Times are pretty tough at the moment and people are looking for ways to save the pounds.
However there is one expense you can never avoid - the food shop.
People all over the UK are increasingly turning to discount supermarkets to try and make their cash stretch a bit further.
However, with more and more of the German discounters like Aldi and Lidl popping up, have you ever wondered which one is cheaper for a weekly shop?
The Bristol Post went to both supermarkets and bought a near identical trolley of fruit, veg, meats, fish, dairy and savoury foods to find out who would win the battle of the bargains.
It was an extremely tight contest, but Lidl managed to pip Aldi by a matter of pennies, thirty seven of them to be precise.
After thirty items each, Lidl's total came to £37.15, and Aldi's £37.52.
For example, eggs, bread, pasta, mince, sausages and other products were the exact same price in both supermarkets and items such as pizza, broccoli and snack bars were separated by less than ten pence.
From shopping at the two of them it's very hard to separate the pair.
Aldi only opened its first shop in the UK in 1990 and was followed across the channel by Lidl in 1994. In that short amount of time they have accumulated more than 900 stores nationwide between them.
All of the 'big four' supermarkets have gone through a sales drop during the last three months and have struggled to live up to their performances last summer.
But by comparison, Lidl has had a sales rise of 7.7% and has gained an estimated half a million new shoppers, according to grocery market figures from Kantar.
There are dozens of Lidl and Aldi stores in Wales with Cardiff alone having eight and six respectivly.
