Supermarket cheapest for groceries despite hiking price of key essential

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A supermarket is still working out cheapest for a basket of essentials despite a 4% rise since last week. It's the sixth consecutive week that Aldi has taken the top spot in our weekly comparison, which looks at the cost of the same eight essentials at the six main supermarkets, including Lidl, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Morrisons and Asda.

Since last week it has increased the price of its cheapest 500g pack of mince from £2.29 to £2.39, an increase of 4.4%. It brings its bill for the basket of shopping, which also includes chicken, butter, bread, milk, tea bags, coffee and beans, to £12.12. Read more: We tasted mince pies from every supermarket - this 21p one was star of the show It's not the only once to increase the cost of the product this week.

At Morrisons, the same pack of mince has risen from £2.29 to £2.49 - an increase of almost 9%. Sainsbury's, Tesco and Asda were already selling it at the higher price of £2.49, with Lidl the only one charging less, at £2.29, and now working out second cheapest behind Aldi, with a bill of £12.23.

Morrisons has fallen to third place at £12.31, followed by Sainsbury's at £12.40 and Tesco at £12.43. Asda, which is still charging almost 20% more than nearly all the others for its pack of chicken breasts, is most expensive for a tenth consecutive week.