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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The biggest problem we have with ALDI is that it seems the produce goes off way quicker.

For busy families that try and get away with a single weekly shop, that can often result in a fair bit of waste, which negates a good chunk of any price benefit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

These days I don't buy fresh produce from supermarkets, it's always cheaper and better quality at my local independent grocers and wholesale markets.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah. I do my shop fortnightly but have had to start doing a weekly produce shop so that I have salads and veggies past the first 5 or 6 days. I do buy a lot of salad kits, which tend to not last very long, but also produce does pretty consistently get a few days to a week less life than colesworth stuff. Even things like strawberries