As households across the country continue to be impacted by the cost of living crisis, many shoppers will have noticed that prices are continuing to increase. Prices haven't just soared across energy and petrol, as shoppers have also been hit with rising food costs at the supermarket.
And there is one household essential that has got everyone talking online - Lurpak Butter. Shoppers across the UK have been left outraged at the Danish butter brand's eye-watering price hikes recently.
The brand has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook over the past few weeks after shoppers have found that 500g tubs have been selling for around £5, with one supermarket asking for a staggering £9 for a 1kg tub.
One shopper noticed that a 1kg was now priced at £9.35 in one supermarket. Sharing the find to Facebook, Polly Whiter wrote: "So if you’re on minimum wage you have to work an hour to be able to afford some Lurpak. What a joke this country is."
The post quickly struck a chord with thousands of shoppers who were left stunned at the rising prices, while some even recommended cheaper options. Which is why one reporter has been keeping a track of the prices of butter to help shoppers out.
Emma Gill from The Manchester Evening News has been updating a weekly price comparison on grocery essentials and found that Lidl are currently offering the cheapest prices for a block of butter.
Back in March, both Lidl and Asda were selling it cheapest at £1.45 a block. As prices started creeping higher, it was Asda that remained cheapest for a number of weeks until its Smart Price range was axed in favour of its new Just Essentials, which includes a soft spread but no butter.
Since then prices have been rising across the board, but there is still one shop where it's just about cheaper than others.
At Asda, Aldi, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons, a 250g block of salted butter now costs £1.75. Lidl is selling the same size block for £1.72.
Whether they're all the same in quality is for you to judge, but four blocks of Lidl's cheapest would set up back £6.88, that's £2.47 cheaper than the 1kg Lurpak.
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