Lidl named cheapest UK supermarket, beating Asda, Tesco, and Sainsbury’s

Lidl has won the medal for cheapest UK supermarket beating rivals Aldi, Tesco, Sainsburys and Asda. A comparison of 33 everyday items came in at £53.06 at Lidl compared to £64.55 at Tesco. The same 33 items cost £60.19 at Asda, £63.26 at Sainsbury’s, £72.73 at Morrison and £85.40 at Waitrose.

The Grocer, who carried out the test, did not include Aldi, Iceland, Amazon, M&S and Ocado, although it usually does. The rising cost of living is evident from rising fuel prices and inflation, which is now at 5.5%. Whilst Lidl may be the cheapest supermarket, the basket of items still cost 4.5% more than a year ago, or an extra £2.31.

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It’s not the first time that Lidl has been crowned the cheapest supermarket recently. Consumer group Which? found Lild to be the cheapest supermarket in its rankings last month. The monthly price test by Which? compared the cost of 23 essential goods including own-brands and items such as Hovis bread over the course of 28 days – to reveal the cheapest grocer that month. It found that, on average, shoppers would have paid £24.21 at Lidl, beating Aldi by just 62p.

The full list of the 33 items The Grocer used to work out the cheapest supermarket is:

• Pink lady apples (six-pack)

• Dried apricots own-label

• Aquafresh little teeth toothpaste (age 3-5)

• Baby potatoes own-label

• Sliced beetroot own-label

• Black Sheep ale 500ml bottle

• Carrots own-label organic

• Chocolate cake own-label premium

• Coca-Cola Original 1.25l bottle

• Domestos original thick bleach 750g

• Double Gloucester cheese own-label 250g

• Egg noodles own-label medium 250g

• Eggs own-label free-range large 12-pack

• Fillet steak own-label, premium, 170g

• Greek-style yoghurt own-label with honey

• Ham and mushroom tagliatelle ready-meal own-label chilled 400g

• Hartley’s jelly orange 135g

• Instant coffee own-label, gold, 200g

• McVities Club biscuits orange

• Milk semi-skimmed own-label 1,136ml

• Mr Kipling Apple Pies Bramley six-pack

• Nurofen tablets 16-pack 200mg

• Orange own-label smooth from concentrate one litre

• Parsnips own-label 500g

• Peanuts chilli own-label 200g

• Peas own-label frozen 1kg

• PG tips pyramid 240 bags 696g

• Pulled pork own-label, with smokey BBQ sauce

• Spinach own label 260g

• Sticky toffee sponge puddings own label 2x110g

• Tortilla chips cool 200g

• Vanish stain remover Oxi Advanced Crystal White, 1.5kg

• White toastie loaf Own-label, thick sliced 800g

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