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Albert Barlett 1kg Frozen Chips (Crinkle Cut, Homestyle Straight Cut, Classic Fries) $4.40 @ Coles

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Albert Barlett 1kg Frozen Chips (Crinkle Cut, Homestyle Straight Cut, Classic Fries) $4.40 @ Coles
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USER DC on 07/12/2023 - 21:51 coles.com.au (1910 clicks)
Last edited 08/12/2023 - 13:47 by 1 other user

Was just doing regular shopping at night, and found these.
about 20 cents cheaper than coles homebranded fries, (pretty sure cheaper than other supermarkets too)

Anyway if your local is OOS that is even better, You can do rainchecks.

Dont really much to say extra for it. All on website, three variaties of frozen chips

Crickle Cut - https://www.coles.com.au/product/ab-frozen-crinkle-cut-chips…

Home Style Straight Cut - https://www.coles.com.au/product/ab-homestyle-straight-cut-c…

Classic - https://www.coles.com.au/product/ab-frozen-classic-fries-1kg…

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  • Scrooge McDeal on 07/12/2023 - 21:54
    +1

    I might give them a go. Good price for 1KG

    • shegeloaf on 07/12/2023 - 22:47

      2nd best tasting chips after birdseye

    • SnowDragon on 07/12/2023 - 22:48
      +4

      Almost more than I can lift

  • ringofan on 07/12/2023 - 21:59
    +1

    Highly recommend the "Classic" shoestring.

    • BlinkyBill on 07/12/2023 - 22:03
      +3

      Yep, these are the pick of the bunch and easily the best supermarket "fries" available. They come up just as good as fried chips in an air fryer.

      • BusMan247 on 09/12/2023 - 15:09

        Black and gold are the best. At least for air frying.

  • michael9865 on 07/12/2023 - 22:01
    +16

    Miss the days when the normal price was like $2/kg and under.

    • USER DC on 07/12/2023 - 22:01

      ahh yea but sadly that wont ever come back i think pre covid world

  • videoman on 07/12/2023 - 22:04
    +3

    Is it just my local coles or have all the coles stores removed their coles brand chips from the website so they don't have to substitute any when they go out of stock?

    • flagger on 08/12/2023 - 13:35

      Mine has too. Also woolies.

  • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 22:07
    +37

    Price gouging. Spuds have dropped back to usual price from 3-4yrs ago. Frozen chips should be back to under $3/kg. Potato chips have also gone up 50%. Supermarkets are just price gouging.

    • mikeoxlarge on 07/12/2023 - 22:16
      -2

      The epitomy of capitalism, scumbav businessman ripping off the everyday hard working Australians

      • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 22:26
        +19

        Well no, supermarkets are essentially a duopoly in Oz. Their market power distorts pricing.

        I remember hearing from a mates dad many years ago. Back in the 90's the Coles CEO addressed the Banana industry association..He told the group "Coles doesn't stock what consumers want. Consumers want what Coles stock." Them went on to tell them Coles wants bigger bananas, because people buy per bananas, mot by the kilo. Bigger bananas make us more money.. someone pointed out the big ines don't have the same flavour. To which he repeated.. "Coles doesn't stock what consumers want. Consumers want what Coles stock. Bigger bananas make us more money. We won't buy your small bananas no matter how tasty they are."

        That arrogance still thives today.

        • AssociatedSpainKing @ Coles on 08/12/2023 - 00:26
          +5

          Can I get a source please? Will be a good story to pass around to the boys in fresh produce

          • M00Cow on 08/12/2023 - 21:29
            +2

            @SpainKing: Banana Growers Federation Conference at Jupiter's Casio on the Gold Coast around 1990.

        • Bertus on 08/12/2023 - 05:46
          +6

          Wifey has the same mentality

        • Levathian on 08/12/2023 - 11:05

          I’d believe it.

        • Mondorock on 09/12/2023 - 03:44

          Why would the size of a banana affect its taste?

        • alcadive on 09/12/2023 - 09:20
          +1

          Sounds like a scumbag businessman ripping people off in the name of capitalism to me.

        • onegpt on 11/12/2023 - 00:23

          Great story. That's why supermarket is full of junk food. I avoid them, get most of the stuff from local fruits and veg shops. It's good for wallet and health

    • USER DC on 07/12/2023 - 22:22
      -2

      I doubt the big supermarkets would ever drop down on price that much. Cost of potatoes might have gone down, but the cost of other things not so much really (electricity, labour, transportation etc.). But i aint saying supermarkets dont want to make big profits (they all want to balance sales and profits)

      • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 22:42
        +4

        No those some of those costs increased
        significantly during covid restrictions, but they've dramatically scaled back.

