'Most expensive' supermarket cheaper than Aldi and Lidl for these basics, with one essential costing 13% less

A supermarket is working out cheaper than Aldi and Lidl for a basket of shopping essentials, with one item costing 13% less.

It was only in April when Morrisons worked out as the most expensive in our weekly comparison, which has tracked the prices of the same eight items at the six main supermarkets since 2022.

Back then it was criticised for hiking the price of its cheapest Savers tea bags by 13% in a week, an increase it reversed after a backlash from shoppers.

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And it's the lower price of those Savers tea bags - working out at a penny each at £1.60 for 160 - which is why the retailer is now working the cheapest of all the supermarkets for the basket, which also includes bread, milk, butter, coffee, beans, chicken and mince.

Its bill, at £12.01, comes after we've taken into account the pro rata price for its 330g pack of chicken breasts, which works out at £2.41 for 300g.

Aldi has, for some time, disputed the findings of our comparison, saying that it doesn’t take into account like-for-like products or ‘the higher quality’ of its products.

For example, the supermarket says that its beans are 20g heavier than Sainsbury's and that Aldi tea bags are 'better quality than the comparative products used'.

Its own tea bags are £1.85 for a box of 160, which is roughly the same price as the other retailers, and its overall bill of £12.12 means it's now working out second cheapest.

Lidl was previously just a penny apart from Aldi, but is now £12.23 after hiking the price of its butter to £1.89 this week. Tesco is fourth cheapest, with a bill of £12.33.

Sainsbury's, which has also increased the price of butter, is second most