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Rexona deoderant was almost 9 fucking dollars at Coles. Unreal.
That, Omo and dishwasher tablets are an on special purchase only.
same, so many of my purchases are bulk on sale only
for example, last week I bought 2 x 5kg bags of rice at half price
even so my costs are through the roof
after a discussion with husband we are shopping at aldi from now on, this should save at least $400 a month
Yeah I'm done with Coles and woollies. That's literally double what it was a couple of weeks ago.
@Gibsonhasafluffybutt @Seagoon_ I have just been thinking the last few shops that prices at Colesworths are getting truly beyond a fucking joke, they had been rising for a while but I'm legit getting sticker shock now. I already shop at Aldi about half the time, but Woolies is the only one with Paul's cream, and no other cream is as good. There's also a handful of things my child appears to need to live that I can't get from Aldi. So I'm stuck doing one shop a week at Woolies 😡
I’m not having good luck because the Aldis I can get to don’t really have what I can eat or use. Either allergens are included so I can’t buy it, the item isn’t sold, or there’s no generic option.
I do buy the Trimat unscented laundry sauce which I prefer and stock up on, the sunflower spread seems to be ok to eat, and the Prince deodorant roll on seems to be good. The soy milk is fine. I am able to eat one or two of the lolly bags if I pay what they cost.
But yeah due to unfortunately having different needs it’s awkward to try and shop there, a lot of my staples just aren’t covered
I’m kind of glad I went back to hand wash because the Earth Choice dish soap costs $2 (ish) a bottle compared to dishwasher detergents
That’s fucked… the Prince stuff at Aldi isn’t bad