Is Aldi that much cheaper? | British vs American groceries 2
Is Aldi cheaper in the US or the UK? Also is it that much cheaper than Sainsbos?
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35.10 GBP (Aldi UK shop) is the equivalent of working for 3.7 hours on the National Living Wage in the UK. $77.92 (Aldi US shop) is the equivalent of working for 10.7 hours on the Federal US National Wage. Even using California's minimum wage of $15 it is 5.2 hours of work to buy that "basket".
@830927mjki
Жыл бұрын
Thats a really good way of looking at it. Also horrifying
@fanfeck2844
Жыл бұрын
This is the information we needed
@charlotteinnocent8752
Жыл бұрын
Yeah VERY different state to state. Don't forget no one this side of the Atlantic has to buy health insurance and that is HUGE.
@shirleydanby4123
Жыл бұрын
Now this is that statistic people need to understand. Well done.
@830927mjki
Жыл бұрын
@@charlotteinnocent8752 I mean, technically we all pay National Insurance (NI). We treat it as a tax though really since that's pretty much how it works. It also actually works unlike US insurance. The stories I hear about 5+ figure US medical bills or 3-4 figure monthly prescriptions are scary. I pay £108.10 per year for my prescription. Wanna know how much I'd pay for 4 prescriptions? £108.10!
Excellent work. Crazy to realise how cheap the U.K. supermarkets are in general, or how much Americans don’t realise they’re being ripped off.
@dannymarie
Жыл бұрын
A lot of people(especially the poor/working class) do realize they're being ripped off, they just feel powerless to do anything about it.
@christywillis1707
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, if there aren't other options then it doesn't matter if you realize you're being ripped off.
@danapayne2654
Жыл бұрын
We're aware we're being ripped off but there's not a lot we can do. Our politicians should be required to wear their sponsorships on jackets and our elections are jokes, new candidates very rarely get enough name recognition to get to a general election. So laws and taxes are only for the poor while the rich continue to suck as much profit out of us as they can. We can't leave because that requires money we don't have and visa requirements for Americans are too much for most of us to meet. In the long term it means that eventually the rich are going to have a large angry group that has nothing left to lose. A large generally educated group with nothing left to lose. Eek.
@sunnya4310
Жыл бұрын
Companies are using inflation as an excuse to mark up prices at a rate higher than they normally would. They know they can get away with it too because of lack of regulation. My grocery cost has gone up by 30% in the last 3 months.
@Kyudos
Жыл бұрын
@@danapayne2654 Just need the media to change their terminology. If they consistently changed "lobbying" and "lobbyist" to "bribery" and "briber" and "campaign contribution" to "bribe" I'm sure there would be a groundswell demand for change in how DC runs the show...
Last year Sainsbury’s increased the price of some of their products to ‘price match’ Aldi. These were things they were selling cheaper and raised the price to the same as Aldi.
@nataliebutler
Жыл бұрын
I'd assumed they lowered the price to match Aldi!
@HF-tj8db
Жыл бұрын
Do you have any examples? I believe you, but that sounds insane!
@philwill0123
Жыл бұрын
@@HF-tj8db it makes sense. They are losing profit on items by dropping to match Aldi, but raising other prices. I remember a few years ago, Sainsbury's did Thier basics curry sauces for about 7-8p. In those blindfold taste tests newspapers did, the curry sauce got a best bargain buy of 4/5 on the test. Next day, price went up to 26p a jar. Now, that same basics curry is about 44p. They know people assume they are more expensive than Aldi. Deliberately going cheaper means they lose that. additional profit
@helennoble9587
Жыл бұрын
Raising? I’ve not seen this at all I’ve noticed decrease in Tesco price match a few items to Aldi but not the other
@eattherich9215
Жыл бұрын
@@helennoble9587: neither Sainsbury's nor Tesco's price match the things I typically buy in the discount stores. Curiously, though, Tesco's price for salmon is better than Aldi and Lidl.
I never paid much attention to how cheap things were in the UK until I moved to Korea and discovered I couldn't buy a mango without taking out a personal loan. The language class I was in ended up arguing with our teacher over whether or not $5 for 5 apples was expensive or cheap. In Korea it's cheap, in China, Vietnam and the UK it's daylight robbery lmao
@starryjeongyeon
Жыл бұрын
£1 per apple?! that's crazy...i can buy my usual 6-pack of gala apples for around £1.20
@taegiseoktrash8874
Жыл бұрын
I used to live in the UK and moved to HK and some of the groceries here are so freaking expensive, especially all the stuff Europeans like to eat LOL (milk, yoghurt, cheese omg) Also since you mentioned apples, I pay 25 HKD for 4 apples, which is roughly 0.80 usd per apple but these are the really big sweet apples, other type of apples have different prices
@PeterLawrey
Жыл бұрын
I recently bought the most expensive apples my local fruit store sells. 5 pink lady apples for £2.
@Thetom5000
Жыл бұрын
you can get 6 apples for like 60p in the UK lol
As someone who’s from Ukraine, I’m honestly shocked at how affordable groceries are in UK and Europe. Whenever I’d travel to Europe in recent years the prices never felt that different to those back home. I just made a comparison spreadsheet using Aldi UK prices from this video and Ukrainian items from one of the cheapest stores in the country (“АТБ”). The total came to be 1,15 times MORE EXPENSIVE IN UKRAINE. WOW.
@lorrefl7072
Жыл бұрын
Those prices in the Ukraine might be jacked up due the war art the moment. Although the prices of everything have gone up slightly here in Belgium since the Russian invasion I'm guessing your prices have gone up even more. I do hope you're safe where you are.
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
@@lorrefl7072 Nah, I'm from Belgium too and I hate to admit that we're definitely leaning more towards the US pricing for a lot of stuff... I'm a student and thus have to buy my own groceries (I buy off-brand items and always check prices) but it's still so expensive...
@0spidey1
Жыл бұрын
About the same experience comparing prices with those in Hungary...
@lorrefl7072
Жыл бұрын
@@myra0224 There must be regional differences then because I did the comp too with where I shop and my prices were comparable to the UK prices.
