Every time I watch your food shopping videos I realize how much more food costs in the states. Even when you’ve done organic food shops, it’s been vastly cheaper there than it is here. It seems like we pay twice as much over here. Though it also varies state to state.
For example, you were standing near those vegan meat alternatives and the shelf tag read £1.25. That’s $1.47 in US currency. A product like that in the US would likely run between $3.00 to $8.00 depending where you live and shop.
Great to do a cost of living update. Aldi stopped selling dried lentils. They used to but I've not seen for months. Aldi have never sold tofu - but Lidl have recently started selling a massive block of organic tofu for £1.99! (It's in the bit with the hummus, plant burgers etc)
Here’s an idea for paying for the essentials such as oil. When your shopping comes under the amount you budgeted, you save the remainder, which in your shopping today was 35p, and use it when you’ve accumulated enough to purchase the essentials.
*Cries in Canadian*. My partner and I do a very similar food shop every week. Usually we get some sparkling water and maybe a few more snacks. It costs us around $100.
Can you even get out of the store without spending $100 now? It’s ridiculous how much profit they are making and then say they are freezing prices for our benefit. They freeze their supplier max prices around this time every year apparently. Aren’t we thankful to pay $10 for a block of butter?
I have seen so many people recently saying that M&S is actually quite affordable with some of their basic ranges so would be really curious to see a video there! Looking forward to seeing the next instalment when you cook up all the food you just bought :)
Surprisingly waitrose seems to have the absolute best range of dried legumes, for the lowest price anywhere i can find. They do bags of 500g for £1.20. We usually go once every couple of months and fill a trolley with dried beans and lentils. The 10 bean mix is our favorite.
Cost of living has gotten out of control in Boston - I was in Target the other day and it was $2.29 for a SINGLE apple (approx 1.95 in pounds sterling!) - I can't wait to get home to get as much produce in my system as poss!!
I love seeing grocery hauls from other countries. Groceries in the UK seem much cheaper than in New Zealand. For example one aubergine is often $5-$6 (nzd) a cucumber $4 and in the winter tomatoes were $19 per kg.
Being French but having lived in the UK and Rep of Ireland for years, I am always amazed by the vegan options in grocery stores there. We really don't have that in France or not as much, you guys are so lucky
That’s so true, in France we are always a bit behind so there are less vegan options in stores and it is so much more expensive. But now I live in the US and have learnt that the US is even more expensive 🫠
another tip: when comparing prices don't only compare price per kilo but also price per 100 calories for goods that aren't the same. for example when deciding between pasta or rice.
Gosh I just read so many comments about the costs of living and it is so scary! That being said, thank you Maddie for keeping it real and doing these kinds of videos. I’ve been finding it hard to watch other influencer’s videos that do hauls or shopping as if nothing is going on? I’m not judging them I’m sure we don’t always get the full picture but I do like that you actually address these things and remain creative and share your journey with us. It’s super helpful and down to earth! I do love the fun content though but I just wanted to say thank you for always keeping it balanced for your different audiences ❤
try repotting herbs in multiple containers, some don’t like being cramped in the nursery pot. you can root some herbs in water by taking a cutting, if you need more
Never found tofu at Aldi unfortunately and they seemed to have stopped selling both dry green and red lentils. I don’t think they usually sell bread flour either - often do have it on the specials aisle but very difficult to plan for! Love these videos - looking forward to seeing what you cook this week!
I think Aldi UK is even cheaper than in Germany! Can't get over the lady judging you in the background when you interrogated the tomatoes LOL. Great video, also loved the follow-up video with the recipes!
Thank you so much for bringing the series back! I hope you do Lidl next because that is the shop I buy most of my groceries from. I life in Germany and some of the things you have in the UK aren’t available over here. And your cooking is different from ours. But your videos give a lot of ideas. Thank you!
This is really great, some great advice! I have a tip though, as a baker I can tell you that buying the cheapest carb options (pasta, bread, noodles, etc) they have used the worst quality flour to make those products, hence why they can sell them so cheaply. It's a far greater option to buy a bag of decent quality flour (maybe £2-£3, not wholegrain unless you know what you're doing with it) that will last a couple of weeks and can be used to make these things in batches. ALDI and Lidl notoriously use low quality ingredients for anything that isn't fresh produce, so I try to make it myself whenever I can!
It's tricky. People don't know what they're doing, and it costs to use energy etc. If people fuck up the recipe they've wasted their time and money then. But I'd love a recipe If you had one. It's just a thought
Another awesome budget video Madeleine. The nearest store to me is a Lidl and I have done a weekly shop for £13.88. I don't have to buy brown onions because I have some left that I grew myself. I also don't need leeks for the same reason. I have never found tofu in Lidl & Aldi but do find lentils in Lidl. Love 🥰 the video and love 💕 Madeleine.
Wow, £0.58 on the head of lettuce!!! -- last week here in Ontario, Canada, a head of lettuce even smaller than this one was $6 CAD, which is roughly £3.83!
fyi, protein is assembled/created by our bodies, based on the amino acids in the food, which is why beans and rice (brown) is a perfect food combination.
I LOVE this series so much! Holy moly. I went to get breakfast sausage (vegan) yesterday and the Morning Star was $7.99. I don’t buy it often at all but sometimes I just like a big breakfast on a weekend. I need to check out Aldi’s and Lidl too. They just aren’t as close, but it’s getting crazy in the world.
