Shopper staggered as she compares price of the same shop at Lidl and Marks and Spencer

A woman who did the same shop at both Lidl and Marks and Spencer (M&S) was staggered when she saw the total from each supermarket. The results were so surprising, it may make shoppers rethink where they're doing the weekly grocery shop.

As many shoppers struggle to make ends meet thanks to the cost of living crisis, supermarket giants are all fighting it out to offer the cheapest deals. Budget supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl are usually the top of people's lists when it comes to a cheap shop - but that is not always the case.

'Posh' supermarkets M&S and Waitrose have surprised shoppers more recently, by offering basics range items which are affordable for pretty much everyone. But how to they really compare with their 'cheaper competitors?

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One TikTok account under the name @Katsaves decided to compare the prices of her basics shop from Lidl and posh supermarket M&S. The first item the money-saving Tiktoker checked out was carrots which were priced at 50p for 1kg in both supermarkets.

For the second item, again the price was the same for both with a single cucumber adding only 75p to her grocery bill. For milk, @Katsaves found two pints of semi-skimmed would cost her £1.30, again in both stores.

However, the items after this was where she found the major differences. The TikTok user went to pick up some chicken legs and in M&S the cost sat at £2 per kilogram.

In total, this pack size was 600g and it cost £1.20. In Lidl, she found it was actually more expensive with the price sitting at £2.09 per kilogram. She paid £2.09 for a 1kg pack.

This happened again when @Katsaves checked out the microwavable rise with