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
@@lorrefl7072 Nah, it's expensive where I live with my parents, it's expensive where I study (Both at the two opposites of the country in Flanders)
We left New Zealand 6 years ago and moved back to the UK. Out there I was horrified at poor wages and crazy high grocery prices. I did a similar comparison when we returned to the UK, a £36 shop here would have cost £92 $NZD
@elizabethnahu3422
Жыл бұрын
Yeah im from new zealand and amazed by these prices, grocery shopping here is so terrible rn. A block of tasty cheese from countdown is currently $20
@irdairda514
Жыл бұрын
Yeah shopping in NZ is so much worse now compared to 6 years ago.
@sroberts605
Жыл бұрын
@@irdairda514 Any idea why? These things seem so arbitrary. Obviously, smaller population, larger distance for things not grown there perhaps? But it's not that clear.
@fanfeck2844
Жыл бұрын
Be interesting to compare NZ lamb prices, as most of ours comes from there
@irdairda514
Жыл бұрын
@@sroberts605 even things grown/made here are expensive. Unlike in Europe, we can't just drive across the border to buy things (my relatives there do that all the time).
I think one reason the UK is so cheap is that there are so many supermarkets competing against eachother in such a small area (UK is the size, if not smaller, than many US states). Aldi and Lidl becoming popular in the UK has really cut down prices, as seen by other supermarkets price matching them.
@vorong2ru
Жыл бұрын
nop, as part of the EU or single market even after Brexit - the whole Europe is benefiting from having amazing agricultural wealth and the prices for food are as cheap in the whole Europe as in the UK. Ie prices in Germany or Poland are even cheaper.
@HF-tj8db
Жыл бұрын
I agree, I used to live in a tiny rural town and we had a sainsburys, Tesco, Iceland, herons and a Lidl. A lot of competition for not very many people.
@cai739
Жыл бұрын
@@vorong2ru Yes, and those countries also benefit from greater competition.
@chatteyj
Жыл бұрын
@@vorong2ru How does the EU explain super cheap prices ? The US is also a huge single market with an abundance of produce from wealthy farms from all four corners of the country so I'm not sure it does explain it. Supermarket competition in the UK is fierce even before aldi got big here so I do think it does explain the extremely low prices to some extent.
@laurie7689
Жыл бұрын
@@chatteyj I live in a small city of 33,000 in the Southern USA. There are a total of 4 places to buy groceries without crossing the border of the city. One of the four is an Aldi. Another is a Super Walmart and its kin, a Neighborhood Walmart. The last one is a Publix. Most of the stores are located in the central part of the city. Since I live on the city edge, I actually do my grocery shopping in the next city which has its stores more spread out and one of the grocery stores which is closer to me than those in my own city. About half of the produce that I buy has labels from other countries than the USA, despite knowing that our farmers grow those same products here.
Yay. So glad you finally tested out Aldi. Sainsburys is super expensive. The craziest part about this comparison is that a year ago, all of these items were at least 50-70% cheaper than they are now. Aldi prices have risen quite a bit.
US prices are absolutely crazy. When I was there 20 years ago, the UK was more expensive. Now it has switched.
@Stephen-Fox
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I remember an American on my uni course who commented about how much more expensive everything was in the UK compared to the US (...Except for high-quality candy)
@jameslewis2635
Жыл бұрын
20 years ago the pound to dollar ratio was $2 = £1. These days the pound and the dollar are of a very similar value (quite suddenly too).
@han1660
Жыл бұрын
@@Stephen-Fox the only thing I remember being more expensive in the states back then was vegetables, I was taken aback by the prices of veg but everything else was cheaper
@han1660
Жыл бұрын
@@jameslewis2635 yes that too, I remember that
@han1660
Жыл бұрын
I think they are really being ripped off, especially on vegetables
I am very thankful for Aldi in the USA. It may be more expensive here than in the UK, in comparison to other chains in the US, Aldi saves me a ton of money.
@thisorthat7626
Жыл бұрын
I find Trader Joe's cheaper than Aldi which honestly surprised me. And overall better quality food at TJs.
@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh
Жыл бұрын
@@thisorthat7626 I've only been to a trader Joe's once. I find that they are located only in places with crazy parking lots and cranky people.
@lizcademy4809
Жыл бұрын
@@thisorthat7626 I've shopped a lot at both, and ... it depends. TJ's is cheaper and higher quality on prepared foods and fancy things. Aldi is cheaper on basics. For example, take that canned tuna. Aldi's is pretty low cost, but it's also the lowest quality that looks like cat food. Trader Joes sells high quality oil packed tuna at a reasonable price.
@thisorthat7626
Жыл бұрын
@@MichaelJohnson-vi6eh Good reasons to not go there. LOL
@enkisdaughter4795
Жыл бұрын
I’m British but we have a holiday home just outside Orlando. Back in 2019 my sister and her family were visiting and went to a local ALDI, which was about a 10-12 minute drive away. They were chatting as they walked from the car towards the store and an American couple approached them upon hearing their English accents. The American couple wanted to know about ALDI and what the food quality was like; they were surprised that ALDI is also in the UK. My sister explained that ALDI’s foods are of an extremely good quality, as German food laws are so strict. The lady was shocked to discover ALDI was a German company. A week later, the family is at ALDI again and the couple approached them; after the earlier discussion they’d done their first ALDI shop and had made quite a saving. They said from then on they would always do the majority of their food shopping at ALDI and were telling all their family, friends and colleagues to shop at ALDI. BTW, the first ALDI opened in the USA (Iowa) in 1976, whereas the first ALDI opened in the UK in 1990!
I returned from the US, and back to the UK yesterday after a three-week visit with family. It's been three years since my last visit. I had sticker shock pre-pandemic. This most recent visit? I was appalled by the price inflation at the grocery store. It's good to be back home in the UK! Thanks for another great video!
@bobbybigboyyes
Жыл бұрын
Do you have your own channel where you do comparisons between the UK and US ?
