![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/major-supermarket-makes-big-change-to-budget-range/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/cropped-shot-young-woman-carrying-834206226.jpg&description=ALL CHANGE Published : 12:47, 11 Aug 2023 Updated : 12:49, 11 Aug 2023 A MAJOR supermarket has cut the number of items in its cheapest range of essentials in another blow for shoppers. Asda confirmed it is reducing the size of its Just Essentials budget range from 293 to 269 items. 1 Asda is cutting back its Just Essentials Range only a year after launch Credit: Getty Asda launched Just Essentials last year with 293 items, replacing its previous Smart Price budget brand. At the time, Just Essentials included around 50% more items than the range it was replacing. But Asda has now axed popular products from the range including dishwasher tablets, mild white cheddar cheese and lemonade. The items have begun disappearing from shelves and online. A spokesperson for Asda said: "We launched Just Essentials over a year ago to make sure our customers could get the essentials they needed at great prices. "Since then, we've changed a small number of products within the line up for others to ensure the best choice and value for our customers – by removing some lines and adding others." Asda is not the only retailer to have quietly cut down the size of its own-brand budget range. Research by The Sun has found rivals , and have all reduced their own-brand budget offerings over the last few years. The cuts come at a time when households are grappling with the rising cost of living and trying to make savings wherever possible. Supermarket bosses have come under fire recently over rising food prices and a failure to cater to low-income shoppers in their convenience stores. own-brand 'Basics' range used to have around 600 items. But the supermarket phased out the label in 2019 in favour of using several new brands. In May this year, it relaunched its budget range under one single brand, Stamford Street. confirmed to The Sun this range now includes just 202 products - a third of the size of its former Basics brand. The supermarket said it also runs an Aldi Price Match campaign, which){kind=link}
A MAJOR supermarket has cut the number of items in its cheapest range of essentials in another blow for shoppers.
Asda confirmed it is reducing the size of its Just Essentials budget range from 293 to 269 items.
Asda launched Just Essentials last year with 293 items, replacing its previous Smart Price budget brand.
At the time, Just Essentials included around 50% more items than the range it was replacing.
But Asda has now axed popular products from the range including dishwasher tablets, mild white cheddar cheese and lemonade.