Looks like Aldi are retaliating against Tesco & Asda, they've dropped their prices on Maris Piper Potatoes 2kg , Broccoli and 1kg Carrot to just 29p from 39p.
Update Thursday 11.00am
Back to 29p online and advertised in todays Daily Mirror at 29p
Top comments
wiggywig
15 Dec 1544#4
goldy12 to nickann1
15 Dec 1519#10
I think the only people being fleeced here are the poor farmers. How is it possible to plant , grow, harvest, pack and transport these items at this price and everyone make a profit.
Vistrix
15 Dec 1511#6
You could say that Aldi are retailerating against Tesco & Asda
:sunglasses:
GemandJake
15 Dec 159#2
Great price and voted hot. Feel sorry for the farmers though
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jayok
15 Dec 156#1
Nooo, bought a bag of potatoes earlier for 39p
Gollywood to jayok
17 Dec 15#118
Take them back & spend £2 in petrol getting to Aldi!
GemandJake
15 Dec 159#2
Great price and voted hot. Feel sorry for the farmers though
sradmad
15 Dec 15#3
Soups up, thanks op, heat :smiley:
wiggywig
15 Dec 1544#4
m5rcc
15 Dec 152#5
Tesco has 2.5kgs potatoes atm for the same price, as well as caulis
Duelling Duck to m5rcc
15 Dec 152#13
What sort of potatoes? If you're making roasties it's all important.
simate to m5rcc
16 Dec 152#44
Yeah but Aldi are selling Maris Pipers which are great spuds whereas Tesco are selling standard white potatoes which are good for not much really.
Vistrix
15 Dec 1511#6
You could say that Aldi are retailerating against Tesco & Asda
:sunglasses:
Alfsmum
15 Dec 157#7
I hope they carry on fighting because the customer wins for once ... and it makes a change doesn't it.... remember all those days of price fixing?
SCOUSEKEVIN to Alfsmum
15 Dec 15#15
I remember, there wasnt even 10p difference between bags of spuds at over £2 a bag, sam prices for Sprouts and carrots, Robin Gits (seasonal insult)
eset12345 to Alfsmum
16 Dec 151#28
its only to get people in to the shops over Christmas so they buy their turkey, and other Christmas crap from them
Bargainhuntersupreme
15 Dec 15#8
Hot, great price
nickann1
15 Dec 153#9
Been twice to Aldi now and will make them and Lidl my permanent shop from now on. Tired of being fleeced for worse or same stuff
goldy12 to nickann1
15 Dec 1519#10
I think the only people being fleeced here are the poor farmers. How is it possible to plant , grow, harvest, pack and transport these items at this price and everyone make a profit.
SCOUSEKEVIN to nickann1
15 Dec 153#17
I/we go between Lidl and Aldi for most of the groceries, Lidl weekend specials can be really good if you like the items. Tell you family, friends, the more people who save money by shopping there the quicker the likes of Tesco & Asda will have to price match, which will help those who do not have a Lidl/Aldi nearby.
nickann1
15 Dec 157#11
I'm not sure to be honest. There could be plenty of reasons for it but I am more concerned about the waste that farmers are forced to discard because a carrot doesn't point perfectly straight....
badger636
15 Dec 155#12
You are right the farmers probably don't make much at all, and I feel for them! But as for the supermarkets, if they can sell them for 29p then why the hell have we been paying about £2 for maris pipers the last god knows how many years, some fat **** has a nice detached mansion with a ferrari parked outside because we felt we had no choice but to pay those prices!
Msic
15 Dec 151#14
I'd love it if Supermarkets felt enough trust in the customers to be transparent about their costs, eg 28% to farmers, 15% for transport, %50 to supermarket etc.
Shame, i cant see this happening.