I'm actually SHOCKED at the prices of these things! It seems so much more affordable than here in the US. I don't have an Aldi anywhere near me at all but I've NEVER seen a store sell "WONKY" vegs either! I think that awesome and I'd go for these all the time if the price was right! I really enjoyed this video! Getting to see the selection and cost of things was very eye opening! Thanks for sharing!
Aldi in the US does sell tofu. They typically have plain extra firm tofu and occasionally marinated tofu. At least at my Aldi. And in the US, one of the cheapest possible veggies you can get at Aldi is cabbage. They are also selling butternut, spaghetti, and acorn squash for very cheap right now.
I’m in the US and often during the pandemic the vegan sections were constantly out of or low on foods that use to be consistently stocked (meat and dairy alternatives). It started to get better during end of 2O21 but once inflation hit, “supply chain” news stories etc it rapidly dropped back down. Now being almost out of everything vegan has become a new normal. Shopping has turned into a “let’s see what they have” adventure farther then choosing/ deciding which vegan brand you like best.
New subscriber from the USA. Amazed at the difference in food prices but a reminder that I need to check out my local ALDIs to compare prices to the other stores we go to! You really got so much at a great price!
Can I just say, I shop at Aldi regular and that shop you've just done Madeleine is blooming brilliant. Ever thought about becoming a personal shopper for us poor. 🤣. 🥰🥰🐾
The plastic situation was one reason why I switched to Lidl instead of Aldi, Lidl do a lot more loose items and also have compostable bags for the fresh goods, plus they have nuts in bulk (no packaging) on top of that they do sell red lentils, tofu and have there own vegan cheese range which is more affordable than most…. But the best part is there rewards app, you get free items, deals on products and money off on your next shop, which aldi have yet to do.
I am really looking forward to this group of videos. I live in the US with a family of seven and we are whole food plant based, we shop at Aldi, Lidl, and another local grocery store. I really enjoy shopping for 2-3 weeks at a time. Its a bit crazy in the amount because of our size family but we have a stocked home. We have learned what lasts and what needs to be used up. Please do share the recipes and all. I am curious about snacks and all the little bits. This would be nice to see a 4-6 week trail of this. I have noticed that we have learned a lot when we try something like this for a month or more. Thanks so much for your time and ideas!!!
Wow, your ALDIs are so much bigger than the ones in the states! All the ones I've been to on this side of the pond are half the size and a lot less options. I've never seen any kind of flour besides AP and definitely not fresh herbs!
My wife and I plus two dogs live on less than £150/month for all food and consumables. We basically live on loads of boiled root vegetables, rolled oats, nuts, seeds, rice, beans, pulses, fruit and greens. We make our own bread. It would be cheaper if we didn't buy chicken thighs for the dogs. We don't buy processed vegan products like fake meatballs etc. The best deal at Aldi for vegans at the moment is probably 1kg peanut butter tubs for £3.99. Hope this helps.
Try and find your local international shop. You can get like 1 litre of dried lentils for about a quid. And huge quantities of herbs and spices. So much cheaper that way.
I am forever fascinated by these videos. That amount of food could be around $150 where I live, even being careful like in this video. It’s very inspiring to see ways to be more and more budget conscious! Thanks for the video! 💛🧡❤️♥️
Great video Madeleine! Nearest shops for me are Lidl and Tesco. If you are on the budget, Lidl have a veg and fruit box 'reduced but still fresh' for £1.50. You can find different fruits and vegetables in really good condition, if you won't use everything you can freeze them. The staff usually put them by the cashier early in the morning. I recently got two in different times, and was really happy with them.
My Aldi in the US has tofu, its $1.74 a block. It also sells vegan cheese for $3.50 a bag The only flour they sell is bleached, I prefer unbleached but I buy it at Adli if I don't want to go to another store.
Coriander tip: you can sow them in several pots from August onwards and they can survive the autumn outside, even mild winter in green house if you only harvest leaves. You can also sow them in spring if it’s a slow to bolt variety, or you can enjoy coriander flowers or green seeds.
The budget supermarkets have really upped their vegan game. I get a lot of bits at both Aldi & Lidl. Made me laugh at 07.14 that they have a specially made 'do not stand on the glass topped freezer' warning picture!
Every store normally has specific days and times of day that they reduce stuff at that is about to go bad or go over the sell by date - a lot of stores do it daily with certain parts of their stuff (like veggies or meat for example). Some stores will tell you when those days and times of day are, others will not. Just ask - they can't say more then no. If you notice when those days are, take advantage of that. It a) helps your budget and b) is great for the environment because it helps to reduce waste over all. BUT you never know what will be reduced which obvs makes it difficult to plan around.
I can only wish that our prices in America was low as your prices there! Absolutely loving this video haul for your groceries and we have an Aldi, I have one a few blocks from my house, but the prices aren’t nowhere near that low lol thank you so much for doing these types of videos. They really do help. I have a prepper pantry downstairs, so I’m pulling off my shelves to help lower my grocery bill here in America. Can’t wait to move back to Europe in the future. 5:19
So odd that they don't had tofu, I thought aldi in the UK had way more vegan options but in Germany they have sold tofu for years! Concerning protein, you could just add some sort of legume to the stir fry like peas, or make some kind of meatballs out of seeds/quinoa/legumes. Recently gotten into drying all edible seeds of veg I use and adding them to stir frys, soups (pumpkin seeds for example) just as an idea. Great video idea at this point!
