# This Week's Specials: Woolworths vs ALDI Markdowns

**Use case:** 

The same everyday items, but only the products each chain has marked down this week: milk, bread, eggs, meat, coffee, chocolate, laundry powder and more. Shows how many specials each chain is running per item, the biggest saving found, and which shop's special is genuinely cheaper per kilo or per litre.

## Input

```json
{
  "items": [
    "milk",
    "bread",
    "eggs",
    "chicken breast",
    "coffee",
    "chocolate",
    "laundry powder",
    "cheese"
  ],
  "chains": [
    "woolworths",
    "aldi"
  ],
  "maxProductsPerItem": 24,
  "onlySpecials": true,
  "strictMatching": true,
  "includeProducts": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "item": {
    "label": "Item"
  },
  "cheaperChain": {
    "label": "Cheaper"
  },
  "cheaperByPercent": {
    "label": "Cheaper by %"
  },
  "comparedPer": {
    "label": "Compared per"
  },
  "woolworthsTypicalUnitPrice": {
    "label": "Woolworths typical unit price"
  },
  "aldiTypicalUnitPrice": {
    "label": "ALDI typical unit price"
  },
  "woolworthsUnitPrice": {
    "label": "Woolworths cheapest unit price"
  },
  "aldiUnitPrice": {
    "label": "ALDI cheapest unit price"
  },
  "woolworthsCheapestPrice": {
    "label": "Woolworths cheapest pack"
  },
  "aldiCheapestPrice": {
    "label": "ALDI cheapest pack"
  },
  "specials": {
    "label": "Specials"
  },
  "note": {
    "label": "Note"
  },
  "checkedAt": {
    "label": "Checked"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Grocery Price Comparison: Woolworths vs ALDI Australia](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/aussie-grocery-price-comparison.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/aussie-grocery-price-comparison.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/aussie-grocery-price-comparison.md

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