If you don't have an ALDI near you, LIDL can also be similarly cheap. The main tradeoff compared to going somewhere like Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury's, etc., is that the total product range tends to be smaller in ALDI and LIDL, but there's still plenty of choice there in my opinion usually.
@misterthegeoff9767
Жыл бұрын
In my town we are lucky enough to have a Lidl and a Sainsburys right next to each other so you can go to Lidl and get the basics then anything you can't find in Lidl pop next door
@idasiek
Жыл бұрын
@@misterthegeoff9767 I'd love that, I have Lidl next door, but I can never get my full shop there, it's infuriating. So I go to asdas after work instead and don't have to have 2 trips 🤷🏻♀️
@Guttlegob
Жыл бұрын
LiDL bakery is way better than aldi
@patmaurer8541
Жыл бұрын
Yes! I'm a label reader. If I can get a pound of roasted peanuts that "Contains: peanuts, salt." I'm happy. Are they fresh, crunchy and delicious? Yes. I'm sold. I don't care what else the label says. 😉
@IceGoddessRukia
Жыл бұрын
LIDL shoppers gang!! WOO!
I imagine one reason the meats are closer is that the US has lower standards for meat for example chlorinated chicken, which isn't legal in the UK but is in the USA.
@neilboulton9813
Жыл бұрын
@Alex that said, they have huge cattle ranches with far lower welfare standards and the beef pumped full of steroids and it still 4 TIMES more expensive.
@Steeler-wg5zo
Жыл бұрын
Most cattle in the US are literally pumped up, time is money.... cheaper, but often qualitatively crap.
@paladestar9758
Жыл бұрын
That was one of the things that riled up the UK populous when talk of a post-Brexit trade deal with the US first started. It was reported that as part of any deal we'd have to take their dodgy and tasteless chlorine-washed chicken and steroid/hormone-pumped-beef. The UK public let the government know that this was a red-line being crossed and it wasn't ever going to happen.
I watch a lady from Scotland who does cooking videos and shows what she gets for groceries each week. It always astounds me how low the prices are even for Sainsburys. I'm in the South in the US where you'd think it would be cheaper but no.
So here is a curious thing I've discovered. A popular normal brand of cereal is called Frosties in the UK or Frosted Flakes in the US (the brand with Tony the Tiger). When I was looking in the cereal section in my local Aldi (in the UK) I came across their own brand version of Frosties which is ironically called Frosted Flakes. I'm now curious to see if the Aldi US version is called Frosties. I doubt it is but it would be hilarious. I've tried looking for this online but can't seem to find it. 😂
@Pure_B
Жыл бұрын
It can't be called Frosties as Kelloggs have the patent.
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Жыл бұрын
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@BitsOfBen
Жыл бұрын
And you're saying they don't own the patent for Frosted Flakes in the UK?
@Pure_B
Жыл бұрын
@@BitsOfBen No, I'm saying Kelloggs have the patent/ trademark for the name in the UK and the US.
@BitsOfBen
Жыл бұрын
There you go.
Tangentially, I was chatting with a fellow who worked at Aldi in the US. Quite hard work... The employees are always supposed to be doing something so they can keep labor costs and prices low. But he liked it because the company treated them decently. They even worked out a nice transfer for him when he moved. It is a German company, of course.
@emjayay
5 ай бұрын
The Aldi where I shop in Brooklyn NY has mostly different checkers every time I go there, indicating lower than normal wages, bad treatment, or both.
When I lived in the north of England and shopped at Aldi I could get over a weeks worth of food for around £10. It really helped me out
You can't beat Cox. Cox, especially at this time of the year are amazing. I really can't get enough of them
@ketmateo
Жыл бұрын
Can't beat a big ol' bag of Cox. Just filling your mouth with Cox, chowing down on one after another, catching the juice before it runs down your chin
@y_fam_goeglyd
Жыл бұрын
Ah yes, especially Cox's particularly delicious orange pippin. One cannot live without Cox, IMHO 😉
Not necessarily true…Sainsburys have their own brand items but they also have other brands like Hubbard’s which is comparable to Aldi. Hubbards rice at Sainsburys 45p per kg Aldi rice 45p per kg So if you want to shop cheap you still can at Sainsburys or most of the other supermarkets. The bigger supermarkets also tend to have more offers that don’t really exist in Aldi or lidl.
@beta-draconis
Жыл бұрын
came here to say this. your sainos video has a lot of branded items rather than their cheaper store brand stuff, so not a like for like comparison.
@Alex-cw3rz
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I was going to say this too the sainsburys items were branded unlike Aldi's
@vorong2ru
Жыл бұрын
the problem is - own branded stuff in sainsburys is pure shit quality, ALDI - quality is totally fine. YEs, you get more choice in Tessco or other supermarkets, but you can do the main shop in Aldi and just top it up with extra stuff from Sainsbury's
@jayp_2023
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Clubcard deals at Tesco. You can save here and there by using it to get Clubcard discounted prices.
@fanfeck2844
Жыл бұрын
@@jayp_2023 why do they need a Clubcard? Why not just have competitive prices
Recently moved to the US from Australia. The grocery price here is absolutely insane.
@blackhole3298
Жыл бұрын
Aldi is still one of the more affordable in the US compared to target etc
During my second year of uni, they built an Aldi across the road from my flat. Before it opened, I had to walk all the way across town to go to Sainsburys as it was the only nearby supermarket (except m&s lmaoooo). I was *ecstatic* when I was able to switch to Aldi - less far to carry heavy bags, and cheaper shopping 🥳 🎊 🎉
@jessv4300
Жыл бұрын
Ugh same, at my school the closest grocery store for any of the on-campus students (and probably 80% of students off-campus) is a very small Target that carries 1/4 of the items at 1.5x the price of any suburban Target. Such a scam, and I really hope the university does something about it.
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
@@jessv4300 What's the university going to do about it? Beg grocery stores to open one on campus?
Not a complaint because you're doing what I think is important work to educate people and making great content. But I think the Sainsbury's rice was Basmati, which is more expensive and they do sell a 1kg bag of basic rice for 45p, specifically to match Aldi. Edit: ah man I didn't look far enough, someone's mentioned this already!
