New research to help cash-strapped customers looking for cheaper ways to celebrate Christmas this year suggests Aldi is the supermarket to head to if you want to find the most affordable ingredients for a traditional festive dinner. Costing as little as £2.70 per head, Aldi’s Christmas dinner came out top in a ranking compiled by FCA-regulated credit broker, CashLady.com, which investigated the prices of crucial roast dinner components from eight of the UK’s leading supermarkets.
The items included in the study were a whole turkey, roast potatoes, carrots, brussels sprouts, red cabbage, gravy granules, stuffing, cranberry sauce and a Christmas pudding, all calculated to feed 8-10 guests. The full shop from Aldi is claimed to cost £24.43, while Asda came in a close second place at £25.84, followed by Tesco at £26.33.
At the other end of the spectrum, it's probably no surprise Waitrose was deemed the most expensive at £60.58 while Marks and Spenser was priced at £57.84. Sainsbury’s was on its own in the midfield as the third priciest at £48.15.
