The UKs cheapest supermarket for September has been named - and shoppers could save more than £20 on their food shop by switching. A survey carried out by consumer experts Which? compared a basket of almost 50 items in each of the major supermarkets, and one came out much cheaper for the fourth month in a row.
Beating Lidl, Asda, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Morrisons, Ocado and Waitrose was Aldi, taking the crown for yet another month.
The budget retailer was cheapest for a shop of 48 items, including groceries and household essentials, costing £75.61 on average. The same shop of comparable items at Waitrose was £99.40, meaning it was £23.73 more than Aldi.
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The same shopping - which included products such as Heinz baked beans, milk and tea bags - cost a whopping £18.77 more at Morrisons and £11.76 more at Tesco.
Lidl was the second cheapest supermarket in September, where it cost £77.45, followed by Asda in third place at £84.87.
Sainsbury’s was in fourth place, where a shop of 48 items came to £86.34 on average, with Tesco shortly behind in fifth place at £87.37.
Towards the bottom of the table, a shop at Morrisons was found to cost £94.38, with Ocado in seventh at £95.51. Waitrose came in the most expensive, where Which? said a trolley of just under 50 items came to £99.40 on average.
Julie Ashfield, Managing Director of Buying at Aldi, said: “The upcoming months remain uncertain for so many across the UK, and we want to help make this difficult time a little easier for our valued customers. We are committed to providing our customers with the very best quality at prices that don’t break the bank, and we’re thrilled to be yet again recognised as the UK’s cheapest supermarket by Which?.”
Which? also compared the cost of a larger trolley of 149 items - the original 48, plus 101 more. This trolley included a larger number of branded items, such as Andrex toilet paper and Cathedral City cheese.
As you can’t always find these items in discount supermarkets, Which? haven’t included Aldi or Lidl in this comparison.
Asda cost the least with this trolley of groceries, continuing its streak, which started in January 2020, as the cheapest traditional supermarket. It cost £343.38, on average, for our big trolley shop, beating the next cheapest, Sainsbury's by £9.77.
Tesco was in third place for the bigger shop, costing £368.26, with Morrisons coming fourth where it cost £370.77. Ocado shoppers paid £383.77 on average for the larger shop in September.
Waitrose was a whopping £41.13 more expensive than Asda, coming in at £384.51, on average, for the same trolley of goods.
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