Lidl has been named the cheapest supermarket to get a basket of shopping - beating rivals like Asda.
A basket of 33 common items cost £53.06 at Lidl last week, compared to £60.19 at Asda.
The same 33 goods would cost £63.26 at Sainsbury's, £64.55 at Tesco, £72.73 at Morrisons and £85.40 at Waitrose, The Grocer reports.
However, the Lidl basket of items still cost 4.5% more than a year ago, or an extra £2.31.
That is due to rising inflation, which is currently 5.5%.
Food prices are rising at near-record levels as the cost of living crisis bites, according to recent data.
Kantar, which records prices, said inflation in February was 4.3%, with prices rising fastest for savoury snacks, fresh beef, and cat food, while the cost of bacon, beer, lager, and spirits fell.
However, Lidl came second to last when it comes to service.
The discount supermarket got a score of 65/100 for this, only beaten by Morrisons on 58/100.
The top supermarket for service was Asda, with 85/100, then Waitrose (77/100), Tesco (75/100) and Sainsbury's (72/100).
The full list of the 33 items 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
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- 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 Advance Crystal White, 1.5kg
- White toastie loaf Own-label, thick sliced 800g
The Grocer normally includes Aldi, Iceland, Amazon, M&S and Ocado in its price test, but did not this time.
Lidl was also voted the cheapest supermarket by consumer group Which? in its own 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.
It beat rival discounter Aldi by just 62p. Meanwhile, the most expensive supermarket was £9.50 pricier than Lidl for an equivalent basket of groceries.
Groceries with some of the biggest price differences included PG Tips tea bags, which had a difference of £1.52 between Lidl and Waitrose, and own-label seedless grapes, which had a difference of £1.41.
