ALDI Flying Power Energy Drink Discontinued

Ltamasys on 18/12/2023 - 11:33

I emailed ALDI a couple months ago asking what happened to the Tropic Sugar Free flavour of their Flying Power energy drink, and they told me it had been discontinued (or in ALDI language, "deleted"). This was a bummer but I switched to the Original Sugar Free.

Went in this week to find that there just wasn't a space for any flavour of Flying Power any more, I asked staff and they were confused too, so they asked the manager and he said it's all been "deleted". No explanation why, but it's pretty upsetting given it's been replaced on the shelf by $3/can Red Bull - triple the price per can of the Flying Power four-packs.

This seems to follow the trend of ALDI really cutting down on product variety over the past year - reducing variety to a single flavour/type of a product, or just removing products from shelves entirely. Frustrating when they have a different air-fryer on special every month but stop selling everyday products.

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Comments

  • franco cozzo on 18/12/2023 - 11:37
    +4

    this happened to their stir fry sauces too….they should expand their range rather than reducing it

    • tamasys on 18/12/2023 - 12:51

      And their pastas… and their juices… and their ice cream… :(

      • franco cozzo on 18/12/2023 - 12:52
        +1

        you just reminded me ….the creme brulee ice cream was delicious! curse you aldi!

      • jay889344 on 18/12/2023 - 13:21
        +5

        Hear you guys, but to be fair - this is one of the advantages of Colesworth over Aldi. I like Aldi and their business model but they keep costs low by maintaining a relatively small variety that means they sell more quantity of each SKU and therefore can price it better.

        If you want greater variety, thats what you find at Colesworth but the tradeoff is of course often price

    • HeWhoKnows on 19/12/2023 - 15:45
      +2

      Nothing new here

      The problem with Aldi is that stuff comes and goes all the time.
      …….and their Logictics is absolutely atrocious.
      Every week, so many items out of stock or lines become limited.

      And Im not talking about that middle isle rubbish either.

      Unfortunately with Aldi you cannot reply on anything remaining in stock or continuing to be available.
      Its very hit and miss

  • holdenmg on 18/12/2023 - 11:41
    -3

    I'd guess the Aldi "flying" was overstated given that it is only Red Bull that gives you wings.

    • singingwolf on 19/12/2023 - 08:41

      After they got sued, it's now wiings.

  • mrkorrupt on 18/12/2023 - 11:48
    +15

    Maybe a boycott is in order

    • Sye on 18/12/2023 - 11:58
      +5

      And need to add a poll

    • HeWhoKnows on 19/12/2023 - 15:47

      So you suggest boycotting Coles, Woolworths (in another post due to price gouging) and now Aldi

      Where would you shop for groceries????

      • Baysew on 19/12/2023 - 15:47

        Woosh!

        • Void on 20/02/2024 - 00:43

          Where's that?

  • Gdsamp on 18/12/2023 - 11:56

    Godspeed

    • richadam on 18/12/2023 - 12:02
      +6

      What a weird take…

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 18/12/2023 - 12:56
      +9

      How could Dan do this?

    • chickentaste on 18/12/2023 - 15:02
      +4

      Found the Sky News viewer

  • gakko on 18/12/2023 - 12:06
    +6

    no more flying powers? Disappointing if true. Sif red bull is a replacement. Might as well throw my money in the bin at their prices.

  • Cluster on 18/12/2023 - 12:20
    +3

    This is disappointing. I quite liked Flying Power sugar free and preferred it to Red Bull's much sweeter product.

    The sugar free version has been absent for many weeks on the shelves. I thought this was just a supply issue, as some products at Aldi have been missing for a long time too (dishwashing tablets).

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 18/12/2023 - 12:22
    +3

    Shame, I had just found out about these earlier this year and thought it was just a supply chain or batch recall issue…

    Back to discounted Monster energy I guess

  • Peter Enis on 18/12/2023 - 12:29
    +2

    Straight from the Aldi playbook. Retire a popular product or replace with something of inferior quality and hope we don't notice.
    I see they no longer sell the Racer bars (Snickers equivalent), which were great, but they still sell the Titan bars (Mars equivalent), which are rubbish.
    The naan bread they sell now is really crap compared to the previous product.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 18/12/2023 - 12:48
      +1

      hope we don't notice.

      the main thing that drew me to the flying power option was the price, iirc was $1.50 a single?
      I usually down 2 of the small red bulls at 2 for $5.50 at coles during my bi-weekly shop…

      at $3 for a redbull for a single of course we gonna notice lol - not to mention they just have the default option, not even the superior Zero variant…

      • tamasys on 18/12/2023 - 12:59

        Used to be $0.79 a single, then $0.99 a single, then $1.50ish a single so you had to get the fourpacks for $4.

        • Jimothy Wongingtons on 18/12/2023 - 13:01

          Damn looks like I missed the good times
          Even 1.50 I was ready to swap over to flying power haha

    • djsweet on 18/12/2023 - 21:30
      +1

      Racer bars were the goods. Although even if they still had them they would be 99c, which is hardly competitive with snickers given you can cop them at that price on sale fairly often. At least you could. I don’t buy them very often.

  • whitepuma on 18/12/2023 - 12:36
    -1

    If cutting down on variety enables them to be more competitive on price then I'm all for it.

    • tamasys on 18/12/2023 - 12:42
      +4

      I'm all for being price competitive, but it's not much use if you can't actually buy the products.

