Supermarket which has been cheapest since January is now even cheaper after price drop
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA supermarket which has been cheapest for shopping essentials since January is now even cheaper. We've been tracking the prices of the same eight items at the six major supermarkets since March last year and for 32 consecutive weeks now, it's Lidl that has come out cheapest.
Now, this week, it's extended its lead even further after dropping the price of butter from £1.89 to £1.79. Its bill, at £11.58, is almost 12% less than the most expensive supermarket, Morrisons, where the basket of shopping comes to £12.95.
As well as butter, the comparison looks at the cost of milk, bread, tea bags, coffee, beans, chicken and mince. Sainsbury's, which, along with Tesco, has also reduced its butter to the same price, remains in second place, with a bill of £12.07.
Aldi is just a penny behind, at £12.08, followed by Tesco, at £12.37, and Asda at £12.81. Aldi bosses have said Sainsbury’s is only cheaper in our comparison as the small sample of products is part of Sainsbury’s Aldi Price Match scheme and includes one Sainsbury’s product (beans) that is around 5% smaller than the Aldi match. Have you noticed prices aren't rising as fast as they were?
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