Which supermarket is cheapest in November 2025? We compare Aldi, Lidl, Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and more, using the latest monthly price checks from Which?.
One question comes up again and again in our supermarket savings community: “Where is the cheapest place to shop?”
The truth is, there isn’t a single answer.
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We don’t have young kids, so we save on the additional costs, and no one in the family has allergies or intolerances to food. So, for me, and the stuff I buy, one supermarket can work out cheaper.
Just because the basket I buy one week is cheaper, the things you buy might work out more expensive.
Which is the cheapest supermarket in the UK?
To get some kind of fair comparison, consumer group Which? monitors supermarket prices each month. They build a basket of everyday items, look at the average price (including loyalty discounts), and compare the totals (* that must be a fun job *).
First, they made a shopping list of items they thought would be in a typical shopping basket. Their list included a mix of the store’s own products and branded items, such as fruit and veg, pasta sauces, baked beans and other everyday items.
They then worked out the average price (including loyalty scheme discounts) for each item across the month and compared it. It’s not meant to reflect your exact shop, but it’s still a useful way to see which supermarkets keep prices low on the things most of us buy.
So what did they find?
November 2025: the latest results
For November, Which? compared the cost of 70 everyday items.
Aldi takes first place again, with Lidl close behind.
At the opposite end, Waitrose is roughly £45 more than Aldi for the same type of basket.
These price gaps show how much money can be saved simply by choosing a different supermarket.
Here’s how the supermarkets ranked:
- Aldi: £121.22
- Lidl: £122.40 (or £122.35 with Lidl Plus)
- Asda: £133.59
- Tesco: £136.20 (or £133.65 with Clubcard)
- Morrisons: £137.40
- Sainsbury’s: £141.62 (or £137.77 with Nectar)
- Ocado: £154.37
- Waitrose: £166.79
This month’s figures show a clear gap between the discounters and the rest, even when loyalty discounts are included.
While these basket costs have up-to-date pricing, the average weekly food costs of what people actually spend can change depending on whether you buy for one, two or more people.
How November compares with last month
To help you see the trend, here’s how things changed from October to November:
- In October, Lidl was cheapest at £120.46, with Aldi just behind at £121.00.
- In November, Lidl rises to £122.40, while Aldi rises slightly to £121.22.
- Aldi moves back into the top spot.
The shifts are small, but they add up when you shop every week. Even a pound or two difference each week is £50 to £100 over a year.
How November compares with last year
It’s helpful to compare the year-on-year picture, but with a small warning:
Which?’s basket changes each month, so you can’t treat the older figures as pure inflation.
That said:
- In November 2024, Aldi’s basket cost £97.89, but this covered 55 items, not 70.
- The totals aren’t directly comparable, yet it still shows how stretched food budgets feel in 2025.
Even with discounts and loyalty schemes, a family shop is costing more than it did a year ago.
Cheapest supermarket month by month in 2025
Here’s how prices moved from one month to the next.
- November 2025 – Aldi – £121.22 (70 items)
- October 2025 – Lidl – £120.46 (70 items)
- September 2025 – Aldi – £122.77 (71 items)
- August 2025 – Aldi – £127.92 (75 items)
- July 2025 – Lidl – £128.40 (76 items)
- June 2025 – Aldi – £131.52 (79 items)
- May 2025 – Aldi – £135.48 (82 items)
- April 2025 – Aldi – £135.95 (79 items)
- March 2025 – Aldi – £133.73 (79 items)
- February 2025 – Aldi – £182.64 (100 items)
- January 2025 – Aldi – £185.83 (100 items)
You’ll notice the totals move around a fair bit through the year, mainly because the number of items in the basket changes from month to month.
And you may have spotted that January and February show higher totals because the basket was much larger at the start of the year (see that they had 100 items, but it’s since been changed to a lower amount, that’s why it looks like the totals dropped so fast).
It’s clear tracking monthly that Aldi has been cheapest for nine out of eleven months in 2025.
