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Each year, The Grocer tracks the prices of everyday goods in supermarkets to find out where shoppers can get the most for their money. One supermarket has held the top spot since 2014 and it has won yet again this year.
A basket of 33 items bought in Waitrose is £25.06 pricier – or 56 percent – than a shopping bag of the same number of items from Aldi.
Last week, The Grocer also announced the winner of its ‘Store of the Week’ survey.
To compile the ranking, one store from each UK supermarket is subject to a mystery shop.
The Aldi store in Shiremoor, outside Newcastle, picked up the title after the mystery shopper was impressed by its fully stocked shelves and excellent customer service.
Although Aldi is the UK’s cheapest supermarket for 33 essential items throughout the past year, according to The Grocer, other similar price comparison surveys show different results.
Earlier this month, consumer group Which? found that the lowest-priced supermarket for a basket of 23 essential items throughout the month of August was Lidl.
Shoppers would have paid, on average, £24.11 for a basket of everyday items at Lidl.
This was just 43p less than Aldi but a huge £9 cheaper than upmarket Waitrose.
The comparison included food items such as apples and eggs, as well as branded goods like Hovis wholemeal bread.
Ele Clark, Which? retail expert, said: “The weekly food shop can have a big impact on consumers’ pockets, which is why we check hundreds of grocery prices everyday.
“Our latest analysis shows shoppers don’t have to pay over the odds for a trolley of popular groceries if they go to Lidl, which was the cheapest supermarket in August.”
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