Cost of Groceries in Britain vs America – Comparing ALDI in the UK vs US

NOTE: The conversion rate for US Dollars to GB Pound Sterling at the time of this analysis was 1.27. This video was filmed in April/May of 2024.

As a follow up to my comparison of the cost of Groceries in the US vs the UK, I am taking a trip to ALDI to shop for the least expensive basic food items across many sections of the store.
Do you shop at ALDI? What products or prices do you find surprising in this video?
Thanks for watching! Cheers! XX Dara

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Videos by food category showing US vs. UK:

[TheNatashaDebbieShow]

Excellent video!!! You did SO MUCH work! What a job to do all the conversions, plus no one else goes physically to BOTH Country's stores!! 👏🏻 ❤

[iankelly]

Love it that you describe tomatoes the American way and English way in the same sentence!! Your English pronunciations are coming along very well, you're almost a Brit now. This vlog would have taken a long time to make so well done you!

[chrissyj]

Thanks for your hard work putting this one together, Dara, very interesting! I'm another Lidl rather than Aldi fan but am careful of the quality of some of their stuff so I tend to get fruit & veg plus staples there and top up with 'premium' stuff elsewhere. To solve the never having a coin for the trolly problem keep your eyes open for a trolley disc/token the next time you’re in the UK - you can often get one clipped onto a key ring which is very handy.

[The_Brit_Girls]

Hi Dara, you've done a magnificent job comparing the two. This takes a massive amount of work, and was very impressive.

[carolineskipper]

A fascinating video- and with so much careful primary research!
Regarding the milk prices- I wonder if you took into account that a UK pint is considerably larger than a US pint? The difference at a gallon would be even more.

[johnallen]

Hi Dara, I thought I was already subscribed to your channel as I have watched several of your videos, I am now. Great video, I can't imagine how long you spent in Excel doing this 😊😊

[dasReAlvloc]

Great video dara, very interesting to see the comparison,

Great video dara you stay safe 👍

[tracyglasgow]

This video was a labor of love! Well done. I really enjoyed experiencing the grocery stores in England, especially Tesco and M&S. I want my local grocery stores to carry some of the same things that we found in Tesco!

[EQINOX]

When it comes to the red vs gold UK tea this really is a way to label the different blend of tea leaves used, Gold tea will usually be a little stronger and have a slightly different blend from the red

[ianb]

Americans are on average richer than British people so supermarkets (or grocery stores) can get away with charging more in the US. The UK is also quite compact so distribution is easier and cheaper.

[robertwatford]

As one of the 2%, thank you for the Math ;-) Since some of us in the comments pointed out your accent change in the Tesco/Kroger video I think you are doing it for purpose now...

[cathnaylor]

Excellent video, what work went into producing that! Well done

[The_Brit_Girls]

The overall difference was quite significant. My British friends often assume that everything is cheaper relatively in the States.

[jennyk]

I live in England -- I have never been in an Aldi supermarket. ---- Sainsburys suits me fine.

[brucebello]

Morning, hope you are enjoying our British summer! I was in the States last July and had quite a shock re coffee shops, the US Starbucks seemed much more expensive overall, the quality was similar but when compared to our local favourites both are much poorer quality, so my I suggest a comparison of Starbucks v Starbucks and independent v independent? If you are in the Cotswolds I would suggest in the Stow on the Wold area there is Qtis and Belle for outstanding Viennoiserie or Daylesford, in Cheltenham there is SLO Coffee over by the train station. Thanks for the video. Oh, and if you come to Stow you might enjoy World of Crocodiles for something out of the ordinary, just don’t go there during feeding time! Otis is also in Broadway where there are many interesting things to see

[dominique]

We don't usually have heavy whipping cream, its normally just called whipping cream. We would generally use double cream in recipes. Whipping cream in the uk generally has about 36% fat and double cream has about 48%.

[paulguise]

Hiya Dara, I haven't watched this vlog yet but I will when I get back home, I'm going to watch the longer vlogs in my save later part, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

[AidanEyewitness]

This was absolutely fascinating. I've often been in supermarkets in the US and wondered how the prices compared to those in the UK. We assume things must be cheaper and better in the US but it seems that's not the case. I mostly go to Lidl, but sometimes to Aldi and have bought some of the products you chose. An excellent presentaton!

[glastonbury]

For the mustard i always get the powdered english mustard from Colmans ...i wonder if that would work out cheaper...lol 🙃😅

[panchomcsporran]

Hi Dara
My fun fact is, Lidl and Aldi was once the same company owned by two brothers, they fell out as one wanted to sell cigarettes and the other didn't so they split into two different companies.