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Emma Gill & Sonia Sharma

The supermarkets selling the cheapest basic items as costs continue to rise

A new supermarket has taken the cheapest spot for basic items, a weekly analysis of prices has shown.

The Manchester Evening News has been comparing prices of essentials like milk and bread, running a regular price comparison test - and this week a new supermarket has swiped the cheapest crown.

Shopping at Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Sainsbury's and Morrisons, they've been looking at 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.

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