on food. We budget £200 for the month just so we can get extra things when needed but yeah, as a country we are pretty good with the choices we have at the supermarket
The thing you said about the pancakes at 12:35 - I used to work for Lidl (the other german Aldi like store we have here), it's pretty much exactly the same as Aldi, layout, prices, middle asle etc but Lidl also have a bakery. Anyway pancake day (shrove Tuesday public holiday) we stock absolutely pallets of pancake mix.. Which sells out really fast! Every single year I have people come in last minute saying "do you have any more pancake mix" and when I say no they walk out the store.. so I started telling people how easy it is to make yet they are like "oh no I can't be bothered with all that" I'm like what!? Pancakes was one of the first things my mum taught me when I was small it's so easy!!
I saw how to make Pancakes on Blue Peter and decided to give it a go on my own. I was 8 or 9. I couldn't be trusted on my own for more than 5 minutes :D
If you are a beers man and you ever visit the UK, you should be sure to try some of the real ales like Newcastle Brown Ale, Hobgoblin, Black Sheep Ale, Bishop's Finger (yes, that's the real name of a beer) and Doombar. Also I should probably say that most ales have a more subtle flavour and often suffer if they are stored in a can, get the bottled version for the best all-round taste.
I also always go shopping at Aldi. But in Germany. It's interesting to see what foods the Aldi have in other countries. We don't have candy apples with chocolate or anything here (maybe in a big city). I think that's mean!😅 The own brands of Aldi are just as good as the expensive brands and some even belong to the expensive brands.
The Aldi compote desserts are lovely to eat and the glass portion pots make excellent measuring units for porridge ,pasta and other loose food that come big family size bags.
Interesting. I went to Lidl (another German supermarket like Aldi and their prices are almost identical) yesterday and purchased 4 boneless stuffed chicken thighs, 2 containers of potato gratin to feed 2 people each, a bag of mixed vegetables ready measured into 4x 1 person portions (have to follow a strict diet at present hence the ready made/measured foods), bottled flavoured still water (4litres), a pack of 5 fruit scones (for 3 lunches) and bread for breakfast. And I spent under Euro10 on enough to feed me for 5 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 evening meals. That includes sales tax incidentally, like the UK it is included in the price shown on the shelves. If I had gone to Aldi it would have been just as cheap.
My local food supermarket is a one-off and does not operate as a chain for food, though they do for clothes. They give a voucher of £5 if you spend £25 towards your next food shop. They are just as cheap, and they are an Irish setup called Dunnes Stores. Nice friendly people too.
We visited family in Pennsylvania and decided to secretly cook them a typical roast dinner as a treat. We toured the local supermarket for ingredients and were shocked at how ludicrous prices were. The roast didn’t happen!
After only getting £10.50 a week from my late ex during our marriage for shopping AND bills for a family of 5 I learned the hard way how to make food go further and make it spread. I had a little more after we divorced and brough the kids up but still had to sell furniture to make ends meet from time to time. Now, as a pensioner I 'feel' so blessed as the kids have grown and and gone their way. Now I can spoil my little pack of dogs. I am so blessed to have gone through the hard times because I learned how to make a meal from nothing!!
Also regarding the milk, the vast majority of our milk is grass fed. We have organic milks that are more expensive. We have premium milks that are filtered then really premium like jersey milk or old school type milk like the stuff we used to get from milkmen where it hasnt been processed as much and the cream still rises to the top . Yummy stuff .
18:47, spot on. Aldi has alot of unbranded stuff or its own brank, such as pringles which instead are branded 'snackrite'. Rather than dr pepper, you have Proffesor peppy which I will say tates basically identical to the real thing and you can buy 2L of it for 50p
4ltr is 1.05669 US Gallons 2ltr bottle of milk with 3 to 4 days life is around £1.80 in supermarkets If you get it fresher you'll pay £2.50 for 2ltr as for inflation we have definitely noticed it on food as most prices are 40 to 50% higher at the moment than they were 2 years ago. Most of this is blamed on fuel prices increasing but in reality the supermarkets are making well over 90% of that in extra profits. (a study showed that if supermarkets increased the price of all products by just 1p they would more than cover the extra fuel costs they incurred). Tesco (our biggest chain) showed profits were up 78% as of November 2023 on the same period in 2021
Hi Steve. Waitrose and Marks and Spencer are probably the most expensive supermarkets. Ocado is online only, but does deliver M & S food. You do get some delicious foods there and the quality is excellent. I use them if I have family coming or special occasions like Christmas. I haven't personally used Aldi, but have been to Lidl which is similar. Pronounced Liddle and they often say their goods are Lidl in price! Marks and Spencer are mainly known for clothing, but usually have a food hall in store. They also have smaller 'local ' food shops. You often get them at Motorway service areas which is useful as you know the quality will be good. All prices shown are inclusive of taxes.
Good thing is all our prices include tax too. I believe the Union Jack flag will mean that it's made in the UK, not 100% on that though. Aldi have a lot of own brand products, but some stock is from the bigger brands.
Hi. Local just means it is smaller and so will concentrate on groceries and other daily necessities. The idea is that it will be local to where you live and / or work so you can walk to it or take public transport on your way to / from home / work to buy your every day needs. This is rather than one of the larger supermarkets in that chain that might also sell clothes, electrical goods, white goods, furniture etc and may require you to drive to them because you bulk buy more infrequently or because you are buying larger items (although you might have the furniture, electrical and white goods delivered and installed and even get them to take away your old ones for recycling).
When it comes to milk, we have a Milkman, he literally leaves bottles of milk on our doorstep everyday but Sunday. We pay him by Direct Debit weekly and the Milk is delivered within a couple of hours of the cow being milked by the Local Farm, The milk comes in Glass bottles that we leave on the doorstep and they collect when they drop off the next day, So these bottles are all reused.
@@Hirotoro4692 I didn't think we had them anymore until I saw a small milkman dropping off milk at 11pm other month. So they do still have them, just not as popular
Some interesting things to know are that our own brands often taste as good or better than the known named brands, the majority of our food is less processed and with less harmful things added than in the US, also a great thing here is that if you go to lots of supermarkets at the right time of day you can buy items close to their display by date significantly reduced in price. For instance twice in the past week I’ve bought 80/90 pounds worth of items for 30 pounds.
well, often enough the "own brands" are manufactured by the known brands, and then just sold cheap so they don't ruin their brand name by selling at low prices...
I do my grocery shopping online about every 3-4 weeks and on average spend around £40 including delivery. A 1/2g allon equivalent of milk costs me £1.20 You should be able to browse the offerings from Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury, Aldi Steve and see exactly what the prices currently are here.
Boy does this woman talk fast, my head spins just listening to her on this whirlwind tour of Aldi! 😃 For me I couldn't do a full shop in Aldi, I like some of the things but in the past I have found that they will only sell something for a period of time then it disappears, which means you either buy a shed load of the item ,or if it is perishable/ use by date enjoy it while it lasts.
Since their redesign Aldi/Lidl have become a lot more useful as a "full shop" type shop. Not as weird and exciting as it used to be but a lot more useful. I personally feel something was lost in translation though.
Im a North East UK housewife. I do all the shopping etc. My shop is SO far removed from her shop as it is possible to be!! I feed a family of 4 and my average weekly shop is about £80, that's all meals and treats too!! If she's on her own, to me, that's an expensive shop...but it is London!! Idiot prices!!!😂😂
I concur. If I went into Aldi or Lidl and spent £30+ on food just for myself if I lived alone, and that shopping was only going to last a week, I'd be miffed. I too shop and cook for 4 people, including myself and I'm 6'2" and 15st, very physical work and eat a lot. I can get a week's worth of food for 4 people, prepare meals and manage the pantry and fridge freezer on ~£50 a week. Balanced, sustaining and generous portions of everything. I do have the benefits of doing side jobs for people around my area like a butcher, veggie allotment folks and chicken/duck keepers who trade stuff like eggs, meat, veg etc for me doing jobs for them such as gardening, landscape maintenance, outhouse builds etc etc, so depending on the season this reduces my need to buy as much from supermarkets. The lady in the video also chose many more indulgent varieties of food there, so probably added £10 to the overall cost of her shopping. Had she gone for the more basic "essential" tier items, she would have needed a trolley rather than a basket.
