Tesco branded a 'disgrace' by furious shoppers after doubling price of one of its most essential items

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Supermarket giant Tesco has been branded a 'disgrace' by furious shoppers after it doubled the price of one of its most essential items.

In a recent price check, MoneySavingExpert found the price of 10-packs of Tesco's Essentials maxi towels has now doubled. For four years, Tesco, has consistently offered the best value sanitary products since MoneySavingExpert.com launched their Cheap Sanitary Product guide in 2018.

However, in MoneySavingExpert.com's most recent check of prices, it has been confirmed that Tesco has doubled the price of what was once their cheapest product, the 10-pack of Tesco Essentials maxi towels, compared to this time last year. READ MORE:Aldi shoppers go wild for the return of a frozen staple we all ate for tea in the 90s The experts teamed up with specialist comparison tool Sanitary Saver to check the information and found that Tesco's product has gone from 2p per pad (23p a pack), to 4p per pad (42p a pack).

MoneySavingExpert.com also worked out that the average "lifetime cost" of buying Tesco Essentials maxi towels (10-pack) has gone from £242 to £441.