Aldi named UK’s cheapest supermarket by Which? - saving a whopping £55 per shop compared to rival
Aldi has been named Which? magazine’s cheapest UK supermarket for February - saving customers up to £55 per shop.
Consumer champion Which? has named Aldi the UK’s cheapest supermarket in February, revealing the supermarket could save shoppers up to £55 per shop compared to a rival store.
The news comes after money-saving expert Jordon Cox flew to Turkey for his weekly shop - and saved £20 - proving it makes sense to shop around. However, if you don’t fancy a 5,000 mile roundtrip, you can still reduce your food bill while remaining on UK soil.
The latest research from Which? reveals Aldi was the UK’s cheapest supermarket in February for a basket of 89 popular grocery items - coming in £23.93 cheaper than Morrisons. The same basket of items was £27.62 more expensive at Sainsbury’s, and a whopping £55.46 more at Waitrose.
By switching from Tesco to Aldi, shoppers could save £24.37 per shop - adding up to £1,267.24 over a year. Put simply, the money saved could fund a getaway to Turkey - with no passport required for that weekly shop.
Aldi has also recently earned the title of ‘Which? Cheapest Supermarket of the Year’ for 2025. Julie Ashfield, Chief Commercial Officer at Aldi UK, said: “These findings show that shoppers don’t need to travel abroad to make real savings on their weekly shop.
“With Aldi topping the Which? charts once again, UK households can stretch their budgets further every week - and even save enough over time to treat themselves to a holiday.”
Which? results for cost of weekly shop by supermarket
The list below reveals how much it cost to buy the same 89 items at each of the major supermarkets.
- Aldi: £161.56
- Lidl: £162.75
- Asda: £181.06
- Tesco (with loyalty discount): £181.58
- Morrisons: £185.49
- Tesco (without loyalty discount): £185.93
- Sainsbury’s (with loyalty discount): £186.21
- Sainsbury's (without loyalty discount): £189.18
- Ocado: £203.59
- Waitrose: £217.02
Presenter on ITV’s This Morning and blogger for the Money Saving Expert website, Jordan posted a video to his Facebook account, showing him jetting off to Turkey and making a saving on his shopping. In the caption, the TV host asked the question, “have supermarket prices gone too far?”
Explaining the trip, Jordan said: “Flights this time of year are dirt cheap - and found a return flight on the same day to Turkey for £33.01. And I know food prices were super cheap out there! So while visiting the town & getting some sun on my face, I decided to do some grocery shopping - and see if I could do the WHOLE trip for cheaper than shopping at my local Tesco.
“We all know groceries are INSANELY expensive in the UK right now. They went up 37% between 2020-2025… but in Turkey, the same brands are much cheaper. I’m talking 84p Doritos, 49p Haribos, £1.71 Oral B toothpaste (norm £5), and £2.24 for the BIGGEST pack of Coco Pops you’ve ever seen (that’d be £10+ in the UK).
“I bought as much as I could. In total, all the shopping totalled £34.34… which if bought in the UK, would have cost £89.38 (£86.18 with a Clubcard). My total expenses including flights, trams, and shopping? £68.79.
“So in total, by doing my grocery shopping in a different CONTINENT, I SAVED £20.59 (or £17.39 with a Clubcard). And all I had was a backpack! That total could be much higher if I’d have brought a check in bag.
“Honestly - this shouldn’t be possible. Both supermarkets and people in power need to do something to reduce the burden… before we’re all flying abroad for Coco Pops. On the climate question… sure, it’s not the most environmentally friendly way to shop. But I filled an otherwise empty seat on the plane, and even if you ‘carbon offset’ the flight - it still works out cheaper!
“So serious question… have supermarket prices gone too far? And what can be done to make grocery shopping cheaper? Those questions need to be answered.”