You have a point Sarah, I shop for quality. My average weekly shopping at ALDI is 30-40 a week, London based and single. I do have the previlige of being in a very good income though. I know I can save even more as I too feel the pinch of London prices but the cheaper stuff tends to be highly processed and unhealthy. Good and nutrition is something I don't compromise on at all! But I do understand that hit everyone is me and we are going through tough economic times
20th March '24. 4 Pints of British Whole Milk is £1.45. 4 Pints of Organic Semi-Skimmed Milk is £2.00 These are at Sainsbury's. The smallest size we can buy is 1 pint and in supermarkets the largest is 4 pints. We get our milk delivered by a milkman, the milk comes from a local dairy.
When it comes to high end your talking of Harrods (Food hall),Fortnum & Mason(Royal Grocers ), then M&S(Marks & Spencers), Waitrose(John Lewis Partnership),then the rest,Morrisons, Sainsbury,Asda (formally part of Walmart)Tescos,COOP(The Cooperative Society Retail or Wholsale,) then a myriad of small chains that Include Costco,Budgen,Nissan, CK Foods,& so on .
I would say that Waitrose is considered on the more expensive side whereas Sainsbury’s and Tesco are considered good value but ALDI and Lidle are considered cheap but not necessarily always as tasty (rather like own brands in the other supermarkets). But it depends on your taste as not everyone has the same taste or needs.
I worked in a factory producing food packaging and we used to supply leading brand packaging and supermarket own brand cartons to the same manufacturers. One of our other factory's made cotton wool balls and they came off the machine into deferent plastic bags some leading brands and others own brands. the only difference was the selling price
I first shopped in Aldi when I lived in Germany. I haven't been to Germany in many years, but the British Aldis do seem to offer a lot more variety. The one thing I miss from the German stores is their cheesecake! The biggest problem with Aldi is that you get tempted by their none edible weekly specials. I actually think Farmfoods is cheaper but doesn't have as many fresh goods.
The Union Jack flag on food packaging means that the food was made in the UK. Historically, the UK has often had issues with things made outside of the UK because their health and safety guidelines can be a bit lax and on occasion it has resulted in food poisoning outbreaks, and there was once an issue with horse meat being added to things, etc. It's been a bit controversial because people always assumed it meant that the ingredients were also sourced in the UK which isn't the case at all - just that they've been prepared within a British environment.
Yes, I forgot about the ready-meals with added flavour! Apparently, customers who bought 'not beef' loved them and pretty horrified that some poor unloved little pony was put into their dinner.
18:50 Aldi are almost all own brand which is why it is cheaper. It started as more of a European import store which made is cheaper but since leaving the EU i believe they are mostly UK based. For branded stuff, its still a little cheaper than most other places
Yeah, I have to agree. People often diss American food, but I've always found it OK. The only thing that seemed consistently dissapointing was the cheese. Poor taste, poor texture, no zing. I like a strength 4 or 5 cheese, something with a bit of ooomph. Most US cheeses seemed to be barely strength 1.
That is interesting. I'm British but since 2011 have been living in Hungary then Croatia. Both countries have bland, rubbery cheese and I do miss British cheese. They do sell some British cheese here in Lidl but it is expensive and not that nice.
What I love about Aldi is that the quality is often better than other supermarket own brands and often brands too. For example their salt and vinegar crisps taste better than Walkers to me.
We always do our weekly grocery shopping at Aldi. Cheap and quality is really good as well, sometimes better than the more expensive supermarkets. They do a mixture of brand and own brand foods. The brand foods change on a regular basis, so always interesting to see what they have in at the time.
The food is great value for money, but its the middle aisle, where you can find all manner of various goods, however, generally, they are a one off item. If you fancy it, then buy it, as the next time you shop, it will be gone. Most own brands are close copies of the big names, but much more for less cost.
And don't forget, our prices in the UK include tax, unlike the US.
No tax (VAT) on basic food from shops but there is on 'luxury' food such as cake and jam. Not sure if tax is applied to all food in American shops
@@camrileydont forget the sugar tax.
Yes, but the price we see is the price we pay. In the US the tax has to be added on when paying.@@camriley
Or rather don't include it as non luxury foods are untaxed here. A whole video on how that works or rather is bizarre would be fun. Jaffa cake heavy. But yes tax is included where it applies
@@Freakyman403Specifically only on high sugar drinks.
“… I thought they just sold food?”
Mate, splitting the stores down the middle, in between all the food, is an aisle of mystery and intrigue.
You can get an orthopaedic shoe, a lawnmower, an arc welder and a 16-person swing-set.
And the mysteries available change almost weekly.
We don’t ask why.
We just accept that this aisle exists.
If you’ve seen The Room Of Requirement in the Harry Potter series, then that gives a bit of an indication of what Aldi’s middle aisle is like.
The amount of things I've bought in the mystery and intrigue aisle that I never knew I needed or even existed in some cases 😂
Known as thee Isle of Aldi
Your description is perfection! I prefer Lidl mystery aisle though
I've seen porcelain toilets systems and greenhouses in the past, it's amazing.
In Lidl, it's known as the Middle of Lidl! As a professional gardener I have picked up many gloves and work-clothes and occasional hand tool and even water butts there
"Buying British" is still a thing in the UK. So our flag is prominent in advertising. There is also a "Red Tractor" symbol on products to show they were produced by UK farmers.
Buying British is a big thing in England. Up here is Scotland they whack the St Andrews flag on everything to buy Scottish
Same, we have the Red Dragon/Welsh flag. Othere items will have symbols for 'British'.
Its pretty ironic that both Aldi and Lidl are a German supermarket brand, yet they support more UK farmers than UK brand supermarkets.
this is very true but has been massively debunked, most flagged products are pretty much made abroad and then get packaged again and they can claim it was made in the UK
My point was that it is only on produce that was farmed, processed and packed in the United Kingdom. @@robertknight2556
4 pints (around half US gallon) of milk in most supermarkets in the UK is around £1.65 = $2.04
Honestly the most impressive thing about this is how much that woman can talk without pausing or drawing breath 😆
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Aldi is famous for people going in to buy a loaf & leaving with a chain saw. The shops have weird & wonderful ' centre aisles' with all sorts of bargains, which vary week to week.
that is not a reflection on the bread lol
Bought some brilliant tools from Aldi and lidl
I actually did that, i went in for food and left with a petrol chain saw as well 😀
Lidl have a similar thing, but they call it "Lidl in the Middle", which is cute.
Funny you should say that, in my local Lidl yesterday the person in front of me at the check out had a chain saw in their basket, True ! 😄
Aldi may be the cheapest, but they take pride in keeping their quality as high as possible. Particularly the deli meat, cheese, bread etc are at least as good quality as the high end supermarkets.
The steaks are great too! I've never had a bad steak from Aldi. I once bought some from Tesco and they were crap, chewy and fatty
They're a German company in UK just like imagine tesco being in Germany.. Same. Quality
Same with Lidl, excellent quality foods at affordable prices. And BOTH support local farmers/producers as well (which here means Irish when possible and British when not).
I agree. Their food is high quality. Lovely meat, cheese, yoghurt, etc. I love Lidl, too.
Love Aldi!!! ❤
You say you're not into cheese but British cheese is the most underrated thing in the world, it's in a league of its own.
100% True
My son is the only person in my family who doesn't like cheese unless it's melted as part of a meal. He also doesn't like much chocolate, would rather have a peice of fruit. I sometimes wonder if he's my child.🤣🤣🤣 He does look like my daughter though so I'm sure he is.
So True ❤ xxx
British cheese 😲... underated 😳 ????????
Europe: 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂😂🤣
@@Sayitlikitiz101 Clearly you haven't tried Every cheese in Britain!! Oh and we Are Still in Europe (Continent) 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
Britain has over 700 makes of cheese, apart from France it is probably the most diverse in the world. The grading rates the flavour strength, from very mild to strong, usually found in the Extra Mature cheeses. You can have soft & crumbly like Lancashire or Wensleydale, to harder like Cheddar or Double Gloucester, soft cheese like Dorset White or Cornish Brie and ones flavoured with herbs, fruit or even alcohol, such as Stilton, Derby Sage, Wensleydale with Cranberry etc.
