The UK's cheapest supermarket has been announced - and it's not ASDA, Tesco, Lidl, Sainsbury's or Morrisons.
Budget friendly Aldi has bagged the top spot as best value supermarket in Britain according to trade magazine The Grocer, in its independent price comparison survey.
The recent analysis by The Grocer shows the Big Four supermarkets are £9.10 (21%) more expensive than Aldi on a basket of 33 everyday grocery items, while its most expensive rival, Waitrose is £23.76 (55%) pricier, MEN reports.
Something to take note of, the survey found that shoppers are worse off shopping at Tesco than at Aldi by spending £8.41 (19 per cent) more and as for their closest rival, Asda, £6.22 – or 14% – out of pocket shopping.
This comes after Asda was named cheapest online supermarket by Alertr, but they didn't include Aldi or Lidl due to substantial differences in online products.
Aldi had the lowest price on 30 of the 33 products included in The Grocer’s comparison, including essential shopping items such as eggs, chicken and cereal.
The news closely follows Aldi’s recognition as the cheapest supermarket in the UK by consumer champion Which? earlier this month.
The cheapest supermarket price comparison looked at the cost of 20 items, including groceries and household essentials, and Aldi came in cheapest at just £22.64.
The same basket of shopping would have cost just under 15% more at Sainsbury’s and just over 15% more at Tesco.
Recently Aldi Scotland was also awarded Scottish retailer of the year 2021 at the Scottish retailer awards.
The German supermarket was praised for its wide selection of high quality Scottish food and drink.
Helen Lyons, Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards Co-Founder, said: “My congratulations go out to all our winners and a big well done to Aldi for their sweeping success this year, which is thoroughly deserved. Their championing of Scottish produce is so clear.
“The Scottish Retail Food and Drink Awards recognises and celebrates the best produce available in Scotland. Our goal has always been to get more Scottish food and drink products onto more shelves, and it has been such a joy to see the high standard of entries this year.
“Receiving a Scottish Retail Food and Drink Award is a stamp of excellence. Aldi should be very proud of their many successes this year, especially their two Platinum Awards.”
