 has been comparing the weekly costs of eight weekly shops at each supermarket chain since March 2022. These include cupboard and fridge staples such as bread, salted butter, milk, tea bags and minced beef. was more recently the third cheapest chain in the investigation, behind and . However, earlier this month, the MEN said had overtaken for the first time. But now, has apparently bettered itself again by moving into second spot behind . The MEN reported, however, that it was not actually down to price cuts at - but by upping the price of its 300g pack of chicken breasts. The UK's biggest chain had previously sold its chicken breasts for £2.29 - but reportedly upped it to £2.60. Asda was the only other supermarket selling 300g chicken breasts for more than this at £3. According to the MEN, had consistently been the cheapest supermarket since the end of January with its most recent bill for the eight items being £11.68. shops were found to be £12.07, just 1p cheaper than 's at £12.08. 's basket came to a cost of £12.37, came to £12.79, and Asda was £12.80. The MEN has not confirmed which branches of the supermarket chains they have gone into or if they collected the prices of the products online. told the MEN that it was not a fair comparison as the items it was comparing each week are not like-for-like. The chain also noted that its exclusive brands were "benchmarked against the leading brands in each category" – meaning they closely match the key ingredients of the biggest and most popular mainstream brands. A spokesperson for said: 'This survey of just eight products is not representative of a weekly shop at and doesn't take into account the higher quality of our items, which are matched to househ){kind=link}
The MEN has been comparing the weekly costs of eight popular weekly shop food and drink items at each supermarket chain since March 2022
Sainsbury’s has been found to be the cheapest supermarket – beating budget chain Aldi – according to a new investigation.
Manchester Evening News (MEN) has been comparing the weekly costs of eight weekly shops at each supermarket chain since March 2022.
These include cupboard and fridge staples such as bread, salted butter, milk, tea bags and minced beef.
Sainsbury’s was more recently the third cheapest chain in the investigation, behind Aldi and Lidl.