I live on Long Island in the US. My mouth is dropped open at how affordable food is where you are. We are 2 of the most expensive counties in the states to li e in. Might be time to consider a move.
Well done with your Aldi Food shop. I’m not vegan myself however I didn’t realise how much variety for vegan food there is. £12 for food shop is very impressive.
Hi Maddie, so excited this series is coming back!! I love it! Can I request a video where you look into buying surplus? I get most of my food via Olio and Too Good to Go (also Lidl £1.50 boxes sometimes and there is a surplus supermarket near me in Notts so I'm very lucky!) and it's not only really reduced my food bill, it's also a really good way to shop ethically and rescue produce that would otherwise gp to waste. (I'm also vegan like you by the way!) I don't know if Olio and TGTG are big near where you are (sadly it can sometimes be a bit of a lottery to get good produce) but might be worth a try!
When you did these vlogs yrs ago, it's what made me join your channel. So glad I did. yeah aldi have never sold tofu. Thier freezer section is really good, when they can be bothered.
So many people saying Aldi have never sold tofu but i’ve 100% bought it from there before, it was in January so i think that’s the only time they do it, my aldi still does lentils… maybe it depends where you are or what stock they had?? Love these videos I watch the old ones all the time! ❤
Some large supermarkets recycle soft plastics like the packaging for the veg/crisps/bread. It tells you on the packet if you can, my local tesco has a massive bin for it at the entrance of the store. Obviously best to avoid it but if it isn't possible it is an option.
I realise food is soaring everywhere but your prices are so so so much cheaper than here in Australia. I’m actually blown away at how cheap everything is. Even before this cost of living crisis our prices were so much more expensive than these prices in this video. Especially fresh fruit and veg but everything in this video. And plant milk omg less than half what I have to pay for soy milk. Please all people in the UK appreciate just how cheap your food actually is 😊
I live in the states and we have both dried lentils and tofu. It’s crazy to see the difference in things you have verses what is sold here. VERY different on the amount of vegan items sold. We have a lot less in the premade vegan items.
I cannot believe how much more expensive food in Canada is. I live in BC, which has higher food prices than most provinces and this food would be at least $50. Probably more. Fresh produce and especially meat and cheese alternatives are very pricey here. I only buy them as a treat.
It's so interesting to see the difference between the uk aldi and the ones from germany where I'm from. We have a lot of loose veggies and fruit available. They don't specifically sell wonky veg though, at least in the ones I frequent (some other stores do though). I've also never seen an aldi with a self-checkout.
It's also so interesting to see the difference in Maddy's Aldi and mine (also in England)... She has a much bigger vegan and vegetarian section than I do! Luckily (?), I have a Morrisons just across the road from my Aldi, so go there to get what I couldn't find. And Sainsburys near work, so that's where I go for tofu.
Your bag of flour would cost $7.99 (CAD) at my local Canadian Foodland grocery store. The conversion is 5.11 GBP. Canadian food prices are off the charts.
This!!!! I just posted about the cost of groceries in Ontario and wanted to scroll through the comments to see if any Canadians commented. I bought an iceberg lettuce the other fay for $4.99.
@@sydneyvank3434 2 days ago, I purchased 5 full (reusable) bags of groceries at Sobeys. $300.00 (CAD), mostly produce (about 1/3 organic), about 5-6 processed items. Thankfully, I have a “comfortable” household income, but I really don’t know how most Canadians cope with the price of food. It’s insanity! I live in New Brunswick.
The price of 1 organic tomato is more than $1.00 (CAD)!!!!!! Not much cheaper for a non organic. The only affordable vegetables are carrots and potatoes. Fruit is unaffordable for the vast majority.
Really enjoyed your previous series so seeing an update is so interesting- you put in so much work to these videos. Honestly can't believe the price of some things these days. Can't wait to see the next video :)
I just tried to replicate this shop in my local store. It would be 43 punds.. You are lucky that inflation hasn't hid as hard in England as in Denmark! I still love your videos though :)
oh man all of that at Aldi in Australia would be double the price! Looks like they have such a great array of vegan options though, cool to see a different countries offerings 😍
I’ve missed these videos so much! Will plead guilty that I unsubscribed a while back once I realised they weren’t much of s thing anymore and then I found your TikTok showing what you got in this shop and im subscribed again. I spend ages looking for well done, U.K. based veggie/vegan budget shop videos and I’m having to rewatch content from ages ago 🤣 please keep this as a semi regular thing 🥰
Joining everyone else in the comment section because HOLY CRAP how cheap food is over there! Although the money spent is different over in my neck of the woods, I’m still happy to watch these since similar items are cheapest anyway. So I’m glad to get inspiration for recipes 😊
So pleased 😌 to see your budget series back. I think 🤔 it would be great to see a gluten free one also avoiding white starch foods which cause mega bloat xxx one of your first ever watchers x amazing to see the grow in your channel xxx
I think asda or tesco superstore would work better as they would have all the options Included dried lentils. Tesco do aldi price match as well on fruit, veg, pasta etc.
In Ireland Aldi sell 400g plain blocks of tofu or 180g packets of curried tofu strips quite often but not all the time. Always have dried red and green lentils. Not sure about bread flour
My locals are aldi and right opposite is morrisons, I get almost everything I can in aldi as its so much cheaper, the only things I have to buy in morrisons are tofu and cheese as aldi as far as I know has never sold tofu and aldi near me in Ormskirk doesn't sell vegan cheese.
