Cost of Groceries in Britain vs America - Comparing ALDI in the UK vs US
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- NOTE: The conversion rate for US Dollars to GB Pound Sterling at the time of this analysis was 1.27.
As a follow up to my comparison of the cost of Groceries in the US vs the UK, I am taking a trip to ALDI to shop for the least expensive basic food items across many sections of the store.
Do you shop at ALDI? What products or prices do you find surprising in this video?
Thanks for watching! Cheers! XX Dara
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Excellent video!!! You did SO MUCH work! What a job to do all the conversions, plus no one else goes physically to BOTH Country's stores!! 👏🏻 ❤
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow thanks, love! I appreciate you sharing the video and your thoughts on ALDI shopping! 👍🇺🇸🏴
Love it that you describe tomatoes the American way and English way in the same sentence!! Your English pronunciations are coming along very well, you're almost a Brit now. This vlog would have taken a long time to make so well done you!
It took FOREVER to make and edit this one. I think I'm done with grocery videos now! But I'm glad you enjoyed my pronunciations ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels I liked your American pronunciation of Banana .... you sounded like a Minion. lol
Yes, flying 8 thousand miles between each edit would end up having one massive carbon footprint.
@@andyonions7864 Don't concern yourself about the carbon footprint because climate change is a scam
@@andyonions7864 😩
This video was a labor of love! Well done. I really enjoyed experiencing the grocery stores in England, especially Tesco and M&S. I want my local grocery stores to carry some of the same things that we found in Tesco!
Yes, there are some great finds in the British supermarkets! Gary wanted to bring home a suitcase full of the GF bread from M&S!
Hi Dara, you've done a magnificent job comparing the two. This takes a massive amount of work, and was very impressive.
@@The_Brit_Girls cheers, Julie! I'm looking forward to watching your food video today! I would be watching it now, but the BBC has an otter documentary on that someone just told me about, so that takes priority at the moment! Lol
Thanks for your hard work putting this one together, Dara, very interesting! I'm another Lidl rather than Aldi fan but am careful of the quality of some of their stuff so I tend to get fruit & veg plus staples there and top up with 'premium' stuff elsewhere. To solve the never having a coin for the trolly problem keep your eyes open for a trolley disc/token the next time you’re in the UK - you can often get one clipped onto a key ring which is very handy.
Getting a trolley disc is a brilliant idea! Yes, I also prefer Lidl. I think it's great to shop there for some items, but there are enough strange other things we buy that I always end up having to shop at three or four stores whether we are in the US or the UK! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! XX
Great video dara, very interesting to see the comparison,
Great video dara you stay safe 👍
Thanks, James!
A fascinating video- and with so much careful primary research!
Regarding the milk prices- I wonder if you took into account that a UK pint is considerably larger than a US pint? The difference at a gallon would be even more.
@@carolineskipper6976 once I learned about pints and gallons being different I did decided to never mess with that nonsense again! I do everything in litres now. I converted the American gallon to liters, and did the comparison from there...
So interesting & what a lot of work Dara. Much appreciated xx
Oh man, this video took me probably more hours than any video I've ever done! Over the course of the last three months. I'm not signing up to do any more grocery videos! Lol
Thanks so much for watching! 😘
Hi Dara, I thought I was already subscribed to your channel as I have watched several of your videos, I am now. Great video, I can't imagine how long you spent in Excel doing this 😊😊
@@johnallen5879 thanks so much! I appreciate your support! Yes it was dozens of hours analysing this... and thank goodness my hubby Ian is a trained auditor, as he double checked everything.😉
Cheers! Dara
Morning, hope you are enjoying our British summer! I was in the States last July and had quite a shock re coffee shops, the US Starbucks seemed much more expensive overall, the quality was similar but when compared to our local favourites both are much poorer quality, so my I suggest a comparison of Starbucks v Starbucks and independent v independent? If you are in the Cotswolds I would suggest in the Stow on the Wold area there is Qtis and Belle for outstanding Viennoiserie or Daylesford, in Cheltenham there is SLO Coffee over by the train station. Thanks for the video. Oh, and if you come to Stow you might enjoy World of Crocodiles for something out of the ordinary, just don’t go there during feeding time! Otis is also in Broadway where there are many interesting things to see
@@brucebello2049 thanks for the recommendations! Funny you should mention that, I'm in Stow on the Wold right now!!