We also have a huge range of speciality cheeses with great names like Dirt Lover, Stinking Bishop, Little Dragon, Fat Bottom Girl, Vampire Slayer, Drunken Goat, and so on.
British cheese is the best and most varied hard cheese in the world.
French is the best and most varied soft cheese in the world.
Those are the go too nations for cheese.
Aldi (stylised as ALDI) is the common company brand name of two German multinational family-owned discount supermarket chains operating over 10,000 stores in 20 countries. The chain was founded by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht in 1946, when they took over their mother's store in Essen. The business was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Süd, headquartered in Mülheim.
It's where the name comes from ALbrecht DIscount. I believe it was their dad that started as a bakery or butchers their mother ran the shop during WW1 as their dad went to war. Also the Albrecht brothers were conscripted into the German army during WW2 and their mother ran the shop then too.
Don't forget she's buying quite luxurious items really! Preprepared salad, prechopped fruit, ready to roast chicken, tapas. They ate good value, but my aldi shopping is far more food for that money since I cook from scratch.
And fresh flowers!
Yes,i too never buy those things .I cook from scratch ..It was a rather strange shop .
Likewise. I cook from scratch, even though it’s cheaper, I still have to revise my shopping list a lot so I can afford stuff.
@@Whippy99I know. Who can afford that anymore, and she got them for herself.
That's what u call a posh shop lol the lazy person's shop pre prepped food 😅
The packaging with the Union Jack on is products made in the UK. Not all UK products have it, but it lets you shop ethically by buying locally made food.
The mistake people tend to make though is although the item may be produced in the UK, some or even ALL of the ingredients can be sourced from abroad
@michelle-io9dc yeah, this is something that should be addressed. Especially as the products needed can be sourced in the UK. And if they can't, then it should be stated. I think all food products should have a source status.
@michelle-io9dc Yes, but it would be more expensive and availability not guaranteed
@glennteale2670 Why this obsession about things having to be made solely in the UK. It's pretty much impossible to do that. All the packaging indicates is It's manufactured in the UK. Even Mr Kipling cakes use liquid egg from abroad
Not sure how they makes it more ethical?
Cheddar cheese in the UK is rated from 1 to 5. 1 being mild, 3 being medium, 4 mature (sharp) and 5 which is vintage (extra sharp). A lot of the food is sourced from Europe to keep the price down, if the Union flag is on the box its from a UK supplier.
Aldi tries to source locally if it can, so living in Scotland and shopping at Aldi, I quite often notice the Saltire (Scottish flag) on food packaging here.
@@frglee Odd as it sounds, that actually pushes the prices up a little bit. But I would rather support a local producer and pay that little bit more than get everything either imported or from a huge centralised company. If I lived in Scotland, I'd buy Scottish where possible, same with Wales, Ireland and England. We have to keep these local sources in business, because not only have they farmed the lands for generations usually, they're part of our heritage. Imagine if we suddenly didn't have Tesco etc. We'd have to rely on the local Butcher, Baker, Fishmonger.
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Damn I miss Scottish cheddar.
No idea why it tasted different, it was just cheap cheddar same as I'd get as a kid down south (very South) but cheap Scottish cheddar tasted specific compared to cheap English cheddar.
I hope it still does, although I bet it's all homogenised at a mega factory now
then a 6 for the really good stuff
@@adrianboardman162 You forgot the Candlestick Maker.......
Cheddar Cheese is graded in light 1, mild 2, mature 3, vintage 4, extra vintage 5. With each they get stronger and have been aged for longer.
that's not how most supermarkets grade them
@@davidz2690some of them go up to like 7-8 but i think he was just giving a basic explanation of how the numbers work
To add, I _believe_ that Americans substitute the word mature for sharp. So the older a cheese, the more mature/sharp it is
Everything below grade 3 is basically trash.
I believe the only differences between a supermarket and its “local” equivalent is mainly physical size. The size then dictates opening hours. The large stores have to close at 4pm on a Sunday but the local stores can stay open till 10/11pm. The locals tend to only carry the essentials and most bought items to.
The thing that really amazes me is that the UK used to be more expensive than the US. When my grandparents spent about a year in the States in the early '90s, they would say how cheap things were. How things have changed!!!
My auntie always brought me back trainers in the 90s because of how inexpensive they were!
The average wage in USA is around 50% more than in the UK but in UK we are paid if we take a holiday, get paid maternity leave, don't have to pay for using health service ( aware that some employers in US provide health cover) . Overall, that food price difference isn't as ridiculous as it may first appear .
Non-food items still are generally cheaper in the US, so that hasn't changed. The difference has fallen a bit thanks to the weakening of the pound rather than inflation. Our food has been cheaper for 30+ years as a result of more competition.
@@camrileyTrue - But even if the US Employer covers health care, its not all health care, so employees still have to get health insurance even if some is covered by the Employer. Such as Dentistry, any long term illness such as Diabetes and Asthma, which most employers will never ever cover in the US as it costs to much to do so. Then you have to add on all the extra costs for health care and people are still in trouble with the cost of insurance.
@@lukekarts Have watched a few Americans buy furnishings for new homes (yes they are cheaper) an till you get to things like Washing Machines, Fridges and Dish Washers. This American couple got a Washing Machine at a cheap price of $1100. Now that is expensive. It looked like a basic £400 one does here in the UK.
I was shocked to see the prices for food in the US. I thought that it would be so much cheaper than the UK or Europe 😮
Probably the price of the hormones and steroids they feed livestock in the US.
I wouldn't actually call it food.
US overtook UK 🇬🇧 prices 12 years ago
I always thought so too as you get so much food and refills in restaurants etc.
But times have changed [by design].
same bruh, but then if youre living inner usa then everything gotta be shipped long distance by land, whereas in the uk things are shipped into the island via sea which is cheap and then the landmass itself is small so shipping via land is gonna be much cheaper
Another thing to take into consideration is Aldi Local is more expensive than the standard Aldi.
And it was in London! lol
And she spent £4+ on flowers - Imagine what £30 would get in a big Aldi out in the sticks.....
@@jiggely_spears Yeah I'm in Newcastle and it seems much cheaper here.
I get by with £125 on shopping including small luxuries like coffee and it includes cleaning materials.
Aldi Local means only its a very small shop without the "Aisle of Wonder" in UK you have Aldi South
I shop in Aldi for a family of 5. 2 adults & 3 teenage boys. I cook most things from scratch & buy 20 pints of milk per week. Our shopping bill has gone up from roughly £80 per week to around £100 per week in the last few months.
@@tarahughes6495 Yeah that sounds about right. It's bloody scandalous the amount food as gone up.
Ive already seen someone comment on the fish pie, and they were spot on. Just to say that unlike most of our pies, fish pie contains no pastry. its just fish chunks in a white sauce often with herbs such as parsley and topped with mash potato and then baked. sort of a fishy shephards pie 😉
My wife & eldest daughter were in NYC for a visit last August although based in NJ for the entire stay, the prices for everyday items e.g groceries, snacks, confectionary, soft drinks in both states shocked them. I always thought us being an island nation and having to import lots of stuff would've had the higher prices. Sensible reasoning I thought until I witnessed the prices you guys endure. You're all being utterly fleeced and our prices at the checkout already have been taxed so there's no little unpleasant surprises when paying.
I'm pretty sure the Union flag denotes that it's UK produce and therefore passes our strict food standards.
Lots of Americans I have met forget this fact when they claim "Higher wages and lower taxes" than us in the UK.
But they forget our "higher taxes" are made up for by not paying out for healthcare premiums or deductibles/co-pays, and the healthcare isn't tied to your job either like it is in the USA!
And the "higher wages" simply NEED to be higher in the USA because the cost of everyday groceries is so much higher, i've seen countless examples from my own research for an item costing 80 pence in the UK (around $1) costing $3.65 in the USA. Plenty of other items I looked at were almost always DOUBLE the price and one item was even 4x the price we would pay over here.