Farmers need to grow on massive, massive scales these days in order to generate fractional profits. Tough times.
thomasleep to Msic
16 Dec 15#85
just curious but where did you get those figures from?
bdciffsd
15 Dec 154#16
Its not quite as black and white as 'cheaper the product, the less the farmer earns'. Although it might seem that way, and in many cases it might actually be that way, that isn't always the case. Supermarkets often take an extremely slim profit margin, no profit or actually go ever so slightly out of pocket for these deals to be on the shelves, because they know that the majority of people won't go into their stores for *just* the deals. Most people will go in for the deals and also do the rest of their weekly shop there, whereas otherwise they might have gone to Tesco or Asda. I'm probably the only person I know who will make a special trip to a shop for a good deal and not do any extra shopping there, and will probably never return to said store unless they have another great deal on.
flobbit to bdciffsd
15 Dec 151#20
Yes, I wouldn't be surprised if they are making a loss on some of these.
cjabingham to bdciffsd
15 Dec 152#24
Loss leader is the term my dear Henry !
Coreydeals
15 Dec 152#18
Just picked up some. They are "All Rounder White Potatoes"
nickann1
15 Dec 152#19
Our Aldi only just opened up, but we had a shock when we saw all the low prices .... we were wondering what the catch was. I would highly recommend it
KKHKISHZKH
15 Dec 152#21
Oh no! I paid 39p for my broccoli earlier! :P
chimp14uk to KKHKISHZKH
15 Dec 151#22
Same here, carrots too.
Says 29p on website.
Looks like Aldi are starting to scam people again
sidhead
15 Dec 15#23
that's good... bunnies will be happy
cjabingham to sidhead
15 Dec 15#25
Women like bunnies or should that be rabbits?!
cjabingham
15 Dec 15#26
Battery powered ones, not ones that go in the pot!
elizabeth2005
15 Dec 151#27
Aldi veg are cheap for a reason - they taste carp! :laughing:
Besford to elizabeth2005
16 Dec 154#33
OK, you go elsewhere and the rest of the world will move to Aldi. Absolutely nothing second rate about their produce these days.
Sogaaddict to elizabeth2005
16 Dec 151#45
Never heard of vegetables tasting like carp, I would get your taste buds looked at.
eset12345
16 Dec 151#29
potatoes generally wholesale for abut £3 - £4 for a 25kg sack week in week, and marginally less when tonnes are bought unbagged like the supermarkets do, these deals are simply the supermarket selling at cost price, or a few pence higher per bag, same with carrots etc, 10kg sacks are about £4 at the moment, and about £350 per tonne for bulk lots.
asbokid
16 Dec 15#30
Like many other industries, farming in Britain survives on subsidies.
asbokid
16 Dec 151#31
Or even being sold by the supermarkets at a LOSS? But encouraging us into the store to buy more profitable lines? They call them loss-leaders. Kwiksave (remember them?) used to sell tins of baked beans for just 6p!
Besford
16 Dec 15#32
You're making some enormous assumptions here. Supermarkets can choose to sell at a loss if they wish , usually to get you through the door to buy other things.
gavhtid
16 Dec 15#34
Why do people think at this price the farmers are losing out? The supermarkets are happy to lose £1 a packet if it gets new customers through the door. Not many people go to a supermarket and buy only a bag of potatoes because its cheaper then their local..
one_way to gavhtid
16 Dec 15#39
Supermarkets would rather bully a farmer then lose out themselves :smiley:
TallerPaul
16 Dec 151#35
no flamedeer they musn't be attracted to the carrots offer XD
dealtime to TallerPaul
16 Dec 15#36
How long did u wait? :smiley:
TallerPaul
16 Dec 15#37
lol 15 mins only because i opened a diff tab to check on ebay lol
one_way
16 Dec 15#38
At this rate Christmas dinners gonna cost £5 for the whole family
sexyshelk135 to one_way
17 Dec 151#119
£10 at the co op if you like frozen.
Mangoon
16 Dec 151#40
They get EU subsidies and a different price on fuel to the rest of us, plus they have tractors now.