Americans are on average richer than British people so supermarkets (or grocery stores) can get away with charging more in the US. The UK is also quite compact so distribution is easier and cheaper.
Good points!
Not to mention, British food is far less toxic !
@@markfour2841 yes, fair point...
@@MagentaOtterTravels Producers must identify GMO foods on the packaging in UK, US not required.
The overall difference was quite significant. My British friends often assume that everything is cheaper relatively in the States.
@@The_Brit_Girls yes that's a common misconception
Great comparison video
Thanks so much!!
Been waiting for this one!
Thanks so much for watching! Let me know if anything surprises you...
For the mustard i always get the powdered english mustard from Colmans ...i wonder if that would work out cheaper...lol 🙃😅
Yes I think so!🤓
Hiya Dara, I haven't watched this vlog yet but I will when I get back home, I'm going to watch the longer vlogs in my save later part, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England
@@paulguise698 cheers, Choppy!
@@MagentaOtterTravelsHiya Dara, I watched your comparison on groceries on ALDI in England and U.S, I was pleasantly surprised with some of the differences
Great comparison Dara
@@davidmalarkey1302 thanks so much!
Well done Liz must if been a tricky comparison .. it made an interesting and entertaining film by the way your English is coming along nicely lol .. just work on the yogurt 👍 oddly we bought the cheese selection today.. have a great weekend liz Glyn and Carol 🇬🇧 ps we find we have to watch the " best by" dates at Aldi
Lol, you are right! I have never been able to get myself to say yogurt the British way or spell it the British/European way!
Thanks so much for watching! I don't think I would be willing to regularly shop at Aldi for my basic food shop because it doesn't have many items I regularly buy. And I don't think the quality of the fruit and veg is as good. However, I discovered Lidl here in Gloucestershire this summer, and it is better, so we do enjoy shopping there! But we still end up going to Tesco at least once a week! 😉
Cheers! Dara
Coins in the carts is the norm here in NL🇳🇱 Dara- though some supermarkets are considering removing them..I shudder the thought. People will take them for a walk. The anomaly Dara is the seasons. The strawberries were late in the UK/Europe this year as summer was delayed. I can't believe the UK export Rhubarb to the States!!!We have an Aldi about 1.5 km up the road. I have to admit to not shopping there. You could have fun doing shopping in Aldi when you bare over in August. How do wages compare in relation to the housekeeping prices? You really worked hard getting this video edited Dara. oh and as another watcher commented - Lidl is a great alternative to Aldi here as well. 👌🇳🇱🙋♀🥝
@@IamaDutch-Kiwi I didn't make this obvious in the video, but the rhubarb I saw was here in England. They definitely would not export it to the US!
Wages are higher in the US on average.
I'm looking forward to seeing what Aldi Nord and Sud are like in Germany... and Lidl!
Cheers XX Dara
Green banana's are good for making roti.
We have had bad experiences with buying them and then they never properly ripen... I'm dubious!
@@MagentaOtterTravels When you're making roti for a living you don't want the bananas too ripe because they have to last a few days. Yellow with a bit of green is best. (I'm learning how to make banana roti with pandan leaves). 😁😁
We don't usually have heavy whipping cream, its normally just called whipping cream. We would generally use double cream in recipes. Whipping cream in the uk generally has about 36% fat and double cream has about 48%.
@@dominique8233 wait, double cream has more fat than whipping cream? Thanks for educating me! I never knew!
I live in England -- I have never been in an Aldi supermarket. ---- Sainsburys suits me fine.
As one of the 2%, thank you for the Math ;-) Since some of us in the comments pointed out your accent change in the Tesco/Kroger video I think you are doing it for purpose now...
@@robertwatford7425 oh yes, I was always doing it on purpose 😉... I wouldn't really call it a different accent, because I'm rubbish at accents! But I do vary my pronunciation.
