Two supermarkets previously slated over ‘shocking’ food prices are working out cheaper than Aldi and Lidl for a basket of essentials for a second week.
We reported last week how both Morrisons and Asda were cheaper than the budget retailers for the shop of staple items, including bread, milk, butter, beans, tea bags, coffee, mince and chicken breasts.
And now, despite price rises at both places, they remain cheapest, with Morrisons’ bill at £12.34 and Asda’s at £12.51.
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It comes despite Morrisons increasing the price of its cheapest Savers tea bags from 80p a pack to 90p and Asda putting its mince up slightly from £2.49 to £2.51.
They’re not the only ones to put prices up this week either.
Sainsbury’s and Tesco have both put up the price of their chicken breasts, with their respective £2.44 and £2.45 prices for 300g, now the most expensive of the lot. At Lidl and Aldi, the 300g pack costs £2.25, while at Morrisons, it’s down even further thanks to its current More Card offer.
They’re both also the most expensive for a pack of mince, with Sainsbury’s charging £2.70 and Tesco only slightly decreasing its price this week from £2.70 to £2.69.
With its overall bill of £13.23, Tesco is most expensive for a fifth consecutive week and charging more than 7% more than Morrisons, which has recently expanded its Aldi and Lidl Price Match scheme to include more than 500 products.
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Our price comparison has monitored the cost of the same eight basic items since March 2022 and it’s mostly been either Aldi or Lidl coming in cheapest throughout that time.
Aldi has always argued that our comparison doesn’t take into account the difference in quality, insisting that its own Diplomat Red Label tea bags and its coffee are ‘higher quality’ than the comparative products used and its tins of beans are heavier than some of the others.
When it comes to meat however, our comparison includes the cheapest packs of mince from each place and at Aldi and Lidl, along with Morrisons, it’s a 25% fat pack, whereas the others sell 20% fat, which is seen as better quality.
An Aldi spokesperson said: “Our promise to customers is that they will make significant savings every time they shop with Aldi, which is why we’ve been named Which? Cheapest Supermarket of the Year for three years running. Which? has also named Aldi the UK’s Cheapest Supermarket every month in 2024.”
Asda also disagrees with our comparison and says that our small sample of products does not represent the fuller picture of prices and does not account for its deals. The supermarket says that, across the board, its Just Essentials range is the largest and cheapest available, alongside Aldi’s.
Morrisons
Loaf of white bread 800g – 47p
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Milk 2 pints – £1.20
Coffee (2 x 100g) – £1.98
Teabags 160 (2 x 80-pack Savers) – £1.80 (up from £1.60)
Savers Salted butter 250g – £1.99
Beans 410g tin – 27p
Chicken 300g – £2.35 for 330g, equates to £2.14 for 300g
Mince 500g 25% fat – £2.49
Total £12.34 (up from £12.14)
Asda
Loaf of white bread 800g – 47p
Milk 2 pints – £1.20
Coffee 200g (2 x 100g) – £2
Teabags 160 (4 x 40-pack) – £1.80
Salted butter 250g – £2
Beans 410g tin – 28p
Chicken 300g – £2.25
Mince 500g 20% fat – £2.51 (up from £2.49)
Total £12.51 (up from £12.49)
Aldi
Loaf of white bread 800g – 47p
Milk 2 pints – £1.20
Coffee 200g – £1.99
Teabags 160 – £1.85
Salted butter 250g – £1.99
Beans 420g tin – 28p
Chicken 300g – £2.25
Mince 500g 25% fat – £2.49
Total: £12.52
Lidl
Loaf of white bread 800g – 47p
Milk 2 pints – £1.20
Coffee 200g – £1.99
Teabags 240 – £2.79 / equates to £1.86 for 160
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Salted butter 250g – £1.99
Beans 420g tin – 28p
Chicken 300g – £2.25
Mince 500g 25% fat – £2.49
Total £12.53
Sainsbury’s
Loaf of white bread 800g – 50p
Milk 2 pints – £1.20
Coffee 200g – £1.98
Teabags 160 – £1.85
Salted butter 250g – £1.99
Beans 400g tin – 27p
Chicken 300g – £2.60 for 320g / equates to £2.44 for 300g (up from £2.50 / £2.34)
Mince 500g 20% fat – £2.70
Total £12.93 (up from £12.83)
Tesco
Loaf of white bread 800g – 47p
Milk 2 pints – £1.20
Coffee 200g (2 x 100g) – £2.30
Teabags 160 (2 x 80-pack) – £1.84
Salted butter 250g – £1.99
Beans 420g tin – 29p
Chicken 300g – £2.45 (up from £2.25)
Mince 500g 20% fat – £2.69 (down from £2.70)
Total £13.23 (up from £13.04)
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