Many Americans proclaim that their fuel prices are cheaper, but what they forget is that despite their fuel prices being a lot lower, a lot of Americans drive big "gas" guzzling trucks or SUVs with very poor fuel economy. So whilst they pay less they get less MPG meaning they use more fuel and fill up more often, coupled with just how little it seems most people walk in the USA, and how far apart places are meaning you often have to drive, the point is only exasperated.
Compared to the UK cars which are often much more efficient, so despite the higher cost, we get much higher MPG (50-70MPG) is very common and as a result fuel up less often.
@@thefiestaguy8831 you can't blame Americans for thinking they have everything better if they are told since birth that US is the best country on the planet.
Fish pie....
There are lots of variations on fish pie but it is basically mixed chunks of fish (for example cod, smoked haddock, salmon etc) in a bechamel or light cheese sauce, placed in a deep dish, topped with mashed potato and cooked in the oven.
Served with steamed vegetables, it is delicious. 😃
To make it a bit more luxurious you can add prawns too.
If you can cook.........nothing fancy.........just goog meats/fish........various vegetables, treats, sweets.........cakes etc , it is so easy.........with condiments etc ,...........and other things you may fancy........easily done..........plus fresh & local.......tinned things if you wish............léss preservatives by far............whatever..........
Meant "good",.... oh, well............
Aldi (and Lidl) are German. It took a while for them to be accepted by the British shoppers because their original products were "foreign" to us. But they adapted to our tastes now we love them.
Actually I loved them when they were "foreign".
I'm not that into them now that they've anglicised.
we had them in Greece but they closed down after a few months
as a German who shops at Aldi and Lidl every week I didn't recognize one single product...
Might be interesting how much changed since Brexit, but I actually prefer my Lidl to Aldi because fruit and veggies are way fresher and better quality
Eh no, you adapted to our tastes hihi
Stop talking smack
Grocery shopping is way way way cheaper in the UK than it is in the US, even after recent price rises. Food prices in both the US and Australia are totally extortionate by comparison, although Brits who've only ever shopped in the UK really don't understand how fortunate they are.
Yer but look at what the states has
Tons more choice for a start then they have koolaid and faygo the quality of steak in the US is better too
Agree, and compared to Canada too. I find even the few things I buy at Waitrose are still cheaper than Canada
it's hard to see how fortunate we are when our prices have shot up. The supermarkets artificially kept the fuel prices high which made the delivery prices higher, which increased the cost of food... when the fuel prices went down, food prices went up more.
For the equivalent of 30 pounds in Aussie dollars you would get in standard supermarket without specials or buying cheapest brands this amount for example
8 pack of wraps
2litre milk
18 eggs
Punnet of strawberries
1 avocado
2 tomatoes
1 broccoli
1 onion
1 zucchini
2 oranges
2kg of potatoes
1kg chicken thighs
1.2kg beef sausages
270g lamb steak
That’s around $57 Aus dollars which is equal to $38 US dollars.
Try paying £1.65 a litre (not a gallon) for petrol .
Been going to the States for years on holiday. Just returned home to the UK ……cannot believe the crazy food prices in the US.
In the UK the supermarkets don’t allow artificial additives and pesticides etc. in many of their products
Meaning they have better quality product. Short shelf life
This is not true look into it
Most uk soft drinks are full of aspartame and other artificial sweeteners 🤢
Yes, they do just different from pesticides than USA like most of Europe
@flumpaustin1994 the sugar tax was made to kill us off. True story
Just to let you know it will be more expensive in that Aldi as it is in london the most expensive city in the UK 🇬🇧 👍
Supermarket prices are the same in London as everywhere else.
She could have got quite a bit more than she did for her £30 too. She was getting quite a bit of prepackaged things. I can feed myself for 2 weeks on £30. I always use Aldi. Obviously that’s just me as my family have now flown the nest but I find it really good value. Most of the stuff is their own brand they do occasionally sell branded things too.
I think the biggest fresh milk we get over here is 6 pints. I just checked the Aldi website and it is £2.19. I love Aldi
I think the UK flag means the ingredients are sourced in the UK. Red tractor symbol means it has been born or grown in the UK and all areas of food production from animal welfare and food safety, to traceability and environmental protection are guaranteed.
stumbled across your channel and i like it because it makes me feel better living in the UK, not just for the price but for the better quality produce in general. Lidl and Aldi are the cheap supermarkets that focuses on every day value and they're great. But if you want better quality food then its Marks and Spencer, they have a good mix of more budget option but something more special for more special occasions. However if you switched that shop to M&S you're probably looking at £60
Great video mate. Hovis is one of our oldest bread brands. Ridley Scott made an advert for it back in the 80s before he became big. It's on TH-cam. Brings back many childhood memories watching it today. Thanks again for opening my eyes to what we actually have over here
its somebody elses video just hijacked it as most of these posted by americans have been
Blown away by the US premise of "grass fed milk".. coming from a dairy farming family our cows are all grass fed! 🇬🇧🇬🇧
I actually paused and thought 'well what the else do you feed them?'
My guess is rye or grains?
Pretty sure it's mostly soy. I saw once that most of the soybeans grown in the US is for livestock feed, around 80%.
I also heard that 80%of soy is gmo. Pretty sure there's a correlation there, but not touching that can of worms.😅
Nope. You're presuming. The reason we ended up with Mad Cow's Disease in the UK before is that they have even fed cows to cows. 100% Grass fed would be labelled as such generally. If its not it can be a mix of things. Not cow anymore as that's now illegal but they can still be fed grains and silage. Basically waste product from the farming industry.
They have intense factory farms for cows.they never go out , and eat a blended food mix to speed growth
@@laverdajota8089 ugh that's disgusting!
Aldi is a German supermarket which we Germans call a discounter store.
There you get a great variety of everyday products for less than in other superstores because they keep their stores very simple and try to offer you many local products without a long transport to the customer.
By the way - there are Aldis in the USA, too.
Lidl is the same
Yes many Aldis here. I didn't know it was a German store until a few years ago.
I love Aldi because it's good quality stuff sold cheap. And don't even get me started on 'the aisle of dreams' 😂 Go in for milk, come out with something random like a wetsuit. Cement mixer, cordless drill or whatever that week's promotional theme happens to be
I nipped in one sunday morning to get some stuff for breakfast and also came back with a hammock😂
Middle of Lidl is better than Aldi 'Aisle of Dreams' for tools, etc.
@@kingspeechless1607 I find them very similar, at least where i live.
Love the “weekly buy” specials. Came home with a re-chargeable camping lantern with two detachable hand torches. My husband just shook his head. Last year during Winter a massive storm came through and we lost electricity for a week and that lantern (which could also be re-charged in the car) came in real handy along with the gas bbq and the woollen duvet that somehow found their way into my shopping trolley prior to that. Aldi “weekly buys” were a life saver. If only they had had a portable hot shower unit on offer!
i went to new york in January and was shocked at the prices - bread is 6 dollars which you can get here for 79p! crisps are also really expensive but the worst is fruit, it was like 5 dollars for a small punnet of grapes. bananas were 3 dollars which would be about £1 over here!
But what was the average wage of the people living there ?
I got a cracking, cheap cordless drill in the mysterious Aldi middle aisle about four years ago that I'm still using to this day, it's never let me down.
Aldi have their own generic brand, and it's really good quality food. I love Aldi
And a lot of their brands are deliberately as close as possible in packaging to the brand leaders. Some are equivalent quality as well, but not all. Alanna at Adventures & Naps did some taste comparisons in the last week or two.
Their generic brands are essentially identical to Lidl's
Ja, ich finde, dass Aldi eine ziemlich gute Option für meine Einkaufsbedürfnisse ist, oder für diejenigen, die nicht zu viel ausgeben möchten oder eine zu große Auswahl an verfügbaren Produkten haben möchten.
Im Vergleich zum Sortiment (Vollsortiment) von Handelsketten wie Edeka oder REWE Group
Yes, I find Aldi to be quite a good option for my shopping needs, or for those who don't want to spend too much or want too much choice in the products available.