      • whitepuma on 18/12/2023 - 12:44

        i know what you mean, and i feel your pain. i'm more talking about being price competitive on other items that they do have available (as a result of having limited varieties).

    • Cluster on 18/12/2023 - 12:48
      +4

      I guess Aldi was having trouble making a profit by selling soft drink at $4/L /s

      • whitepuma on 18/12/2023 - 13:55

        Nobody said it wasn't making a profit. It's a matter of maximising profit per your limited shelf space. If you have less variety's you can focus more on making the limited varieties you do have more profitable, but also more competitively priced.

        Most people know Aldi doesn't have everything, if it had everything in every variety then you go to something like coles or woolies, people go to aldi to get good quality at a decent price, and for that sometimes you need to sacrifice something like variety.

        Just so you know. Many companies don't discontinue something because it's not making a profit, a lot of the time they discontinue something simply because they know they can put something else in it's place (even something they already stock) that's going to make them even more profit.

    • freefall101 on 18/12/2023 - 13:27
      +1

      More likely the deal they struck with Red Bull to sell that instead was more profitable than selling their own cheaper drink.

      It's unlikely Flying Power was a loss leader, cutting back on it is unlikely to help them keep the price of anything else low.

  • Phlume on 18/12/2023 - 13:50
    +3

    Aldi has a habit of discontinuing and deleting popular items from their product range. I miss their great range of chutneys and relishes from a few years back. Now it's replaced by a few basic Masterfood condiments. Bring back the exotic stuff damn it…

  • payless69 on 18/12/2023 - 13:51

    First world problem!
    I loved that Sh*t too despite being unhealthy.
    Quick mobilize Dick Smith on making small kids dependent on his beloved Woolies. Saves them being tortured by Maccas, maybe.
    Get bikies to write to comrade Scholz to step up the fight!

    • Cluster on 18/12/2023 - 13:53

      First world problem? Yes. You and I live in a country allied with the USA against the Soviet Union.

      • payless69 on 18/12/2023 - 13:59

        Nah, when in Europe there is Lidl undercutting Aldi, or Muller selling them cans for like 20 odd Euro cents!

  • nubzy on 18/12/2023 - 14:48
    +1

    I hate Aldi and hardly ever shop there except for the occasional special catalogue item. Their groceries are no cheaper, they NEVER discount more than 50% on goods near expiry and I hate the checkout experience.

    I don't find them cheaper at all. With the Woolworths rewards points offers, free bunch items, 70-90% off markdowns etc I do a LOT better shopping there. And gift cards from online surveys which can be saved in app and spent there too.

    Aldi are honestly a disgrace and people are conned if they think they are cheap. Look at their dumpsters some time. I saw the other day a dumpster choc full with fresh raspberries, milk, pana di casa breads, eggs etc. I couldn't believe that they find it acceptable to throw all that food away instead of reducing it heavily as Woolworths do, or giving it away. They must have some very healthy profit margins..

    • Phlume on 18/12/2023 - 16:20
      +1

      Having done night shifts at a Woolworths, I've seen them throw dozens of trolleys worth of products each night, in particular was the 4-5 trolleys of bakery goods that was day-old produce. Aldi isn't doing something Coles and & Woolworths isn't. As for mark downs I've seen discount higher than 50% at my local Aldi before.

      • tomfool on 20/12/2023 - 16:28

        I have seen trolleys full of produce waiting to be picked up by a food bank at my Woolies on multiple occasions .I suspect anything past Best Before Date cannot be given away. You can only discount so far and if people don't want to buy it I guess it has to go in the bin.

        Its a pity they don't just give it to there staff.

        • nubzy on 20/12/2023 - 17:19
          -1

          There are many solutions. No food should be going to waste.

          Discount it heavily and get it sold, and give away what doesn't sell. But to be throwing away perfectly edible food is just unconscionable. Harris Farm are bad offenders too. Some people scavenge for this stuff, but then the companies go and lock the dumpsters. Simple fact of the matter is it shouldn't be ending up there in the first place.

          Walking around the supermarket these days it is painful looking at the price tags on the shelves. Things are way out of control and we need a correction. Food is essential and should be accessible to everyone.

  • netjock on 18/12/2023 - 14:50
    +2

    Or they might be having a spat with their supplier (wants to increase prices while Aldi doesn't).

    Finding Aldi prices for what they do have almost the same as Woolworths and Coles now. 6 pack Apple juice box for the kids is like $4 which is same as Woolworths.

  • Loopholio on 19/12/2023 - 10:23
    +1

    I miss the guarana sugar free flavour. It was delightful.

  • fdaunited on 31/12/2023 - 16:12
    +1

    I thought it was weird when they ran out of stock and only have the normal flavour Flying Power, and now it's just Red Bull :(

  • stco on 29/01/2024 - 13:05
    +2

    Looks like it may be back?
    Local Aldi had Guarana and a new Passionfruit flavour in stock today (29/1)

    https://i.postimg.cc/9fB1mssT/signal-2024-01-29-12-13-42-997…

    • tamasys on 09/02/2024 - 15:19

      I noticed this as well! So strange.

    • mikeleemy on 26/03/2024 - 15:58

      but now they are made in Australia, instead of Austria.

  • Garzo on 19/02/2024 - 13:34

    The Guarana flavour tastes nothing like it originally did. To me it tastes like sherbet, has anyone else tried this new "batch" ?

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