I've never been able to get tofu in Aldi. However, Lidl is usually pretty good for tofu. Tesco is actually the cheapest place to get tofu at the moment. The Cauldron brand is about £2 for 400g (ish). Cheapest I've found.
I really like this kind of video with creative cooking on a budget (like AtomicShrimp). I would, however, like to see the concept of seasonality addressed; not everything is in season all the year round (depending on where you live obvs), e.g. I don't buy tomatoes in the winter because they don't taste of anything, being out of season... We are lucky that where I live we have not yet reached the point of strawberries in December (season is May/June) and prices reflect that, too. For instance, locally grown oats have been off the shelves for a while but now the harvest has gone through, they are back and I'm not being offered oats from 1000s of km away, yay. This is something that the Too Good to Go people do well, reminding us of what is in season at what time, there are plenty of tables available online showing that, too. TGTG is a great app, btw, in many countries.
$1.18 to the pound right now. You spent $27.91 USD. THAT'S CHEAP. In Walmart which is the closest cheapest grocery store around here, everything you bought would have cost at least $75 USD, or 61.50 pounds. As an example we bought 8oz vegan beef strips for $7.75 USD or 6.35 pounds. 5lb of all purpose flour here cost $4.25 USD or 3.57 pounds. A head of organic iceberg lettuce is $3.87, and a tin of organic chickpeas is $1.43.
I’ve never seen tofu in Aldi! Also a top bread tip - we never buy bread anymore but instead get it from the olio app where it’s free. It would be great to see you try and use the app to make meals!
I live in Spain and I am pretty amazed of how cheap the vegan products like meatballs and similar are in England. Here the same bag of meatballs ( also keeping in mind that there are much less vegan products) might cost almost 4e.
I was going to say what so many other people have said about your grocery prices being so much less than ours in the US. (Even Aldi US prices are much higher than Aldi UK.) What also strikes me is that Aldi in the UK has so many more items than Aldi US does. Our selection is quite limited in comparison. (However, we do have tofu at my Aldi.😊) The other difference I’ve noticed is that you have even more unnecessary packaging than we do. Strange to see that because I hear more people in the UK and continental Europe talk more about the environment than people in the US do. Sad to say. Anyway, I enjoyed the video, thank you!
German Aldi has tofu and it's my fav because it's relatively cheap for how much comes in one package and I prefer the flavor even over much of the handcrafted tofu from local manufacturers. I hope UK Aldi does have it in general or gets it some day because I adore it and it's consistently sold out pretty fast in my aldi. Totally forgot to say I love this series and I'll keep watching it as long as you make it. And you look great lately, you're glowing! I'm so happy the channel has grown but that you're still making the videos I originally subbed for too. Right now they're a lifesaver.
Every time I watch your food shopping videos I realize how much more food costs in the states. Even when you’ve done organic food shops, it’s been vastly cheaper there than it is here. It seems like we pay twice as much over here. Though it also varies state to state.
For example, you were standing near those vegan meat alternatives and the shelf tag read £1.25. That’s $1.47 in US currency. A product like that in the US would likely run between $3.00 to $8.00 depending where you live and shop.
Yes, exactly!! We usually never have that type of selection of vegan meats either at Aldi’s.
@@MsIdgie1 I feel like the amount of food they got (for just under £25/$29) would cost around $50 to $100 in the US.
@@KiraHelenRose yes, at least $50. Our vegan meats and cheese is so much pricier! I wonder how much they pay for Violife. It’s usually $4-6 here.
@@MsIdgie1 Depends but around £2-3.50p
Lmao the woman’s face at like 4:43! She’s just like what are you doing? Hahaha Thanks for the tips and tricks Maddie !
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know, the look on her face made me lol 😂
Great to do a cost of living update.
Aldi stopped selling dried lentils. They used to but I've not seen for months.
Aldi have never sold tofu - but Lidl have recently started selling a massive block of organic tofu for £1.99! (It's in the bit with the hummus, plant burgers etc)
Ooh good to know
I find this interesting because where I live in the US aldi does sell tofu.
@@mckaylaschulke I think it varies by location. Some of the Aldi locations near me have tofu while others don't. I'm also US based.
the US aldi does have tofu usually although it’s often flavored already like teriyaki or bbq flavored
I've seen Clearspring silken tofu a few times in the middle aisle at Aldi, and stocked up!
Here’s an idea for paying for the essentials such as oil. When your shopping comes under the amount you budgeted, you save the remainder, which in your shopping today was 35p, and use it when you’ve accumulated enough to purchase the essentials.
*Cries in Canadian*. My partner and I do a very similar food shop every week. Usually we get some sparkling water and maybe a few more snacks. It costs us around $100.
Can you even get out of the store without spending $100 now? It’s ridiculous how much profit they are making and then say they are freezing prices for our benefit. They freeze their supplier max prices around this time every year apparently. Aren’t we thankful to pay $10 for a block of butter?
It's so awful! I'm buying so much less fresh fruit and veg because it's so expensive. It's infuriating.
I have seen so many people recently saying that M&S is actually quite affordable with some of their basic ranges so would be really curious to see a video there! Looking forward to seeing the next instalment when you cook up all the food you just bought :)
Don't reply!!! SCAMMERS..😠😠😠
I just saw that M&S chopped tomatoes are 55p so cheaper than some of the budget supermarkets
Surprisingly waitrose seems to have the absolute best range of dried legumes, for the lowest price anywhere i can find. They do bags of 500g for £1.20. We usually go once every couple of months and fill a trolley with dried beans and lentils. The 10 bean mix is our favorite.