This was absolutely fascinating. I've often been in supermarkets in the US and wondered how the prices compared to those in the UK. We assume things must be cheaper and better in the US but it seems that's not the case. I mostly go to Lidl, but sometimes to Aldi and have bought some of the products you chose. An excellent presentaton!
Thank you so much, Aidan! I really had not shopped at Aldi or Lidl much before, but after working on these ALDI videos I have come to appreciate how much lower the prices are than other supermarkets in the US! However, coming back to England and shopping at Lidl, I've decided that I like that store better than Aldi. The Lidl stores are nicer here in Gloucestershire, and the quality of the food is better than Aldi!
As a Germanophile, I would expect you to shop at one of them! Lol 😉🇩🇪
The bread price and quality is shocking, very interesting video
@@jillybrooke29 yes I just can't buy bread in the US... have to make my own.
@@MagentaOtterTravels I did wonder
Loved your video as usual it in my opinion Yorkshire tea is THE best and that’s from someone in Northern Ireland lol although Punjana is a close second!
@@gillianhill4757 I don't drink black tea, so I will take your word for it! My favourite thing from Yorkshire is the puddings! Lol
Actually, we are headed up to Yorkshire in two days! Looking forward to exploring some new places 💖
Sorry we're Lidl through and through! We have a trolley disc to put in the trolleys. Those banana are long great for bana bread! We're gonna go strawberry picking next week, can't wait! Wonky is the best word. Interesting comparisons! Some advice on the tea - give aldis a miss and go PG or Yorkshire! Wow. - that's an interesting final figure!! Go U.K. Aldi!
I had never really shopped at Aldi or Lidl before. I did this video at Aldi, and then discovered Lidl. I agree, it is so much better!!! We don't have Lidl near us in Texas though...
Well done, I see you've put a lot of effort into this, even comparing pronunciation, what a star you are. I've paid the price ( 👍 ) . I hope everyone else will.
@@wencireone thank you very much for your support! This video was a ridiculous amount of work. Probably a good 80 to 90 hours. Now I feel like I've finished this chapter of my life and I don't need to do another shopping video! From now on I will just focus my videos on eating food, not shopping for it!
Next up: pudding gluttony 🐷
New advert for Aldi, I like this comparison, but I also like the other comparison 😉
@@wencireone in fact, now that I've discovered Lidl, I like it a lot better! I don't think I will be going back to Aldi...
@MagentaOtterTravels look at you with the German shops. It is as if it was in your DNA
We buy a "fake" £1 coin to put in the trolley and keep using it every time, we keep it on our keyring.
@@jillybrooke29 I need to!
Again, fascinating. I know when I've tried to do a comparison between the UK, US and AUS prices my expectation is ours appears more expensive. But it turns out we're midway between both a lot of the time. Surprising the US and the UK have so much imported fruits and veggies. None of our main staples are imported except sometimes we may have California oranges, lemons and grapes on the shelves at the same time as our local stuff. I still don't understand why we import those since we are a net exporter of all 3. Everything else from strawbs to potatoes to tomatoes are always local. And bananas. Sugar and flour are cheaper, we export a lot of that. Rice we have a lot imported from Asia but we export that too. Oats is always local. We're lucky the country is so big so some things out of season in the south can be got from the north eg. blueberries. But the prices doubles in our off season. Meat always seems expensive but it turns out it is pretty much comparable to the UK and US. Sometimes cheaper. The supermarkets got a lot of bad publicity re meat prices and the price of some things like lamb have been slashed. Milk cream, cream and butter seem expensive too but they're cheaper than both UK and US. Probably closer to UK prices. The price of butter has crept up by about $2 a kg over the last year or too. But between us and the Kiwis we're one of the biggest milk based product producers in the world. NZ butter is awesome by the way.
Great stuff again Dara!!!!
@@ShaneNixonFamily that's very interesting! I didn't know so many things were grown in Oz! Even bananas! 🍌 Wow!
@@MagentaOtterTravels we produce enough for the domestic market with a bit exported. We don't import any. Sugar is another surprising one. We're in the top 10 sugar exporting countries. That's why our sweets like chocolate and coke taste better than the US. We use sugar and not corn syrup. 😂
@@ShaneNixonFamily definitely!
