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Lidl has stolen Aldi’s crown as the cheapest supermarket in the UK for the first time in 17 months.

Which? compared the cost of a trolley of shopping containing 44 popular items at the eight biggest supermarkets in October and found the lowest priced was Lidl’s at £74.58.

Cheapest supermarkets

Despite losing the top spot, Aldi was a close second – with the same trolley of goods costing just 17p more than its rival at £74.75.

Next cheapest was Asda at £82.11, followed by Tesco at £85.34 and Sainsbury’s at £85.88.                                                                                               

Morrisons was just slightly behind on £86.35.

Most expensive supermarkets

Out of the eight biggest supermarkets in the UK, Waitrose came out as being the most expensive at £91.15 for the same items that cost £74.58 at Lidl.

Ocado was second most expensive at £90.37.

For a bigger shop

Which? also compared a larger trolley of 135 items, including a larger number of branded groceries.

As Lidl and Aldi don’t always stock big-brand products, they were left out of this comparison.

For this larger shop, Asda came out on top with a total cost of £328.42.

Morrisons shot up the table in this comparison, coming in at number two with a total cost of £339.40.

Ocado also fared better with a total cost of £354.54. followed by Tesco at £358.08 and Sainsbury’s at £364.61.

Waitrose proved most expensive in this comparison too, at £378.08.