Shoppers love budget stores Home Bargains and B&M for their low cost homeware, food and all those things you never knew you needed.
But have you ever wondered which is really the cheapest?
The stores each sell a large range of household items and we wouldn’t ever really want to choose one over the other, but were intrigued to find out if there’s actually much difference in price.
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With Home Bargains and B&M both stocking big name brands, as well cheaper alternatives, we went along to the stores in Liverpool's Belle Vale Shopping Centre see how they compared.
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We chose 10 popular branded products in B&M then headed over to Home Bargains and bought the exact same items.
So which was the cheapest? Here’s what we bought and you can see the result below:
Home Bargains
Heinz Salad Cream (425g + extra) - £1.99
Cadbury Dairy Milk Giant Orange Buttons - 85p
Aquafresh active fresh toothpaste (125ml) - 95p
Bliss Salted Caramel Whip Bars - 99p
L’Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil Nourishing Shampoo (250ml) - £1.99
Domestos bleach original (750ml) - 99p
Fox’s Party Rings minis multipack - 75p
Yorkshire Tea (80s) - £1.99
Heinz Beanz - 79p
Walkers Prawn Cocktail (6 Pack) £1.50
Total spend: £12.79
B&M
Heinz Salad Cream (425g + extra) - £1.99
Cadbury Dairy Milk Giant Orange Buttons - £1
Aquafresh active fresh toothpaste (125ml) - £1
Bliss Salted Caramel Whip Bars - £1
L’Oreal Elvive Extraordinary Oil Nourishing Shampoo (250ml) - £1.99
Domestos bleach original (750ml) - £1
Fox’s Party Rings minis multipack - 75p
Yorkshire Tea (80s) - £2
Heinz Beanz - 79p
Walkers Prawn Cocktail (6 Pack) - £1.50
Total spend: £13.02
Verdict: Home Bargains just edged it, coming in 23p cheaper than B&M.
