ALDI shoppers have been queuing outside stores from as early as 5:30am with thousands waiting online to bag Kevin the Carrot toys.
Shoppers are desperate to beat the rush and buy the soft toy characters after they have been known to sell out in hours in previous years.
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Shoppers can bag the cuddly friends, including Ebanana Scrooge and Marcus Radishford from today, Thursday, November 25.
The soft toys are based on the characters featured in Aldi’s Christmas advert for this year.
The ad is a Dickensian-style take on A Christmas Carol and follows the story of Ebanana Scrooge.
Kevin the Carrot reminds the Christmas-hating banana of the spirit of the festive season in the advert, which aired on November 11.
But shoppers took to social media to claim that they have already been waiting for hours getting to stores early to queue – or waiting online.
One shopper tweeted: “Good luck to everyone purchasing Kevin The Carrot today! @AldiUK Been queuing since 5:30.”
Another customer, who was waiting online behind over 33,000 shoppers, joked: “It’s like the queue for Adele concert tickets.”
One shopper tweeted he had got to his local Aldi store at 4:30am to bag the cuddly toys, saying: “Got here at half 4 for you Kevin”.
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