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Sophie Buchan

Aldi on why viral 'metro rolls' are not in Scottish stores after success in rest of UK

If you like to shop in Aldi and join Facebook groups to keep an eye on the latest shopping news and trends, you may have noticed that a certain product is going viral.

Aldi's 'Village Bakery Italian Style Metro Rolls' - often referred to as simply 'Metro Rolls' - are doing the rounds, with customers re-creating Subway's iconic six inch and footlong sandwiches at home.

The four-pack of bread rolls also share the same colours as the sandwich chain and cost just 84p - that's just 21p per sandwich - minus the filling of course.

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Taking to Aldi UK Shoppers Facebook group, one member said: "Fellow Scottish followers, I’ve just done my big shop in Aldi can’t get over how much I’ve got for the price.

"Only downfall is the Metro rolls are England only so hopefully they will come to our Scottish stores soon until then baguettes will do."

Aldi fans are loving the Metro Rolls. (Aldi UK Shoppers)

After posting her thoughts online, one shopper said you can also buy them in Wales with another shopper adding that Scotland has another similar product - Brownings White Sub Rolls - which also come in a four pack.

But if you're wondering why the metro rolls haven't travelled further north, we asked Aldi why the viral Metro Rolls aren't available in Scottish stores.

And as it turns out, we could soon see them in our stores with Aldi telling Glasgow Live that due to the "success" elsewhere in the UK, they'll be making a decision about Scottish stores soon.

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Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of Buying at Aldi explained: "As our Scottish stores already sell a delicious Sub Roll, we’ve been testing the popularity of the Metro Rolls in our English and Welsh stores.

"Now we have seen the Metro Rolls’ great success, we’ll shortly be making a decision about future Scottish availability.”

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