@CraigGrannell
Жыл бұрын
Same with the cheese, which is usually closer to £2.50 than four quid. (Sometimes that’s price matched, but even when it isn’t it’s still close.)
Aldi isn't always cheaper but on the whole I save around £30 per weekly shop. The business model means that they source their products from as near to the store as possible. This is how they can sell produce cheaper as the logistics cost far less per store.
@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, no matter where you are, you'll save money if you shop around. The area I do my shopping in has a home bargains, a Lidl and an Aldi within a minute's walk of each other. So of course, I'll go into each of them for different items and save a decent bit more. There's also a Sainsbury's nearby, but the only thing that's cheaper there is the instant noodles.
@Alex-cw3rz
Жыл бұрын
The reason Aldi is cheaper is because they have a much smaller selection, this means they can specialise and therefore give cheaper products but much less variety. They also have 1 person on tills when they have 4 tills and the employees have to do every job and that's why spillages are there all day, shelves are stacked poorly and there are constant calls for staff to do a different job, because they don't have an enough employees.
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
@@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526 Just wondering but do you go by car? Because I use public transport and I'd find it so awkward to go into another grocery store with a bag of groceries from the store nearby 😅
@jamesguitar7384
Жыл бұрын
@@Alex-cw3rz I think they have just about enough employees but it's got less since Brexit. Our Aldi has introduced supervised self check out which helps .I often have to queue at Sainsbury's.
@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526
Жыл бұрын
@@myra0224 No, I walk/use public transport. I'll be honest, I don't get what's awkward about that. You're shopping, you have a bag. Who cares where it's from? I guarantee you the shop's employee's don't. Besides, people should reuse shopping bags, to minimise waste. Chances are, that'll mean that sooner or later you'll go into a shop with the 'wrong' bag anyway, it's no big deal. That said, if you do find it awkward, that's easily bypassed by not using their bags at all- bring a backpack with you and put your shopping in that, it's more efficient and easier/more comfortable to carry your shopping in anyway. If you're concerned about running out of space in it, bring a reusable bag or two in your pocket as well, no problem.
You visit ALDI for your groceries and leave with a car Jack and a chainsaw. 😂😂
Food here in US is so ridiculous!! I'm very sad seeing how badly we're being screwed!☹️ Edit to add - living in California where a lot of produce is grown, I know that the many years drought has caused many farmers to leave fields fallow because there isn't enough water to grow crops.
@HF-tj8db
Жыл бұрын
But it’s at the expense of our farmers… sure, it’s great to get a kilo of carrots for 11p, but farmers are being run out of business. Watched clarkson’s farm yesterday and he made £144 after a year. Insane. Still, I can’t complain, since if the veg wasn’t so cheap I couldn’t afford any.
@lynn69jackson
Жыл бұрын
Probably due to the logistics costs. With the UK being so much smaller they can source produce from far closer than in the US.
@brandonhowell5096
Жыл бұрын
@@lynn69jackson That and in the UK the shelf life for most products is actually far shorter then those in the US meaning the UK has a quicker turn over rate on products meaning there stores make more per day over the course of a month then stores in the US do because shelf life is longer in the US due in part to needing to make things last longer due to the large distances most products have to travel.
@0x2A_
Жыл бұрын
@@brandonhowell5096 I worked in a distribution warehouse for ASDA here in the UK for 5 years and you would be surprised how much of it is actually imported from all over the world and how little is actually UK sourced or even from Europe. It wasn't all the time but certain periods of the year the Iceberg Lettuces were imported from California. The way the stores are stocked here (at least ASDA stores) is by using estimates calculated from a lot data from each individual store to try and stock them with only what they are guaranteed to sell within 1 day of receiving them making a long shelf life for fresh and refrigerated items unnecessary and is in part done because of how long it can actually take some stuff from being picked/made to get to the shelf and not having much life left. Some types of Apples can up to 9 months from being picked off the tree until they are on the shop shelf.
@brandonhowell5096
Жыл бұрын
@@0x2A_ Thanks for correcting me for certain things in my earlier reply, but that wouldn't necessarily negate my point that UK stores have higher turn over rates for products leading to a higher profit margin thus leaning itself to the lower average price range outside of governmental involvment.
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@y_fam_goeglyd
Жыл бұрын
Yeah 😂. Btw, for those who are not British, don't use that word here. It's one thing among friends, it's an entirely different matter in public. If younger people stop to think about it, it's extremely rude!
@ProtectEnglandAtAllCosts
9 ай бұрын
@@y_fam_goeglyd lol wanky is nothing lol me and my dad always call eachother a C*** and your guna cry over the word wanky wtf
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I live in New Zealand and the prices on here make me weep with envy! Obviously there is a conversion to NZD to account for but both the US and UK prices are still much cheaper
It would be interesting to see how these price differences are reflected in the wholesale prices paid to farmer/producers? I know for example, the wholesale price paid for milk to farmers in the UK has decreased (when allowing for inflation) in past 20 years.
@yathesearchindex
Жыл бұрын
I believe milk is a very very low profit margin product. You can notice that by checking milk price across all stores and see it’s more or less the same.
@lizzieburgess674
Жыл бұрын
I don't know about the actual prices, but I have heard that small producers get - or used to get - paid a lot more promptly by both Aldi and Lidl than by most of the 'big boys'. It was somewhat shaming to the big boys, who promised to up their game. I don't know if they did, though - and prompt payment for goods received is usually VERY important to small businesses.
@WMD4929
Жыл бұрын
I read that farmers are really being squeezed by supermarkets on a variety of products. From yesterday's Private Eye: 'while the price of eggs on supermarket shelves has risen by roughly 45p per dozen, only 5-10p of this has filtered down to egg farmers'.
haven't watched the vid yet but i just love seeing other people reviewing the place i work at! its so interesting to see both sides of the coin edit: also to think us store assistants are getting a third pay rise in 12 months really shows how much grocery stores have ripped us off for decades thinking all our stuff is good value for money, and then Aldi come along and show them all up. they can keep price matching us all they want, but we will laugh knowing that you are basically just admitting defeat and kissing our feet!
