People's budgets are being squeezed from every direction at the moment, and the weekly shop is no exception. There have been plenty of stories about staple goods rocketing in price.
And many people will have no doubt noticed that their 'big shop' has got even bigger, in terms of price at least. Supermarkets have been announcing various initiatives as they battle inflation. Asda, for example, brought out an expanded Just Essentials range, limiting items to three per basket.
German retailer Aldi, however, remains the cheapest grocer in the UK, according to Which?. The consumer group compared a basket of 47 items at different shops and found Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's to be 18% more expensive than Aldi. CEO of Aldi UK and Ireland Giles Hurley promised to do "whatever it takes" to maintain this discount and "keep prices as low as possible".
