Two varieties of Tim Tam available at Aldi in the current catalogue, Double Coat (200g) and Chewy Caramel (175g).
Both are $2.49, much better than the current $6 price at Coles and Woolworths.
Arnott’s Tim Tam - Double Coat 200g or Chewy Caramel 175g $2.49 @ ALDI
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Wow and Coles profits as a percent have stayed pretty flat. Blame arnotts.
Exactly! Most of the inflation these days (especially in the supermarket and at the bowser) is just greed imo, there's no way that a bag of chips has "legitimately" tripled in price over the past few years either. That's just the scummiest humans in our society trying to r@pe us and see if they can get away with it.
You got a solution?
Coles and woolies aren't really retailers. They are store fronts for all of the brands and then they clip the ticket on the way through. Force them to ditch their home brand, mid teir and brand method, force them to have more options or to select the products carried by more than maximising their margin x volume method. Does that make sense?
Force them to ditch their home brand
I'm not following your logic on this, their home brand is usually the cheapest option.
@Russ: Ditch the home brand, mid teir and brand method.
Method being the important word.
Their strategy it to have three price points to deceive you.
Force them to have more choice. It's not a duopoly between wow and Coles. It's a triopoloy between their offerings at a item level
Blame brand loyal customers
Who is buying them at 6
Absolutely. Tim Tams seem to be on some sort of special price at colesworth every other week. If they're not on sale this week, they will be next week.
special price at colesworth every other week
I suspect that's their way of raising prices. If the price went from $5.50 to $6.00, you'd notice. But if it was $5.50, then on special for two weeks for $2.75, you're much less likely to notice when the next price is $6.00 - partly because you've just bought a one-month supply, and when you run out, it has been 6+ weeks since they were $5.50. They're betting the average buyer won't remember the previous price.
@Russ: That, plus the people who just don't care. What's 50c more? 'Im on min wage but it's still only 50c lol'
Always interested watching the (usually younger) people grab the bag of kettle/red rock when the other one is 1/2 price, right next to it.
@fusion17: Yep the other day i saw someone grab 2 x 6 packs of Up and Go at full price, when they could have grabbed some 3 packs which were half price next to it. I just don't get it
The Aldi brand Divine ones are really good too and come pretty close to the OG Tim Tams. And you get more bikkies in each pack!
And you get more bikkies in each pack!
Pretty sure Original Tim Tam's and Devine both have eleven biscuits per pack
Yes there is 11 in a packet.
I agree 100%. I would say they are better. Made in the Netherlands. More crispy. Not as hard.
I barely made it through a pack recently, way too sweet for me sadly. Also sad when they add lactose, feels like an unnecessary middle finger to the enzymatically challenged
I think they are around $2.30 a packet. very good for the price.
Do you know what the ALDI ones are called?
Just Devine.
Thanks
IIRC they were on sale at woolies this week until the specials changed over for $2.50 a packet. Minus the 4% gc, everyday rewards points, stock up at woolies.
Ps. I have been shopping a lot more at aldi however and their tim tam immitations slap pretty hard.
IGA often have on sale for $2.50.
Grab a 10% discount gift card for a better Deal.
Aldi can't match that!Shame that 10% deal has expired - I would have jumped on that - I miss too many deals - flooded by too many push notifications.
And everyone is tight, I’ve seen Tim Tams for $2.50 at least half a dozen times over the past few months.
Those infrequent gift card Deals happen for events like Father's Day & Easter.
These are often cheaper on sale here in NZ, even though they are made in AU lol…
Still going to Woolies? R u okay? No need to hurt yourself, I am here at Aldi for you
With all Woolies and Coles specials, loyalty program offers, discounted gift cards, I think ALDI is too expensive and boring for me. Those Tim Tams are on half price special every other week in Coles or Woollies, Not "Special Buys" once a year.
You're paying too much @Aldi!!
Seems it's affecting your thinking🤔Got 34% back in EDR points on Woolies purchases last week.
Buying cheaper on sale, with 4% discount GC or earnt points makes Woolies so much cheaper for me.
makes Woolies so much cheaper for me.
Depends where you live, and what you buy. My local Woolies is about 10% more expensive than my local Coles, across the board.