@@ShaneNixonFamilyI understood from friends that Australia is much more expensive for food. I have heard it from several quarters. Also in England we have far more different supermarkets whilst you only have about three, Woolworths being one of them.
@@valeriedavidson2785 interestingly our Woolworths, the biggest of the big 3, is unrelated to either the UK or US Woolworths. Our big 3 is really only the big 2. Coles and Woolies who control 65% of the market. ALDI is probably a distant third ahead of a pack. The duopoly pretty much run as a cartel as far as controlling prices go.
Groceries have certainly gotten a lot more expensive here in Oz but often the price comes out similarly to the UK. Some stuff is cheaper. Some is more expensive.
I don't shop in Aldi, not because I'm a supermarket snob (well...I am a bit!) but because there is no Aldi close to us in the UK or the US. Btw, well done on the different pronunciations too! 👍😀
@@The_Brit_Girls where do you shop? There's no one store that I think is great for all of our shopping needs. I really like to mix it up with going to a few different stores. After discovering Lidl here in England, I don't think I'll go back to Aldi! My perfect combination is Lidl, M&S, Grape Tree, Waitrose, and Tesco!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I like to mix it up too - Sainsbury's, M&S, Morrisons and Tesco. There is no Waitrose close by.
@@The_Brit_Girls when I am left to my own transport, there are two supermarkets I can go to. The Tesco express, which is a super short walk, or Waitrose which is a 17 minute walk! In a pinch, I can get most everything I need at one of those two places 😉
Well done for all the jikery pokey on the maths front! It always puzzles me why US home grown produce is so expensive when it is produced in mega quantities? Is it either, they pay farmers a fair rate (Hooray! unlike are farmers) or is it just down to the massive logistical distances. I am an ALDI fan. Have subbed.
@@AnthonyValentine-vm1yc Aldi is a decent store, but after filming this video I've decided I like Lidl even more. Around here in Gloucestershire, the Lidl stores are nicer and have better quality food, but at the same low prices!
Thank you so much for subscribing! I appreciate your support. And yes, I have no idea why so many types of American produce are more expensive!
I went to an Aldi in Burlington.
Which one?
@@MagentaOtterTravels Iowa.
Loving the edgy placing of tomatoes in the fruit section (I know they are fruit but people will lose their stuff over that😅)
@@andyrjs oh yeah, there are plenty of produce pedants out there!🤣🤣🤣
Hi Dara
My fun fact is, Lidl and Aldi was once the same company owned by two brothers, they fell out as one wanted to sell cigarettes and the other didn't so they split into two different companies.
I had heard about the two brothers, but I didn't know the issue was cigarettes! Fascinating!
That's an error that a lot of people make. Aldi was two brothers, but they split into Aldi North and Aldi South in 1966. Aldi South is the one that expanded into the UK and US. In fact Aldi North owns Trader Joe's in the US
More in Wikipedia here:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi
@@panchomcsporran2083 Lidl predates Aldi by about 13-14 years. It was started by Joseph Schwarz in the early 1930s. Aldi came into being after the Albrecht brothers took over their mother's shop in 1943. The name was changed soon after WW2 to Albrecht Diskont (Albrecht Discount) which is where the Aldi name (and why it's pronounced Al-Dee, not All-dee) came from. After 1946 the company we know today took shape. There is no connection between Aldi and Lidl. Their story is often confused with that of Adidas and Gola, both of which definitely were started by two brothers - the Dassler brothers, one of which was Adolf Dassler (shortened to 'Adi-das') The other brother left after a disagreement and started his own sports footwear company under the Gola name.
@@shanewaterman4125 your right it was Aldi I was thinking of where the two brothers fell out over selling cigarettes, I still struggle to tell the difference between Aldi and Lidl, I think that's where I got confused
Ouch and we thought we were being ripped off. That bread looked awful too!
Most American bread is pretty nasty.😬
Gold, Silver, Red label with tea is the blend and final colour, it is not the 'quality', which is orthagonal.
Silver will be the mildest, Gold second and Red is strong and most astrigent.
@@martinwyke thank you for explaining that!
