Supermarket that used to be 'most expensive' now cheaper than Aldi and Lidl for these shopping essentials

A supermarket that was previously criticised for hiking prices is now cheaper than Aldi and Lidl for these shopping items.

Despite being among the most expensive retailers for much of the last year, Morrisons is now the cheapest of all the six main supermarkets in our weekly comparison.

Every week since March 2022, we've compared the price of a basket of mince, chicken, a two-pint bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, coffee, teabags, butter and beans at Morrisons, Sainsbury's Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Lidl.

Read more: 'I tried the cheapest supermarket tea bags and realise I've been taken for a mug'

Lidl had worked out cheapest every consecutive week since the end of January 2023, but was last week beaten by Morrisons.

Now it's in the top spot for the second week running.

It's largely down to the fact that it's brought out a cheaper pack of 25% fat mince, costing £1.99 - undercutting both Aldi and Lidl by 30 pence. Theirs is also 25% fat, as opposed to the 20% fat packs sold at the other supermarkets.

It means that this week's bill at Morrisons is once again at £11.97, making it the cheapest of the six supermarkets for the basket.

Back in the summer of 2022, when the cost of living crisis was first taking hold, shoppers accused Morrisons of 'laughing at customers' because of its regular price increases. It went from being the cheapest, to quickly becoming the most expensive over a matter of weeks.

Morrisons' win puts Lidl in second place, with a bill of £12.11, closely followed by Aldi at £12.14. The three most expensive are also close in price, with Tesco at £12.32 and Sainsbury's and Asda joint most expensive at £12.33.

Aldi disputes the results of our weekly comparison, saying that it does not take into account