The UK’s cheapest supermarket of 2024 has been revealed

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An Aldi shopping basket filled with groceries / Credit: Aldi UK

Aldi has been named as the cheapest supermarket of the year in 2024, according to Which? research. 

You may remember that at the start of each year, Which? usually releases a list of which UK supermarkets our money went the furthest in over the previous year, and 2024 is absolutely no different, as the consumer choice company has revealed that Aldi shoppers saved the most money overall.

Each month during 2024, Which? tracked thousands of grocery prices across eight of the UK’s biggest supermarkets to find out how much each shop was charging for everyday items.

The analysis was based off a basket of 56 basic items, with both branded and own-brand items such as Birds Eye Peas, Hovis bread, milk, and butter being used, and included special offer prices and loyalty prices where applicable, but not multi-buys.

Aldi has been named as the cheapest supermarket of the year in 2024 / Credit: Simon Hadley (via Aldi UK)

Aldi took the top spot over rivals Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, and Waitrose.

The budget retailer was found to be the cheapest supermarket for all 12 months of the year, with the research finding that shoppers who stocked up there would have saved £393 on average, compared to the most expensive alternative, over the course of the year.

The results for the final month of the year in December showed that a shopping list of 56 groceries would’ve set shoppers back £100.29, on average, at Aldi.

Unsurprisingly, on the other end of the spectrum, Waitrose came out as the most expensive, as it was £29.54 pricier than Aldi in December.

It was therefore found to be the most expensive supermarket every month throughout 2024 for the smaller shop.

Each month, Which? also compares the cost of a larger trolley of more than 150 items, and does not include discounter supermarkets Aldi and Lidl in this, as they do not always stock some of these products. 

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