I love your comparison Dara but not Aldi…there was only one in a not so nice neighborhood and they recently put one closer in Burbank, I wasn’t impressed at all…in fact it reminded me of a bargain Trader Joe’s which I do happen to like. In TraderJoe’s I can get more for my dollar than at Ralph’s but not my favorite brands, or local grown. My two cents ❤ All in all this is an amazing comparison video kudos!
I agree with you! I could never do all my shopping at Aldi, because a lot of their produce is not good quality. Especially in the US! And the ALDIs around us in Texas are in the low rent areas... the stores are kinda grungy and messy. I find Lidl to be much nicer than Aldi here in England.
Did you know that in Germany there's Aldi north and Aldi south? Aldi North (Nord) owns Trader Joe's... hence the similarities. In Texas I love shopping at Trader Joe's occasionally, because they have some products I love which I can't get anywhere else. But I could never do all my shopping there either. Thanks for watching, Donna!
@@MagentaOtterTravels I thought that Aldi had something to do with Trader Joes, because of the similar products...but I agree with the low rent areas...not sure how they put one in Burbank here though, I don't consider that a low rent area...Like you, I like Trader Joes for some items but could never do all my shopping there either...I'm more of a hop, skip and a jump gal! Thanks Dara, for the great content!
@@ItsArtByDonna lol, everywhere in SoCal is high rent!
Really interesting video, thank you! A quick query, in the UK you can buy streaky or back bacon. In the USA it's just streaky bacon. Can you tell me why this is, and what happens to the cut of pork in the USA that would have been used as back bacon in the UK?
@@gillianmeehan3206 I think it is pork loin. In the US, we sell a lot of pork loin as well as pork tenderloin
@@MagentaOtterTravels Thanks, so it's likely that it doesn't get cured at all. I thought that the loin was made into some sort of charcuterie product. So many Americans have no idea about the joys of a bacon butty made with thick cut back bacon.
@@gillianmeehan3206 true, we don't!!😉
Finally- I am traveling to see Cheltenham today. First trip to this area.
Woohoo! What are you doing on Monday?
@@MagentaOtterTravels I think going into Stroud. You’ll never guess what I did today… walked from Cheltenham to Sudeley Castle… yes! I think we may make our way back to Cheltenham during the week.. just to have brunch at BTP ( Boston Tea Party). Are you in all week?
@@tanyaansley3992 only tomorrow! We head to Yorkshire early Tuesday!
I hope you loved Sudeley! I was there last week. I am VERY impressed you walked there!!! 😮
@@MagentaOtterTravels my feet are not so impressed tonight😂have fun in Yorkshire!
@@tanyaansley3992 I understand! After three days in London doing excessive walking every day, I was in agony! I hope your feet get a chance to rest and you feel better soon 👍
Dara, as usual a great video. Like you I don’t buy many onions, it’s too asy to waste them. I don’t use them often use onion but if I need them for adding in a cheese and onion omelettes I use Tesco’s frozen diced onion at £1.25 per 500g.
Yes, I've been doing the same thing! I hate wasting onion, and I hate chopping onion! And I don't eat raw onions . Having a bag of frozen diced onions that I can throw into a recipe is so easy!
@@MagentaOtterTravels You've never had a cheese and raw onion sandwich? 😲
@@Poliss95 no... but I've had cheese and onion flavoured crisps 🤣! I'm really not a fan of the taste of raw onion. I prefer them them sautéed and caramelized...
@@MagentaOtterTravels Supercharged Otters on BBC 2 right now.
@@Poliss95 cheers! I actually figured out how to find it on my TV!💖🦦
Great video Dara.🦦🦦🦦🦦.An Aldi has just opened 5 mins down the road from me!! Regarding 2 things...
1-The meat being cheaper is brilliant! BUT also British meat is bred to much higher standards and has no hormones added , is 90% grass fed and has better welfare conditions...
2- The flour and bread is REALLY bizarre...Most flour used in Britain is imported from either USA!! Canada or Australia...Yet is much cheaper (and better quality) than actual American bread and flour IN America!!😅😅😅😅
I agree with you about the meat and the animal welfare standards. That's why I compared organic meat in the US with "regular" meat in Britain. Because the "regular" meat in the US is just not comparable! I don't want to even think about how it is produced!!
