ALDI has made a major change at all it stores as supermarkets continue to battle it out over prices.
The discount grocery giant has slashed the price of milk hot on the heels of Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
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The move has also prompted Lidl to lower the cost of the shopping essential this week.
A four-pint carton of milk will cost just £1.55 at Aldi, down from £1.65 – saving shoppers 10p.
Aldi customers will be able to save 5p on a two-pint bottle, which now costs £1.25 instead of £1.30.
While a one-pint bottle is now 90p, down from 95p.
Shoppers will be able to get the new prices online and across all Aldi stores from today (April 14).
We checked at the time of writing and the discount was already in place on the Aldi website.
The move means the discounters prices for all milk sizes are now the same as Tesco and Sainsbury’s, which slashed costs earlier this week.
However, Lidl shoppers will have to wait a little longer.
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The supermarket said the new prices will come in this week, but has not given an exact date.
But the prices for all sizes will be lowered to the same as Aldi, Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
Tesco was the first to reveal that shoppers could save either 10p or 5p on its own brand four-pint, two-pint or one-pint bottles.
Its four-pint milk has also dropped by 10p, from £1.65 to £1.55.
While its two-pint of milk bottles will drop from £1.30 to £1.25 and its one-pint bottles to 90p from 95p.
Sainsbury’s followed suit yesterday (April 13) and said milk will cost £1.55 for four pints, £1.25 for two pints and 90p for a pint.
Here’s how much the major supermarkets are charging for own brand milk:
One pint:
- Sainsbury’s: 90p
- Tesco: 90p
- Aldi: 90p
- Asda: 95p
Two pints:
- Sainsbury’s: £1.25
- Tesco: £1.25
- Aldi: £1.25
- Morrisons: £1.30
- Asda: £1.30
Four pints:
- Sainsbury’s: £1.55
- Tesco: £1.55
- Aldi: £1.55
- Lidl: £1.65
- Morrisons: £1.65
- Asda: £1.65
Of course, do shop around for the best deal as you may be able to find it for cheaper from somewhere else.
The price lock comes just as Marks & Spencer confirmed it has extended the price lock of 100 of its food and home essential items.
Shoppers will be contacted from now to be told about the extension.
The shopping essentials that are included in the price lock include easy peeler satsumas for £2, long grain rice for 65p and 1KG of sugar for £1.
How to cut grocery costs
It’s always a good idea to look for ways to save on your supermarket weekly shop, regardless of where you go.
For example, there are cheap food clubs run by local community groups or charities floating around.
They’re different to food banks because you don’t need to be referred by anyone to join one.
These clubs link up with local supermarkets, who donate food nearing their sell-by date.
They are usually run from public places, such as church halls.
There are also food waste apps to make use of.
The Too Good To Go app, for instance, matches you with local food outlets that have food left at the end of the day to sell for less.
You pay from £1 to £7 for a ‘magic’ bag or box from a local business that contains a surprise mix of products.
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