Monaco Blue
16 Dec 15#41
Aldi reduced Xmas veg last year. I remember the potatoes and sprouts were not great to look at, but even accounting for wastage, it was still good value. Heat!
kopite789
16 Dec 152#42
"Poor farmers" do such things even exist.
geordie7
16 Dec 15#43
Same price in lidl.
dalipsinghno1
16 Dec 153#46
Please don't insult them by calling them fat look at them do they look fat
Group Chief Executive of Tesco Salary £4.133 million.... Chief Financial Officer of Tesco PLC Salary £750k(£1.4m with shares as compensation for move from M&S) UK & ROI CEO of Tesco Salary NK.....
but you have my permission to say they are GREEDY ****'s
zurich
16 Dec 151#47
Lidl have no shareholders, that's is why their prices are lower than Tesco, sainsbury etc. They also treat farmers better than the other big supermarkets because they don't have to pay out massive dividends to shareholders.
simate
16 Dec 15#48
Bedford store still 39p so I told a manager and showed him on the Aldi app, he said he'll 'look into it'.
Geenation
16 Dec 15#49
Perfect for XMAS dinner.
dunkertruck to Geenation
16 Dec 15#56
never!
leon121
16 Dec 15#50
Thanks for your help
johnchewybayorhewitt
16 Dec 152#51
I refuse to buy fruit and veg from aldi until they start displaying the best before date clearly enough for customers to read.
simate to johnchewybayorhewitt
16 Dec 156#52
Just look at it, if it looks and feels fresh then buy it, if it doesn't then don't buy it. Its an easy concept but not a new one :wink:
dalipsinghno1 to johnchewybayorhewitt
16 Dec 151#53
If you said I refuse to buy produce like Milk, cheese or processed food then I would understand.... but fruit and veg.... I don't under stand the Law says BBD product can't be sold after the date.... and need to be disposed of..... when the staff miss the the reduction on product like apples pears, swede, squash, even after a few days they still haven't start4d to rot and if we go to the staff to get it reduced they will take that off you saying sorry we can't even display it let alone sell them.... and they dispose of it...
Once I tried a plant to be reduced because it was two days over.... and it was disposed.... it was fresh and could have a life for as long as the keeper looks after it..... I was angry but couldn't do anything.....
M&S did try to donate the leftover food to charities but they had to stop it as well as far as I know.....
Frugals have a right approach but they risk getting marked and maybe arrested for stealing....
Quickblood to johnchewybayorhewitt
16 Dec 15#59
Why would you care about the best before date, it's pretty much useless?
sammy12345 to johnchewybayorhewitt
16 Dec 15#99
same reason i wont..
Rudess
16 Dec 15#54
I buy usually a bag of 20kg of Maris Piper potatoes in Costco for £10, which works out as 50p per KG.
dalipsinghno1 to Rudess
16 Dec 15#57
Yep we go there regularly and having paid £29 membership we have saved on some product and self paid for the membership.... we get regular fruit and veg, they do come in large packs, but soon make up for it......
EveshamLad to Rudess
16 Dec 151#60
I buy usually a bag of 25kg of Maris Piper potatoes from my local farmer for £6, which works out as 24p per KG
(He also sells other potatoes for £4-£5 a bag)
simate to Rudess
16 Dec 15#65
£3.99 at my local farm shop for 25kg!
dunkertruck
16 Dec 151#55
Nice lidl pun there. it asda to be the best one I've read.
Rickardo
16 Dec 151#58
I believe their buying model is also better for farmers/suppliers- Tesco force down a price and lock suppliers into contacts, whereas Lidl regularly 'shop' around for the the price they want, which then does potentially introduce some quality variation etc. (Not always a bad thing!).
PAUL2888130
16 Dec 15#61
Good old Aldi. Heat added.
judeyjudey
16 Dec 15#62
Fab the dog eats loads of carrots
chocci
16 Dec 152#63
Bought the sprouts on offer last thursday. They were all rotten by the time I went to use them on Sunday! :confused:
EveshamLad to chocci
16 Dec 15#64
Well you shouldn't have boiled them for 3 days
seaniboy to chocci
20 Dec 15#130
Veggies should be kept in a fridge, not in a central heated house :wink:
EveshamLad
16 Dec 15#66
That's cheap. Where's your local farm shop? Maybe you should post this as a deal yourself?
ameenamahetar
16 Dec 151#67
Just so everyone knows, we call deals like this "loss leaders". Basically the farmers will get paid what they agreed to contractually. The majority of them are in an alliance and agree to a set price for a certain quality. They will continue to get paid these prices. The supermarkets just lower the price dramatically to encourage people to enter the store. They are fully aware that most people won't walk out with just a bag of potatoes and that's what they rely on.
