- Comparing Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons & 3 more supermarkets
- Prices compared for Turkey Crowns, Sprouts, Yorkshire Puddings and more
- The cheapest supermarket feeds a family of 5 for £20.84
Source: Pexels It’s that time of year, when the air is a little more magical, when families are snuggled up at home in their cosiest woolly socks, and Home Alone re-runs are on around the clock.
As the days grow colder and the gift *hints* grow bolder, there’s one thing that's on all of our minds -
Christmas.
With that in mind, I decided to compare all some of UK's largest supermarkets to answer one thing and one thing only: Which supermarket is cheapest to buy Christmas Dinner?
Your average Christmas Dinner
To answer that, I had to first find out the most popular items that feature the most during festivities. After talking to Trolley.co.uk users, I gathered a list of the 9 things almost every Christmas Dinner table has to have:
- Turkey Crown (Serve 5 or more)
- Pigs In Blankets (12x or more per packet)
- Honey Roasted Parsnips
- Brussells Sprouts (Fresh, 500g or more per packet)
- Carrots (Fresh, 1kg or more per packet)
- Potatoes for Mash (Maris Piper - 1kg or more per packet)
- Yorkshire Pudding (12x or more per packet)
- Roast Potatoes (700g or more per packet)
- Gravy (Beef or Meat)
Who came out cheapest
Using Trolley.co.uk, the new Supermarket Price Comparison service, I compared a mixture of 60+ own-brand and branded items (whichever was cheapest) across all of the supermarkets.
Here's an example of how Trolley.co.uk looks:
After comparing each item, I made a shopping list for each store and found the cheapest vs the most expensive Christmas dinner (a whopping £42.70).
Here’s how the supermarkets compared:
Waitrose - £42.70
Iceland - £25.08
Asda - £24.95
Morrisons - £24.38
Sainsbury’s - £22.70
Tesco - £21.10
Aldi - £20.84 (Cheapest)
Winner: Aldi
I think none of us were really surprised there by that, were we? Ranked by Which.com, Aldi has been rated as one of the cheapest supermarkets year-on-year for the past few years. As the cheapest, I'd like to think that Aldi is most definitely making it on to the nice list this year.
