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Supermarket cheapest for essentials for third week running and it's not Aldi or Lidl

A supermarket is spending its third week as the cheapest retailer in our price comparison of essentials.

Five months ago Morrisons was the 'most expensive' supermarket for the basket of basics, which includes chicken, mince, a two-pint bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, coffee, teabags, butter and beans.

But for the last fortnight it's been cheaper than both Aldi and Lidl, a position it retains this week.

It swiped the cheapest crown from Aldi after cutting the price of its chicken breasts by 15% as part of an expansion of its More Card scheme, which gives shoppers exclusive prices on a number of products and lets them collect points to turn into vouchers.

Read more: 'I did a big shop at the supermarket that's been cheaper than Lidl and Aldi for essentials'

With that offer still in place until September 22, it means Morrisons is still working out as cheapest of all the six main supermarkets in our comparison, which has seen us monitoring prices every week since March 2022.

The price of its basket has risen to £12.05 since last week though, after the retailer, along with Asda, increased the cost of butter from £1.69 to £1.79, as part of the Aldi and Lidl price match.

Aldi, at £12.12, remains in second position this week, with rival Lidl, just a penny more at £12.13. Sainsbury's is now fourth cheapest, at £12.56, with Asda at £12.65 and Tesco, spending the 18th consecutive week as the most expensive, with a bill of £12.73.

Aldi disputes the results of our weekly comparison and says 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

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