Aldi shopper left angry after $45 only got them eight items   

News.com.au
March 11, 2023

One supermarket shopper has been left feeling frustrated after $45 only got them eight items at the supermarket.

The shopper took to a local community group on social media to ask “what’s happening to Australia” after the bill.

Items included lamb chops, cat food, organic quinoa, bananas, almond milk, a 100 pack garbage bags that was listed as a Special Buys, chocolate, bananas and chickpeas.

Inflation is up 7.3 per cent in Australia, and wage growth is still hanging around the 3 per cent mark.   

Finder’s Parenting Report for 2023 tragically revealed that one-in-10 parents had to go without food at some point in the last year.

Many expressed outrage at how expensive groceries had become as the cost of living crisis grows worse in Australia


The $45 Aldi shop.
“Organic and almond milk won’t help,” one person commented, taking aim at the original poster’s choice in grocery items.

Another said: “And it’s Aldi, it would be more in IGA or Harris Farm.”

“We were just commenting on how much our Woolies bills had increased,” another send, pointing out it was an issue across the board.


“Working people are being priced out of their lives. I’m thankful every day that debt is a distant memory,” one said.

It comes after an image of a Woolworths shopper’s almost $80 grocery haul left fellow shoppers outraged, as the few items added up to a hefty bill.

The image, being circulated on Reddit, showed the Woolworths customer’s grocery items which included mince, wraps, burger buns, mineral water, cheese and rocket.

“$78.80 ‘shop’ at Woolworths today,” the image was captioned.

Social media users were equally outraged at the grocery bill, with one claiming “that is NOT OK” in response to the outrageous price of the food haul.

The $80 Woolies shop that was shared to Reddit

News.com.au journalist Mary Madigan recently went to Coles, Aldi and Woolworths with $50 to spend in each supermarket to see how far the money would stretch.

The shopping list included milk, butter, bread, eggs, Weetbix, pasta, pasta sauce, mince, cheese, strawberries, tomatoes, coffee and dishwasher tablets.

The reporter concluded that the clear winner was Aldi, where she got everything on her list for the winning price of $50.50.




Coles came in second at $52.85, as the budget couldn’t allow for her to get dishwasher tablets and mince.

Woolworths came in last., with the haul costing $50.90, and missing eggs, dishwasher tablets and mince.

Half the bill was probably for the lamb chops and the quinoa is about $7

The almond milk is only 1.8