The bread thing IS bizarre... on so many levels!
I'm glad you have a nice new ALDI! Do you have LIDL as well? Around here in Gloucestershire the LIDL's are nicer than the ALDI's we've just discovered.
@@MagentaOtterTravels there are some Lidls but as I don't drive (due to being partially sighted) they are a bit too far away to walk! Aldi and Lidl are very similar...
Fun fact : Aldi and Lidl were created by 2 German brothers who fell out with each other!!!
@@MagentaOtterTravels also I noticed on this video (and your Asda/Wallmart) that you didn't compare the alcohol!! I know you are not a drinker but it would have been interesting to see the price/choice comparisons between USA booze and British booze!!🐵🐵🐵🐵🐵
@@jamesbeeching6138 I did compare various alcohol beverages in the ALDI Christmas video if you want to check that out 😉
It was very good
Cheers
Frozen chopped onions are the best value
@@kellymckeever.6 and I love not having to chop onions, because it makes me cry! 😭
@@MagentaOtterTravels me too, that's why I buy chopped and frozen 😂😂
I subscribed to you fellow expat US to UK (:
@@RosebudGamesCC oh thank you! Where in the states and in Britain?
@@MagentaOtterTravels Seattle to Manchester!
I am honoured to be one of the 2%.
Yay, Gerry! That's why we are friends ;-)
I pay £0.79 for a big bag of cherry tomatoes in Lidl.
@@akula9713 good deal!
When you consider that the UK is below 60% self sufficient in food production ( temperate foods) and the USA is a big food exporter I am always surprised that food is cheap here ( not that you'd realise from the public's comments ). I know the pressure that have been on farm incomes for more than 25 years now ( 1996 was a peak and then the government changed and EU policies switched to world prices).
UK food is generally untaxed. Luxury food is taxed (think Maple syrup), but the shelf price includes the tax (if any) of course. Edit: You chose vine tomatoes in the UK, which are slightly premium. Aldi UK usually does salad tomatoes at a similar price to the US. Regular butter would be almost as good as premium in the UK. American mustard is unfortunately like a tasteless yellow sauce. British mustard gives you a rhinectomy (but not Aldi mustard).
@@andyonions7864 that's funny! 🤯
Hiya. Are you going to be at Glastonbury? Myself, definitely not! Stay safe. All the best to you.
@@Andy_U no way! I'm too old for that nonsense! I might watch some highlights on the telly... but I could not handle all the crowds and camping in a tent!
Isn't Hi-Vee (employee owned) the cheapest supermarket in the US Dara? I remember people using food stamps there.
I'm not familiar with HiVee.
@@MagentaOtterTravels Just looked it up. Seems they only operate in the Midwest.
The UK government subsidies some of its items. This way its deal for everyone.
That would explain the bread situation!
@@MagentaOtterTravelswhere did you get this information. They have farm subsidies just like the US but retail trade are not subsidised.
Red label, Gold label. Just an advertising thing I'd say.
Probly... but I still want to know the rationale ;-)
I might have told you this before but did you know there is actually 2 Aldi stores. Aldi Sud and Aldi Nord. In the US you have both but Aldi Nord goes by the name Trader Joe's. In the UK we just have Aldi Sud. I will also say that I think Aldi prices are going up and other supermarkets prices are coming down. For example Aldi knock off Pringles are £1.49 but you can get regular Pringles for £1.25 in Asda. There is lots of comparisons like this where the Aldi knock off is now a similar price or more than the brand in other stores.
I knew about ALDI Nord and Sud, but I didn't know that about the prices! Interesting!
Always puzzles me how 'Al-dee' (not All-dee) are supposed to be the cheapest supermarket all the time. We go to Lidl's near us and not only is it cheaper, the fruit and veg especially is much better quality than Aldi.
I agree that I like Lidl better than Aldi. We just don't have Lidl in Texas near us
@@MagentaOtterTravels Dara, yep we're a bit spoiled in the UK. But you'd never know seein' as how we moan about our shops an' all.... 🙄🤣
@@shanewaterman4125 we ALL love to moan 😉
I disagree. I much prefer Aldi. Do not like Lidl at all. I never go there and there is a large one quite near me. It is the last place I would go to.
