Lidl beats Tesco and Aldi to win cheapest supermarket for basket of 78 essential items
LIDL has beaten Tesco and Aldi in a price war to be the cheapest supermarket in June 2020, according to an investigation from Which?.
The discounter came out on top in a monthly grocery price comparison run by the consumer group.
Seventy-eight grocery and household items were included in the comparison, such as own-brand pasta, olive oil and tomatoes, as well as branded goods, like Hovis bread.
Of course, the products were like-for-like and price differences could be down to promotional offers on particular products that are on at one supermarket and not the others.
But in total, the entire shop cost £72.02 making it the cheapest supermarket in June.
The most expensive supermarket was Waitrose, where the same items would have set you back £111.77 - an extra £39.75.
Ryan McDonnell, chief commercial officer at Lidl, said: "We know that families across the country are continuing to feel the impact of COVID-19 on their finances, so now more than ever, we’re committed to offering the best quality and value to our customers."
Competitive prices are beginning to return to supermarket shelves following coronavirus crisis.
Many retailers axed a number of multi-buy deals in a bid to stop customers from stockpiling in the lead up to lockdown, which saw shelves wiped clean of pasta, toilet roll and anti-bacterial wipes.
Many stores are beginning to ease strict restrictions put in place in supermarkets during the peak of the pandemic.
These included, reducing the number of people allowed in store at the same time, one-way systems and rules on how many members of per household can shop at the same time.
Here's our guide to all of the rules you still have to follow when grocery shopping at the UK's leading supermarkets.