The cheapest supermarket to shop at in Britain is revealed; Consumer group Which? compared prices at the big four supermarkets as well as Lidl and Aldi for its report.

Byline: By, Mike Kelly

The cheapest supermarket in Britain to shop at in August has been revealed after a price comparison survey.

It was carried out by respected consumer group Which who compared the prices of 23 items at the 'Big Four' supermarkets as well as Lidl and Aldi.

The result saw German discounter Lidl named the UK's cheapest -pushing rival Aldi from the top spot, reports the Mirror.

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Shoppers would have paid £24.11 for the basket of 23 essential items at Lidl, that's 43p less than Aldi and £9 less than Waitrose.

The comparison involved items including own-brand products such as apples and eggs as well as branded goods such as Hovis wholemeal bread.

Groceries with some of the biggest price differences included own-label melon, which had a difference of £1.31 between Lidl and Waitrose, and PG Tips tea bags, which had a difference of £1.25.

For those who carried out a big shop, Which also compared 82 items comprising more branded items. However in this part of the survey Which excluded Lidl and Aldi due to the two chains not stocking significant volumes of branded products.

The list included Branston baked beans, Colgate toothpaste, Kenco coffee, Oxo stock cubes and Twinings English breakfast tea with own-label products including onions and milk.

Asda at £149.20, was the cheapest of the traditional supermarkets. It was a huge £21.22 cheaper than the most expensive supermarket, Waitrose.

Grocery prices at Sainsbury's, Morrisons, Ocado and Tesco were similar, with just £2.63 separating them.

Asda has been the cheapest mainstream supermarket for more than a year, having claimed the title every month since January 2020.

Ele Clark, Which retail expert, told The Mirror: "The weekly food shop can have a big impact on consumers' pockets, which is why we check hundreds of grocery prices every day.

"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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