Brownings and Mister Singh's Put Curry Pies in Aldi

Brownings the Bakers and Mister Singh's India have put two curry pies into every Aldi in Scotland. The Chicken Bhoona pie and the South Indian Garlic Chilli Chicken pie went on sale on November 12, 2026, in all 113 Aldi Scotland stores, at £4.99 for a two-pack.

The division of labor is the product. Brownings, the Kilmarnock bakery, supplies its award-winning pastry, and Mister Singh's, the Glasgow restaurant, supplies its signature curry recipes as the fillings. Neither side is licensing a name onto a generic pie. The pitch is restaurant curry inside a classic Scottish pie shell, sold at a supermarket price.

Declan McMahon, Brownings' managing director, said the partnership grew out of a shared push to make something different. Brownings has made pies for generations, he said, while Mister Singh's built its reputation on bold, authentic curry flavors, so the collaboration felt like a natural fit. He's proud of the result, and he wants customers to try two familiar curry flavors in a form they haven't had them in before.

Satty Singh, who founded Mister Singh's India, called it a meeting of two Scottish food traditions. The restaurant's Indian heritage meets Brownings' baking expertise, and his description of the first bite is specific: golden, flaky pastry first, then the rich, familiar flavors of a Mister Singh's curry behind it.

Aldi Scotland is the first retailer to stock the pies, and its buying director, Alan Leslie, described the launch as two heavyweights of Scottish food coming together. He pointed to the blend of cultures, flavors and generations of expertise, called it an example of the innovation running through Scotland's food industry, and advised shoppers to move quickly while the pies are available.

The economics explain why this format keeps appearing. A restaurant curry carries restaurant margins and restaurant prices. The same recipe inside a bakery's production line, sold as a £4.99 two-pack through 113 discount stores, reaches shoppers who'd never book the table. The restaurant trades margin per plate for volume and a name on a shelf across the whole country.

The two flavors are chosen to cover the counter. Chicken Bhoona is the familiar, tomato-rich curry that anchors takeaway menus across Scotland, so it asks the least of a first-time buyer. The South Indian Garlic Chilli Chicken is the heat-led option, there for the shoppers who want the restaurant's bolder end. One safe pie and one loud pie is how a two-product launch tests a whole category without stocking a whole range, and Leslie's advice to act quickly suggests Aldi expects the test to move fast.

What happens next depends on sell-through. A first-retailer launch that empties shelves becomes a case for wider listings, and a quiet one stays a seasonal special. For now, the facts are simple: two curries, one pastry, 113 stores, and a price that works out under £2.50 a pie.