        The problem is Coles & Woolies made excessive profits during covid. They're pumping up.l prices to keep those excessive profits.

        They're taking the lead from PepsiCo who keep increasing prices by over double inflation in order to increase profits.

        https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/13/business/pepsico-earnings…

      • sistermay on 08/12/2023 - 09:06

        I agree with you and I don't know why people neg on comments which speak the truth. Anyway I + your comment to negate that out. ;)

        • Arian10daddy on 08/12/2023 - 15:54
          +1

          Right on!! Neg the neg!

    • illusion99 on 07/12/2023 - 22:26

      Frozen chips don’t just come straight from the ground…electricity, rent, insurance all contribute to the cost as well

      • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 22:29
        +6

        They bumped the price up claiming potato shortage amd the wholesale price has dramatically risen.

        Electricity, rent, insurance, etc hasn't risen 50%. Sire there was a cost bubble with covid restrictions, but that has ended, the overall costs have dropped.

        • illusion99 on 07/12/2023 - 22:30
          +4

          My rent and electricity has gone up 50% just in the last year

          • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 22:55
            +3

            @illusion99: My electricity has.stayed stable for 3yrs. The big boys pay bugger all rent (I know because my sis does the leasing agreements for shopping centres across the country, their increase are much less then CPI) ) and bugger all for electricity (again she sees that too).

            They like to convince you they're suffering, but nowhere near the same as you & I. Shall I mention wage increases for staff at 2.5% under CPI? Less staff allocation in favour of more self service checkouts & the like? At this time of year when sales double, do they double staff hours? No more.like 20-30% increase.

            I accept.a temp price increase due to Covid. But backpacker labour shortages have ended, wholesale prices of fresh fruit & veg has mostly dropped back to pre-covid levels. It's time for processed goods to start lowering too.

        • callum9999 on 07/12/2023 - 23:04
          +3

          Did they, or was it just mentioned as a factor? People often want a "justification" for why prices are where they are, but in a capitalist society, the simple answer is always "we charge as much as we can get away with before you stop purchasing them".

          I'd personally argue that Aldi is now large enough to start challenging the idea that there's a supermarket "duopoly". They don't carry the same range, but they have the staples - and they aren't significantly lower in price. There's presumably a reason for that. Being a bleeding heart liberal, I wouldn't be particularly opposed to forcing price cuts - though I don't think they'd be as extensive as people may think. The amount of profit they make is enormous, but if you split that amongst the number of products they sell, the discount you'd get on a packet of frozen fries will be tiny.

          These chips are also imported from the UK, so Australian potato/energy prices aren't particularly relevant. (And although I feel slight guilt about the additional food miles, these are easily my favourite supermarket chips!)

    • spy on 08/12/2023 - 02:27
      +6

      I literally got 5kg potato bag from my local fruit shop for $2.50 today, a saving of 49c on their daily price. How can Colesworth justify this oppression?

    • BlinkyBill on 08/12/2023 - 09:23

      Not defending the local chip makers, but the other input that goes into making frozen chips has gone up and stayed up, like oil, natural gas etc. Still, you'd expect "home brand" to be under $3/KG

    • pufffdragon on 08/12/2023 - 18:59

      Think it was about a year ago when the price of potatoes and frozen chips went up drastically. I remember the media going on about it and calling it a "potato famine'. Blaming the weather of course.

      Even one of our local fruit shops was making fun of the media hype, with a sign on top of hundreds of potatoes, saying "what potato shortage?" There was none, but the prices sure went up and stayed that way.

      They shouldn't be anymore than $2 for a 1kg bag of chips. The price gouging is real. Colesworths and the media work hand in hand.

  • beltdrive on 07/12/2023 - 22:08
    +2

    Best frozen chips IMO

  • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 22:11
    +9

    These are imported from the UK.

    WTF is Coles importing something we grow & make here?

    • USER DC on 07/12/2023 - 22:13

      Probably has to do with lack of farm workers??? backpackers ?? Idk honestly

      • cumova on 08/12/2023 - 02:05
        +4

        Don't listen to that lie anymore seeing though they imported 500k+ people in the last year buddy.

        • Gusper on 08/12/2023 - 04:03

          Don’t forget the 2M immigrant workers here on a regular basis.

    • beltdrive on 07/12/2023 - 22:13
      +1

      I'd rather buy Australian, but these are better than Australian frozen chips so I keep buying em

      Same goes for frozen pizza. Dr. Oetker has McCain beat.

      • beltdrive on 07/12/2023 - 22:18

        Now that I'm thinking about it, almost none of the frozen stuff I buy is made here.