Compared to the range (full range) of retail chains such as Edeka or REWE Group
In the north of England there is a chain of shops called Heron which is cheaper than Aldi for a lot of things also Farmfoods is another cheaper store, Aldi has increased its prices in the last few months along with the other stores.. I certainly couldnt afford to shop in the US😂 enjoyed the video❤
We've got a Heron shop about 3 miles from where I live. If I go to town always pop in there.
Love Heron foods 😊
@@minoumcduff5727 I wish there was one down south everyone thinks we’re all minted down south but that couldnt be further than the truth!
Hi 😊
Food packaging with the Union Jack are made from ingredients sourced in the UK 😌
The brand name foods will be found in most of the supermarkets here but each different supermarket will have its own brand which is usually cheaper.
The 'local' shops, Tesco, Aldi etc are smaller versions of the larger supermarkets which you will find in smaller areas or larger cities. They are more convenient if you can't get to a big, out of town supermarket. They can also stay open later as they're smaller.
The Union Jack 🇬🇧 is called racist by the mainstream media of the UK the far left have made the UK flag 🇬🇧 into a pariah. the nation is hated for being British for even existing
I had a student summer job in a factory that made pork pies, they made then for lots of own brands. The production line for the M&S ones were cleaned three times a shift rather than the standard once and they were packed with bigger separation in the ovens to get a better quality of bake, the other brands were effectively identical with each other.
@@muchsake There's a sparky that lives down the road who does some work in some of the factories. He was at the plant that makes digestives one time and said it was literally like one big vat of dough that got separated into McVitie's, Asda's own brand, Sainsbury's own brand, Tesco's own brand etc 😂
Somehow McVitie's still taste better than the others though so I guess the spacing in the ovens and the cleaning process must play a part in that too
@@Fyreflier It definitely does all the pork pies used exactly the same ingredients but the M&S ones tasted better because the crust was better cooked (staff were allowed to have the pies where the top had not sealed properly).
When I first went shopping in America I couldn’t believe how expensive stuff was. I always complained at our fuel being able 2-3 times more than yours but then I saw the grocery cost. However you do have coupons that you can use to make a huge difference in a way that we don’t here.
Tell me about it! I stayed at an airbnb in Queens, and my hosts took me to a Trader Joe's to buy some groceries. I walked out without buying anything - and I was living in Cheshire at the time! I couldn't believe the prices.
Store loyalty cards make a big difference too. I can save at least a few percent that way. Still wish it was cheaper but at least its a bit of a buffer on cost.
A US Gallon is 3.7 Litres and UK Gallon is 4.52 Litres. Most common size milk here is 4pints = 2.27litres a 4 pint of milk carton is about £1.50
For many years I shopped at Tesco, my son kept telling me to switch to Aldi which I did last year. I live alone and I generally buy the same stuff more or less every week and my shopping bill halved by switching to Aldi. I don't buy my veg or soft fruits there but everything else is fine, never had a problem with the quality
You get some great bargains at Lidl too mate, give it a try if there is one near you.
Aldi and Lidl have a lot of variety on offer but very little choice of brands. Baked beans will be their own brand, and you're unlikely to find Heinz or other brands.
I switched from Morrison's to Aldi last year and it halved my shopping bill. The bonus is that the food is much better quality than Morrison's too.
@@cookingfat1I prefer many products at Aldi, to Sainsbury's
I live across the road from a HUGE Tesco's. I only step into the place at Christmas. Lidl's is where I go. Aldi is almost as close as Lidl to me. But its a real faff to get to. I can walk to Lidl and back. I have to drive to Aldi.
The number on the cheese tells you how strong it is from mild to extra mature or vintage, and the roll of cheese with the green stuff on is soft cheese with herbs 😊
The blue stuff, don't forget the blue. Dribble, dribble.
Several British supermarket chains have what's technically called "city-sized" stores (e.g. Aldi Local, Sainsbury's Local, Tesco Express). These are small supermarkets that can fit into an urban street environment. The selection is obviously less than in a full-sized supermarket, and the prices are slightly higher, but they're very handy for city workers popping in to pick up a few things on the way home.
Yes, Aldi sells mainly its own store brands, most of which are very close copies of national brands.
A fish pie is basically a seafood version of a cottage pie, and originally was a way of using up leftovers. Bite-sized pieces of cooked fish in white sauce (or a light cheese sauce). Stir in some cooked vegetables if you want. Put in a baking pan and top with a thick layer of mashed potato. Sprinkle with a little grated cheese if you like. Bake until it's piping hot and the potato is lightly browned.
I don't know why I find your reactions so entertaining but I find it very hard to stop watching.
The 2 German 🇩🇪 stores in the UK came 29 years ago but took 10 years to really become established and initially had a stigma attached to them !
Now Lidls and Aldi are frequented by the whole spectrum of people and they offer exceptional value and good quality 🤟💪
Not forgetting that a lot of people here have started shopping there through necessity. People will still have their waitrose shopping bags just in case people see them😂
Hmmm nope I don't ever shop at aldi morrisons every single time
3 Netto was first
Normally we get 4 pints of normal milk for around £1.15 - £1.50, depending on which shop.
Aldi prices have increased a bit since Hannah filmed this in Sept 22. Four pints )2.2ltrs) of Milk today at Aldi is £1.95. A lot of stores like Sainsbury's now sell 'Aldi Price Match' food.
Aldi isn't always cheapest for milk. Whole milk is £1.75 in my local coop, (£1.50 with member card)
Are those London prices? Anything over a quid seventy for a 4 pinter would be considered a bit pricey around here. As the above said, even the Co-op (who aren't exactly known for being wallet friendly) are banging it out for under £1.80.
Four pints of milk is £1.45 here in Norwich.
I only pay £1.45 at Sainsburys.
That explains it. Last time I was there the "£5" chicken was nearer £7.50
I love these videos, it's so interesting to see an American take on our supermarket culture, I would love to see you react to an M&S store tour.
Yes! And Waitrose too!
M&S recipes are basically more added crap for a higher cost. Usually imported too, which drives the cost up.
@@terranaxiomuk okay, I only suggested it because I would like to see a wide range of British supermarket options represented for people who might be curious.
17 minutes in and she really is just looking at all the posh stuff and ignoring the basics - Regular milk ignored, regular bread ignored, regular crisps ignored, regular chocolates ignored, regular cheese ignored etc. etc.!
“Posh” 😂😂
used to be a company who made crisps over here Called Brannigans and they had some awesome types of flavours like beef and (English) mustard (so it had a spicy kick) :)
I went to Aldi for Bratwurst for a BBQ and walked out with a Two man tent, paper shredder and a kid’s trumpet!
Amateur, you missed the wetsuit and the leaf blower.
That made me giggle, I get back home and my hubby will say where is the steak? Ah, yes…….still in the shop, but look at what I did get! 😬😬😬
Lol. Got to love Aldi middle aisle 😂❤
😂😂😂
USA gallons are also less than UK gallons. USA pint is roughly 475 millilitres and UK pint is roughly 570 millilitres. She was also buying more pricey pre packaged food. If she had bought the stuff to make the pre packaged goods, she would have got a lot more in volume for a lot less in price. For example 4UK pints of cows milk is anout £1.45 so about £2.90 a gallon and that is much more than a US gallon. A UK gallon is about 20% more. It is the same for measurements for flour etc. A US cup is smaller than a UK cup size because we have 20 fl oz to a pint and the US has 16 fl oz. That is why when following recipes etc you need to remember if you are using an American recipe or a European recipe. Being British we can constantly convert from European metric to UK imperial because we do it everyday. Grams and Kilos to pounds and ounces especially for baking but if using an Anerican recipe you cannot just say 1 cup as the amount will be different to British cup and throw your recipe off course. It is the same when baking. How heavy is a stick of butter? We measure butter out in grams or oz or even spoon sizes like tablespoon and teaspoon but again those sizes are different in US and UK. So it is a little harder to compare prices unless you take Aldi prices and weights in US and compare with Aldi prices and weights in UK.