Cost of living has gotten out of control in Boston - I was in Target the other day and it was $2.29 for a SINGLE apple (approx 1.95 in pounds sterling!) - I can't wait to get home to get as much produce in my system as poss!!
I love seeing grocery hauls from other countries. Groceries in the UK seem much cheaper than in New Zealand. For example one aubergine is often $5-$6 (nzd) a cucumber $4 and in the winter tomatoes were $19 per kg.
😱 do you have regional alternatives?
Being French but having lived in the UK and Rep of Ireland for years, I am always amazed by the vegan options in grocery stores there. We really don't have that in France or not as much, you guys are so lucky
That’s so true, in France we are always a bit behind so there are less vegan options in stores and it is so much more expensive. But now I live in the US and have learnt that the US is even more expensive 🫠
another tip:
when comparing prices don't only compare price per kilo but also price per 100 calories for goods that aren't the same.
for example when deciding between pasta or rice.
Gosh I just read so many comments about the costs of living and it is so scary!
That being said, thank you Maddie for keeping it real and doing these kinds of videos. I’ve been finding it hard to watch other influencer’s videos that do hauls or shopping as if nothing is going on? I’m not judging them I’m sure we don’t always get the full picture but I do like that you actually address these things and remain creative and share your journey with us. It’s super helpful and down to earth! I do love the fun content though but I just wanted to say thank you for always keeping it balanced for your different audiences ❤
try repotting herbs in multiple containers, some don’t like being cramped in the nursery pot. you can root some herbs in water by taking a cutting, if you need more
Never found tofu at Aldi unfortunately and they seemed to have stopped selling both dry green and red lentils. I don’t think they usually sell bread flour either - often do have it on the specials aisle but very difficult to plan for! Love these videos - looking forward to seeing what you cook this week!
Yes same here I’ve never seen firm Tofu in Aldi they should defo get this sorted. Occasionally they have silken tofu in a Tetra pack in Jan x
I think Aldi UK is even cheaper than in Germany! Can't get over the lady judging you in the background when you interrogated the tomatoes LOL. Great video, also loved the follow-up video with the recipes!
Homemade Burmese tofu has been my solution so far to the lack of tofu sold in Aldi! It's worked wonderfully! :)
Thank you so much for bringing the series back! I hope you do Lidl next because that is the shop I buy most of my groceries from. I life in Germany and some of the things you have in the UK aren’t available over here. And your cooking is different from ours. But your videos give a lot of ideas. Thank you!
This is really great, some great advice! I have a tip though, as a baker I can tell you that buying the cheapest carb options (pasta, bread, noodles, etc) they have used the worst quality flour to make those products, hence why they can sell them so cheaply. It's a far greater option to buy a bag of decent quality flour (maybe £2-£3, not wholegrain unless you know what you're doing with it) that will last a couple of weeks and can be used to make these things in batches. ALDI and Lidl notoriously use low quality ingredients for anything that isn't fresh produce, so I try to make it myself whenever I can!
It's tricky. People don't know what they're doing, and it costs to use energy etc. If people fuck up the recipe they've wasted their time and money then. But I'd love a recipe If you had one. It's just a thought
Another awesome budget video Madeleine. The nearest store to me is a Lidl and I have done a weekly shop for £13.88. I don't have to buy brown onions because I have some left that I grew myself. I also don't need leeks for the same reason. I have never found tofu in Lidl & Aldi but do find lentils in Lidl. Love 🥰 the video and love 💕 Madeleine.
Also you can regrow spring onions, just pop the root in a jar of water and it'll regrow for a long time if you change the water every week or so ☺
Wow, £0.58 on the head of lettuce!!! -- last week here in Ontario, Canada, a head of lettuce even smaller than this one was $6 CAD, which is roughly £3.83!
That is nuts!!!!
Even cheaper for packaged grains, rice, produce is Asian markets/shops.
And a great chance to try new foods. And the choice of flours is the best.
fyi, protein is assembled/created by our bodies, based on the amino acids in the food, which is why beans and rice (brown) is a perfect food combination.
I LOVE this series so much! Holy moly. I went to get breakfast sausage (vegan) yesterday and the Morning Star was $7.99. I don’t buy it often at all but sometimes I just like a big breakfast on a weekend. I need to check out Aldi’s and Lidl too. They just aren’t as close, but it’s getting crazy in the world.
Annie’s organic cinnamon rolls in a can are $8.99 where I am…… I almost cried, and of course did not purchase them. 😢
@@sarahclutter7649 I didn’t buy the sausage either.
Idea: the Field Roast brand sausage is about $5-6 where I live.
That is insane!!!!! Jack and Annies has a breakfast sausage which might be cheaper?
I'm actually SHOCKED at the prices of these things! It seems so much more affordable than here in the US. I don't have an Aldi anywhere near me at all but I've NEVER seen a store sell "WONKY" vegs either! I think that awesome and I'd go for these all the time if the price was right!
I really enjoyed this video! Getting to see the selection and cost of things was very eye opening!
Thanks for sharing!
Aldi in the US does sell tofu. They typically have plain extra firm tofu and occasionally marinated tofu. At least at my Aldi. And in the US, one of the cheapest possible veggies you can get at Aldi is cabbage. They are also selling butternut, spaghetti, and acorn squash for very cheap right now.
