24,000 Aldi shoppers seen queuing at 7am for £39.99 Specialbuy item

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Don't miss a thing by getting the latest from the Manchester Evening News sent direct to your inbox Over the weekend supermarket giant Aldi sparked a new shopping craze, as it released some exciting SpecialBuys for the garden.

But one product in particular seemed particularly popular - and some shoppers reported being stuck in queues of up to 24,000 people to bag one.

Writing in the Reduce Your Supermarket Spend Facebook group at 7.52am, one shopper asked: "What are Aldi selling that is so much in demand?

I’ve got FOMO now." Fans of the supermarket quickly responded, and revealed it was a £39.99 patio heater causing the hold-up. "Is it the patio heater cos rule of 6 outside starts in a few weeks and it's gonna be baltic cos that's standard