A loaf of sliced bread here is usually 800g and that is normally about 16 slices. This can be anything from 45p to £1.40 at the upper end depending on the maker. In the vlog she was only looking at what we could call more speciallity breads which are more expensive and smaller. You could genuinlely feed a family of four from aldis for a week for under £50 with a good slection of food. You just have to be prepared to cook your pasta, prepare your own salads and cook your veg. A kilo bag of frozen chicken breast is about £4.00. A 3kg bag of pasta is about £3.50. 30 eggs around £3.50, 5kg potatoes about £2.00. You also get deals on fish like 3 bags for £10 that you can mix like a bag roughly 400 to 450g depending on the fish will be atlantic salmon, cod, haddock, smoked haddock (my favourite), trout or mackerel, all filleted and no bones. You can pick any 3 or 3 the same. 750g ground beef 5% fat is around £4.50 and there are plenty packet powders to make sauces for your meals starting ftom 20p like beef casserole, chiĺi con carne, sausage casserole, lots of chicken ones and indian ones and cajun, chinese etc and Aldis food even its cheaper food is great quality because it is a German shop with EU standards. It is so good and popullar that other stores like tesco and asda even morrisons try to keep customers by selling their equivalent food with a price match to Aldi. For example if I buy 1kg bag frozen chicken breast at Tescos etc that will have a price that guarantees it will match whatever price that product sells for at Aldi. I hope I haven't been too boring in trying to explain the reason why Aldis is so popular but I didn't feel her vlog was that accurate because it seemed more like a middle class shopper than a normal everyday lower paid working shoppers basket. Most people are not adding a couple of bunches of flowers to their list especially with the cost of living prices at the moment.😅
A cup is 250ml in size. In the US and in the UK. A cup is 250ml. Don't start confusing people.
I agree that her shopping isn't a true representation of what a family would buy from Aldi etc. I personally prefer to avoid the premade stuff like the salad etc unless I was for lunch at work or a picnic. Cooking from scratch can make the shopping much cheaper. The price of food has gone up significantly since COVID and families are struggling to make ends meet because bills have gone up and wages have stayed the same so it's not all good news unfortunately.
Fish Pie is a dish consisting of (usually) cod, smoked haddock and salmon chunks in a béchamel (white) sauce, covered with a thick layer of mashed potato. I would recommend you try it, very tasty!
Yes!
Add prawns too.
And pickled capers.
And peas and carrots.
Here's a recipe:
*_Ingredients_*
1kg Maris Piper potatoes, peeled and halved
400ml milk, plus a splash
25g butter, plus a knob
25g plain flour
4 spring onions, finely sliced
1 x pack fish pie mix (cod, salmon, smoked haddock etc, weight around 320g-400g depending on pack size)
1 tsp Dijon or English mustard
½ a 25g pack or a small bunch chives, finely snipped
handful frozen sweetcorn
handful frozen petits pois
_Optional_
Capers
Whole scrubbed Chanterelle Carrots or fine batons
125-250g Prawns, raw, tiger or king or just handful regular frozen prawns
*_Method_*
_STEP 1_
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas mark 6.
_STEP 2_
Put 1kg potatoes, peeled and halved, in a saucepan and pour over enough water to cover them. Bring to the boil and then simmer until tender.
_STEP 3_
When cooked, drain thoroughly and mash with a splash of milk and a knob of butter. Season with ground black pepper.
_STEP 4_
Put 25g butter, 25g plain flour and 4 finely sliced spring onions _[Add Capers here if using - ed]_ in another pan and heat gently until the butter has melted, stirring regularly. Cook for 1-2 mins.
_STEP 5_
Gradually whisk in 400ml milk using a balloon whisk if you have one. Bring to the boil, stirring to avoid any lumps and sticking at the bottom of the pan. Cook for 3-4 mins until thickened.
_STEP 6_
Take off the heat and stir in 320g-400g mixed fish _[Add prawns here if using - Ed],_ 1 tsp Dijon or English mustard, a small bunch of finely snipped chives, handful of sweetcorn and handful of petits pois _[Add carrots here of using - ed]._ Spoon into an ovenproof dish or 6-8 ramekins.
_STEP 7_
Spoon the potato on top and sprinkle with a handful of grated cheddar cheese.
_STEP 8_
Pop in the oven for 20-25 mins or until golden and bubbling at the edges. Alternatively, cover and freeze the pie or mini pies for another time.
@@MostlyPennyCatSounds delicious going to make it.
I put a few prawns in fish pie mostly because I love prawns!
@@MostlyPennyCat Nice recipe! As a former chef I would personally not add the onions and veg, but serve any vegetables on the side; imho, too much content in the sauce can affect the texture, although I sometimes add chopped hard boiled egg. Not a criticism, merely a preference!
To get a good flavour in the béchamel I first simmer the fish in the milk, along with half an onion, some peppercorns and a bay leaf (6-8 minutes) Then remove and flake the fish in to the oven dish and strain the milk through a sieve, allowing it to cool slightly before making the sauce. I also add a bunch of finely chopped parsley and a dash of nutmeg in the thickened sauce.
Heyy, you asked why some of the boxes had our British flag on it, that's because the product is obviously British made, while the store aldi and lidl is not a British store, they are both German, and sell a lot of German food as well as our own, (and some other European foods), so as not to get confused ours has the flag on, and yes I have seen a section dedicated to you Americans!!!! Although not that big as they have to fit there's, ours, and then the rest in in little sections, and I've done a week's shopping on £45 from aldi before now and got extras on top of that too so it can be done with around £30 to £35
Sarah from Yorkshire England. X
Yorkshire tea - the best. The biscuit version is for dunking in your tea. … flags - typically means made in the UK … but that can mean just out in the packet in the UK. You need to check. Sometimes it’s from the EU then processed in the UK. The red tractor sign means UK farm produced.
Strawberries are the fruit that has the most pesticide and insecticide sprayed - on average 28 times. So worth buying organic but they just spray different stuff.
In the UK food prices went up quite a bit during and after Covid before it used to be much cheaper than this and the shop Iceland is another good one if you want to pack out your freezer on the cheap.
Brexit the main factor we import most foods from the EU but people believed Cameron a Boris lmao
@@CarlBland-cv5zoCameron campaigned to remain, but honestly the whole debacle was on him trying to scapegoat the EU for his own failings. Boris made his whole career on lying about Europe, no idea how anybody ever took him seriously given how often he got caught in a lie.
@@CarlBland-cv5zo Did you notice at 33.09 the comparison shop with US Aus and EU? EU shop about £4 more 🤭
Aldi tomatoes... Good variety too but has to be said - Moroccan, the best.
People in the UK complain how expensive food is without realising that we have some of the cheapest!
@@gail9299 43 % of the uk adults have an income of £12,600 or less for those food is expensive dya not think
@@leslieperkins759Something tells me that's not right. Part time on minimum wage?
In the UK.
1 gallon of milk is around £3. ($3.80 USD)
1 small tube of Greek yogurt. Half a pint. £2 ($2.53 USD)
Fruit preserves (strawberry jam) £3 ($3.80)
Total £7 ($8.86 USD)
Almost twice the price in America compared to the UK!!
Just to complicate everything, British gallons and pints are about 20% bigger than American gallons and pints. (4.55 litres and 3.79 litres for the gallons respectively)
@@frgleeOur pints and gallons are 83% larger than theirs.
Asda strawberry jam is a £1
@@frgleeAmericans always have to make things bigger 😂😂
There has been a difference in the price of groceries in the last couple of years. For 2 of us, with 2 dogs and 2 cats I used to spend about £40 a week in Lidl. That bill is nearer to £50 now but £10 a week is spent on the dogs
I love Aldi, and they have a very clever packaging strategy. They use the same colours as best brands, but mix them differently so as not to breach patent/copyright laws. Their foods are very good quality, even though there are some detractors which refuse to shop there. They had an Italian themed week not long ago, and it was fabulous. I'm not a snob, and will buy the tastiest, best quality, cheapest I can get (which is what Aldi sell). Their meat and poultry is top notch. No, i dont work for them😂
We don’t sell gallons which is eight pints. We use pints as metric. 4 pints of standard milk is £1.45 at Tesco. Which is £2.90 for your gallon.
