Aldi revealed as UK’s cheapest supermarket – with typical shop costing 35% less than some rivals
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Aldi revealed as the UK’s cheapest supermarket for a food retailer, priced 35% lower than some of its rivals…but prices have still skyrocketed this year
- Discount supermarket Aldi calculates the cheapest option for a basket of goods
- But shoppers will still pay £7.90 more in Aldi than they did last year
Aldi has been revealed as the cheapest supermarket, beating rivals on price by up to 35 percent.
German discount supermarket charged £46.78 for a basket of 33 regular food and drink items research by trade journal The Grocer.
The next cheapest supermarket was fellow discounter Lidl, who charged just over a pound more at £47.90.
Cost savings: Aldi uses many techniques to keep prices low, such as keeping staff to a minimum and not employing employees to pick up shopping carts
Aldi’s low prices were 35 per cent cheaper for the same items than Waitrose, which charged the most (£72.72).
Aldi had the cheapest prices for 29 of the 33 items it checked, including common staples like milk, cheese, bread and eggs.
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Still, someone shopping for these 33 items at Aldi right now would spend 16.9 per cent more than they did at this time last year, or £7.90.
But while Aldi is generally the cheapest, it all depends on what you buy.
For example, Domestos bleach is cheaper in Sainsbury’s, albeit by just 5 pence.
| Supermarket name | Cost of a basket of goods |
|---|---|
| Aldi | £46.78 |
| Lidl | £47.90 |
| tesco | £55.59 |
| Asda | £10.22 |
| Sainsbury’s | £58.21 |
| Morrisons | £60.22 |
| Waitrose | £72.72 |
| Source: The Grocery Store | |
However, for many foods, there is little price difference depending on where you shop.
For example, four pints of milk is £1.65 in all supermarkets except Waitrose where it costs £1.70.
A customer buying 500g of own brand ground beef would spend £3.19 or £3.20 in any supermarket except Waitrose where it is £6.19.
The same goes for a 500g pack of wholemeal fusilli pasta, which costs 79p in Aldi and Lidl and 95p in all other supermarkets except Waitrose.
Market share: A chart showing the market share of UK supermarkets in the 12 weeks to 25 December