A man doing his weekly shop at Aldi with only £5 in his pocket was left dumbfounded when he got to the checkout. Aldi has been named the fourth largest supermarket in Britain, and prides itself on low prices.
The supermarket chain, alongside fellow budget supermarket Lidl, is often first on the list for many shoppers looking to get their weekly shop as cheap as possible. One shopper, who posts under the name Cost of Living Crisis Tips on Tiktok, shared their weekly haul at Aldi coming to just £4.97. The haul included penne pasta, spaghetti, bourbon creams, baked beans, chopped tomatoes, tinned garden peas, cornflakes, a loaf of bread, two tins of rice pudding and long grain rice.
When asked what meals they planned on making, they answered: "Tomato pasta, rice and peas, beans on toast, rice pudding etc." The Tiktok creator made it clear this was about surviving. "This video is about surviving on £5 for the week," they commented, "not 'having a nutritional protein rich diet for £5 a week.'"
