Our weekly price comparison of eight essentials has shown prices on the rise again at four out of the big six supermarkets
Prices are continuing to rise on the cost of basic groceries, at both the cheapest and most expensive supermarkets. We have been tracking the prices of the same eight essentials at the six main supermarkets for almost a year now.
Last March, the same eight essentials would have cost you just £9.94 at Asda, when it was then the third cheapest behind Aldi and Lidl but this week it's now £12.04. Our representative shopping basket contains two-pint bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, a pack of mince, a pack of chicken, tea bags, coffee, beans and butter.When we first started monitoring prices, Sainsbury's held the unfortunate title of most expensive for around two months.
When it first hit the bottom slot in our rankings at the end of January, an Asda spokesperson had this to say: "We’re working hard to keep prices in check for customers and remain the lowest-priced major supermarket – a position recognised by Which? in their regular monthly basket comparison which has named Asda as the cheapest supermarket for a big shop every month for the last three years.”
That has had a knock-on effect at two of the other big supermarkets that promise an "Aldi price match". As we've seen in previous weeks, this can work both up and down, and so this week we've seen both Tesco and Asda increasing their beef mince price by 20p this week to match with Aldi.
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