'I bought Aldi bargain bag for £6.50 and couldn't believe what was in it'

A mum was left in stitches after opening her Too Good To Go bag from Aldi.

Savvy shopper Julez Moss spent just £6.60 on her order from the food shop app, which sells surplus food at discount prices typically at the end of the day to prevent waste. The 34-year-old ordered two surprise bags from her local Aldi on Newmarket Road, Cambridge, and collected her order in person. However, it wasn't until she got home that she checked inside - and she couldn't believe her eyes.

The surprise bag contained 17 packets of button mushrooms. Yes, you read that right. The stunned shopper stacked them on top of each other to make a tower and took a picture of her unusual haul. Julez says she couldn't stop laughing at the food selection and even took a picture of them stacked up to make a mushroom tower.

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Initially, she had no idea what to do with so many mushrooms, and decided to freeze most of them as well as giving some away to friends and family. In addition to the large quantity of mushrooms, Julez received some other food items including a pork pie.

A pack of mushrooms at Aldi typically cost 95p, which means Julez scooped up £16.15 worth of mushrooms - despite paying just £6.60 for her order. Julez said: "My first reaction was to laugh with my 14-year-old daughter. I froze some, gave some packs to my parents, friends and sister. None went to waste."

Too Good To Go customers didn't waste time chiming in on Julez's bounty. Sim bantered, "Not mushroom for anything else." Lucinda joked about a "Mushroom-themed dinner party?" while Alisha confessed: "I hate mushrooms, that would be my worst nightmare."

Wendy humorously prodded: "Did you leave any for anyone else? Julie Ashfield, managing director of buying at Aldi , previously shared five tips on how shoppers can secure lower prices in store. She advised that the store reduces products by up to 75 per cent on their last day of life, including bread, meat, and produce, while imperfectly packaged items like rice, cereal, and tinned food are discounted by 30 per cent - something she urged shoppers to look out for.

She also spoke about Aldi's partnership with surplus food platform Too Good To Go, which offers 'magic bags' of food that are approaching their sell-by or use-by dates at less than a third of the price. Each bag costs £3.30 each and contains at least £10 worth of food. To get a 'magic bag' shoppers need to download the free Too Good To Go app and search for their nearby Aldi store.