By The Making Our Money Go Further Team
The group at St Bartholomew’s Church had the opportunity to taste test branded and non-branded items which they really enjoyed and were quite good at tasting the difference. They said they had acquired the taste after all these years and could tell the differences however many admitted they preferred Aldi version of the non-branded items. The group said they found the taste test and knowing the price difference very useful as they know a lot of people struggling with money and advising them around tasting non branded items would help them save money from shopping every week. Some of the group members wanted to take home some of the Aldi brands to taste again and get family to taste to see if they could tell the difference so some items including 3 of the packets for Aldi Wheetabix. Neelam also showed them and read out the nutritional values on both the branded Wheetabix as well as the Aldi version of Wheetabisk which are basically the same which the group found shocking as some assumed the Aldi version will be less nutritional. This was a big highlight for them as it has changed their perspective of thinking that the more expensive brands are more nutritional than the non-branded items. There was discussion around this and they said they would tell their family members how the nutritional values are the same and it is worth trying the Aldi version as it costs half the price than the branded Wheetabix.