Kookai231
16 Dec 15#68
Do you really think that tesco/aldi is washing, packing.. all vegs? They are buying all from factories like branston Ltd, they are already packed, labeled, delivered to distribution centres. The best is that aldi and Tesco are using this same supplier for potatoes I seen branston Ltd lorries in aldi and Tesco.. And The 2kg bag is £2in Tesco and 29 pence in aldi...
pjb012
16 Dec 15#69
these are still showing as 39p online and on the aldi app?
EveshamLad to pjb012
16 Dec 15#70
Just go instore and buy some.
simate to pjb012
16 Dec 15#88
They weren't this morning but they are now :disappointed:
Destiny13
16 Dec 15#71
Still 39p in store this morning
EveshamLad to Destiny13
16 Dec 15#72
Welcome to HUKD
They should be 29p at the till
(if not speak to the manager and refer to their own website)
Rudess
16 Dec 15#73
Proof please. You can't have 25kg of Maris piper for £4
Suk468
16 Dec 15#74
Not in Aldi Tottenham! Priced at 39p, bought potatoes & this was the price at the till.
EveshamLad to Suk468
16 Dec 15#77
Send a copy of your receipt and the webpage to their headquarters - you'll be refunded and some!
Edit: The website now shows they are back at 39p. Has this deal expired?
Anyway lets get it a bit hotter whilst we can
It seems another was trying to sell at £3 a bag (£120/t) earlier
EveshamLad
16 Dec 15#78
Well I was beginning to think I was going mad, but it obviously wasn't just me that saw these at 29p on their website earlier
So I just called their customer helpline at Atherstone in Warwickshire on 0800 042 0800
They told me the correct price is 39p and deny any knowledge of the website ever saying 29p :smirk:
bondchick007
16 Dec 15#79
I've just been and they still 39p
Brando4000
16 Dec 152#80
Poor quality fruit and vegetables from aldi and Lidl don't care how cheap it is. Can't beat Tesco for quality and freshness worth the extra 10p if you ask me
EveshamLad
16 Dec 15#81
As they say, every little helps :smiley:
darren9030
16 Dec 151#82
Crikey 39p is a bargain in the first place. Thanks for posting - i hadn't realised just how cheap Aldi is . Heat added.
I guess you've not been to an Aldi in the last week
darren9030
16 Dec 15#84
Not been to Alsi for about 6 years if i'm honest. Paid 74p in a local Tesco for a small bag of carrots the other day :disappointed:
Defo going Aldi now though :smile:
simate
16 Dec 151#86
Um....yes....you can and I have! Most farm shops charge £4-£5.50 per 25kg sack in Bedfordshire anyway. I'm not going to the farm shop any time soon but you're welcome to visit one yourself.
Do you expect Tesco to pay them more ? , the deference is how much these stores get profit.
thomasleep
16 Dec 15#89
I never saw a poor farmer, if it didn't pay, nobody would do it! The lower the price the better! far to many people using food banks in this country for anybody to have concerns for anybody involved in the food supply chain making less than they do already. These are obviously loss leaders the supermarkets take the hit on the price in the hope you buy the other full priced items they stock. They all do it, just seems that aldi and lidl do it on stuff that is actually healthy. Sorry but my sympathies are with the 1,084,604 people according to the trussell trust who used a food bank last year rather than the few farmers who actually went bust.
simate
16 Dec 15#90
They were 39p in Bedford this morning. I spoke to a manager, showed him they were 29p via the app. He scanned a bag of spuds which came up 39p, that's where it ended, I left empty handed.
simate
16 Dec 153#91
Show em this :wink:
I took a screenshot this morning when I queried it on the Aldi Facebook page.
simate
16 Dec 151#92
I don't think anybody was.
EveshamLad
16 Dec 15#93
I gave Pells a ring on 01234 771834 and spoke to a lady called Candice who denied having any Maris Pipers on sale at £3.99 a bag.:smirk:
simate
16 Dec 15#94
Yeah, ok.
