Brand new $11 Aldi frozen lasagne divides customers

Shoppers have been left uncertain of a new frozen food item at the budget supermarket after an unappetising photo of it was shared online.

An Aldi shopper has shared her concern after claiming a new $11 product looks completely different to how it appears on the box.

The Aussie mother recently purchased the supermarket’s brand new Salmon and Broccoli Lasagne.

But when she removed the Aldi product from its packaging in order to cook it, she said it looked off colour and had a thick, green stripe in the middle.

After sharing her fears online, many were divided over the frozen dish, agreeing it appeared rather unappetising in her photo.

A woman was confused after she purchased this dish and took it out of the box. Picture: Facebook

“I’m questioning the monstrosity currently baking away in my oven,” the woman captioned the image.

“Bad lighting but these layers are giving me some strange trifle vibes.

“Hoping it’s as delicious as people are saying and that it looks more like the picture on the box when it comes out.”

Social media users were quick to weigh in, with some telling the woman to dump the dish immediately as others argued she should stick it out.

“I love both salmon and broccoli but this actually looks feral,” one social media user commented.

Another said: “I buy the cauliflower bake and its cauliflower pieces are covered in something and yet it bakes into deliciousness.”

“I’m here for the end results because that looks mouldy,” another social media user commented.

One added: “You will not be disappointed. It is delicious. I had it for dinner last night and breakfast this morning, it was so good.”

Another said they would buy it again, but others were comparing it to when Friends character Rachel mixed up the trifle recipe in an infamous episode, and the rest of the cast had to fake enjoying it.

“Okay the packet looks good but that looks foul,” one added.

The dish before it went in the oven. Picture: Facebook

But, the woman who initially made the post eventually returned to say the frozen product turned out a lot better than she expected.

“It was delicious. We’ll be getting that again. An absolute slab but fed two of us very nicely,” the woman said.

An Aldi spokesperson told news.com.au that it was a delicious alternative to a traditional Italian lasagne.

“Our Specially Selected Salmon & Broccoli Lasagne is a delicious alternative to a traditional Italian lasagne, giving our customers looking for great value, a ready-to-cook meal option for the whole family,” the spokesperson said.

“Made with Atlantic salmon, broccoli and pasta layered with a rich tomato ragu, topped with a cheesy bechamel sauce, this limited time only product is just $10.99 and is fast becoming a customer favourite.”

The dish after it went in the oven. Picture: Facebook

It comes after Courtney Oliver, 28, went viral for saying she was fed up with customers being rude to staff “every time” she went to supermarkets such as Woolworths, Coles or Aldi.

“Every time I go, someone — I don’t want to say someone older, because sometimes they are younger — but always someone is going, ‘I don’t want to use self-serve, why is there no cash check-outs available?’ Blah blah blah,” she said.

She said customers’ attitudes frustrated her because workers weren’t responsible for making big decisions about how supermarkets ran.

“Do you think it is their fault?” she asked.

She said while she was lining up to use a checkout that was accepting cash recently, a woman behind her complained there weren’t enough available.

The woman even pointed at a supermarket employee and said, “They’re trying to take our cash”, she said.

Ms Oliver said supermarket staff members didn’t get “paid enough” to deal with being harassed by customers.

Originally published as Brand new $11 Aldi frozen lasagne divides customers