Aldi has been named the cheapest supermarket in June, with an average household basket full of groceries and other essentials coming in at \u00a3131.52, a study by consumer group Which? found.<\/p>\n
Lidl came in second, with the same shopping list costing only 35p more at \u00a3131.87, with the supermarket\u2019s loyalty scheme Lidl Plus and 37p more without, at \u00a3131.89.<\/p>\n
Aldi shoppers saved an average of \u00a347.12 over the month, compared with customers at Waitrose, the most expensive retailer, who spent an average of \u00a3178.64.<\/p>\n
Read more: <\/strong>Meat and fresh veg drive shop inflation higher for first time in a year<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n The basket of 79 items cost \u00a3144.82 at Asda, \u00a3146.69 at Tesco (TSCO.L<\/a>) with a Clubcard, \u00a3148.29 at Sainsbury\u2019s (SBRY.L<\/a>) with a Nectar card, \u00a3152.91 at Morrisons with a More card and \u00a3165.51 at Ocado (OCDO.L<\/a>).<\/p>\n Reena Sewraz, Which? retail editor, said: \u201cAldi has once again bagged the title of the UK\u2019s cheapest supermarket according to our latest price analysis, with Lidl hot on its heels \u2014 just 35p behind.”<\/p>\n The list of items included both branded and own-brand items, such as Birds Eye Peas, Hovis bread, milk and butter. Special offers and loyalty prices were included, but any multi-buys were not.<\/p>\n The study also found Asda to be the cheapest supermarket for a larger trolley of 196 items, at \u00a3484.60.<\/p>\n Asda beat Tesco by about \u00a38, as the country’s biggest supermarket came in second at \u00a3492.86. Asda\u2019s top spot for the longer shopping list comes after the supermarket brought back Rollback pricing \u2014 claiming to have slashed the prices of more than 4,000 products in-store and online by an average of 25%.<\/p>\n