EveshamLad
16 Dec 151#95
Well done on grabbing that! Proves I'm not going crazy. That is indeed what I saw earlier.
simate
16 Dec 151#96
Neither am I when it comes to the price of spuds at my local farm shop! :neutral_face:
EveshamLad
16 Dec 15#97
I found your comment on f/b
I see Aldi replied 6 hours ago
And you have recently followed up with
I've a feeling they won't respond again ... but let us know if they do. :smiley:
Meanwhile, deal is definitely over ... if it was ever really available in the first place.
Still, at 1300 degrees, I can see we have all had some great fun today :smile:
EveshamLad
16 Dec 15#98
I didn't ask about any old spuds, but mentioned Maris Piper by name.
Give Candice a call yourself on 01234 771834 if you want to know.
(You may have to wait until tomorrow now though)
eset12345
16 Dec 15#100
the price tesco pay is per tonne at the price at the farm gate, this will include a degree of sorting, the smaller farmers then deliver it to the packing agents, the like of branston like you mention, who tesco has annnual contracts with to packge the items they have bought direct ffrom farmers, the larger farms, grade, wash and package themselves and will deliver direct to a Tesco distribution centre for final delivery to store.
Kookai231
16 Dec 15#101
****, Tesco is buying from Branson lts one of the biggest potatoes buyers in the uk from 2005. They dont buy from farmers.
lolly2012
16 Dec 15#102
I don't know how they can package and produce these for that price?
Coreydeals to lolly2012
16 Dec 15#103
That's probably because they most likely aren't. They're probably using these as loss leaders to get consumers in to the store hoping they'll buy lots of other products etc.
eset12345 to lolly2012
16 Dec 15#107
they are making a nice margin on them, in excess of 20%, potatoes are, well, as cheap as chips.
lolly2012
16 Dec 15#104
The trouble is they aren't the only ones doing it and people will buy somethings in bulk and they will lose out next week.
Coreydeals
16 Dec 15#105
Agreed. Although I guess that's the chance they are willing to take.
eset12345
16 Dec 15#106
Living in cornwall, I have friends what grow and supply their potatoes to tesco, exactly via the methods that I state.
from tesco themselves, but of course they don;t buy direct from their farmers do they
website of the company above http://www.jerseyroyal.co.uk/ , oh look what they say about their farming and direct supply operation "The Jersey Royal Company is a fully integrated produce company,
growing, grading, washing and packing Jersey Royal New potatoes for UK
retailers."
lolly2012
16 Dec 15#108
I suppose it shows how much they make a full price.
simate
16 Dec 15#109
How much were they then?
Kookai231
17 Dec 15#110
They are own by greenvale. Biggest potatoes buyers in UK. They buy, wash, pack and sell to Tesco and others...
oscarcat
17 Dec 151#111
No idea what Aldi are doing with their prices, even thou they've put the prices back up on the web site, In todays Daily mirror they are advertising the Potatoes, Carrots and Broccoli at 29p
EveshamLad to oscarcat
17 Dec 15#114
Website is again showing 29p for spuds, brocolli & carrots :smiley:
EveshamLad
17 Dec 15#112
I respectfully refer you to the responses given to you in posts #93 & #98 :smiley:
Peamarshy77
17 Dec 15#113
Great!! Cheap Ammo for my spud gun!
apaa1214
17 Dec 15#115
Smithdown aldi laa!!!
raymogy
17 Dec 15#116
I see how they reduce the price the celery and tomato have increased by 6p each
seaniboy to raymogy
20 Dec 15#129
They give me terrible ibs anyway, so thanks for paying the 6p so my veg shop is cheaper HUKD :wink:
edgeone
17 Dec 151#117
I've met many farmers. I've yet to meet a poor one.
simate
17 Dec 15#120
Doesn't say. I could ring or even go there but its easier to ask you....or so I thought!
Alfsmum
17 Dec 15#121
Remember the butter mountains and wine lakes when food was dumped by the EU rather than sell it to the people at a lower price ? Don't know what's changed but this makes so much more sense now ..... a big bag of decent veg for under a quid. Problem is, when the EU starts to make sense, I start to worry !