I’m in the US and often during the pandemic the vegan sections were constantly out of or low on foods that use to be consistently stocked (meat and dairy alternatives).
It started to get better during end of 2O21 but once inflation hit, “supply chain” news stories etc it rapidly dropped back down. Now being almost out of everything vegan has become a new normal. Shopping has turned into a “let’s see what they have” adventure farther then choosing/ deciding which vegan brand you like best.
New subscriber from the USA. Amazed at the difference in food prices but a reminder that I need to check out my local ALDIs to compare prices to the other stores we go to! You really got so much at a great price!
Can I just say, I shop at Aldi regular and that shop you've just done Madeleine is blooming brilliant. Ever thought about becoming a personal shopper for us poor. 🤣. 🥰🥰🐾
The plastic situation was one reason why I switched to Lidl instead of Aldi, Lidl do a lot more loose items and also have compostable bags for the fresh goods, plus they have nuts in bulk (no packaging) on top of that they do sell red lentils, tofu and have there own vegan cheese range which is more affordable than most…. But the best part is there rewards app, you get free items, deals on products and money off on your next shop, which aldi have yet to do.
I watched the older videos of this series and I loved it please keep this up ❤️💗!!
My favorite series!! 🎉
I am really looking forward to this group of videos. I live in the US with a family of seven and we are whole food plant based, we shop at Aldi, Lidl, and another local grocery store. I really enjoy shopping for 2-3 weeks at a time. Its a bit crazy in the amount because of our size family but we have a stocked home. We have learned what lasts and what needs to be used up. Please do share the recipes and all. I am curious about snacks and all the little bits. This would be nice to see a 4-6 week trail of this. I have noticed that we have learned a lot when we try something like this for a month or more. Thanks so much for your time and ideas!!!
Wow, your ALDIs are so much bigger than the ones in the states! All the ones I've been to on this side of the pond are half the size and a lot less options. I've never seen any kind of flour besides AP and definitely not fresh herbs!
My wife and I plus two dogs live on less than £150/month for all food and consumables. We basically live on loads of boiled root vegetables, rolled oats, nuts, seeds, rice, beans, pulses, fruit and greens. We make our own bread. It would be cheaper if we didn't buy chicken thighs for the dogs. We don't buy processed vegan products like fake meatballs etc. The best deal at Aldi for vegans at the moment is probably 1kg peanut butter tubs for £3.99. Hope this helps.
Try and find your local international shop. You can get like 1 litre of dried lentils for about a quid. And huge quantities of herbs and spices. So much cheaper that way.
Good budget meal is roasted aubergine with a black eyed bean in chopped tomato sauce on top. Pair with rice works perfect. 😊 great video!!
Yeah!!!!! So happy to see you and this video!
Great video Madeleine, I struggle with Aldi because they often don't have a lot things as you found. I look forward to seeing what you make.
I am forever fascinated by these videos. That amount of food could be around $150 where I live, even being careful like in this video. It’s very inspiring to see ways to be more and more budget conscious! Thanks for the video! 💛🧡❤️♥️
Great video Madeleine!
Nearest shops for me are Lidl and Tesco. If you are on the budget, Lidl have a veg and fruit box 'reduced but still fresh' for £1.50. You can find different fruits and vegetables in really good condition, if you won't use everything you can freeze them. The staff usually put them by the cashier early in the morning. I recently got two in different times, and was really happy with them.
That lady behind you in the tinned tomato section realised she shouldve been checking the ingredients for sure
My Aldi in the US has tofu, its $1.74 a block. It also sells vegan cheese for $3.50 a bag The only flour they sell is bleached, I prefer unbleached but I buy it at Adli if I don't want to go to another store.
thankyouuu for these!!! trying show my parents that being vegan during the cost of living crisis is not too hard
75p for those herb pots!!! They are at least $2.99 at my local store! Food prices in the US are so much higher.
Coriander tip: you can sow them in several pots from August onwards and they can survive the autumn outside, even mild winter in green house if you only harvest leaves. You can also sow them in spring if it’s a slow to bolt variety, or you can enjoy coriander flowers or green seeds.
The budget supermarkets have really upped their vegan game. I get a lot of bits at both Aldi & Lidl. Made me laugh at 07.14 that they have a specially made 'do not stand on the glass topped freezer' warning picture!
Every store normally has specific days and times of day that they reduce stuff at that is about to go bad or go over the sell by date - a lot of stores do it daily with certain parts of their stuff (like veggies or meat for example). Some stores will tell you when those days and times of day are, others will not. Just ask - they can't say more then no. If you notice when those days are, take advantage of that. It a) helps your budget and b) is great for the environment because it helps to reduce waste over all. BUT you never know what will be reduced which obvs makes it difficult to plan around.
i really enjoyed the series the last time you did it! glad it’s back :)
Im just starting to try eat more plants and your videos are really helping! Amazing when i looked at this video and we go to the same aldi!
I can only wish that our prices in America was low as your prices there! Absolutely loving this video haul for your groceries and we have an Aldi, I have one a few blocks from my house, but the prices aren’t nowhere near that low lol thank you so much for doing these types of videos. They really do help. I have a prepper pantry downstairs, so I’m pulling off my shelves to help lower my grocery bill here in America. Can’t wait to move back to Europe in the future. 5:19
I like these videos and having Alex in them too. Look forward to watching the recipes.
