Aldi in hot water with shoppers over 'infuriating' name of £2.19 vegan product

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Sign up to FREE email alerts from our Money Saving Club Newsletter Supermarket giant Aldi has enraged shoppers with the name of one of its new products.

The retailer has released vegan bacon - but people aren't happy. Aldi shared a picture of its new bacon on Facebook, writing: "Who said vegan needed to be boring (and expensive)?

Not us. In store now!" The packs of bacon are plant based, and cost £2.19 each for 10 rashers. READ MORE: Gogglebox viewers spot the same problem with Jenny in latest episode The post quickly racked up thousands of comments, with many shoppers foaming at the mouth about the name.

One furious shopper wrote: "Call it something else. Bacon is a cut of MEAT. Simples." "Impossible … bacon is meat….. rename it,"