With reference to pesticides here in UK. I think we banned an awful lot of that years ago and farmers are now very restricted on what they can use. The same happened with Home Garden based pesticides/insecticides, they banned them and brought out natural, weaker and more organic ones to stop people misusing them. That was a European directive at the time. We can buy milk in 1 pint , 2 pint , 4 pint, 6 pint. We also do them in 1 litre and 2 litre euro sizes.
Beef and mustard crisps are top notch, branaghans used to do the best ones but i read a comment somewhere saying they got discontinued. Locals and extras tend to be smaller stores and cost a bit more than the regular big supermarket.
If you can find them, there's a banging brand called Sussex Crisps ...
They got beef and horseradish, lamb and mint, as well as the expected cheese and onion, salt and vinegar!
We've recently Changed our shopping Habits from a local Sainsburys' which an average weekly shop for a family of 4 which cost near £120, to a local Aldi, with Bus fairs included, and even a few extra beers, costs close to £60 maybe £80, depending on what we get. we can fill a shopping cart for £80.
And the great thing about an Aldi is the so called 'Centre Aisles' On one side you can buy your normal groceries and in the centre aisles, anything from toys, pyjamas, drills, tools, paint, just about anything they have sent through their doors.
Other items that you really didn't need...good marketing by these Germans 😂
Whole food is not in general use in the UK. It used to mean health foods (eg wholemeal flour) from specialist stores, but since most supermarkets stock wholefoods and organic, this term is not in general use. We would call more expensive supermarkets 'up market' and the 2 most popular are Waitrose, Marks and Spencer. Waitrose would have the US Republican party screaming 'Communist!' as they are owned by the shop workers, as is their sister company: John Lewis, which is a department store.
I think he was meaning the specific chain Whole Foods Market as an example of upmarket stores in general tbh....
Don't say that, I could do without the GOP coming for the Co-Op!
Wholefoods is a US supermarket chain...
I was very surprised just how expensive food is in the US, my American daughter in law and I bought an identical shop (mine was from Aldi) and she couldn't believe how little my trolley came to.
We are a family of 3 (me, my husband and my toddler) and we spend around £35-£40 a week on food. We budget £200 for the month just so we can get extra things when needed but yeah, as a country we are pretty good with the choices we have at the supermarket
The thing you said about the pancakes at 12:35 - I used to work for Lidl (the other german Aldi like store we have here), it's pretty much exactly the same as Aldi, layout, prices, middle asle etc but Lidl also have a bakery. Anyway pancake day (shrove Tuesday public holiday) we stock absolutely pallets of pancake mix.. Which sells out really fast! Every single year I have people come in last minute saying "do you have any more pancake mix" and when I say no they walk out the store.. so I started telling people how easy it is to make yet they are like "oh no I can't be bothered with all that" I'm like what!? Pancakes was one of the first things my mum taught me when I was small it's so easy!!
I saw how to make Pancakes on Blue Peter and decided to give it a go on my own. I was 8 or 9. I couldn't be trusted on my own for more than 5 minutes :D
Remember this is all inclusive of tax too...
If you are a beers man and you ever visit the UK, you should be sure to try some of the real ales like Newcastle Brown Ale, Hobgoblin, Black Sheep Ale, Bishop's Finger (yes, that's the real name of a beer) and Doombar. Also I should probably say that most ales have a more subtle flavour and often suffer if they are stored in a can, get the bottled version for the best all-round taste.
I'd add McEwans Champion and Old Crafty Hen (ok, that one's an ale) to that list. Hobgoblin has a weird chemical taste to me though.
Abbots Ale & don’t forget all our wonderful ciders.
the beer lovers who think beer from England is the best have probably never visited Belgium, or even bought a beer exported from Belgium
Or Cider. Our cider is great !
They sell Newcastle brown ale in the usa
Something to help you: 4pints of full fat (blue top) milk costs around £1.50 in the UK
"Where are the gallons? " (milk)😂😂😂😂
I also always go shopping at Aldi. But in Germany. It's interesting to see what foods the Aldi have in other countries. We don't have candy apples with chocolate or anything here (maybe in a big city). I think that's mean!😅 The own brands of Aldi are just as good as the expensive brands and some even belong to the expensive brands.
The Aldi compote desserts are lovely to eat and the glass portion pots make excellent measuring units for porridge ,pasta and other loose food that come big family size bags.
Interesting. I went to Lidl (another German supermarket like Aldi and their prices are almost identical) yesterday and purchased 4 boneless stuffed chicken thighs, 2 containers of potato gratin to feed 2 people each, a bag of mixed vegetables ready measured into 4x 1 person portions (have to follow a strict diet at present hence the ready made/measured foods), bottled flavoured still water (4litres), a pack of 5 fruit scones (for 3 lunches) and bread for breakfast. And I spent under Euro10 on enough to feed me for 5 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 4 evening meals. That includes sales tax incidentally, like the UK it is included in the price shown on the shelves. If I had gone to Aldi it would have been just as cheap.
My local food supermarket is a one-off and does not operate as a chain for food, though they do for clothes. They give a voucher of £5 if you spend £25 towards your next food shop. They are just as cheap, and they are an Irish setup called Dunnes Stores. Nice friendly people too.
We visited family in Pennsylvania and decided to secretly cook them a typical roast dinner as a treat.
We toured the local supermarket for ingredients and were shocked at how ludicrous prices were. The roast didn’t happen!
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now you would think twice about cooking a proper dinner due to elec/ gas prices
After only getting £10.50 a week from my late ex during our marriage for shopping AND bills for a family of 5 I learned the hard way how to make food go further and make it spread. I had a little more after we divorced and brough the kids up but still had to sell furniture to make ends meet from time to time. Now, as a pensioner I 'feel' so blessed as the kids have grown and and gone their way. Now I can spoil my little pack of dogs. I am so blessed to have gone through the hard times because I learned how to make a meal from nothing!!
You're a strong person ❤
Do you mean £100 a week?!
Also regarding the milk, the vast majority of our milk is grass fed. We have organic milks that are more expensive. We have premium milks that are filtered then really premium like jersey milk or old school type milk like the stuff we used to get from milkmen where it hasnt been processed as much and the cream still rises to the top . Yummy stuff .
They still deliver milk here in the UK in glass bottles to your doorstep, in the early mornings. You pay a premium.
Also what you have to remember is in the UK the price you see is what you pay, no hidden taxes,
Plus no VAT on food
18:47, spot on. Aldi has alot of unbranded stuff or its own brank, such as pringles which instead are branded 'snackrite'. Rather than dr pepper, you have Proffesor peppy which I will say tates basically identical to the real thing and you can buy 2L of it for 50p
4ltr is 1.05669 US Gallons
2ltr bottle of milk with 3 to 4 days life is around £1.80 in supermarkets
If you get it fresher you'll pay £2.50 for 2ltr
as for inflation we have definitely noticed it on food as most prices are 40 to 50% higher at the moment than they were 2 years ago. Most of this is blamed on fuel prices increasing but in reality the supermarkets are making well over 90% of that in extra profits. (a study showed that if supermarkets increased the price of all products by just 1p they would more than cover the extra fuel costs they incurred). Tesco (our biggest chain) showed profits were up 78% as of November 2023 on the same period in 2021
Hi Steve. Waitrose and Marks and Spencer are probably the most expensive supermarkets. Ocado is online only, but does deliver M & S food. You do get some delicious foods there and the quality is excellent. I use them if I have family coming or special occasions like Christmas. I haven't personally used Aldi, but have been to Lidl which is similar. Pronounced Liddle and they often say their goods are Lidl in price! Marks and Spencer are mainly known for clothing, but usually have a food hall in store. They also have smaller 'local ' food shops. You often get them at Motorway service areas which is useful as you know the quality will be good.
All prices shown are inclusive of taxes.
Good thing is all our prices include tax too. I believe the Union Jack flag will mean that it's made in the UK, not 100% on that though. Aldi have a lot of own brand products, but some stock is from the bigger brands.