I've pretty much exclusively shopped at Sainsbury's during my time studying in the UK with the occasional visit to a local Tesco. For me the costlier items are justified by the loyalty program (specifically the Nectar and the Avios) as I find the rewards to be worth it just enough. On weeks, where I needed a bit more spending money I definitely did seek out my closest Aldis though
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I’m so glad you made this video. I know I would have only been one of many to suggest it, but still nice to see you listening to community feedback on content.
Excellent work, Evan! I hope your research reaches the right people and they start shopping at Aldi.
I have an aldi, Tesco's, sainsburys and Asda all in walking distance from my home. Makes shopping really easy as if you are on a budget and know when to go, you can get a lot from the reduced sections. Makes shopping even cheaper during the week
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Love the outtake at the end 🤣 thanks for the comparison, so good!
Working at a regional "low cost" regional grocery store in the US has boggled my mind on the cost of products. I have only seen prices go up, they push low quality product to pump up numbers to outperform other "high cost" stores IN THE SAME COMPANY.
worked in retail supply for over 12 years its all the same regardless of where you buy the same suppliers supply everyone else sometimes using the same batch codes meaning its the same ingrediants
Shopped in Lidl (same thing) for many years, some things are more expensive but across an average for my own personal weekly and monthly shop the two German stores do push ahead in value vs Tesco, Asda, etc. It all very much depends on what you're buying. Their cola for example, 47p per bottle of 2l. Bought 12 recently for just over £5 vs what that would get me in actual brand Coke or even other Brands such as Barrs. Would be around 3-5 bottles depending on pricing.
@aaronmicalowe
Жыл бұрын
I think both Lidl and Aldi monitor each others prices and if the other is cheaper they immediately match it.
@ONLYJOKING101
Жыл бұрын
@@aaronmicalowe Tesco has also started price matching Aldi on some items
Thanks for doing this video! It’s so important.
This video makes me wanna cry. The prices over here in New Zealand are about the same if not worse than in the US (after checking our popular cheapest supermarket), despite the average annual income being less than the UK (noticeably so). Oh and we have been in a "bit" of a housing crisis for a while now. Although I guess we get to live in NZ... :|
@ez3748
Жыл бұрын
same in australia except we don't even get to live in nz 😔 brb i'm swimming across the sea
@danowen79
Жыл бұрын
It’s a bit more understandable for you guys because of your location and how much needs to be imported, whereas Europe is a large cluster of mostly first world countries with a diverse mix of things being grown and made.
@magicweaver2886
Жыл бұрын
@@danowen79 Sure, but there is a lot of things that we do produce, particularly meat, and dairy, that are still really bloody expensive despite the fact that it doesn't really have to go far. Milk in particular. It's often about 30mins (if that) to drive to the nearest dairy farms from the larger cities here and you see a lot of the milk tankers going around, yet the price for milk is roughly $3.79 NZD for 2L of the cheapest store brand of basic ass milk. (That's $2.21 in USD or £1.92) And beef has gotten horrendously expensive. In fact there was a point where you could get venison for much cheaper than beef which is ridiculous. Besides the main issue is that the income here compared to groceries and other costs of living is bad. (Although at the moment the UK is having a really crap time). Oh gosh this kept getting longer. tldr: Our products that we produce are also really expensive and our income isn't comparable to the cost of living which is the issue
@jimmyjohnstone5878
Жыл бұрын
There are scary new laws being proposed in NZ which will seriously infringe free speech. I wouldn't want to live there if these actually come in.
@Guttlegob
Жыл бұрын
Yes NZ is an awesome place
Would love to see comparison with things like eating out, entertainment industry too. Loving this series! I shop Asda (mostly) I don’t shop at Aldi because being coelaic sucks
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Thank you for saying it out loud. The "get yourself into debt with us" scam really does my head in. The first supermarket that does a "cost price" week or weekend, every quarter (once they've got their quarterly profit numbers), and which maintains a good competitive price during the rest of the quarter, will literally take control of the marketplace. Why can't their marketing people work that out?
In the US, we tend to shop multiple stores and rotate what produce we use depending on what's in season and what's on sale. Also buying in bulk helps to average prices to keep it cheaper. However, saying that, I was in Scotland recently and I had sticker shock with how cheap prices were for an individual package of any healthy thing. In the US, to buy anything healthy that is already prepped and ready to be eaten easily costs 4 to 6x more than in the UK. The possibilities of meal prep being so much easier and cheaper made me very tempted to move just for that alone! In order to get cheap prices in the US, they're making you do all the manual labor.
I love these comparisons, Thanks
We did a like for like shop 3 times and each time Aldi was significantly cheaper each time. Never looked back. Quality is just as good, if not better and often half the price. Win win.
I'm from the US. Been to London twice and I've been to Edinburgh last year. I have to say, British food typically not only cost less, but also tastes significantly better in terms of quality than the stuff we have here. For example, a box of 9 eggs here in Tampa costs $5.60 at my local store. In the UK, while they don't have boxes of 9 eggs usually, a box of 12 can cost as little as £4 for the good kind. We need to work on our pricing.
@emjayay
5 ай бұрын
Egg prices are notoriously unstable because of inflexible demand and all kinds of changes in supply because of some chicken disease or just seasonal variations. I've never seen a 9-pack of eggs anywhere in the US or elsewhere. Three rows of three eggs each? In the US eggs are typically sold by the dozen (12) or sometimes also a half dozen. Eggs in the EU are typically in 10-packs.
@luckygjv872
5 ай бұрын
@emjayay seperately, I mean. 61 cents per egg. So 9 costs $5.49. I buy 9 since that's the number of egg holders my fridge has. You're right, of course. Stores don't sell 9 packs of eggs.
I save up to £20 on my weekly shop at Aldi compared with other supermarkets. That includes a 10 mile bus trip each way and a couple of beers at lunch time.
