Budget supermarket Lidl has once again been bumped off the cheapest spot after a price hike. The top spot for our weekly comparison of basics has been alternating between Lidl and Aldi over recent weeks.
Since March we've been tracking the cost of the same eight items - a two-pint bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, coffee, teabags, butter, beans, chicken breasts and mince - and last week reported how the cost had topped £11 at every supermarket after Lidl increased the price of its teabags and beans.
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