So odd that they don't had tofu, I thought aldi in the UK had way more vegan options but in Germany they have sold tofu for years! Concerning protein, you could just add some sort of legume to the stir fry like peas, or make some kind of meatballs out of seeds/quinoa/legumes. Recently gotten into drying all edible seeds of veg I use and adding them to stir frys, soups (pumpkin seeds for example) just as an idea. Great video idea at this point!
Wow so affordable! At my local grocery store, in New England, USA what you bought would probably be close to $100!!
Loved and missed the budget shopping videos. Thanks for bringing them back, can't wait to see what's cooking.
I live on Long Island in the US. My mouth is dropped open at how affordable food is where you are. We are 2 of the most expensive counties in the states to li e in. Might be time to consider a move.
In my country. both Lidl and Aldi (which is called Hofer here) sell tofu. And Lidl also has seitan. Aldi's one is a local product, though.
Amazing tips very helpful and thank you budget meal ideas thanks 😊
Well done with your Aldi Food shop. I’m not vegan myself however I didn’t realise how much variety for vegan food there is. £12 for food shop is very impressive.
Hi Maddie, so excited this series is coming back!! I love it! Can I request a video where you look into buying surplus? I get most of my food via Olio and Too Good to Go (also Lidl £1.50 boxes sometimes and there is a surplus supermarket near me in Notts so I'm very lucky!) and it's not only really reduced my food bill, it's also a really good way to shop ethically and rescue produce that would otherwise gp to waste. (I'm also vegan like you by the way!) I don't know if Olio and TGTG are big near where you are (sadly it can sometimes be a bit of a lottery to get good produce) but might be worth a try!
When you did these vlogs yrs ago, it's what made me join your channel. So glad I did. yeah aldi have never sold tofu. Thier freezer section is really good, when they can be bothered.
So many people saying Aldi have never sold tofu but i’ve 100% bought it from there before, it was in January so i think that’s the only time they do it, my aldi still does lentils… maybe it depends where you are or what stock they had??
Love these videos I watch the old ones all the time! ❤
I’d like to see a video buying exactly what you want and really quality items.
Some large supermarkets recycle soft plastics like the packaging for the veg/crisps/bread. It tells you on the packet if you can, my local tesco has a massive bin for it at the entrance of the store. Obviously best to avoid it but if it isn't possible it is an option.
I realise food is soaring everywhere but your prices are so so so much cheaper than here in Australia. I’m actually blown away at how cheap everything is. Even before this cost of living crisis our prices were so much more expensive than these prices in this video. Especially fresh fruit and veg but everything in this video. And plant milk omg less than half what I have to pay for soy milk. Please all people in the UK appreciate just how cheap your food actually is 😊
I live in the states and we have both dried lentils and tofu. It’s crazy to see the difference in things you have verses what is sold here. VERY different on the amount of vegan items sold. We have a lot less in the premade vegan items.
Same - I’m just north of Atlanta and we usually have tofu at Aldi but most vegan specialty items are hit or miss.
I cannot believe how much more expensive food in Canada is. I live in BC, which has higher food prices than most provinces and this food would be at least $50. Probably more. Fresh produce and especially meat and cheese alternatives are very pricey here. I only buy them as a treat.
Really like the video and glad you commented that Aldi don’t sell loose vegetables and everything is in plastic 😊
It's so interesting to see the difference between the uk aldi and the ones from germany where I'm from. We have a lot of loose veggies and fruit available. They don't specifically sell wonky veg though, at least in the ones I frequent (some other stores do though). I've also never seen an aldi with a self-checkout.
It's also so interesting to see the difference in Maddy's Aldi and mine (also in England)... She has a much bigger vegan and vegetarian section than I do! Luckily (?), I have a Morrisons just across the road from my Aldi, so go there to get what I couldn't find. And Sainsburys near work, so that's where I go for tofu.
Your bag of flour would cost $7.99 (CAD) at my local Canadian Foodland grocery store. The conversion is 5.11 GBP. Canadian food prices are off the charts.
This!!!! I just posted about the cost of groceries in Ontario and wanted to scroll through the comments to see if any Canadians commented. I bought an iceberg lettuce the other fay for $4.99.
@@sydneyvank3434 2 days ago, I purchased 5 full (reusable) bags of groceries at Sobeys. $300.00 (CAD), mostly produce (about 1/3 organic), about 5-6 processed items. Thankfully, I have a “comfortable” household income, but I really don’t know how most Canadians cope with the price of food. It’s insanity! I live in New Brunswick.
The price of 1 organic tomato is more than $1.00 (CAD)!!!!!! Not much cheaper for a non organic. The only affordable vegetables are carrots and potatoes. Fruit is unaffordable for the vast majority.
our milk every week here in New Zealand comes to $20 (they are about $3.50-$4 each!)
That would be about $30 USD. Wow! Groceries are so much cheaper in the UK than here in the US!
And infinitely cheaper than groceries in Canada. The only affordable food in Canada currently are dried beans, lentils, and carrots.
