We compared a family Aldi shop from last year with prices today - here's what we found

As the cost of living in the UK continues to rise one reporter decided to compare an Aldi shop with the price from last June after he found a receipt. Phil Norris explained that after finding an Aldi receipt from a weekly family shop last June, it was hard to tell at first what had gone up in the past 11 months.

Some things had actually gone down in price when he looked at them. He said: "A quick scan down the list showed that milk seemed a bit cheaper than now, as did butter, cheese and salmon slices.

"But it was only after going online and comparing prices now with the prices in store last year, that the increases started to mount up. A few items were actually cheaper, but the vast majority had gone up."

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The table below shows the items bought at Aldi on June 6, 2021 at the branch in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, compared with the website price listed at Aldi.co.uk on May 5, 2022 he reports on Wales Online. The order, including duplicates, is based on the original receipt from last year.

The overall difference in price between June 2021 and May 2022 is £7.54, or more than 11 per cent. While £7.54 may not seem like a lot in the grand scheme of things, add that extra up over a month, a year, and it soon becomes a more substantial sum.

Item	June 2021	May 2022
Four Seasons Hash Browns	69p	85p
Omega Fish Fingers	£1.39	£1.49
Frozen Broccoli/Green Bean	59p	59p
Vegetable medley	79p	95p
Fish burger	£1.49	£1.65
Fish burger	£1.49	£1.65
Butter unsalted	£1.48	£1.75
Butter unsalted	£1.48	£1.75
Clotted cream	£1.39	£1.49
Cod/haddock/smoked haddock	£2.89	£2.89
Edam/Gouda cheese	£1.89	£2.39
Deli filler	£1.15	£1.35
Parmesan bag	£1.19	£1.29
Orange Juice	£1.55	£1.69
Mini roule cheese	89p	£1.05
Olives	£1.59	£1.79
Cheese selection	£2.29	£2.49
Parma Ham	£1.99	£1.99
Mature cheddar cheese	£1.79	£1.89
Smoked salmon slice	£2.99	£3.99
Smoked salmon slice	£2.99	£3.99
Whole Milk 4pt	£1.09	£1.25
Bagels plain	69p	79p
Carrots 1kg	40p	40p
Red grapes	£1.39	£1.49
Red grapes	£1.39	£1.49
Pains au chocolate	95p	95p
Baguettes white	42p	49p
Brioche buns	89p	89p
Brioche buns	89p	89p
Strawberries	£1.75	£1.53
Strawberries	£1.75	£1.53
Handwash anti-bacterial	69p	65p
Handwash anti-bacterial	69p	65p
Croissants	95p	99p
Pineapple	75p	79p
Courgettes	£1.15	£1.15
Tomato mixed	£1.39	£1.65
Chopped iceberg let	47p	57p
Pork fillet	£3.26	£3.26
Cucumber	43p	45p
Avocado	59p	89p
Avocado	59p	89p
Loose red pepper	42p	43p
Salad tomatoes	68p	69p
Peaches	95p	£1.79
Brown onions	55p	75p
Tunnocks teacakes	95p	99p
Coca-Cola 10 pack	£3.99	b
TOTAL	£63.91	£71.45

The increases at the till are, of course, affecting all supermarkets and other retailers. Data released last month showed that the price of groceries is increasing at its fastest rate in 11 years, adding an extra £271 to the amount average households will pay at the till this year.

Data from Kantar showed that grocery price inflation hit 5.9% in April, as the number of items on promotion decreased. It is the fastest rise since December 2011.

“The average household will now be exposed to a potential price increase of £271 per year,” said Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar. “A lot of this is going on non-discretionary, everyday essentials, which will prove difficult to cut back on as budgets are squeezed.

“We’re seeing a clear flight to value as shoppers watch their pennies. The level of products bought on promotion, currently at 27.3%, has decreased 2.7 percentage points as everyday low price strategies come to the fore.”

Campaigner Jack Monroe recently criticised supermarkets for taking their cheapest everyday items off shelves. She argued that inflation – which tracks the cost of the same items over time – is an imperfect way of measuring how much prices are increasing because the cheapest products are no longer available.