Awesome. I'm loving watching you becoming more radical with your time in England. You have convinced me to walk a bit further and get some of my staples from Aldi - oats in particular are more expensive nearly everywhere else. I don't think bacon is "our" sort of nosh
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And then if you shop in Utah just quadruple everything. 😫 I didn’t realize just how expensive our groceries were until I went on a trip to California and the groceries were the same price. 😦 I was in Oxford for the summer and couldn’t believe how cheap the groceries were, especially since the produce is better quality.
This is good for me to watch these videos, ESPECIALLY since I just got my visa! I'm finally making my way there in January officially, so now I can relax and figure out what is the best for me when I'm there! Thank you so much for these!.
@phoenix-xu9xj
Жыл бұрын
You probably won’t be able to forward the rent or fuel though 😢
Just back from a recent visit to the UK and I can attest this is true. I was surprised how much cheaper basic food items were in the UK. Of course I appreciate the price of gasoline / petrol here in the states.
Noticed just how volatile the supermarkets were on my world travels. Kinda just made us pick the cheaper things in each place. Ended up at in n out burger loads in US as it just wasn’t worth bothering with the expensive supermarkets. Meanwhile in New Zealand, we had plenty of lamb for example as it was relatively cheap. In UK, my weekly shop is the last thing I cut down on when trying to save. I can compromise in other areas before losing my luxuries on the weekly shop since it’s so affordable generally speaking
I haven't even watched yet, but I can almost GUARANTEE that the US will be double or triple the price. And I'm Canadian and we're even more expensive than the US. Brits get off SO LUCKY with their price of groceries. I'll never understand it.
@somethingrio
Жыл бұрын
even with brexit i dont know how were so cheap, I think though its just down to logistics and how they source products.
@montyollie
Жыл бұрын
@@sally5983 We are at $1.80 a litre at the moment. Canadian.
@baronvonlimbourgh1716
Жыл бұрын
@@sally5983 our cars are a lot more fuel efficient, so cost per mile should be close enough. Plus on average people drive less as well. There probabbly is little difference in monthly outlay for fuel on average per person.
@chatteyj
Жыл бұрын
@@somethingrio Its down to fierce supermarket competition and screwing the farmers out of existence , its just plain wrong.
What I'd really like to see is a behind-the-scenes look at why the difference exists. Quality of food? What do the farmers get? etc etc. Just looking at the end result begs more questions than answers!
@suigeneris6397
Жыл бұрын
Generally the food in the UK is higher quality because they don't allow a lot of the additives and chemicals into the food like the US loves to do.
@sroberts605
Жыл бұрын
@@suigeneris6397 ...and, there's another video! I'm still amazed however at some of the list of ingredients of things here in the UK that I usually avoid, like some sweets etc - a chemistry lesson right there! I associate the move to better ingredients with European influence (because it seemed that all the restrictions on pesticides etc came from the EU), but perhaps not. I remember looking at the ingredients in Lidl some years ago, when trans-fats had largely disappeared from food in Sainsburys etc, and it was all still there... so I never went back.
@phoenix-xu9xj
Жыл бұрын
If you were here and you could taste the dairy you would realise the quality food here are so much more superior. The cheese is to die for anywhere in Europe. Not to mention bread. Thank you for all the EU bands. Fuck off to all the people who voted for Brexit. 😢
I would love to see a comparison on housing costs! (Rent, utilities, etc) - but the costs in the US vary greatly state to state.
Who knew, extra processing to add completely unnecessary chemicals increases the price at the shelf. The potato comparison is fascinating, given Francis Drake famously got them for us from North America.
As a new university student in the UK, I love my local Aldi lol
@meganmccavanagh826
Жыл бұрын
Same!
@dingus4077
Жыл бұрын
Mine is a 30 min walk away but tescos is a 2 min walk….it’s always a tough choice
I would be interested to know how much money ends up with the original producers, the farmers. I believe a lot of dairy farmers in the UK struggle because the supermarkets push them on price. Does the extra money in the US go to the farmers?
thank you for doing this video interesting to see the difference!
I think i'm right in saying that all meat & fish in Aldi are from UK farms, so that may be the reason that some items in that department are a bit more expensive. It'd be interesting to know if Sainsburys have the same policy.
Wow I guess this explains why Walmart ended up giving up on Asda!
You might like to also take into account that the items sold in the UK are almost certainly less full of unnecesssary crap to make it last longer (unless Aldi use the same produce they sell in Europe), I bet the chicken for instance is far better in the UK. Many US visitors to the UK are shocked that food they buy here doesn't have the shelf life it does in the US because it isn't full of preservatives.
@katiequeen7225
Жыл бұрын
Mate the UK is in Europe
@johnthursfield3056
Жыл бұрын
@@katiequeen7225 I didn't say UK wasn't in Europe. I was highlighting that European standards (including the UK) are tighter.
Great vid. I'm in the UK and Aldi is my absolute favourite shop!
I plan on moving to the UK in 2 years. I'm very excited 🎉
I checked my Aldi app (I’m in Texas) and they have 10 lbs of potatoes for $5.19 (not 5 lbs). While I see your point, some of those prices are higher than I see at my store. US prices vary widely depending on the state.
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
Isn't that just a tax thingy as well? It's obviously not going to be 100% the same for everyone but to complain because YOU can get one item cheaper is a bit meh 😅
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
@@misslavey WAIT WHAT????
@rberks5
Жыл бұрын
In Wisconsin, the 10lb bag is $4.75. If he is looking at instacart or its ilk, the price is 5-10% higher than in store..
@larrysmith8757
Жыл бұрын
10 lbs of potatoes in the uk ( 2 bags) would still work out a lot cheaper than the us with the exchange rate it would be about $2.20 for 10lb
‘What’s tatters?’ ‘Po-tay-toes! Boil them, mash them, put them in a stew!?’
@gamingbytetv665
Жыл бұрын
B...b..but master is our friend!
@sophieirwin3497
Жыл бұрын
@@gamingbytetv665 😂😂😂
Hey I have a Aldi here in wilmington NC USA. Love that place.
