Despite Jeremy Hunt's prediction that inflation would fall drastically by the end of the year, there's no arguing that food prices are still massively high.
As the cost of living crisis continues, families are trying to find new ways to make their money to stretch a bit further.
However, one man has proved that you can still rely on budget supermarket Aldi to buy cheap essentials to get you through the week. Tom Church, co-founder and chief bargain hunter at Latest Deals, took £5 to the discount supermarket to see what he could get.
Aldi was recently named the cheapest supermarket in the UK for the for the ninth month in a row, but many social media users were surprised at how far the money stretched.
Taking to the LatestDeals TikTok account, Tom bought all he needed for a weekly shop and explained how much it cost. He said:
- Everyday Essentials Long Grain Rice 1kg - 48p
- Everyday Essentials Spaghetti 500g - 28p
Everyday Essentials Penne Pasta 500g - 41p
Everyday Essentials Garden Peas 300g - 24p
Everyday Essentials Garden Peas Chopped Tomatoes 400g - 32p
Sun Quench Double Strength Squash 1.5l - 89p
Everyday Essentials Rice Pudding 400g - 24p
Belmont Custard Creams 300g - 49p
Harvest Morn Corn Flakes 500g - 63p
Everyday Essentials Medium Sliced Wholemeal bread 39p
Cucina Bolognese sauce 500g - 65p
This comes to a total of £5.02 – which people in the comment section struggled to believe.
One person said: "Why so cheap?"
Another added: "Man I wish all shops are like this."
A third commented: "It's what you can have for five pounds and 2p but yeah get lots, and even you spent 40 pounds it would last you 2weeks and half."
Some people notes that it was "old prices" and that you would "be lucky to get that for £5 in 2023".
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It's worth noting that this video was uploaded to the platform in January, but The Mirror has checked the prices against Aldi's online prices – and most of them are still exactly the same.
There were only three differences – the rice pudding was 1p more expensive, at 25p, the Custard Creams were 11p cheaper at 38p and the Bolognese was 85p, 20p more expensive than in the video.
If the same shop was done with Aldi's online prices, that would come to a total of £5.12 – only slightly more expensive than in January.
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