We compared 10 basic food items in Tesco, Dunnes Stores and more to see which is cheapest

The rising cost of living is hitting Dublin households hard with inflation set to cost the average Irish household €4,000 per year.

One place we're all certainly feeling the pinch is in our shopping baskets with the price of basic food items rising across the board.

We checked out the websites of Tesco, Dunnes Stores, SuperValu and Aldi to find out which one offers the cheapest basic shopping list at the moment.

We've chosen some staples that every home tends to have in their pantries, including; 1 litre of milk, 6 eggs, 40 tea bags, a 200g jar of coffee, 1kg of potatoes, 500g of pasta, a white sliced pan, 1kg of rice, a 400g block of cheese and a 500g tub of butter.

The results are listed below, starting with the cheapest store for these products combined but, as can be seen, it would be possible to get them all for cheaper if you shop around a bit.

Tesco

Tesco (Getty Images)

Tesco comes out the cheapest with the shopping list above priced at €10.49. Interestingly, the only product it offers that is cheaper than anywhere else is butter though it also has the joint-cheapest milk, tea, coffee, bread and rice.

Product	Price €
Tesco Fresh Milk	0.85
Tesco Mixed Irish Eggs	1.15
Tesco Premium 40 teabags	0.79
Tesco Classic Instant Coffee	1.79
Tesco Irish Potatoes	0.89
Tesco Short Spaghetti Pasta	0.53
Tesco Family White Sliced Pan	0.75
Tesco Basmati Rice	0.99
Tesco Mild Red Cheddar	2.00
Tesco Sunflower Spread	0.75
Total	10.49

Aldi

You'll find the cheapest eggs in Aldi with their Healy's Farm Mediums coming in at a bargain 99 cents. Consistently low prices on the other items sees the German retail giant come in second with a shopping list total of €10.92.

Product	Price €
Clonbawn Fresh Milk	0.85
Healy's Farm Medium Eggs	0.99
McGraths Gold Blend 80	1.15
Alcafe Rich Roast Instant Coffee	1.79
Egan's Irish White Potatoes	1.09
Cucina Spaghetti	0.53
Ballymore Crust Fresh White Sliced Bread	0.75
Worldwide Foods Classic Basmati Rice	0.99
Ardagh Mature Irish Red Cheddar	1.99
Greenvale Beautifully Buttery	0.79
Total	10.92

SuperValu

Coming in third is SuperValu with the shopping list at €11.26 with pasta available for 49 cents and SuperValu Rich Roast coffee for 99 cents, although this is for a 100g jar rather than 200g.

Product	Price €
SuperValu Fresh Milk	0.85
SuperValu Free Range Medium Eggs	1.59
SuperValu Gold Blend tea bags	1.15
SuperValu Rich Roast coffee 100g	0.90
SuperValu baby potatoes	0.99
Riscossa Penne Zite Rigate	0.49
Daily Basics white pan	0.75
SuperValu Basmati Rice	1.05
SuperValu Medium Red Cheddar	2.50
SuperValu Oh So Buttery	0.99
Total	11.26

Dunnes Stores

The Dunnes Stores store on Grafton Street in Dublin city center (Getty)

Just 3 cents sees Dunnes come in fourth in our list at €12.87 although it should be noted that there were no 40 packs of tea bags available on the Lidl website so it may be slightly better value overall. The stand out bargain in Dunnes is a 1kg bag of Floury Irish Baby Roosters for just 49 cents.

Product	Price €
Dunnes Stores Irish Whole Milk	0.85
Fresh Irish medium eggs	1.00
Lyons Tea Original	1.50
Maxwell House Rich Blend	3.50
Dunnes Stores Floury Irish Baby Roosters	0.49
Dunnes Stores Farfalle/Fusilli	0.59
My Family Sliced White Pan	0.75
My Family Favourites Basmati Rice	1.00
My Family Favourites Irish Mature Red Cheddar	2.30
My Family Favourites Low Lite Spread	0.89
Total	12.87

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