@@valeriedavidson2785 each to their own
You missed out on the hot dogs in a jar.
Oh dang, you're right! What a pity to miss such high quality meat! LOL
I just dipped into this video part way through (8:26), at the point where you show a list of comparative prices. I think potatoes are not 3% less. More like 33%.
@@johnhall42 thanks for your comment. I'm currently wondering around the roads of Bibury. When I'm back home and in front of my computer and my giant spreadsheet, I will double check it! But the reason this video took me 90 hours to create is that I checked and double checked everything in the video and spreadsheet over and over and over again. If I really made that big of a mistake, I will not be happy!😬 Cheers! Dara
Just a small point, British strawberries are the best.
@@rtalbot87 truth! ❤️🍓
@@MagentaOtterTravels I love your approach to all these comparisons over the whole series of your threads. Great, as an ex US resident, twice, I appreciate the points you make more than many. How about a comparison between the Cowboys Stadium and Wembley Stadium.
@@rtalbot87 oh, that would be a good one!
Buying fruit and vegetables by the number in a pack, will always cost more, plus there is no legal requirement to show the cost per kilo.
I would agree about it costing more usually, but I wonder if the ALDI prices for those items might not be cheaper than buying the same fruit and veg items loose by the kilo in Sainsbury's or Tesco or Morrisons?
@@MagentaOtterTravels The price of potatoes has increased massively in the last three years! I used to buy 5kg for £1.00. Now it's £1.49 for 2.5kg!
Plum Tomatoes are what we call Roma Tomatoes in the UK, they are mainly used in sauces. where as Vine Tomatoes are used in Salads and Sandwiches.
I am glad you found American Style Mustard in the UK for the comparison, as British Mustard is a completely different beast. it would be like comparing water with gin. lol
Dara ... I will let Steve from "Reacting To My Roots" know about this video, as I think he would be interested in it or does he follow you now and will see it anyway?
@@jeanlongsden1696 Natasha and Debbie are going to be reacting to it first. I'm not sure if Steve will do it, because I doubt it will get enough views to interest him. I had no idea that he had done an Aldi video last week until I published this and then his video was recommended to me! Lol
Nice herbal pronunciation. 😁😁
There were lots of pronunciation variants... and I even said TROLLEY! Americans would NEVER call a shopping cart that ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels There was an Iceland trolley dumped next to our flats this week. 😡
Aldi's is definitely inexpensive and I never seem to have the quarter! But, you have to choose what you buy because some of it isn't very good. But not "wonky!" We enjoyed the price comparison. Love baked beans with plenty of brown sugar and bacon! Not as good for your heart though. 🤣🤣
@@TravelingTramps I agree on both counts! I never have a quarter with me! And some of the produce is not very good quality. We buy a lot of produce, so it would be difficult for me to only shop at Aldi...
Red label tea (I think it was Brooke Bond that led that way back) is the lowest grade everyday tea, gold label is a grade above but still below that from specialists such as Fortnum's.
Thanks!
I was forced to come and watch subscribe by two Americans I like very much Nat and Deb as a Brit we complain about prices. Perhaps we should shut up after watching your prices dam it. Mustard how why I wonder? Thank you for this. I wonder if could do farm shop comparisons as that would be interesting. I back Local farms in the UK and America they are most important than Huge fake farming corporations. Thank you again.
Aw, that was very sweet of Natasha to badger everyone to come check out my channel! Thanks for stopping by. I have done a video about a couple farm shops ... they are also very interesting places! I love little local shops that are connected with an orchard or fruit farm. My video was about the (in)famous Diddly Squat Farm Shop owned by Jeremy Clarkson, as well as the very posh Daylesford shop, and then a couple local places around here in Cheltenham which are more my preference ;-) If you want to check that out, here's the link: ua-cam.com/video/BiKgnh-s4bo/v-deo.html Cheers! Dara
All the produce is wrapped in plastic, but they don’t want you using plastic bags to carry it home?😆
a bit like Steroids are banned in America, but their Beef is pumped full of it.
@@akula9713 i know, right?! Ian always complains about that!
