ASDA, Aldi and Lidl have made a major change to all of their stores as supermarkets continue to battle it out over prices.
The grocery giants have slashed the price of milk hot on the heels of Tesco and Sainsbury’s.
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All three supermarkets will be charging exactly the same for milk.
A four-pint carton of milk will cost just £1.55 at Asda, Aldi and Lidl, down from £1.65 – saving shoppers 10p.
Customers will be able to save 5p on a two-pint bottle, which will cost £1.25 instead of £1.30.
While a one-pint bottle will be 90p, down from 95p.
Asda is also cutting its six-pint bottles of milk to £2.30, down from £2.65.
It’s good news for shoppers as prices of groceries and other home essentials have been rapidly on the rise.
Shoppers will be able to get the new prices online and across all Aldi and Lidl stores from today (April 14).
While Asda shoppers will see the change come into effect from tomorrow (April 15).
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We checked at the time of writing and the discount was already in place on the Aldi website, though the prices haven’t yet changed on Lidl’s site (you can’t order online at Lidl anyway).
The move means the discounted prices for all milk sizes are now the same as Tesco and Sainsbury’s, which slashed costs earlier this week.
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
- Lidl: 90p
- Asda: 95p (from tomorrow: 90p)
Two pints:
- Sainsbury’s: £1.25
- Tesco: £1.25
- Aldi: £1.25
- Lidl: £1.25
- Morrisons: £1.30
- Asda: £1.30 (from tomorrow: £1.25)
Four pints:
- Sainsbury’s: £1.55
- Tesco: £1.55
- Aldi: £1.55
- Lidl: £1.55
- Morrisons: £1.65
- Asda: £1.65 (from tomorrow: £1.30)
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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