Mum ditches Heinz as picky teens choose supermarket's 17p tin over big brand

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A mum has ditched Heinz spaghetti soups after her kids picked a cheaper 17p tin in a taste test. Fed up with soaring food costs, Janine ODoherty decided to get her kids to compare Lidl's budget hoops against the big brand.

Even she was surprised when the 17p tin turned out to be their favourite. She was so shocked in fact that she decided to share her 'good result' on social media in a bid to help other families struggling with bills. Read more: The supermarket which was among cheapest now ranking as most expensive "Lidl Hoops are the winner!" she said. "The sauce is thicker, hoops are nice and firm, my teenage experts were as surprised as me!

A saving of 84p per tin." The price difference is even bigger than when she shared her post as, at the time, the Lidl tin was 16p and the Heinz was £1.

Lidl's is up by 1p, while Heinz now costs £1.25 at Tesco, or two for £2 with Clubcard. Her post, in a budget Facebook group, received hundreds of responses, many of them from shoppers saying they too have swapped Heinz for a cheaper brand.