Aldi got shoppers excited this week when it announced the return of a popular Christmas item. The supermarket has confirmed the return of its highly-anticipated Kevin the Carrot stuffed toys which will be available to buy from 8am on Thursday (November 16).
Fans can collect Kevin the Carrot, William Conker and friends - the stars of the supermarket's 2023 Christmas advert - in stores as they're Specialbuy items. Shoppers can choose their favourite stars or collect the whole ensemble, with each plush toy priced at £3.99 each.
Mega fans can go all out by bagging the Jumbo Kevin Plush for £19.99. Aldi has warned however that the plush toys will only be available to buy in-store and they are limiting purchases to two characters per customer 'to help ensure that Kevin and his friends are available for as many customers as possible'.
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Earlier this year the supermarket announced it would stop home delivery of its Specialbuys
However many shoppers were still left asking if there was a way to get their hands on the festive toys without visiting in person - fearing they would be sold out by the time they managed to get to the store.
Writing on the official Aldi Facebook page Shopper Liz Salter asked: "Please can you make some available online? I’ve had to tell my son he probably won’t get any this year. I can’t get him to school, work all day and get to Aldi for 8am on Thursday. So unfair to have them in-store only."
Replying to Liz on their Facebook page, Aldi wrote: "We are focusing on making our range of great quality, affordable products available in all of our stores and therefore had taken the decision to stop our home delivery services on 10th July. Apologies."
Tammy Jones also wrote on the page: "Aldi UK it is such a shame that we can no longer buy them online. I start work before the store opens so by the time I get there, they won’t be available."
Ken Gower also asked: "Aldi UK - As you are no longer able to purchase these online, I hope you have ensured each store has sufficient stock of these characters!"
Responding to Ken, Aldi wrote: "All stores will receive a fair amount of each however as with all SpecialBuys once they're gone they're gone."
Aldi announced in June that it would no longer be doing home delivery on Specialbuys from July 10. An Aldi spokesperson said at the time: “As the UK’s cheapest supermarket we are always looking for ways to keep prices low for our customers. We have therefore taken the decision to end our Wine and Specialbuys online home delivery services on July 10.
"Customers can shop the full range of amazing Wines and Specialbuys at their nearest store or use our grocery Click & Collect service which is available in around 200 stores nationwide.”
