Aldi discontinues popular breakfast must-have leaving shoppers gutted
A POPULAR Aldi breakfast item has been discontinued leaving shoppers absolutely gutted.
The breakfast item was a favourite among Aldi shoppers who have been left in the dark over its absence.
Aldi quietly removed the Specially Selected Caramel Layered Yogurt from its shelves.
Shoppers only discovered the yogurt was discontinued after failing to find it in their local shop.
The product was a favourite among Aldi shoppers who have been gutted by its disappearance.
Aldi have listed the item as "currently unavailable" on their website giving no indication of when or why it was pulled from shelves.
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Some shoppers have reported spotting a similar product in Lidl stores.
The yogurt was reportedly replaced with a lemon layered flavour.
Other layered yogurt flavours are still available at the retailer online and in store.
Venting their frustration with the quiet disappearance of their breakfast favourite shoppers took to social media.
One disappointed shopper said: "I've been looking for several weeks and they have not had it in stock in 3 local stores. I have it with their chocolate granola."
Other retailers appear to be selling the product or a dupe of the product.
One online retailer lists the item in stock for only 75p and shoppers in European countries are still able to purchase the item from Aldi stores.
The yogurt sold in 150g tubs for less than £1 when it was in stock.
It was described on packaging as "indulgent" with caramel sauce layered throughout the yogurt.
Aldi is selling a replacement product, a four pack of Greek style layered salted caramel yogurts, but these are not specially selected.
Other flavours of the specially selected layered yogurts are still available on Aldi shelves.
These include lemon, blackberry and blackcurrant, mango and vanilla, raspberry and passion fruit and strawberry.
Aldi have not issued any statement on the yogurt flavour being discontinued.
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The product was quietly removed from shelves with no warning given to shoppers.
Several hopeful customers spent weeks visiting different stores and scouring the shelves looking for the breakfast favourite.
Why are products axed or recipes changed?
ANALYSIS by chief consumer reporter James Flanders.
Food and drinks makers have been known to tweak their recipes or axe items altogether.
They often say that this is down to the changing tastes of customers.
There are several reasons why this could be done.
For example, government regulation, like the "sugar tax," forces firms to change their recipes.
Some manufacturers might choose to tweak ingredients to cut costs.
They may opt for a cheaper alternative, especially when costs are rising to keep prices stable.
For example, Tango Cherry disappeared from shelves in 2018.
It has recently returned after six years away but as a sugar-free version.
Fanta removed sweetener from its sugar-free alternative earlier this year.
Suntory tweaked the flavour of its flagship Lucozade Original and Orange energy drinks.
While the amount of sugar in every bottle remains unchanged, the supplier swapped out the sweetener aspartame for sucralose.