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Sophie Barley & Rachel Pugh

Tesco, Aldi, Lidl or Asda? - Britain's cheapest supermarket named

We all have our favourite supermarkets, but which one is the cheapest?

Whether you prefer Tesco, Aldi, Asda, Morrisons or Lidl - or somewhere else - we all hope to bag a bargain while doing the big shop.

And a new study has discovered which supermarket was actually the cheapest in July of this year.

Consumer experts Which? compared a shopping trolley packed with 167 items (the original 85 plus 82 more), including own-brand items, such as eggs, milk and bread.

Pasta and some branded items like Hovis bread were also included in the price test.

The analysis found that Aldi came out on top, with a basket total of £78.50.

Lidl wasn't too far behind, as its basket totalled £79.46 - just 94p more than Aldi.

Waitrose's basket was most expensive, with a final total of £122.47, and Ocado wasn't far off with a basket price of £117.85.

Here's the full price breakdown for supermarket prices in July:

  • Aldi - £78.50
  • Lidl - £79.46
  • Asda - £88.29
  • Tesco - £98.48
  • Morrisons - £99.30
  • Sainsbury's - £103.26
  • Ocado - £117.85
  • Waitrose - £122.47

According to Which?: "Groceries with the biggest price differences included own-label prawns (where there was a £3.34 difference between Aldi and Waitrose) and own-label chicken drumsticks, which had a £1.48 difference. When it came to branded groceries, the biggest difference was in a popular pizza brand, which cost 75p more at Waitrose than Aldi."

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