You can't compare heavy whipping cream 36% butter fat with double cream 48% butter fat and those british chicken breasts were definitely not organic
@@dudefullofjelly I did the best I could
@@MagentaOtterTravels thank you for your hard work
BS. just came back an hour later to check on my comment, can’t find it. Don’t know what upset the YT minions. Maybe you saw my first comment maybe not. Some interesting surprises in there. I would have expected coffee to be cheaper in the US. condiments being cheaper in the US was a nice surprise, let’s all get started on those baked beans.. Will the Green Party be happy with the resulting gas emissions. (Comment 2)
Your original comment is not in "held for review"... I wonder what happened?! Thanks for watching and commenting... TWICE!
I like Lidl better.
The middle section is always a major temptation 😉
We discovered that after we filmed this video!
Look closer at the Aldi honey and it's unlikely to from the UK. Much of the supermarket honey in the UK is sourced from abroad, be that China or similar. Best to buy honey at markets direct from beekeepers.
The strawberrys in UK in my local aldi come from Spain! but across the road in is Sainsburys were the strawberrys mostly come from Norfolk! and are much better! No i have nothing against Spain its all about distance, Like in American Aldi it looks like some of produce comes from Mexico, of course its all about cost but i would shop for local produce higher quality and less carbon foot print.
I agree. Very local honey is always THE BEST!
Hello my new friend
I hope to be good all time my dear
I wish we'd go back to pounds and ounces weight, it was only the Europeans who used the metric weights until some years ago , I don't know how you compare the price when you don't compare the wages for both countries
Why would we do that? If we're going to use one set of weights and measures - like the rest of the world, which ever it is they use - wouldn't we use the one most of the world, including the rest of Europe, uses, i.e. the metric system?
Only three countries in the world use the imperial system as their official system of measurement: the U.S., Liberia and Myanmar.
Let me give you an EU history lesson ~ back in the early 70s we were told that we could buy good cheap fruit & veg from the Common Market ~ So we joined the Common Market ~ Yes it was, cheap & good ~ But then after 4 years the quality dropped & prices started rising ~ then the quality of the fruit & veg became tasteless & the price shot up ~ the whole thing became a ripoff. If you don't believe me, go to a supermarket in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and buy fruit & veg ~ that was the original taste we got when we first joined the Common Market ~ Now we are the British mugs who buy this EU crap.
@@michaelobrien6118 that does sound like a bum deal
Aldi isn't cheap. You'd find better at Kroger or Tescos.
@@Newtube_Channel interesting
Before we joined the EU (Common Market) British food taste was superb on the likes of tomatoes & strawberries or any veg/fruit. So if you want to compare the taste of what the taste of food was like when you repurchased veg/fruit in the late '60s/early '70s, then go and buy the best toms & strawberries from M&S and compare to Asda or Aldi ones. That's why I didn't vote to join the Common Market / EU back, in 1975. Thats why all EU veg/fruit food tastes are disgusting and should only be fed to pigs.
@@michaelobrien6118 yikes!
@@MagentaOtterTravels If you want a British 1950 breakfast ~ Kellogg cornflakes with Jersey or Guernsey full milk with a bit of sugar (just for a treat). For the best, Pork sandwiches and pork pies the taste, comes, from the 1950s/60s. Try Béres pork shops in Sheffield, Yorkshire. see internet.
@@michaelobrien6118 we are headed to Yorkshire in two days!
In the 1960's Ian used to eat his cereal in the mornings with full cream from the Jersey cow on his mother's farm in Wales!
You mean before Brexit. Everything was cheaper in the EU.
@@jase6709 Let me give you an EU history lesson ~ back in the early 70s we were told that we could buy good cheap fruit & veg from the Common Market ~ So we joined the Common Market ~ Yes it was, cheap & good ~ But then after 4 years the quality dropped & prices started rising ~ then the quality of the fruit & veg became tasteless & the price shot up ~ the whole thing became a ripoff. If you don't believe me, go to a supermarket in Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and buy fruit & veg ~ that was the original taste we got when we first joined the Common Market ~ Now we are the British mugs who buy this EU crap.
Well done doing all that Maths! 💖🦦🧳 Xxx
Thank you! That video took ages to edit! 😉