Lidl has been found to be the cheapest supermarket in the UK based on the total cost of a basket of common grocery items, according to The Mirror. In a report by The Grocer, it was found that the 33 item shopping list cost £53.06 at Lidl last week, compared to £60.19 at Asda, £63.26 at Sainsbury's, £64.55 at Tesco, £72.73 at Morrisons and £85.40 at Waitrose.
However, the Lidl basket of items cost 4.5% more than a year ago, or an extra £2.31, due to rising inflation. Kantar, which records prices, said inflation in February was 4.3%.
Prices are rising the fastest for items including savoury snacks, fresh beef, and cat food. However, the cost of bacon, beer, lager and spirits fell.
In terms of service, Lidl came second to last, with a score of 65/100. Morrisons came bottom at 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
- 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
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 goods including own-brands and popular branded items over the course of 28 days.
It found that, on average, shoppers would have paid £24.21 at Lidl, beating rival Aldi by 62p.
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