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The 2021 Mixed Dried Fruit Price Comparison
Christmas Cake - I make at least six each year just for Christmas
I have started soaking fruit for the Christmas cakes. It's a little early, but they keep for ages when they are wrapped and stored properly, and frankly, with prices on the rise, I fully expect to find that closer to Christmas baking time, as in the next month or so, the prices of dried fruits will jump. So I'm starting early. And that's OK, starting early means I finish early and that's never a bad thing when we're talking about Christmas.
Aldi has mixed dried fruit for the same price it has been for the last two years, and it is nice: plump and moist. So I've stocked up on the Aldi mixed dried fruit, and I'll keep on stocking, not just for Christmas but because fruit cake is something Wayne loves to snack on and so I make at least one a month through the year.
So I've redone my price comparison between Aldi, Coles and Woolworths for the fruit for the Christmas cakes. I've also included Hindustan Imports for the cherries because that's where I have been buying them from, two kilos at a time (they freeze so they won't crystallise in the pantry); at the moment Aldi is cheaper though so they'll be getting my glace cherry business.
Aldi has mixed dried fruit for the same price it has been for the last two years, and it is nice: plump and moist. So I've stocked up on the Aldi mixed dried fruit, and I'll keep on stocking, not just for Christmas but because fruit cake is something Wayne loves to snack on and so I make at least one a month through the year.
So I've redone my price comparison between Aldi, Coles and Woolworths for the fruit for the Christmas cakes. I've also included Hindustan Imports for the cherries because that's where I have been buying them from, two kilos at a time (they freeze so they won't crystallise in the pantry); at the moment Aldi is cheaper though so they'll be getting my glace cherry business.
Mixed Dried Fruit - which one is cheaper and where can you get it?
Mixed Dried Fruit*
Aldi: $4.95/kg
Woolworths: Sunbeam $9.60/kg (an increase of $1/kg on last year's price)
Coles: Sunbeam $9.60/kg (an increase of 8c/kg on last year's price
Hindustan: $10.50/kg
2BrothersFoods: $11.50/kg
Glace cherries - red**
2BrothersFoods: $3.30/250g; $11.99/kg
Hindustan: $3.45/250g; $12.75/kg
Aldi: $2.49/200g; $12.45/kg
Woolworths: Winn Glace Cherries $4.50/200g; $22.50/kg
Coles: Winn Glace Cherries $4.50/200g; $22.50/kg
*I've compared branded fruit with the Aldi fruit because it is closer to the quality of the branded product than the generic. I've tried both Coles and Woolworths brand dried mixed fruits and found them lacking.
**2BrothersFoods wins on the per kilo price, coming in at $11.99/kg. If you don't use glace cherries often, then buying them from Aldi will be better value for you. I buy them in 2kg lots, portion them into 500g packs and freeze them until they need to go to the pantry. I use glace cherries a lot through the year, not just at Christmas time, and keep them in a sealed jar in the fridge.
Aldi: $4.95/kg
Woolworths: Sunbeam $9.60/kg (an increase of $1/kg on last year's price)
Coles: Sunbeam $9.60/kg (an increase of 8c/kg on last year's price
Hindustan: $10.50/kg
2BrothersFoods: $11.50/kg
Glace cherries - red**
2BrothersFoods: $3.30/250g; $11.99/kg
Hindustan: $3.45/250g; $12.75/kg
Aldi: $2.49/200g; $12.45/kg
Woolworths: Winn Glace Cherries $4.50/200g; $22.50/kg
Coles: Winn Glace Cherries $4.50/200g; $22.50/kg
*I've compared branded fruit with the Aldi fruit because it is closer to the quality of the branded product than the generic. I've tried both Coles and Woolworths brand dried mixed fruits and found them lacking.
**2BrothersFoods wins on the per kilo price, coming in at $11.99/kg. If you don't use glace cherries often, then buying them from Aldi will be better value for you. I buy them in 2kg lots, portion them into 500g packs and freeze them until they need to go to the pantry. I use glace cherries a lot through the year, not just at Christmas time, and keep them in a sealed jar in the fridge.
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