Prices rise and fall depending on the size of the basket, but Aldi and Lidl remain consistently in the lead
Aldi and Lidl’s value ranges continue to do the heavy lifting for families trying to reduce their weekly food bills.
Cheapest supermarket for a big branded shop
For the larger basket of 183 branded items, Aldi and Lidl don’t appear, as they don’t stock many of the branded products.
For November 2025, the results were:
- Asda: £455.52
- Tesco with Clubcard: £465.23
- Sainsbury’s with Nectar: £471.84
- Morrisons with More: £476.96
- Ocado: £493.35
- Waitrose: £522.91
Asda continues to lead the way for branded products, often by a decent margin.
Even with loyalty schemes, Tesco and Sainsbury’s don’t quite match Asda’s prices on the bigger trolley.
If your trolley leans heavily towards branded bits, Asda is still the most reliable supermarket for keeping the total down.
Do loyalty cards make a big difference?
Loyalty cards can help, but they rarely overturn the winners.
Here’s what changes:
- Lidl Plus takes a few pence off Lidl’s total.
- Tesco Clubcard brings Tesco closer to Asda.
- Nectar Prices helps cut Sainsbury’s total on many items.
- Morrisons More is included and lowers several lines.
- Aldi doesn’t have a loyalty scheme and still wins most months.
Loyalty schemes narrow the pricing gap, but the overall pattern stays the same.
Cheapest supermarkets over the years
Here’s a summary of how supermarket prices have shifted compared across recent years.
2024
- Aldi was the cheapest every month.
- Lidl stayed second throughout, normally £1–£2 behind Aldi.
- Waitrose was most expensive.
- Asda often won the larger branded trolley comparison.
2023
- Aldi topped 11 out of 12 months.
- Lidl took first place in October.
- Waitrose remained highest priced.
- Asda again led the branded trolley tests.
2022
- Aldi was cheapest for seven months.
- Lidl topped the table for the first five months.
- Asda continued to win for branded goods.
2021
- Aldi was the cheapest most months.
- Lidl followed closely.
- Waitrose stayed highest.
2020
- Lidl finished cheapest overall, only 34p ahead of Aldi.
- Waitrose was around £26 more expensive than the discounters.
Earlier years
Before 2020, Which? didn’t include Aldi or Lidl in the comparison.
Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons were the ones battling it out at the top.
How to use this information in your weekly shop
These supermarket rankings are useful, but they won’t match your exact trolley.
Every family buys different things. Some stick to value ranges, others mix in brands, and many people shop across more than one store.
Still, here are some handy pointers:
- Use Aldi or Lidl for the basics. The monthly data is consistent.
- Use Asda for branded items, especially for larger shops.
- Use loyalty offers, as they do cut the cost of key items.
- Mix and match where it makes sense.
- Compare the cost of the same item, as prices often jump between stores.
- Don’t forget yellow stickers, which can still beat all of the above if your timing is right.
You don’t need to change supermarkets forever. Even swapping one weekly shop a month can save a meaningful amount over the year.
Final thought
The headline result hasn’t changed much over the past few years. Aldi and Lidl continue to offer the lowest average prices for everyday items, while Asda generally wins on branded goods.
Food costs are still high, but knowing which supermarkets come out cheapest each month gives you one more tool to keep your budget steady.
If you want the very lowest totals, the numbers show that Aldi and Lidl remain the strongest choices for most households in 2025.
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Tony says
There are some problems here, it depends which town or city you’re in when you go to the supermarket and in Kent for example; Tesco express are higher priced than the other Tesco stores, and (I’m picking on Tesco) their prices change from town to town. When I asked about higher prices in the express stores, the response was that the stores were open later. By definition, the Tesco on the Isle of Sheppey should be charging more as it’s 24 hour but it is cheaper. Lastly, alot of Tesco store prices are ending in multiples of 5, in other words, you won’t find prices of £1.27 or 86p or £4.56, it is either 90p, £1.30, £4.65 it seems as though prices are being made artificially high
Martin says
I don’t trust the results personally as it all depends on what you buy. And not just what you buy but whether you prefer branded or supermarkets own products.
