Aldi named cheapest supermarket for Christmas food shop in latest ranking

The total cost of doing a Christmas food shop has been revealed, with Aldi being crowned the cheapest supermarket.

Personal finance experts at WealthUp calculated the total cost of feeding a family of four for dinner this Christmas. They considered the price of 15 popular Christmas dinner items, including a frozen turkey crown, stuffing, pigs in blankets, vegetables, cranberry sauce, and a Christmas pudding, across eight major supermarket chains.

Aldi was found to offer the cheapest Christmas food shop, at a total of just £30.51 for all 15 items. Aldi offered the cheapest frozen turkey crown alongside Lidl at just £15.49, as well as the cheapest stuffing mix (45p), pigs in blankets (£1.99), Maris Piper potatoes (£1.35), frozen garden peas (99p), cranberry sauce (55p) and a Christmas pudding (£1.85).

Lidl was not far behind, with the total spend coming to £30.60, just 9p more than its main competitor Aldi. In fact, Lidl price matched Aldi on 10 out of the 15 items, and even uncut Aldi by 1p on the price of a 12 pack of frozen Yorkshire Puddings.

Lidl was let down slightly by the price of its Maris Piper potatoes, which were available only in a 2.5kg bag rather than the standard 2kg bag, which brought up the total cost slightly. Heads of broccoli also weighed slightly more than other supermarkets which further brought up the total minimum spend.

Asda ranked third cheapest, with a total cost of £33.80, not far behind these two budget supermarkets. Asda managed to remain competitive on a number of items, including their frozen turkey crown which was just 51p more expensive at £16, and even price-matched Lidl on potatoes, parsnips, and frozen Yorkshire puddings.

Tesco and Morrisons were similarly matched to one another at £37.31 and £37.88 respectively and were also able to offer comparable prices on vegetables when compared with Aldi and Lidl. The price of their frozen turkey crown brought up their total cost, however, being around £4 more expensive than Aldi and Lidl.

Sainsbury’s was found to be the most expensive non high-end supermarket with the total food shop coming to a whopping £41.48, without a Nectar card.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Waitrose offered the most expensive Christmas food shop at £48.70. M&S was the second most expensive supermarket option at a total of £48.50, just £1.20 less than Waitrose.