This ALDI shopper ‘lost it’ after discovering a mistake in one of her buys
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We know grocery shopping can be a bit of a chore sometimes. But hey, at least when we buy something, we can expect to get what we paid for, right?
Unfortunately, that’s not always the case – as one ALDI shopper recently found out.
One mum shared her story on a well-known Facebook group about the ‘hilarious’ mistake the supermarket giant made with a packet of party-sized meat pies.
The shopper revealed she ‘had a laugh’ after taking a bite out of the pastry – and realised something very important was missing.
The mum posted two photos of the pie: one where it looks normal, and the other revealing that the pastry was almost empty. Instead of having mince and gravy filling like it should have had, there seems to be only a tiny dollop of gravy with barely anything else inside.
She captioned her post with a quip: ‘How rude, ALDI. Just rude. I wanted a meat party pie, not a party pastry!’
However, her caption had been misinterpreted by many as her complaining about the product, so they started to defend ALDI. The mum quickly explained she wasn’t actually upset by the ‘error’.
She said: ‘I don’t actually care. Nor am I actually blaming ALDI…thought I’d post for a joke. A good laugh.’
The mum added that she wasn’t going to go out of her way to take it back to the supermarket and ‘whine’ that out of a hundred party pies, one happened to skip the meat slop.
‘It’s not like I found a worm or a roach or something gross and legitimately made a serious post,’ she wrote.
Many shoppers found her post entertaining, with some saying they preferred eating the pastry to the filling.
‘I always scrape the mince out so this is my dream pie,’ one admitted. ‘I throw it in the bin and eat the soggy gravy pastry,’ they added.
Another replied: ‘Me too! Hahaha there’s clearly a market for empty pies.’
‘I showed my 15-year-old, he got the same one yesterday. He just filled his with tomato sauce and ate it,’ commented someone else.
In 2020, a similar incident happened when another shopper opened a pack of Elmsbury Classic Meat Pies from her local ALDI – but was also shocked to see one pie had no filling inside. Shoppers were assured though, that this was an isolated case.
Other shoppers shared similar ALDI mishaps – but their experiences were less amusing.
‘I just opened two packets of glacé cherries to do some Christmas cooking, use by 07/23. Putrid inside and yellow chunky gel around the cherries. Smelt soooo bad,’ revealed one mum.
Another wrote: ‘We have two empty teddy biscuit packages in the multi-pack this week. Not worth the effort to return, but annoying.’
What can you say about this, members? If you were in her shoes would you be annoyed or amused? Let us know in the comments!
Unfortunately, that’s not always the case – as one ALDI shopper recently found out.
One mum shared her story on a well-known Facebook group about the ‘hilarious’ mistake the supermarket giant made with a packet of party-sized meat pies.
The shopper revealed she ‘had a laugh’ after taking a bite out of the pastry – and realised something very important was missing.
Meat pies are delicious, aren’t they? Credit: Shutterstock
The mum posted two photos of the pie: one where it looks normal, and the other revealing that the pastry was almost empty. Instead of having mince and gravy filling like it should have had, there seems to be only a tiny dollop of gravy with barely anything else inside.
She captioned her post with a quip: ‘How rude, ALDI. Just rude. I wanted a meat party pie, not a party pastry!’
However, her caption had been misinterpreted by many as her complaining about the product, so they started to defend ALDI. The mum quickly explained she wasn’t actually upset by the ‘error’.
The mum posted a photo of an empty pastry shell. Credit: Facebook
She said: ‘I don’t actually care. Nor am I actually blaming ALDI…thought I’d post for a joke. A good laugh.’
The mum added that she wasn’t going to go out of her way to take it back to the supermarket and ‘whine’ that out of a hundred party pies, one happened to skip the meat slop.
‘It’s not like I found a worm or a roach or something gross and legitimately made a serious post,’ she wrote.
Many shoppers found her post entertaining, with some saying they preferred eating the pastry to the filling.
‘I always scrape the mince out so this is my dream pie,’ one admitted. ‘I throw it in the bin and eat the soggy gravy pastry,’ they added.
Another replied: ‘Me too! Hahaha there’s clearly a market for empty pies.’
‘I showed my 15-year-old, he got the same one yesterday. He just filled his with tomato sauce and ate it,’ commented someone else.
In 2020, a similar incident happened when another shopper opened a pack of Elmsbury Classic Meat Pies from her local ALDI – but was also shocked to see one pie had no filling inside. Shoppers were assured though, that this was an isolated case.
Other shoppers shared similar ALDI mishaps – but their experiences were less amusing.
‘I just opened two packets of glacé cherries to do some Christmas cooking, use by 07/23. Putrid inside and yellow chunky gel around the cherries. Smelt soooo bad,’ revealed one mum.
Another wrote: ‘We have two empty teddy biscuit packages in the multi-pack this week. Not worth the effort to return, but annoying.’
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