Frenzy hits Aldi stores as items 'sell out within hours'
Special Buys are hugely popular with customers, but there's one particular nationality heading to the middle aisles this week.
Aldi's Special Buys are hugely popular all year round, but for thousands of customers missing the taste of home, there's one time of the year when they head straight to the middle aisles. British Week at the supermarket has gone from strength to strength each year, giving expats the opportunity to purchase home comforts they so often crave.
Aldi employee Jenny told Yahoo News Australia customers at her Perth store have been snapping up all their favourite treats this week.
"It's been very busy with lots of English customers who have been stocking up on their much-loved English items," she said.
"We sold out of some lines within a few hours."
Dozens of items have been on offer this year, including HP and Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce, prawn cocktail chips, chocolates such as Galaxy Revels and Yorkie bars and lollies like fruit pastilles.
Aldi shoppers spending more than $100 on British hauls
Impressed British expats have been taking to social media to show off their hauls, some going beyond $100 in cost. Photos shared online show trolleys and checkouts full with British items.
"I squealed with excitement," one shopper revealed online about the array of chips on offer.
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While such treats can be found at Coles and Woolworths and other independent international stores, the opportunity to buy in bulk at an affordable price has been too big of an opportunity to pass up on. And of course, for many Brits, chocolate made in the UK is far superior with better melt-in-your-mouth appeal, or so they say.
More than one million people who were born in Britain reside in Australia, and while the government is looking to reduce the number of migrants coming into Australia, the UK is among the countries with the highest number of visas received, including being the highest recipient of working holidaymaker visas, where holders are now no longer required to perform regional work thanks to a trade agreement with the UK.
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