Aldi has been named as the UK's cheapest supermarket during the month of January where a single shop could see a saving of £26 compared to the most expensive, according to consumer watchdog Which.
Discounter Aldi in January came out the cheapest among eight of the UK's largest supermarkets for typical items during a shopping trip.
The cheapest supermarket was Aldi, where the basket of goods was £82.03 on average while the same shop at Waitrose was £107.71 on average, a difference of £25.68.
Which? also compared the cost of a larger trolley of 144 items.
These items included a larger number of branded items, such as Andrex toilet paper and Cathedral City cheese, and did not include discounter supermarkets Aldi and Lidl, given that they do not always stock some of these products.
Asda was the cheapest for this larger trolley of groceries, continuing its winning streak, which started in January, 2020, as the most economical of the bigger supermarket chains. It cost £363.29 on average for this shop, beating the next cheapest, Sainsbury's (£375.84), by £12.55.
Waitrose was an eye-watering £45.43 more expensive than Asda, coming in at £408.72, on average, for the trolley of comparable goods.
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But waitrose is expensive anyway! Just a pack of apple turnover is £2.10 now! I only grab a couple of bits in there. Lild is getting expensive too, well some things are. Like anywhere else. Nearest Aldi for us is about 30min drive, so we don't bother.
Wish we had one near us here, but you know, since Covid then we still get our weekly Asda delivery, it is Heaven sent, no pushing and shoving in the supermarkets or virus's