And I won't buy fresh fruit and veg from either of them, too many times I've bought apples from them and they looked fine on the outside, but were rotting from the core outwards. I reckon both Coles and Woolies keep apples in a coldroom for months before they get onto the shelves. Haven't had any rotting apples since I switched to buying from Aldi over a year ago, and their apples are usually cheaper too.
Having owned a fruit business - most apples are kept in either controlled atmosphere (low oxygen) or cold storage (just cold) most of year. Usually released from grower storage warehouses, rather than stored in supermarket distribution centres.
Local Coles & Woolies are in same shopping centres - so are competitive. Aldi is much closer, but lacks much I buy & works out dearer as lacks the discounts I use.
Its the total price at Woolies that is much cheaper - taking into account lower price of specials, discount using 4% off gift cards, & EDR points earnt on purchase (targeted 23-35% offers most weeks for me over last year).
@INFIDEL: Interesting. My local Aldi only has one or two types of apples at any given time, and the varieties change from month to month, suggesting they're following what is seasonally available.
Or perhaps Aldi keep a closer watch on spoilage, because if anything goes bad, you can easily return it for a full refund. While you may be able to do the same with Coles and Woolies, it's not something they advertise, and I'll bet it's not as easy to get a refund.
@Russ: Cold storage can result in good looking but rotten apples!
Apples are often moved from more expensive to operate controlled atmosphere (CA) to cheaper cold storage before sold. Quality declines with length of time in cold storage.
I bought CA Apples when possible. Better for eating but more expensive.
Don't see there would be any difference in supplies to Aldi.
But purchase at different times of year will mean longer kept in storage & different quality fruit.
So comparing purchase at different time between stores would expect to show difference in quality - just because of different storage times. Plus difference in Apple variety available.Apples in SE QLD are sourced from Granite Belt (Stanthorpe region). Harvested around Feb to April. Outside the season - apples can be in storage close to a year before sale.
@Russ: I've returned fruit & veg without any hassle. Especially to Coles - so stopped buying there. Experience will vary with each store / region.
Aldi have a much smaller selection of fruit & veg. That way it's easier to control stock. But I've seen some dodgie quality stock at Aldi. As there is a good fruit shop across the road - I shop there instead.
In selling fruit, found people didnt want to complain. Despite my 200% refund policy (money back + free fruit).
Once was supplied with 450kg bins of rotten Oranges. Only found out after sold.
People stopped buying after that 1 bad experience. Had to convince people to take free fruit & money!
ah.. the days when they would be on 'special' for $2… now it's 2.50
Will be $3 now soon with 1/2 off $6.
Both are $2.50, much better than the current $6 price at Coles and Woolworths.
That's what they were at Safeway a couple days ago. It's a pretty frequent special at both the big boys.
Gonna need a lot more than that to get me into Aldi.
Aint nobody payin six bucks for no pack of Tim Tams!
Nutritional table reckons one serving is a single Tim Tam… yeah right
Going to need at least a pack to get my calorie intake right
Woolies has Arnotts Gainty for $2.50 this week
These have been $2 3 weeks ago at Coles.
Just wait for next round of promos and stock upLet me just hop into the Delorean.
When I went to Japan in 2012 they were 420 yen (about $5.50 at the time). I laughed and thought, 'they'll never be that expensive back home.' I was also getting them regularly on special at the local Coles for $1.25.
Having been used to those prices, I still find them delicious. But not $6 a pack delicious.
Prices are even worse for Aussies living in the UK, have a look at Amazon UK prices:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=tim+tams
Average price is around 5GBP, about $9.50 Australian per pack.
I have a relative who lives over there. Whenever they visit Australia, they return with a suitcase full of Tim Tams and other Australian foods.
20kg of Tim Tams = 100 packs = $700 savings.
Tim Tam better than McVitie's Penguins in UK? I haven't tried McVitie's Penguins …
Penguins are not as good as Tim Tams, though they are individually wrapped which means you don’t feel compelled to finish an entire packet when you open them :D
@stirlo: Some Brits prefer the Penguins, possibly because chocolate is different in England, and apparently has a different flavour.
English chocolate has vegetable fat replacing some of the cocoa butter in chocolate. The details are here:
@stirlo: If you eat Tim Tam at home, you can use cling wrap to close the packaging. So, you can eat it later.
This is wrong. Tam Tims have now in the last few months become available from Tesco and Waitrose supermarkets in the UK for £2.50 ($4.88) so the UK price is now officially less than the Australian one!!! Vegemite is also cheaper in the UK than Australia too.
