Supermarket Grocery Bargains

It appears that in one survey by the Irish Independent Aldi is the cheapest supermarket at the moment.

https://www.beat102103.com/news/the-cheapest-supermarket-in-ireland-has-been-revealed-1034346

Coupons can be a gimmick though, prefer lower prices all around

Aldi is cheaper statistically for a basket of goods that has been set by a panel of experts. that doesn't mean whatever you are buying personally, but it is cheaper for specified items.

Its no coincidence tesco price match certain essentials. I've noticed in dunnes too, the eggs milk etc. are approx. the same price. so the staples vary very little.

But then there are vouchers and clubcards etc. In dunnes last night i spent 90 euros but had a 10 euro and a 5 euro off voucher for that shop. im pretty happy that i would not have saved 15 euro by going to lidl for that shop. A couple of euros probably, but not 18% cheaper.

Which.co.uk do a very comprehensive study on shopping baskets between the supermarkets in the UK.

The latest study put Aldi as cheapest at £75.79 with a comparable typical basket costing £86.21 in Tesco. i.e. a typical Tesco shop costs £10 more.

Not a direct comparison to Ireland but similar unit pricing strategies are used by Aldi and Tesco here.

Whist Tesco price match Aldi on a certain number of items, it is highly selective. Certain ranges have no pricing matching at all and the differential to Aldi is significant in many of these cases. Plus Tesco don't offer any money off coupons which might justify paying more.

With regard to vouchers, Dunnes clearly offer the best vouchers but often the smarter option is to shop with Aldi. As the Irish Independent survey concluded, with their basket Aldi is 42pc cheaper than in SuperValu and Dunnes Stores. Clearly not a comprehensive study but gives an idea of how big the differential can be.

Dunnes has Ready Brek 750g for e2.50 (from e4.39).

Ready Brek Smooth Porridge Oats Original 750g (dunnesstoresgrocery.com)

The 450g box stays at e3.29.

Current Aldi Super saver offers - https://leaflets.aldi.ie/view/605377100/4/

Thanks, I just bought 6 of them for €9.05 delivered saving me more than €17 compared to buying it in Boots.

thanks for this, just picked up 5 of them there. Great price for a decent brand.

Yes original source is still delivering, last deodorant I got was Dove as it was a better price. Have had mitchum before, haven't tried lately.

Tassimo coffee pods all half price in Dunnes.