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Expired ALDI flowers last longer than florist blooms?
Now that it’s spring, there’s nothing better than a fresh bouquet of flowers to brighten up your home. You may remember our recent story detailing how you can get free flowers from your local supermarket. Well, I (April) tried that hack and the results were better than I could have ever expected.
To start, I had a stroke of good luck and was passing through the ALDI checkout as they were disposing of expired items including bread and flowers. I thought, why not see if I can save one from going in the rubbish? After being directed to the manager, I was permitted to go searching for my favourite bouquet.
But testing the free hack wasn’t all I’ve been up to. I wanted to see just how long I could make these flowers last.
While we recently shared that ALDI is the surprise front-runner in terms of quality supermarket flowers, I never expected their shelf-life to be this impressive!
As you can see in the image below, the red roses looked a little worse for wear so I didn’t expect much.
ALDI expired flowers on the 28th of August. Image Credit: April
In a vase, they went (or in my case, I washed out a pasta sauce jar), I added some raw sugar and stirred it through and left them to it!
Please tell me I’m not the only one who uses pasta sauce jars. Image Credit: April
Now, here’s the juicy part. Almost a week later on the 2nd of September, the flowers looked better than they did when I brought them home. No special care, I trimmed the base every few days and changed the water and raw sugar mixture but that was it.
The flowers bloomed beautifully after a few days. Image Credit: April
Now, let’s skip forward to September 12th, two weeks after the flowers ‘expired’ and were due to be thrown out.
They’re ALIVE. Image Credit: April
As you can see, they’re still holding on. I do admit some fault here as the jar was empty of water for an unknown amount of time which accelerated their decline. In my defence, I’d never seen such thirsty flowers. So the results are slightly skewed. I’d bet they would have lasted another week if they had stayed in water the whole time.
So, members, here's your sign to treat yourself to some ALDI blooms (or keep an eye out when they’re due to expire in-store). You’ll certainly get your money's worth.