As the cost of living crisis continues to worsen, it has become impossible not to notice how much more expensive a food shop is becoming. Just this week, a report found that food price rises in the UK could hit 15 per cent this summer.
A year ago, my colleague tried to do a weekly food shop at Aldi with just £10 so I went to see how much more that same shopping basket would now cost. Trying to stick as much as I could to the items purchased a year ago, I found the same shopping basket now costs 20 per cent more - from £10.06 to £12.14.
A tomato soup has gone up by 10p (from 35p to 45p) - which is a rise of more than 28 per cent. All the other tinned items I bought had gone up in price as well: baked beans (29p to 35p, +20%), sweetcorn, (37p to 41p, +10%) and kidney beans (45p to 49p, +8%).
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However, it is worth noting that the Essential kidney beans are cheaper at 30p. The smallest rise in my tinned purchases was the chopped tomatoes, from 37p to 38p (+2%).
The item to have the second smallest rise in price was the smoked mackerel, which has gone from £1.69 to £1.79 (+5%).
The 500g of pasta had seen the biggest rise in price of all items, going from 39p to 65p. That is a rise of 66 per cent in the space of a year, but Aldi's basic range penne is 32p so it would have been possible to actually save some money with this item.
The long-grain rice had also gone up from 89p to 95p (+6%) and, as the cheaper pesto sauce (69p - same price) was out of stock, I had to buy the Specially Selected one (£1.15). However, the item I was probably most surprised to see how much pricier it had become was a pack of cookies - which has gone from 25p to 41p, a 64 per cent rise.
The fruit and veg I bought were more expensive as well. The salad bag had gone from 57p to 67p (+17%) and the apples from £1.09 to £1.39 (+27%). However, it is worth noting that it would have been possible to save money with this item by buying Gala apples at 90p.
A two-pint bottle of milk turned out to cost 31 per cent more now than it did a year ago - from 80p to £1.05. Similarly, sliced white bread was now 59p, compared to 45p a year ago - also a 31 per cent increase.
A pack of Bran Flakes was 15 per cent expensive, going from 65p to 75p. In fact, there was only item that cost the same - the cheese and tomato pizza - which has stayed at 66p.
Here is my shopping list:
- Sliced white bread - 59p
- Bran Flakes - 75p
- Cheese and tomato pizza - 66p
- Smoked mackerel - £1.79
- Kidney beans - 49p
- Tomato soup - 45p
- Chopped tomatoes - 38p
- Sweetcorn - 41p
- Pesto - £1.15
- Pasta - £1.15
- Long-grain rice - 95p
- Cookies - 41p
- Milk - £1.05
- Beans - 35p
- Apples - £1.39
- Salad bag - 67p
Total: £12.14
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