An avid Aldi shopper has taken to the internet to tell the world about her life-changing shopping hack that everyone needs to try.
Since changing the type of trolley she uses on her runs to the budget grocery, she said it has completely transformed the way she shops - and now she will 'never look back'.
Instead of using a traditional trolley, she now brings a 'granny trolley' in tow, and she was absolutely astonished by how much it transformed her shopping experience.
Amber-Louise Large, a reporter at MyLondon took her granny trolley, to which she has given the name 'Tammy', out for a spin.
Here's what she said:
I've never had a car and so have always walked with my shopping. In the past, that meant I minimised what I bought. Still, often I would overestimate how much I could take and end up having to stop every few metres to give my arms a rest as passers-by looked on in pity. So, sure, I'd made it that far - but at what cost?
I moved out of university and to London, still walking to the shops and never being able to do a big shop on my own. Then one day I saw a trolley in TK Maxx for £15. She was beautiful. Covered in Daisies and sensibly foldable.
I called her Tammy the trolley and - despite my boyfriend's protests - brought her home to my flat. She has since sat proudly in the hallway, defiant of my flatmate's smirks and boyfriend's eye rolls, and today she made her debut.
A few people did look at me as I rolled into Aldi with Tammy in tow but I can only assume it was out of jealousy. Immediately I went to the big bottles of drink - milk, juice, wine - and grabbed more than I would normally be able to carry in order to test out Tammy's strength. Next, I went for the jars and tins. Normally so pesky, adding more bulk and weight than you realise, but today (with Tammy's help) no problem at all.
I continued to wander the aisles smugly, grabbing a book here, a heart-shaped cheese there (isn't Aldi wonderful? ) not once worrying about whether I could carry it. Tammy wheeled along easily and gracefully. I passed another lady (yes, a number of years older than myself) also using a trolley and nodded at her. We understood one another. And we knew everyone else in the store carrying their shopping was a fool.
Eventually, I paid for my shopping and left Aldi. The walk home was going to be Tammy's biggest test - and she passed with flying colours. I didn't have to stop once and I hardly even noticed I had a load of shopping with me as I walked back to my flat.
How had I spent all these years carrying my shopping, struggling to lift bottles and tins, when I could have been using a granny trolley all this time?
Honestly, Tammy the granny trolley has changed my life for the better and I will never do my shopping without it again. When I got back, I could only marvel at how much I'd been able to get home with her help. I guess Tammy is a bit like a suitcase with wheels, except I couldn't use one of those to do my shopping - could I?!
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