Sogaaddict
17 Dec 151#122
" when the EU starts to make sense, I start to worry !" Really? You really should find out all the consumer protection measures that have been brought in by the EU. They would never have happened, without them.
pjb012
17 Dec 15#123
Happy days after all! I see Lidl are also advertising some veg for 29p in their latest in-store brochure. Maybe Aldi were waiting for confirmation of that before their price drop today...
benbanks5
17 Dec 152#124
Tesco's are white potato, ALDIs are maris piper, better for roasting imho
simate to benbanks5
18 Dec 151#125
Better for everything!
simate
18 Dec 15#126
Historically they rarely answer the phone anyway. I just rang them and as usual there was no answer so I suspect you didn't speak to anybody or you would simply say how much they were instead of playing silly **** :smirk:
seaniboy
20 Dec 15#127
Your tax is paid to them in a subsided manner.
seaniboy
20 Dec 15#128
including getting fat, its all starch carbs...better with a sweet potato (which is not actually a potato a all)
Are the cauli's still on at Tesco ? I love cauli
marklane27
20 Dec 15#131
The shops aren't making money on this its just a loss leader to get people in.. Wouldn't shock me if Tesco and Asda match it or go lower. Or just wait till Xmas eve and fill a trolley for a fiver in the reduced section.
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Opening post
Update Thursday 11.00am
Back to 29p online and advertised in todays Daily Mirror at 29p
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Shame, i cant see this happening.
Farmers need to grow on massive, massive scales these days in order to generate fractional profits. Tough times.
Says 29p on website.
Looks like Aldi are starting to scam people again
but you have my permission to say they are GREEDY ****'s
Once I tried a plant to be reduced because it was two days over.... and it was disposed.... it was fresh and could have a life for as long as the keeper looks after it..... I was angry but couldn't do anything.....
M&S did try to donate the leftover food to charities but they had to stop it as well as far as I know.....
Frugals have a right approach but they risk getting marked and maybe arrested for stealing....
(He also sells other potatoes for £4-£5 a bag)
They should be 29p at the till
(if not speak to the manager and refer to their own website)
Edit: The website now shows they are back at 39p. Has this deal expired?
Anyway lets get it a bit hotter whilst we can
http://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/maris-piper-potatoes.50498/
It seems another was trying to sell at £3 a bag (£120/t) earlier
So I just called their customer helpline at Atherstone in Warwickshire on 0800 042 0800
They told me the correct price is 39p and deny any knowledge of the website ever saying 29p :smirk:
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/aldi-super-6-christmas-fruit-vegetables-39p-from-10th-december-2015-30th-december-2345800
I guess you've not been to an Aldi in the last week
Defo going Aldi now though :smile:
This is the one is go to. https:[email protected],-0.4067405,3a,75y,292.87h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s04XOyie1iSodQf5FaYppCg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xdd643fe453fc7f07!6m1!1e1
They were £4.49 a month ago but are usually £3.99 in December. Saxons are also the same sort of price.
G&M Growers also sell them for around that price.
https:[email protected],-0.299316,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x123377f5b49452cf
I took a screenshot this morning when I queried it on the Aldi Facebook page.
I see Aldi replied 6 hours ago
And you have recently followed up with
I've a feeling they won't respond again ... but let us know if they do. :smiley:
Meanwhile, deal is definitely over ... if it was ever really available in the first place.
Still, at 1300 degrees, I can see we have all had some great fun today :smile:
Give Candice a call yourself on 01234 771834 if you want to know.
(You may have to wait until tomorrow now though)
from tesco themselves, but of course they don;t buy direct from their farmers do they
http://www.tescoplc.com/index.asp?pageid=696#ref_foodnews
website of the company above http://www.jerseyroyal.co.uk/ , oh look what they say about their farming and direct supply operation "The Jersey Royal Company is a fully integrated produce company,
growing, grading, washing and packing Jersey Royal New potatoes for UK
retailers."
Are the cauli's still on at Tesco ? I love cauli