Living in Canada (and this week visiting the UK) on recent trips to the US I’ve found grocery prices have risen considerably over the years and now are often more expensive than at home. Even at a Tesco minimart yesterday in Liverpool, I found prices comparable or slightly lower than in Canada. And we do have seedless “English” cucumbers in Canada and generally they’re C$1 (£0.70).
@TheEulerID
Жыл бұрын
There's a big price difference between a Tesco minimart and one of their larger stores, let alone an Aldi.
You would expect groceries in the UK to be dearer with £ nearly hitting parity with the $
@stewedfishproductions7959
Жыл бұрын
Why? It's very expensive to shop in the US. The only thing they are cheaper at is eating out and the portion sizes provided.
I hope you have cotton socks on, as I need to bless them :) I haven't watched the vlog yet, but as a Germany supermarket changeling (my local been a lidl) I just know you will be blown away, just try their red wine, a £6.00 plonk will cost you £12.00 anywhere else.... there in just one is a reason :)
The food cupboard items that you spoke about at the end of your video are all the same price at Sainsbury's as they are at Asda btw
Interesting snapshot of prices. A lot depends on when and where you take the snap. We have in our upscale US town two Aldis about 4 km apart. The Aldi located next to Trader Joe's consistently has prices higher than the Aldi near the Lidl and Walmart-grocery. As in the UK, many staple's prices are propped up by the government. In the US that varies from state to state so milk for example can vary as much as $2 per gallon. Poultry products vary significantly based on season and supply. I've seen eggs bounce between $0.77 and $2.70 per dozen within 6 months (bird flu epidemic)
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I shop Aldi in both NC and FL, and find that the prices on produce in particular are different between the two locations, as are milk and dairy.
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
Isn't that just a tax thing and logistics thing? They need to get the items in the store and I'm sure the US would use literally any excuse to hike up prices
@jlpack62
Жыл бұрын
@@myra0224 Especially in the Winter, a lot of the veggies and fruits that I buy there are locally sourced and that reflects in the price. I wonder if there are items that Americans usually eat that are more expensive in the UK like avocados?
@myra0224
Жыл бұрын
@@jlpack62 I'm from Belgium so I can't tell you for certain but I'm sure that has to be the case there too but it depends from coast to coast. I'm assuming citrus fruit grows well on the west side as it's warm there?
@jlpack62
Жыл бұрын
@@myra0224 The USA has a 365 day a year growing season since the country has such a wide climate zone distribution. It's always warm somewhere in the States. This obviously doesn't mean that the season is 365 days a year everywhere in the country, but places like Florida and Arizona produce harvests throughout the Winter season, especially citrus. Prices vary on produce around the country and when those locally grown crops are in abundance. Both the Southwest and Florida remain warm enough for farming in the Winter.
Braeburn is the only one true Apple. Pink ladies have that wierd squashy texture.
@indigobunting5041
Жыл бұрын
I like Braeburn apples but haven't been able to find them lately.
Hey, that's my local Aldi! Charlton represent! Also, in the previous vid, you mentioned never seeing a big Tesco; there's one just over in Woolwich.
The video quality is gorgeous 😍🤩
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UK includes tax in the price i think and the US does not include the tax until you get to the register
@evan
Жыл бұрын
No groceries tax in NJ. It’s discussed at length in part 1
Hi, Given you ae not normally using Aldi (UK), I thought it worth mentioning the price increases even within the last 2/3 weeks, so I think your Aldi/Sainsbury comparison may not be as favourable to Sainsbury's as you think, 'cos I think Sainsbury's is also rising, as is Asda and Tesco. I don't think it alters the basic 'message', trend of what you are saying, just saying our (UK) grocery inflation is high at the moment. And my favourite part of Aldi shopping 'the aisle of random sh*t', so much fun.
@richardpoynton4026
Жыл бұрын
Nothing like getting your weekly groceries and say, a wetsuit, if you so wish…. lol
Love these comparison episodes! Can you do Aldi vs Lidl?
@katiequeen7225
Жыл бұрын
Lidl
We have both an Aldi and also a Lidl within 10 mins driving distance.. and for normal every day food i use both... for something special we also have waitrose and marks & spenser food hall... so great choice
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As someone who lives in Germany, the only reason not to shop in Aldi's is if you have a LIDL near by. 🙂 (but then again we unfortunately only have Aldi Nord in my city)
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I love Aldi! But here in the states Aldi products have comparable pricing to other grocery stories like Wal-Mart. They are just slightly cheaper than those stores, but it's still so worth it to do most of your shopping there. The trick is to go into Aldi and then do a price comparison using other stores' shopping apps. It's the easiest way to see who is cheapest on certain items.
@FullmoonPhantom-dn2sr
Жыл бұрын
That’s because Walmart and Aldi are both discount stores. Not regular grocery stores. Technically Walmart is a department store and sometimes a super center with a grocery store included. Though walking through my Walmart, I’ve often thought it’s not as cheap as I’ve heard it’s supposed to be. It’s not as cheap as I see other Walmarts in other areas. Probably because my area is a large city (for the Midwest) and growing. It’s probably raising the prices.
one good points about the median wage is also that we dont have costs as high in the uk as the us like different taxes, health insurance etc, so it could even make it closer in terms of cost of living when it comes to wages.
@juliehine9808
Жыл бұрын
Most people don’t have to pay health insurance as we have the NHS , so that reduces deductions from wages
Gonna have a peak at my local Aldi now 👀 Thanks Evan!
i am shocked as a Swedish person, the UK groceries seems to be so much cheaper than anything i can find here. I did not expect that, even in the first video i thought the same thing
@katiequeen7225
Жыл бұрын
Same for germany, that ground beef in the first video made my jaw drop as here 500g of ground beef at aldi is easily 50% more expensive than it was in that video
Given that a lot of US gardens seem to be frickin' huge compared to the UK (having an acreage is much more common), is growing your own veg not a thing?
@WritingsOfQuill
Жыл бұрын
Not as a replacement for everyday groceries. Especially if you factor in the time investment...