If you want to bring gifts for your UK based family members there’s no local supply of Shapes or Darrell Lea chocolates so bring them not Tim Tams or Vegemite.
Thanks for that info, I'll let my relatives know. No Tesco nor Waitrose in the tiny town where they live, but there's one not too far away.
If you want to bring gifts for your UK based family members
You've read that the wrong way around. We don't visit the UK, our UK relatives visit Australia.
It's curious that the Amazon UK prices have remained so high, given that Waitrose lists them at 2GBP.
Eek, that's rough. They are about 10,000km away though.
They are about 10,000km away though.
Distance doesn't seem to be part of the pricing equation, so shipping must be very cheap on a per-item basis.
Just have a look at where lots of biscuits are made - lots are made in Europe and shipped to Australia, where they easily compete on price with locally-made biscuits.
And there was also the fiasco, a decade ago, when Coles "freshly baked" bakery products were being made in Ireland, Denmark and Germany, then frozen and shipped to Australia:
https://www.news.com.au/finance/business/retail/coles-found-…
I have seen them recently from 350-550yen depending on supermarket and specials.
Indeed, here's four packs for 2171JPY (~23AUD) at Amazon Japan, with free delivery if you have the Japanese version of Prime:
https://www.amazon.co.jp/Arnotts-Timtam-Classic-Sheets-Count…
Interesting that the prices in Japan seem to be more stable than here.
I think supermarket prices are quite stable in other countries (maybe Asia in general, don't know other continents) unlike Australia that can have half price promotions every other week in Coles and Woolworths. Goods that are usually half price should be sold at half price everyday (normal price). Looks misleading to sell goods at half price promotion every other week like for example half price for certain goods in Coles this week, then next week half price in Woolworths for the same goods, repeat …
@neoleo: I noticed this in winter when I was buying cup a soups. I mostly go to Aldi so I hadn't noticed. I guess that's a result of the duopoly we have here.
@Shenannigoat: Use the Coles and Woolworths apps and put goods that you like/need in the list. You can see the price changes every Wednesday for 1 week. I buy mostly half price from them, unless for goods that usually don't get half price promotion (home brand). So, sometimes shop at Coles, sometimes Woolworths, sometimes Aldi or asian supermarket too.
Is it just me or are Tim Tams one of the most overrated things ever? What's so good about them?
If you like chocolate or at least like sweet, Tim Tam is nice to eat for snacking. There are several flavours. If you don't like the original flavour, try other flavours. I love Cafe Latte flavour, similar like Kopiko candy. In general, I like all flavours. There are more people that like sweet over savoury. Most people like ice cream, sweet desserts for example. Warren Buffett (94 years old now) drinks Coca-Cola everyday, also likes Oreo, candy, etc. I know some people don't like sweet, but majority of people like sweet …
I saw these at ALDI but didn't buy any; Tim tams are too additive
additive
/ˈadɪtɪv/
noun
a substance added to something in small quantities to improve or preserve it.
"many foods contain chemical additives"?addictive
Lol typo, I meant addictive
2.49 - so the deal is 0.01 off the usual half price?
The "normal" price is $6, so half-price will be $3 now.
$6 certainly not 'NORMAL'
Isn't this just the normal sale price at colesworth? I thought they alternate weeks with it on sale
Neither have it on sale ATM, and as their "normal" price has gone up to $6, their future half-price specials will be $3 per pack.
Both extremely tasty
Bl..dy Blconnen Aldi (worst local Aldi by far) hadn't changed the shelf price on Friday so I passed, thinking it must be a future deal.
That's weird, I thought all Aldi stores have self-updating price labels, the LCD type. Perhaps different regions have different prices?
Afaik there are no lcd prices in any Aldi store I've frequented. Perhaps yours are newer/more up-to-date?
Perhaps yours are newer/more up-to-date?
Yes, all the Aldi stores near me are only a few years old. But as all the local Coles and Woolies stores rolled out digital price labels, and those stores are decades old, I had assumed that it is a cost-saver for all grocery stores. But it looks like my assumption is wrong, at least for your local Aldi store.
$6 for a pack of tim tams? jesus christ. i doubt woolworths and coles can blame anything other than corporate greed for that type of 'inflation'.