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  • TinyBreak@aussie.zone
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    7 months ago

    Gotta make an Aldi run to get through Christmas. Yes, I left it late. Yes, I’m an idiot. Whats going to be quieter, Friday night or at some point over the weekend?

    • Nath@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      Ok, story time!

      But a little bit of background first: Perth has that Melbourne doesn’t - Spud Shed.
      Perth has a chain of supermarket type stores called Spud Shed. Basically a rogue farmer got tired of being ripped off by the big stores and he started selling stuff himself. And it sorta got out of hand, he now has about 20 stores. They’re cheap - cheaper than Colesworth/Aldi. The catch is, the quality of produce can be hit or miss. Their smallgoods are fine, though. Best bit: Most of the stores are 24hour.

      Ok, so its Christmas morning, we’ve all started turning up at Dad’s place. My sister has brought whatever she was bringing, and asked Dad “Where’s the ham?”. He either thought someone else was bringing the ham, or just plain forgot. So, 10am on Christmas morning, Dad goes to Spud Shed and buys a great ham that was in the process of being marked down. Because of course by December 25th, everyone had their hams. Total win by Dad.

      So yeah: 11 days before Christmas is not leaving it late! 😂