        That Tegel chicken that gets posted here all the time? NZ

        Findus fish fingers: Germany

        Sealord Hoki: NZ again

        • USER DC on 07/12/2023 - 22:25

          how about ice cream or frozen fruits (mangoes, stawberries etc.) ? surely one of the items you buy would be from australia

          • beltdrive on 07/12/2023 - 22:36

            @USER DC: Don't buy much of that stuff but yeah definitely still buy Australian items. I just think it's a kinda interesting trend.

            With frozen pizza for example, I don't think we used to have much choice but to buy Australian. These days Dr Oetker takes up quite a lot of shelf space in the freezer section.

            Same with ice cream: an increasing amount of our choices seem to be from the North America, Europe and NZ

  • steinmeister on 07/12/2023 - 22:12
    +2

    These are great - they're gluten free as well (definitely the crinkle and shoestring, haven't seen the homestyle) which you wouldn't think is even a thing with frozen chips but almost all the McCain chips contain gluten as a coating or other ingredient.

    My coeliac daughter was relegated to the microwave box chips until we found these, she loves them.

  • pennypincher98 on 07/12/2023 - 22:21
    +6

    Haven't bought frozen chips in a long time (far cheaper just to cut up some white potatoes, taste better and takes me 2 mins) but they're $4.50 now!?!

    Potatoes are still around $1/kg in bulk at fruit shops, so why have they gone up so much? They're almost the same price as the other brands now and there used to be a massive gap.

      • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 23:00
        +4

        But again, the reason given for the dramatic price increase was claimed.to be the dramatic increase in the cost of potatoes. They buy older potatoes at a reduced price and turn them into chips..which is why frozen chils.used to be marginally more expensive then fresh potatoes.at the supermarket ($2/kg vs $1.80/kg).

      • cumova on 08/12/2023 - 02:07

        Yes processing costs of machines that do all that work. Makes sense.
        Look up how they make potatoes chips there was a good video that came out during covid. Only a hand full of people involved from start to finish.

        • illusion99 on 08/12/2023 - 06:47

          I guess those machines were free to build and installed and maintained by some kind of charity. And are powered by the sun. Ever heard of the term pay back period or return on investment?

          • cumova on 08/12/2023 - 07:20

            @illusion99: I understand what you are trying to get at.
            But say, for instance, we have an established company processing potatoes in 2018, and then 2019, and then 2020, 2021,2022. Why would the cost of those potatoes increase 3 fold to the consumer? (Aldi had hot chips for less than $1 now over $3)
            Then people will say price increases coz the covid effected workers and the floods, etc. 5kg at the local fruit shop always (normal price) $4-5. on special $2-$3. For 5kg. Always for the past 5 years.
            For a good indication what the market is doing go to your fruit shop. You clearly see seasonal price increases, stocks that have been effected by things, and also excess stock.

            • illusion99 on 08/12/2023 - 07:28

              @cumova: Another reason is that it’s a capitalist society. They will charge what ppl are willing to pay. Obviously ppl are willing to pay that increase price otherwise the company will go bust pretty quickly. Why are rent increasing when it’s the exact same house as 5 years ago? That’s the good thing about a free market. If you’re overcharging you’ll find out pretty quickly as nobody will buy your products

  • tunzafun001 on 07/12/2023 - 22:22
    +8

    Hmm..how did we get to $4/kg being excellent?

    5kg bag of spuds are $6 at Aldi/ Foodland and local fruit shop. Mandolin does a great job of thumping out chips (buy a cut proof glove from ebay for $5).

    • illusion99 on 07/12/2023 - 22:35
      -1

      Any food cooked at home is generally cheaper than buying processed so don’t know why you’re surprised that buying frozen already processed food is more expensive lol. Isn’t that just a given? Ice cream is just milk sugar and cream so why is it $15?!

      • beltdrive on 07/12/2023 - 22:44
        +1

        live-off-the-land self-sufficient blokes are laughing at us for spending $6 for 5kg of potatoes

        • tunzafun001 on 07/12/2023 - 22:49

          $1.20 / kg is getting close to parity with grow your own (when you factor in the cost of time). In fairness, Potatoes are one of the easiest things to grow.

      • shegeloaf on 07/12/2023 - 22:55

        You are a troll @illlusion99.
        Def a coles or woolworths manager.

        • illusion99 on 08/12/2023 - 06:39

          Lol not quite but maybe I’m a frozen chip manufacturer

      • M00Cow on 07/12/2023 - 23:06
        +4

        Because frozen.chips used to be.less.then.10% more then the raw.product now its 220% more.

