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Aldi sugar

Postby SX170 » Sat Jan 18, 2014 11:53 am

Not sure if Aldi have the same pricing across Australia but my missus got me 5 x 2kg bags of white sugar for $1.69 each on the NSW south coast today. Thats 85c per kilo.
Not sure how long the special is for so jump in quick.

Cheers.
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby crow » Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:22 pm

no they don't, In the nth its $1.69 and in the south its $1.78 must be a supply cost thing
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby OzKev » Sat Jan 18, 2014 4:21 pm

Still a great price, since it's a great sugar (100% same as a well known brand)
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby stillybilly » Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:00 pm

Keep buying it. It keeps me in a job!
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby MacStill » Sat Jan 18, 2014 8:01 pm

OzKev wrote:Still a great price, since it's a great sugar (100% same as a well known brand)


Yes it is, no such luxury over in the west where $2+ p/kg is the norm :crying-blue:
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby Geeps » Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:27 pm

MacStill wrote:
OzKev wrote:Still a great price, since it's a great sugar (100% same as a well known brand)


Yes it is, no such luxury over in the west where $2+ p/kg is the norm :crying-blue:



Picked up 46kg of sugar at Woollies today (89c kg) and 5 jars of Legos tomato paste.

Check out chick said “THAT’S A LOT OF SUGAR YOU GOT THERE WHY DO YOU WANT SOOOO MUCH?” :roll:

It covers the smell of decomposing bodies was my reply. :shhh:

And not another word was said during our transaction.
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby Zak Griffin » Fri Jul 04, 2014 4:56 pm

:laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby gad » Fri Jul 04, 2014 6:50 pm

lmao, good 1 Geeps, going 2 remeber that one
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby Kimbo » Fri Jul 04, 2014 8:17 pm

Oh my fucking God :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
Brilliant :clap: :clap: :clap:
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby woodyj80 » Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:43 pm

if you are lucky enough to have a costco near you they have 25kg bags for 11.79 saves buying by 2kg lots only downside is it cost 60 to join but they seem to have alot of bulk items that would come in handy :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby huggy_b » Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:48 pm

woodyj80 wrote:if you are lucky enough to have a costco near you they have 25kg bags for 11.79 saves buying by 2kg lots only downside is it cost 60 to join but they seem to have alot of bulk items that would come in handy :handgestures-thumbupleft:


I thought I was doing OK with $35 for a 25kg bag. Good lord we get the spiky end of the pineapple in WA..........
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby 1 2many » Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:55 pm

woodyj80 wrote:if you are lucky enough to have a costco near you they have 25kg bags for 11.79 saves buying by 2kg lots only downside is it cost 60 to join but they seem to have alot of bulk items that would come in handy :handgestures-thumbupleft:


Thanks for the tip my boss goes to costco's :think:
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby gad » Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:37 am

woodyj80 wrote:if you are lucky enough to have a costco near you they have 25kg bags for 11.79 saves buying by 2kg lots only downside is it cost 60 to join but they seem to have alot of bulk items that would come in handy :handgestures-thumbupleft:


Found out my daughter had a Cosco card so had her come with me this morning & their 25kg sugar (Canberra) was $18.99. I grabbed 2 bags but it took 1.5 hours & I saved $10. Don't think I'll bother next time.
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby Yummyrum » Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:58 pm

LOL gad.

I had a flat mate that would drive here Ford V8 50km round trip to fill up at a servo with 2cent cheaper fuel :-B
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby dogbreath vodka » Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:00 pm

gad wrote:
woodyj80 wrote:if you are lucky enough to have a costco near you they have 25kg bags for 11.79 saves buying by 2kg lots only downside is it cost 60 to join but they seem to have alot of bulk items that would come in handy :handgestures-thumbupleft:


Found out my daughter had a Cosco card so had her come with me this morning & their 25kg sugar (Canberra) was $18.99. I grabbed 2 bags but it took 1.5 hours & I saved $10. Don't think I'll bother next time.


But you did get to spend time with your daughter..... that's the real benefit
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby gad » Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:54 pm

lol Sounds good DBV, I was just happy it wasn't close to lunch time or I'd have had to buy her lunch as well :D

I know people like that Yummy lol
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby Stoney » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:05 pm

Yummyrum wrote:LOL gad.

I had a flat mate that would drive here Ford V8 50km round trip to fill up at a servo with 2cent cheaper fuel :-B


maybe she just liked driving :)

currently using aldi sugar as well, woollies homebrand 3kg was marginally cheaper i think.

wonder if there is any difference, the first wash i put down with woollies sugar, inverted partially (boiled for 20 minutes) with juice of a real lemon, baby porridge from coles, forget the brand, airlock went off like a steamtrain for 2 days.

second and third washes with aldi sugar have been a LOT slower. like 1 bubble a second instead of 10.

might try woollies again next time just to see if it goes quicker again.
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby Yummyrum » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:28 pm

Stoney wrote:
currently using aldi sugar as well, woollies homebrand 3kg was marginally cheaper i think.

might try woollies again next time just to see if it goes quicker again.


I'm a woolies sugar fan ....stats on aldi suger is the same but I'm not sure either
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby Stoney » Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:16 pm

put down a woollies sugar wash following same recipe I did for the aldi, seems a tiny bit quicker but not the same as my first one.

reckon they're identical really.

further testing to follow..
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Re: Aldi sugar

Postby sp0rk » Mon Jul 28, 2014 1:22 pm

Stoney wrote:put down a woollies sugar wash following same recipe I did for the aldi, seems a tiny bit quicker but not the same as my first one.

reckon they're identical really.

further testing to follow..

They're usually all the same sugar from the Hardwood mill afaik
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