The average cost of a shopping basket, consisting of 23 branded and own-brand items, was the lowest at the German discounter Lidl, and amounted to 24.78 British pounds. It was 9.16 pounds cheaper than a corresponding range of goods at Waitrose. Below that, the second most expensive basket was the one offered by Ocaco, an online supermarket operating in the UK.
Supermarkets are the most profitable store form currently in the UK. Sales generated by supermarkets came to just over 90 billion pounds. In comparison, discounters made close to 27 billion in sales, while the online channel accounted for around 18 billion. Sainsbury’s operated 598 supermarkets at the end of the 2020/21 financial year and another 813 convenience stores.
Average cost of a shopping basket in the United Kingdom (UK) as of January 2022, by supermarket
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