        You can make.all.the excuses about rent,. electricity, transport, etc. but 10% more vs 220% more isn't anything but price gouging.

        Also explain how.frozen chips shipped from the UK for around the same price as the local homebrand ones?

    • OpticalCog on 07/12/2023 - 22:49

      I dont buy frozen chips - but I swear only last year they were like $1-2 for 1kg bag?

      I have noticed the price of regular potatoes go up stupidly - they used to be cheap now they are anywhere from $4-6 per kg as the regular price, which is crazy. Pretty much the only vegetable that seems to have kept its cheap price tag is carrots… still $1-2 for the 1kg bag.

      • illusion99 on 08/12/2023 - 06:43
        -2

        I don’t buy houses but i swear only last year interest rates were less that 2%…

  • I Smell Pennies on 07/12/2023 - 23:07
    +2

    Miss the old pricing man

    • Daabido on 08/12/2023 - 00:23
      +1

      Fare ye well Miss the old pricing man. She was a fine lass with a surprising package.

  • FrozenFred on 08/12/2023 - 00:38

    Surprised this makes a cut on Oz bargain at both these prices and not even Aussie grown or made. Rip ozb

    Edit: of course they're probably pretty good and I'd enjoy but I'll buy local thanks :)

  • Cluster on 08/12/2023 - 01:06

    Remember when frozen fries were $1.89/kg? That was just four years ago.

    • illusion99 on 08/12/2023 - 06:41
      -2

      Remember when banks were offering interest rates less than 2%. That was just one year ago

  • Embaloo on 08/12/2023 - 06:25
    -1

    Anyone have any good or easy pre-making frozen potato chip recipes (from real potatoes) rather than this imported stuff? Not intending a -ve jab @ you OP, particularly if the product is tasty, but a -ve for an actual grocery bargain as others are saying + avoiding the ridiculous duopoly price gouging + getting a locally produced product for a fraction of the cost.

    Also picked up a 5kg pack for $2.50-$3 the other day, cant see how these prices are justified.

    Here's a decent seasoning that can be prepped in bulk if it's a taste issue (3 mins work for e.g. 20kg of potatoes)
    https://www.recipetineats.com/fries-seasoning/

    And just grab those joie freezer bags or reuse any number of zip-lock/push seal bags

  • Piranha2004 on 08/12/2023 - 07:32

    Nice chips. Bought a couple of packs last time they were on special.

  • dingleberries on 08/12/2023 - 08:04

    I bought these last week to put in the air fryer, actually came out great. Cooked in about 10 minutes, crispy and golden. Some of the better chips in the air fryer to date.

  • JuryWheel on 08/12/2023 - 08:36

    These are really nice as far as frozen chips go

  • lookingforadeal7 on 08/12/2023 - 09:04
    +1

    These are really good but yeah $4-6 for a bag of chips (a lot of time 750g) is (profanity). You'd think there was a special tax just to buy chips and bread these days. Sign of times to come.

  • mwblink86 on 08/12/2023 - 10:31

    The best shoestring chips that I've ever tasted. Cook so well in the air fryer

  • Boodek on 08/12/2023 - 10:50

    I've noticed that at Aldis and Coles most of the cheap 1kg bag of frozen chips are imported from Belgium these days, so it pays to look for the origin of the product.

  • A-H on 08/12/2023 - 14:00

    When Coles started selling these about a year ago, they were $9! Watched them drop incrementally by 50c a week until they got to about $6 a bag. Guess they were testing the market and nobody is paying that much for frozen chips.

    I did grab some at $6, they are good

  • topppbloke on 08/12/2023 - 14:54

    My absolute favorites.
    These are truly the best fries that you could buy from anywhere!
    In fact, better than most fries at takeaway joints.
    Takes around 6 minutes in an air fryer and they're always perfectly crispy from the outside, It's even better when I spray a little oil on top.

    • AlienC on 08/12/2023 - 16:03
      +1

      6 minutes at 200C from frozen? You gotta be joking. My garlic bread slices are still soft and soggy after 6 minutes.

      Surely at least 10 minutes at 200C or maybe you and an air fryer that does 250C? Or do you defrost it first.

      But surely not under 10 minutes in the air fryer.

  • AlienC on 08/12/2023 - 20:06

    Just tried these and wow yeah they are good.

    Only had the classic fries honestly thought they were shoestring fries when I took them out.

    But yeah they didn't taste dry or flavourless honestly tasted like healthy fries.

    I did mine at 200C for 12 minutes no oil spraying in my anko air fryer. I think 10-11 minutes for my air fryer would be perfect maybe even a little less but it is very hot weather right now.

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