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Aldi beats Asda as cheapest place to buy Pancake Day 2022 ingredients

Pancake Day is almost upon us and one supermarket has come out as the cheapest place to get the ingredients you need following a price comparison study.

Research from Little-Loans.com looked at prices of key ingredients at nine supermarkets ahead of Shrove Tuesday tomorrow (March 1).

And Aldi came out as the cheapest at just £2.69 a head.

The supermarkets were then ranked from one to ten in terms of their value for money, with one being ranked the cheapest and ten the most expensive.

The ingredients

  • Six eggs
  • Plain white flour
  • One pint of semi-skimmed milk
  • Caster sugar
  • Lemon juice
  • Chocolate spread
  • Strawberries
  • Golden syrup
  • Blueberries

The rankings

Supermarket

Price

Price per head

Ranking

Aldi

£8.06

£2.69

1

Asda

£9

£3

2

Tesco

£9.67

£3.22

3

Lidl

£9.74

£3.25

4

Sainsburys

£10.22

£3.41

5

Morrisons

£11.22

£3.74

6

Waitrose

£11.30

£3.77

7

Co-op

£12.79

£4.26

8

M&S

£14.25

£4.75

9

At only £2.69 a head, you can make at least two delicious pancakes with a selection of topping options to choose from.

Also ranking in the top three supermarkets are Asda and Tesco, where you can get the bundle of pancake ingredients for less than a tenner.

Coming in as the most expensive this year is M&S, trailing behind at more than 1.5 times the cost of ingredients as Aldi.

Little-Loans.com’s Consumer Finance Expert, Paul Wilson, said: “We all look forward to Pancake Day- the tradition of getting competitive with our pancake flipping and then indulging in our creations. And though the start of the year can be a difficult time financially for everyone, this shouldn’t stop you from getting involved!”

“Celebrating Pancake Day can be done cheaply and easily. Whether you prefer making yours from scratch or using a pancake batter mix, don’t get caught out spending more than you need to by checking prices online ahead of supermarket trips to ensure you’re getting the best value for money.”

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