More than half of the cheapest ‘value range’ groceries for sale at UK supermarkets have been hit by price rises over the last five months, exclusive research by NationalWorld has found.
The figures gathered by NationalWorld have driven home how the poorest shoppers have been clobbered by the cost of living crisis, with the price of some of the budget items low-income families may rely on more than doubling since we began our supermarket price tracker.
We have been taking monthly price snapshots for more than 750 value range items at Asda, Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco.
We found 97 products had seen price rises between July and August.
But since April, a whopping 54% of items on offer across the five stores have had price hikes imposed on them. Some products have gone up in price several times across the five-month period.
The products that have seen the steepest price rises between April and August are listed below. Price snapshots were taken on 4 April and 2 August. Images are for illustrative purposes only.
You can also find the full list of products affected by price rises last month here.
21. Sainsbury’s Stamford Street fish fingers x 10 250g
Up from 69p to 90p, rise of 30% | Image by Alexander Fox | PlaNet Fox from Pixabay Photo: Image by Alexander Fox | PlaNet Fox from Pixabay
22. Tesco Eastmans Chicken & Bacon Pasta 400G
Up from 99p to £1.29, rise of 30% | Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Photo: Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay
23. Morrisons Savers Long Life Skimmed Milk 1L
Up from 50p to 65p, rise of 30% | Image by andreas160578 from Pixabay Photo: Image by andreas160578 from Pixabay
24. Tesco Nightingale Farms Peppers 375G
Up from 89p to £1.15, rise of 29% | Image by Hans from Pixabay Photo: Image by Hans from Pixabay