As supermarket prices continue to rise customers are not only changing where they shop, but what they buy. With families being crippled by continuous price hikes, it's no surprise that so many are looking at ways to reduce their food bills.
One of the best ways of doing that is to see what swaps you can make to a cheaper brand. And it's something that shoppers are really getting their teeth into.
From swapping Lurpak for Aldi's Nordpak, to finding alternatives to Yorkshire Tea, we've pulled together recommendations from shoppers, which they say are just as good, or almost as good as the real thing - and it's saving them a fortune in the process.
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Sharing his swap of Diet Coke to Aldi's Vive Diet Cola on the Reduce Your Supermarket Spend Facebook page, one shopper said: "I don't use Aldi for anything other than cat food, but picked up six of these for about £1.20 (actual price is £1.39 for six). Sceptical.... I can't tell the difference between it and Diet Coke."
And on the Family Lowdown Tips and Ideas Facebook page, another shopper has been raving over the ketchup swap - having swapped to Aldi's Bramwells, which cost just 63p for a 625g bottle.
"In all fairness no one has really noticed the difference in my family," she said. "It taste nice and is thick and flavoursome it's fared up much better than the more expensive ones I've tried. So this is a winner that over the last 12 months has reached my expectations and I've saved over £25 a year on this one product change alone."
Unsurprisingly many of the swaps that shoppers have recommended are from budget retailers Aldi and Lidl, but there are some other supermarket own brand products thrown in there too.
Altogether, by swapping to a different brand, shoppers have saved a whopping £20.08 on these 17 items alone.
When looking for the comparison price, we've either compared it with the branded product at the shop itself, or if it's not available, we've used Asda.
Do you have a swap you'd recommend? Let us know in the comments here.
Here's the full list of recommended swaps, with the savings that can be made (prices July 2022)
- Aldi Vive Diet Cola 6-pack Aldi £1.39 / Aldi Diet Coke 10-pack £4.19, so £2.51 for 6 (saving £1.12)
- Aldi Kick Start Mint and Tea Tree Shower Gel 250ml 55p / Original Source Mint and Tea Tree 250ml, Asda £1.20 (saving 65p)
- Lidl Cola Maxx 2 litre 47p / Pepsi Max 2 litre £1.75 (saving £1.28)
- Aldi Bramwells ketchup 625g 63p / Heinz ketchup 700g Asda £3 (saving £2.37)
- Aldi Nordpak 500g £2.15 / Lurpak 500g £4.49 (saving £2.34)
- Aldi Cookies & Cream biscuits 154g pack 43p, so 86p for pack of two / Oreo biscuits twin pack, Asda £1 (saving 14p)
- Asda Yeast Extract 240g £2.10 / Marmite 250g £2.65 (saving 55p)
- Lidl Mini Salami Snacks 5 x 25g £1.69 / Peperami 5 x 22.5g Asda £2.50 (saving 81p)
- Aldi Dairyfine Fruit and Nut 200g 85p / Dairy Milk Fruit and Nut 95g 85p, so £1.79 for 200g (saving 94p)
- Sainsbury's Choco Rice Pops 375g 85p / Kellogg's Coco Pops 375g £2.25 (saving £1.40)
- Morrisons Fruit and Fibre 750g £1.49 / Kellogg's Fruit 'n Fibre 700g £3 (saving £1.51)
- Sainsbury's Cherry Bakewells 6-pack 85p / Mr Kipling Cherry Bakewells 6-pack £2.35 (saving £1.50)
- Aldi nutoka hazelnut spread 400g £1.25 / nutella 350g Asda £2.75 (saving £1.50)
- Tesco baked beans 420g 40p / Heinz Beanz 415g Tesco £1.20 (saving 80p)
- Lidl Gold Tea Bags 80-pack 95p / Yorkshire Tea 80-pack Asda £2.75 (saving £1.80)
- Aldi Belmont Biscuit Spread 400g £1.89 / Lotus Biscoff Spread 400g Asda £2.75 (saving 86p)
- Aldi Cowbelle Banana Shuk Up Thick Milkshake 330ml 59p / Yazoo milkshake 400ml Asda £1.10 (saving 51p)
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