The major supermarket that's cheaper than Aldi and Lidl for a £20 shop

As shoppers continue to be hit by the cost of living crisis, customers are changing their habits at the supermarket. Whether it's seeking out those offers, or hunting for the yellow stickers, people are doing all they can to try to keep costs down.

But it's not just shoppers making changes, supermarkets themselves are fighting it out to get as much custom as they can. And while we hear a lot about budget retailers Aldi and Lidl, they're not necessarily always the cheapest.

Over recent weeks we've been looking across all the supermarkets to get an overview of the prices and deals they offer. From Clubcard and bulk buy deals at Tesco, to Morrisons' Savers range and Sainsbury's Aldi Price Match scheme, there are savings to be made at each one.

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But it seems that the one really putting Aldi and Lidl to shame is Asda. I bought a number of items from all three to show how it isn't always the budget stores offering the lowest prices.

The cost of all 13 items at Asda cost a total of £21.16, compared with Aldi's £22.16 and Lidl's £22.54. Asda came out cheapest for butter, fish fingers, orange squash, cheddar cheese, corned beef, mini savoury eggs and a whole chicken.

For another three items, each of the supermarkets had exactly the same prices - 59p for a tin of tuna, £1.29 for 15 eggs and £1.93 for a pack of six toilet rolls.

Aldi says the comparison is 'wholly misleading' as the products aren't like for like. It says Asda's value butter, squash and corned beef for instance are 'inferior' products to compared to its 'standard tier' products.

With the scotch eggs, its says the Aldi pack includes 18, whereas Asda's has 12, however the weight of