Claire says
We’ve tried a few supermarkets this winter. Tesco works out cheaper for me than Asia because I cook from scratch and bake a lot – their own brand flour is very good for instance.
My parents and their friends swear by Lidl and Aldi as they enjoy pizzas and salads. It obviously depends on your specific needs.
Anne Sweet says
It’s so difficult to compare supermarkets these days. We like a lot of branded products but when we go for supermarket brands we like Sainsburys best. I’ve just done some maths (eek) and my average shop works out at 109 items for £167 but there are seven of us in our family (only one child)
When the supermarkets where smaller and on the high street I remember being dragged around by my Mum and her shopping trolley where she bought bargains from the different shops, fruit and veg from grocers, tea bags and bread from Tescos, tinned food from Liptons, boxes of broken biscuits and sweet snacks from the local market hall. Shopping would take nearly all day but she knew exactly where to go for the best prices. (Mum was a widow with two young children)
Craig says
LIDL is no where near the cheapest Supermarket on a range of products. Try getting Kiwis and note they’re almost 30p each whilst in Asda, Aldi etc they’re 82p for six. Lidl has had the kiwis at 29p for a long time when the rest were doing six for 69p. There are numerous other examples. In Aldi the Muesli if far more expensive than the cheaper one just as good in Asda. When it comes to things like fresh Ginger you can forget Lidl and Aldi as they’re way to expensive like Tesco when compared to Asda. Asda is hopeless on cheap chicken and this is where Lidl and Aldi work out better but not much if anything against Tesco. This is why I shop of all of the stores and mooch around to keep an eye on what’s really going on. These corporations hope you rely on just one of them and thus they can rip you off. Try visiting them all and on a daily basis, then you can collect the bargains, reductions etc.
Ali says
This was really interesting thank you, I’ve been really worried about rising food costs having four children at home. We normally shop at Aldi but I think I’m going to check out how Lidl compares now too. Thanks!
Martin R says
Where I live I have access to Asda, Morissons, and Aldi within close proximity of each other. Going a short distance, further I have Poundland and Sainsbury’s. (Tesco’s closed their small store a few years ago – their loss!).
I tend to do most of my shopping in Aldi. Mainly because a lot of their products are cheaper. I am not concerned whether they are own-label or not. The only set-back is that is there isn’t much choice. If what I want is not available, I will try Asda.
I don’t calculate the cost of my shopping on a regular basis, but just aware of some items that have increased in price.
thara ravishanker says
This is a nice handy comparison post. I rarely shop at any supermarkets these days, in fact I only go there to pick up a free weekly newspaper and one or two magazines or books. My mom is a big fan of car boot sales, farm shops and farmer markets, she is probably going to one right now as I type this. So I spent most of my childhood at car boot sales, farm shops and farmer markets instead. It is amazing what you can find at such events.
Jay says
A lot of the time Aldi is only cheaper because they will sell a product that looks really similar to the branded one but contains less grams of the product. Most people don’t stop to notice this. This is why the cost of a basket of a number of items is an unfair way of judging this.
Alan Feetham says
Yes Aldi may be cheapest but what about quality, no good being cheapest when quality of the food is compromised, meat from Aldi has a shorter life than say Tesco , yes price is important but so is quality.
Ricky Willis says
Hi Alan, thanks for the comment. Have you tried the meat from. Aldi? I regularly buy steak from Aldi and do find them good quality.
Marie says
Interesting, but without a list of the items purchased it’s not much use to me. For example, we only buy real food I.e. meat fruit veg. The closest we get to processed food is Tabasco sauce or cheese. We make our own bread cookies wraps yoghurt. Most supermarkets don’t sell our whole shopping list. However I may do this exercise for myself over the summer.