Comment on Discussion Thread 🧹Friday 29 August 2025

• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  same, so many of my purchases are bulk on sale only

  for example, last week I bought 2 5kg bags of rice at half price

  even so my costs are through the roof

  after a discussion with husband we are shopping at aldi from now on, this should save at least $400 a month

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  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I’m done with Coles and woollies. That’s literally double what it was a couple of weeks ago.

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    • kudra@aus.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      @Gibsonhasafluffybutt @Seagoon_ I have just been thinking the last few shops that prices at Colesworths are getting truly beyond a fucking joke, they had been rising for a while but I'm legit getting sticker shock now. I already shop at Aldi about half the time, but Woolies is the only one with Paul's cream, and no other cream is as good. There's also a handful of things my child appears to need to live that I can't get from Aldi. So I'm stuck doing one shop a week at Woolies 😡

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not having good luck because the Aldis near me don’t have what I can eat. Either allergens are included so I can’t buy it, the item isn’t sold, or there’s no generic option.

        I do buy the Trimat unscented laundry sauce which I prefer and stock up on, the sunflower spread seems to be ok to eat, and the Prince deodorant roll on seems to be good. I am able to eat one or two of the lolly bags if I pay what they cost.

        But yeah due to unfortunately having different needs it’s awkward to try and shop there, a lot of my staples just aren’t covered

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• melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m kind of glad I went back to hand wash because the Earth Choice dish soap costs $2 a bottle compared to dishwasher detergents

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