@laurie7689
Жыл бұрын
@@WritingsOfQuill Also, time constraints for tending a garden. Generally, both adults (assuming that there is even two) in a household work. We're too tired when we get home in the evening to tend to a garden. My husband's job has him working on weekends, so we aren't together most of the time on our off-days.
Could you do the typical takeout/processed food comparison? in the UK it's almost always more expensive to buy food out than it is to make it if you have time (so long as you afford to keep your cooker on, which is it's own problem). I'd expect to spend £12-20 a person on takeout, but only £2-4 to cook food myself, and can make mediocre meals at >£1 a serving.
To be honest, the UK is one of the cheapest places to by groceries period. I have been to many countries from Turkey, all the way to Morocco, most of Europe etc. Of course there are street foods and markets in he countries that blow the lid out of the UK, like Turkish natural produce markets, and if you wanna go even more crazy, wait until near closing time, you can buy like 5KGs of apple for less than £1 and that's after inflation from the past few years. But back to my point, the UK has a fantastic all rounded quality to price ratio that is still unbeatable in my opinion. I'm not even English just so you don't think I'm being biased.
@dogsnads5634
4 ай бұрын
UK markets are also far cheaper than the supermarkets for fruit and veg. Not for meat, fish or bread though as they tend to be artisan producers, that is unless its a dedicated fish or meat market like you'll get in larger towns and cities.
Prices do vary quite a bit by zipcode for Aldi, however it tends to be on items that are sourced locally. For example, some areas of the country make a lot of dairy products so those might be quite a bit cheaper at the Aldi's in that area. Especially over the last 2 years U.S. grocery prices have gone sky high. Some of it is due to transportation price increases but a lot of it is just corporate greed. One other factor that is coming into play in the U.S. is our current immigration policy. Because a lot of migrant workers from Mexico and Central America are now being kept out that has made products a lot more expensive.
@Angie_King_Bens_Grandma
Жыл бұрын
It's not just the workers... I live in California and we grow a lot of food, but the many years drought is causing farmers to let field go fallow because they don't have the water to raise crops. Our planet is in serious trouble!
@brianh9358
Жыл бұрын
@@Angie_King_Bens_Grandma Yes, in certain areas that is true. I'm up in Minnesota and migrant workers used to come up and pick the blueberries. But now they have to use mechanical methods (shaking) that sometimes shakes off berries that aren't ready. They don't get as much of a yield. I think the costs of buying the machines and then fueling them has made expenses higher. All of the farms are impacted in some way up here. I felt that the migrant workers weren't being treated well so I have mixed feelings about that aspect, but the money they were earning went a lot further in Mexico than you would think. I do think some regulation was needed but blocking them completely has been a mistake I think.
As someone from Germany in the Aldi süd area. This makes me curious how our Aldi compares to other countries ones. Also since the pandemic Aldi Süd and Nord are growing closer in a sense that they now do tv spots together and other things. Not so much internal rivalry anymore. And I wasn’t aware that Aldi nord is Trader Joe’s. Really have to check out their products more next time I’m near one. Great video maybe Lidl would be interesting too. 😊
@emjayay
5 ай бұрын
Trader Joe's started in Pasadena CA with a concept that was different from both natural food stores and regular supermarkets at the time. Eventually it became a national chain and was bought by Aldi Nord but they kept the same sort of identity. So a TJ's is much different from an Aldi in either the US or Germany, although the limited selection with many unique house brand items policy is similar between US Aldi and Trader Joe's (but the items are very different).
We have that ALDI sud logo in Australia. I'm going shopping this weekend to compare. Exchange rates are playing havoc with my intuition of what things cost in different countries at the moment though.
Food prices in USA are out of control, I don’t know how people are surviving
@brandonhowell5096
Жыл бұрын
Food prices very widely from state to state and region to region what may be expensive in one area my be cheaper in another. Seeing as Evan is only using NJ as his "overall" US pricing zone, which is one of the highest priced to buy groceries in the US, he's not really getting the true average US price for something.
@johnslayton20
Жыл бұрын
@@brandonhowell5096 I live in flyover country and it’s super expensive
Fascinating. Aldi is still pretty ok for the basics it seems. Are the us prices with or without tax?
@evan
Жыл бұрын
Without tax as most states have no groceries tax
@jethro4453
Жыл бұрын
Likely without. At least for the store apps I use, the tax is added as a separate line under the subtotal of the sticker price of all the items
@peterpain6625
Жыл бұрын
@@evan Ah thx. Was trying to compare the prices to the german Aldi Nord over here.
@Mindy14
Жыл бұрын
@@evan I dont believe thats true. most places have local taxes, even on food.
@Micg51
Жыл бұрын
@@Mindy14 not true. I could pay $80 on groceries and maybe one item is taxed, leaving me with maybe $0.50 in tax
i just watched one of your reddit videos when you mentioned arizona iced tea. when i lived in brighton i could get Arizona at any corner shop. you can also find it in Lidl's aswell.
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I saw a Halifax ad with the same vibe as that Sainsburys one…super weird especially from huge companies
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Sainsburys actually do a lot of Aldi price matching on basics. I don't have an Aldi near me, only Sainsburys, Tesco, Waitrose and Ocado. I wonder what the difference in prices would have been if you had done this before the government crashed the pound against the dollar.
Biggest difference is transportation cost i think
@grahamroberts2893
Жыл бұрын
Have you seen the price of diesel in the UK and Europe. Isn't a lot of Aldi food produce packaged in Germany
I love Aldi, but wow! I wish I was shopping in the UK. Better prices and better quality of food. Great video!!
Just found you and I just love your attitude made me laugh but great reserch thanks 🇬🇧🤣👍🙋♀️
Do lidl next. They are similar to aldi as both stores are owned by two brothers if i remember correctly
@aaronmicalowe
Жыл бұрын
Aldi was the original store then they had a disagreement and the other brother left and founded Lidl. They're priced matched on everything so neither is ever cheaper than the other.
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@@aaronmicalowe Nope. You got the disagreement between brothers right, but that led to Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd.