It's no secret that with all the cracking special buys and low budget prices at Aldi, many shoppers may end up leaving the supermarket with bags and bags of groceries and products. And any shopper knows the struggles of getting back to their car or home with as many carrier bags as they can hold can be a pain.
But one woman, who regularly shops at the budget supermarket, says after making one simple change she will now 'never look back', adding that it has 'transformed' the way she shops. The one change she made was swapping the type of trolley she uses, opting for a 'granny trolley' instead of a traditional trolley - and now she is urging fellow shoppers to do the same.
MyLondon reporte r, Amber-Louise Large, documented her time at Aldi with her granny trolley - which she calls 'Tammy' - to see if using it would make things easier for her during her shop, and the end result left her flabbergasted. Scroll down below to find out exactly what she said and why it has 'changed her life for the better'.
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"I've never had a car and so have always walked with my shopping. In the past, that meant I minimised what I bought." Amber told readers. "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?"
She added: "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 flat mate'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."
She then says she 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."
Amber eventually paid for her shopping and left Aldi, saying that the walk home was going to be Tammy's biggest test - and she passed with flying colours. She said: "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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