Hi. Local just means it is smaller and so will concentrate on groceries and other daily necessities. The idea is that it will be local to where you live and / or work so you can walk to it or take public transport on your way to / from home / work to buy your every day needs. This is rather than one of the larger supermarkets in that chain that might also sell clothes, electrical goods, white goods, furniture etc and may require you to drive to them because you bulk buy more infrequently or because you are buying larger items (although you might have the furniture, electrical and white goods delivered and installed and even get them to take away your old ones for recycling).
When it comes to milk, we have a Milkman, he literally leaves bottles of milk on our doorstep everyday but Sunday. We pay him by Direct Debit weekly and the Milk is delivered within a couple of hours of the cow being milked by the Local Farm, The milk comes in Glass bottles that we leave on the doorstep and they collect when they drop off the next day, So these bottles are all reused.
Idk where you live but there are no milkmen anymore and haven't been for decades in all the parts of the UK I've been to xD
@@Hirotoro4692 Mines Kays Dairy. I know they are dying out a little in some places city centres mostly but not near me.
@@Hirotoro4692 I didn't think we had them anymore until I saw a small milkman dropping off milk at 11pm other month. So they do still have them, just not as popular
@@Hirotoro4692
Milk & More still exists.
Their milk prices have flown up in the last year or so though
Some interesting things to know are that our own brands often taste as good or better than the known named brands, the majority of our food is less processed and with less harmful things added than in the US, also a great thing here is that if you go to lots of supermarkets at the right time of day you can buy items close to their display by date significantly reduced in price. For instance twice in the past week I’ve bought 80/90 pounds worth of items for 30 pounds.
well, often enough the "own brands" are manufactured by the known brands, and then just sold cheap so they don't ruin their brand name by selling at low prices...
I do my grocery shopping online about every 3-4 weeks and on average spend around £40 including delivery. A 1/2g allon equivalent of milk costs me £1.20
You should be able to browse the offerings from Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury, Aldi Steve and see exactly what the prices currently are here.
Boy does this woman talk fast, my head spins just listening to her on this whirlwind tour of Aldi! 😃
For me I couldn't do a full shop in Aldi, I like some of the things but in the past I have found that they will only sell something for a period of time then it disappears, which means you either buy a shed load of the item ,or if it is perishable/ use by date enjoy it while it lasts.
Since their redesign Aldi/Lidl have become a lot more useful as a "full shop" type shop.
Not as weird and exciting as it used to be but a lot more useful.
I personally feel something was lost in translation though.
Right!! .. all through the video I was like Hun slow down 😯!
Im a North East UK housewife. I do all the shopping etc. My shop is SO far removed from her shop as it is possible to be!! I feed a family of 4 and my average weekly shop is about £80, that's all meals and treats too!! If she's on her own, to me, that's an expensive shop...but it is London!! Idiot prices!!!😂😂
I concur. If I went into Aldi or Lidl and spent £30+ on food just for myself if I lived alone, and that shopping was only going to last a week, I'd be miffed.
I too shop and cook for 4 people, including myself and I'm 6'2" and 15st, very physical work and eat a lot. I can get a week's worth of food for 4 people, prepare meals and manage the pantry and fridge freezer on ~£50 a week. Balanced, sustaining and generous portions of everything.
I do have the benefits of doing side jobs for people around my area like a butcher, veggie allotment folks and chicken/duck keepers who trade stuff like eggs, meat, veg etc for me doing jobs for them such as gardening, landscape maintenance, outhouse builds etc etc, so depending on the season this reduces my need to buy as much from supermarkets.
The lady in the video also chose many more indulgent varieties of food there, so probably added £10 to the overall cost of her shopping. Had she gone for the more basic "essential" tier items, she would have needed a trolley rather than a basket.
@@AnOldEnglishBloke but I prefer quality & how it tastes not quantity & cheapness.
You have a point Sarah, I shop for quality. My average weekly shopping at ALDI is 30-40 a week, London based and single. I do have the previlige of being in a very good income though. I know I can save even more as I too feel the pinch of London prices but the cheaper stuff tends to be highly processed and unhealthy. Good and nutrition is something I don't compromise on at all! But I do understand that hit everyone is me and we are going through tough economic times
20th March '24.
4 Pints of British Whole Milk is £1.45.
4 Pints of Organic Semi-Skimmed Milk is £2.00
These are at Sainsbury's.
The smallest size we can buy is 1 pint and in supermarkets the largest is 4 pints.
We get our milk delivered by a milkman, the milk comes from a local dairy.
When it comes to high end your talking of Harrods (Food hall),Fortnum & Mason(Royal Grocers ), then M&S(Marks & Spencers),
Waitrose(John Lewis Partnership),then the rest,Morrisons,
Sainsbury,Asda
(formally part of Walmart)Tescos,COOP(The Cooperative
Society Retail or Wholsale,) then a myriad of small chains that Include Costco,Budgen,Nissan,
CK Foods,& so on .
I would say that Waitrose is considered on the more expensive side whereas Sainsbury’s and Tesco are considered good value but ALDI and Lidle are considered cheap but not necessarily always as tasty (rather like own brands in the other supermarkets). But it depends on your taste as not everyone has the same taste or needs.
I worked in a factory producing food packaging and we used to supply leading brand packaging and supermarket own brand cartons to the same manufacturers. One of our other factory's made cotton wool balls and they came off the machine into deferent plastic bags some leading brands and others own brands. the only difference was the selling price
Booths also
I first shopped in Aldi when I lived in Germany. I haven't been to Germany in many years, but the British Aldis do seem to offer a lot more variety.
The one thing I miss from the German stores is their cheesecake!
The biggest problem with Aldi is that you get tempted by their none edible weekly specials.
I actually think Farmfoods is cheaper but doesn't have as many fresh goods.
The Union Jack flag on food packaging means that the food was made in the UK. Historically, the UK has often had issues with things made outside of the UK because their health and safety guidelines can be a bit lax and on occasion it has resulted in food poisoning outbreaks, and there was once an issue with horse meat being added to things, etc. It's been a bit controversial because people always assumed it meant that the ingredients were also sourced in the UK which isn't the case at all - just that they've been prepared within a British environment.
True but Mad Cow's Disease was because our cows were being fed cow.
Yes, I forgot about the ready-meals with added flavour! Apparently, customers who bought 'not beef' loved them and pretty horrified that some poor unloved little pony was put into their dinner.
18:50 Aldi are almost all own brand which is why it is cheaper. It started as more of a European import store which made is cheaper but since leaving the EU i believe they are mostly UK based.
For branded stuff, its still a little cheaper than most other places
fish pie is poached fish in a cream/cheese sauce topped with mashed potato.... yum yum!
The food with the British flag indicates that it was made or grown in the UK 😊
English cheese is a different level compared to American.
it doesn't come in a pressurised can, that helps a bit 😜
Yeah, I have to agree. People often diss American food, but I've always found it OK. The only thing that seemed consistently dissapointing was the cheese. Poor taste, poor texture, no zing. I like a strength 4 or 5 cheese, something with a bit of ooomph. Most US cheeses seemed to be barely strength 1.
That is interesting. I'm British but since 2011 have been living in Hungary then Croatia. Both countries have bland, rubbery cheese and I do miss British cheese. They do sell some British cheese here in Lidl but it is expensive and not that nice.
British.
It _is_ the country with an annual "chase the cheese down the hill" festival so yeah I think we do cheese just a little bit more zealously XD
What I love about Aldi is that the quality is often better than other supermarket own brands and often brands too. For example their salt and vinegar crisps taste better than Walkers to me.
We always do our weekly grocery shopping at Aldi. Cheap and quality is really good as well, sometimes better than the more expensive supermarkets. They do a mixture of brand and own brand foods. The brand foods change on a regular basis, so always interesting to see what they have in at the time.
The food is great value for money, but its the middle aisle, where you can find all manner of various goods, however, generally, they are a one off item. If you fancy it, then buy it, as the next time you shop, it will be gone. Most own brands are close copies of the big names, but much more for less cost.