As the cost of living crisis bites and UK shoppers search for savings and budget ranges for their everyday essentials, one supermarket has come under fire for increasing the price of its range. Following the price rise, the essentials have hit an "all-time high" according to one report.
Since March 2022, Nottinghamshire Live sister publication, Manchester Evening News has been monitoring supermarket prices. It has taken the same eight essentials at the six main supermarkets and compared their prices of a basket of groceries including 160 tea bags, coffee, a two-pint bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, a pack of chicken breasts, a pack of mince, beans and butter.
The latest price hike in the cost of Asda's Just Essentials tea bags brings the cost of a basket of basic groceries to an all-time high in the weekly comparison shop. It came in at £12.20 compared to a bill of less than £10 in every store when the exercise began.
