Most shoppers come back from Aldi with at least one thing they never intended to buy, usually something from the middle aisle.
But one man came home with a rather 'genius' plan that households across the country have been copying. Having been asked to pick up some washing up liquid by his girlfriend, he discovered that, like most supermarkets, Aldi stocks various colours of the stuff.
It was then he came up with the idea that meant they'd never run out of the dishwashing product again. Read more: Lidl's £7.99 moisture sucking plant has worked wonders for damp and mould in my home He invented the 'traffic light system' so they could use them in order and then, once they got to red, they'd know they were on their last bottle.
Sharing details on the We Are Dull Women's Facebook page, the woman said: "I asked my boyfriend to go to Aldi for washing up liquid.
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