In Germany we have Tofu at Aldi Nord but Aldi is kinda different here 😅
Off topic, but you look amazing! Thank you for such a real video
Really enjoyed your previous series so seeing an update is so interesting- you put in so much work to these videos. Honestly can't believe the price of some things these days. Can't wait to see the next video :)
I just tried to replicate this shop in my local store. It would be 43 punds.. You are lucky that inflation hasn't hid as hard in England as in Denmark! I still love your videos though :)
oh man all of that at Aldi in Australia would be double the price! Looks like they have such a great array of vegan options though, cool to see a different countries offerings 😍
I’ve missed these videos so much! Will plead guilty that I unsubscribed a while back once I realised they weren’t much of s thing anymore and then I found your TikTok showing what you got in this shop and im subscribed again. I spend ages looking for well done, U.K. based veggie/vegan budget shop videos and I’m having to rewatch content from ages ago 🤣 please keep this as a semi regular thing 🥰
Joining everyone else in the comment section because HOLY CRAP how cheap food is over there! Although the money spent is different over in my neck of the woods, I’m still happy to watch these since similar items are cheapest anyway. So I’m glad to get inspiration for recipes 😊
So pleased 😌 to see your budget series back. I think 🤔 it would be great to see a gluten free one also avoiding white starch foods which cause mega bloat xxx one of your first ever watchers x amazing to see the grow in your channel xxx
I think asda or tesco superstore would work better as they would have all the options Included dried lentils. Tesco do aldi price match as well on fruit, veg, pasta etc.
Here in Spain they have both regular and smoked tofu as well as dried and cooked lentils (in jar), all from the GutBio
brand.
In Ireland Aldi sell 400g plain blocks of tofu or 180g packets of curried tofu strips quite often but not all the time. Always have dried red and green lentils. Not sure about bread flour
My locals are aldi and right opposite is morrisons, I get almost everything I can in aldi as its so much cheaper, the only things I have to buy in morrisons are tofu and cheese as aldi as far as I know has never sold tofu and aldi near me in Ormskirk doesn't sell vegan cheese.
Love ur videos always 💝
My local Aldi in NW London sells cauldron regular tofu 🤞🏾it becomes more common nation wide
I'm looking forward to the rest of the series. Once finished a video about what basics are good to build up for the pantry might be really awesome :-)
I've never been able to get tofu in Aldi. However, Lidl is usually pretty good for tofu. Tesco is actually the cheapest place to get tofu at the moment. The Cauldron brand is about £2 for 400g (ish). Cheapest I've found.
I really like this kind of video with creative cooking on a budget (like AtomicShrimp).
I would, however, like to see the concept of seasonality addressed; not everything is in season all the year round (depending on where you live obvs), e.g. I don't buy tomatoes in the winter because they don't taste of anything, being out of season... We are lucky that where I live we have not yet reached the point of strawberries in December (season is May/June) and prices reflect that, too. For instance, locally grown oats have been off the shelves for a while but now the harvest has gone through, they are back and I'm not being offered oats from 1000s of km away, yay.
This is something that the Too Good to Go people do well, reminding us of what is in season at what time, there are plenty of tables available online showing that, too. TGTG is a great app, btw, in many countries.
Your make up looks absolutely insane! What have you done differently? ITS STUNNING! 😍🤩
I was literally just re-watching your last grocery shop yesterday and thinking a new one would be really useful!! Thank you brilliant video!
$1.18 to the pound right now. You spent $27.91 USD. THAT'S CHEAP. In Walmart which is the closest cheapest grocery store around here, everything you bought would have cost at least $75 USD, or 61.50 pounds. As an example we bought 8oz vegan beef strips for $7.75 USD or 6.35 pounds. 5lb of all purpose flour here cost $4.25 USD or 3.57 pounds. A head of organic iceberg lettuce is $3.87, and a tin of organic chickpeas is $1.43.
I’ve never seen tofu in Aldi! Also a top bread tip - we never buy bread anymore but instead get it from the olio app where it’s free. It would be great to see you try and use the app to make meals!
I live in Spain and I am pretty amazed of how cheap the vegan products like meatballs and similar are in England. Here the same bag of meatballs ( also keeping in mind that there are much less vegan products) might cost almost 4e.
Madeline have you written a vegan cookbook. I just love all you cook,and if so where can I purchase it. I absolutely love following your videos.
I have a vegan ebook linked in my description!
Haven't been on yt for a while and chuffed too see the return of this series! Also you are absolutely glowing!!! ❤️
I was going to say what so many other people have said about your grocery prices being so much less than ours in the US. (Even Aldi US prices are much higher than Aldi UK.) What also strikes me is that Aldi in the UK has so many more items than Aldi US does. Our selection is quite limited in comparison. (However, we do have tofu at my Aldi.😊) The other difference I’ve noticed is that you have even more unnecessary packaging than we do. Strange to see that because I hear more people in the UK and continental Europe talk more about the environment than people in the US do. Sad to say. Anyway, I enjoyed the video, thank you!
Dried lentils are usually where nuts and tried fruit are. Only tofu I've seen in Aldi is in silken tofu but when they do vegan january
German Aldi has tofu and it's my fav because it's relatively cheap for how much comes in one package and I prefer the flavor even over much of the handcrafted tofu from local manufacturers. I hope UK Aldi does have it in general or gets it some day because I adore it and it's consistently sold out pretty fast in my aldi.
Totally forgot to say I love this series and I'll keep watching it as long as you make it. And you look great lately, you're glowing! I'm so happy the channel has grown but that you're still making the videos I originally subbed for too. Right now they're a lifesaver.
We do the Aldi shop first, then go to Sains or Tesco to get the bits Aldi didn’t have. You save so much at Aldi!
I really enjoy watching grocery shopping vlogs :)