Asda have been named the cheapest supermarket in Britain to shop for Christmas.
A new report, from trade magazine The Grocer, found the average cost of a Christmas shop at Asda, was £6.33 less than its nearest rival, making it the best value shop for the seventh year running.
The shop of 33 festive items, which included a turkey crown, pigs in blankets, Brussels sprouts and a Christmas pudding, found that Asda’s total cost is £91.22, while the same items at Waitrose cost £122.20.
The Grocer buys 33 items every week from UK shops including Asda, Waitrose, Sainsburys, Tesco and Morrisons – in order to compare the cheapest and most expensive goods.
Asda’s turkey crown costing £12 was £3 cheaper than Tesco, £5 less than Morrisons and Waitrose, with Sainsbury’s having the most expensive centrepiece at £5.50.
In third place was Tesco, who were only a few pence more expensive than Morrisons while the Sainsbury’s shop took the total over £100.
The report also found that doing your Christmas shopping at Sainsbury’s will set you back £104.76.
Unsurprisingly, upmarket retailer Waitrose were top of the most expensive list, with their shop costing £122.20.
Asda have been named the cheapest supermarket in Britain to shop for Christmas. Graphic shows a selection of goods from the stores
| ASDA | MORRISONS | SAINSBURYS | TESCO | WAITROSE | AVERAGE | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7UP FREE, TWO LITRES | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.65 | £1.50 | £1.50 | £1.33 | |
| AUNT BESSIE’S HONEY ROASTED PARSNIPS | £1.75 | £1.75 | £1.75 | £1.75 | £1.75 | £1.75 | |
| AUNT BESSIE’S YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS | £1.00 | £1.50 | £1.65 | £1.00 | £1.55 | £1.34 | |
| BAKING POTATOES, OWN LABEL | £0.50 | £0.50 | £0.70 | £0.70 | £1.00 | £0.68 | |
| BAREFOOT PINK MOSCATO | £6.75 | £5.50 | £6.75 | £6.75 | £6.75 | £6.50 | |
| BLUE STILTON | £1.55 | £1.75 | £1.73 | £1.55 | £2.60 | £1.84 | |
| BRANSTON PICKLE | £2.00 | £2.00 | £1.50 | £2.00 | £1.50 | £1.80 | |
| BRITISH CRACKLING PORK BONELESS LEG ROAST, OWN LABEL | £4.41 | £5.00 | £4.25 | £5.00 | £8.49 | £5.43 | |
| BRITISH PORK CHIPOLATAS SAUSAGES | £1.50 | £1.00 | £1.40 | £1.70 | £1.99 | £1.52 | |
| CARROTS, OWN LABEL | £0.50 | £0.50 | £0.50 | £0.58 | £0.70 | £0.56 | |
| CHOCOLATE PROFITEROLE STACK, OWN LABEL | £2.92 | £1.15 | £1.60 | £2.50 | £3.00 | £2.23 | |
| CHRISTMAS PUDDING, OWN LABEL | £1.50 | £2.00 | £2.00 | £1.50 | £2.00 | £1.80 | |
| COCA COLA ZERO BOTTLE | £1.95 | £2.00 | £1.95 | £1.95 | £1.99 | £1.97 | |
| COLMAN’S BREAD SAUCE | £0.80 | £0.50 | £0.50 | £0.50 | £0.80 | £0.62 | |
| CRANBERRY SAUCE (OCEAN SPRAY) | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.00 | |
| DRY CURED UNSMOKED STREAKY BACON | £2.60 | £2.60 | £3.41 | £2.60 | £3.79 | £3.00 | |
| GLADE CANDLE AIR FRESHENER | £4.00 | £5.00 | £8.00 | £4.00 | £10.00 | £6.20 | |
| GORDON’S SPECIAL DRY GIN | £13.00 | £13.00 | £13.00 | £13.00 | £16.00 | £13.60 | |
| HEINEKEN PREMIUM LAGER BEER | £10.00 | £10.00 | £12.00 | £11.00 | £11.00 | £10.80 | |
| JACOB’S CREAM CRACKERS | £1.19 | £1.20 | £1.25 | £1.19 | £1.19 | £1.20 | |
| KP’S PEANUTS | £1.80 | £2.40 | £1.80 | £2.29 | £1.75 | £2.01 | |
| MINCE PIES, OWN LABEL | £0.87 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £0.87 | £1.90 | £1.13 | |
| MELTON MOWBRAY MINI PORK PIES | £2 | £2 | £1.50 | £2.12 | £2.49 | £2.02 | |
| PHILADELPHIA LIGHT | £1.95 | £1.00 | £1.00 | £1.95 | £1.95 | £1.57 | |
| PICKLED ONIONS, OWN LABEL | £0.69 | £0.95 | £0.90 | £0.85 | £0.99 | £0.88 | |
| PIGS IN BLANKETS, OWN LABEL PREMIUM | £3.27 | £3.57 | £4.17 | £2.98 | £3.67 | £3.53 | |
| PREPARED BRUSSELS SPROUTS, OWN LABEL | £1.16 | £2.11 | £1.65 | £0.81 | £1.50 | £1.45 | |
| RED CABBAGE, OWN LABEL | £0.68 | £0.50 | £0.80 | £0.79 | £0.80 | £0.71 | |
| SESAME BREADSTICKS, OWN LABEL | £0.84 | £0.80 | £0.85 | £0.84 | £0.95 | £0.86 | |
| SMOKED SALMON, OWN LABEL PREMIUM | £4.00 | £4.50 | £4.50 | £4.80 | £7.19 | £5.00 | |
| SOUR CREAM AND CHIVE DIP, OWN LABEL | £1.04 | £1.38 | £1.00 | £1.38 | £1.45 | £1.25 | |
| TURKEY CROWN, OWN LABEL | £12.00 | £17.00 | £17.50 | £15.00 | £17.00 | £15.70 | |
| WHITE NAPKINS, OWN LABEL | £1.00 | £1.50 | £1.50 | £1.50 | £2.00 | £1.50 | |
| TOTAL | £91.22 | £97.66 | £104.76 | £97.93 | £122.24 | £102.76 |
DRINKS
Both 7UP and Coke Zero were cheapest at Asda, costing £1 and £1.95 respectively. 7UP cost £1 at Morrisons, £1.65 at Sainsburys and £1.50 at both Tesco and Asda. Coke Zero cost £1.95 at Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. It was £1.99 at Waitrose and was the most expensive at Morrisons at £2
A 70cl bottle of Gordons (left) is a nice treat on Christmas and costs £13.00 at Tesco, Asda, Sainsburys and Morrisons – but £16.00 at Waitrose. A bottle of Barefoor Pink Moscato (right) cost £6.75 across the board, except at Morrisons where it was sold for the bargain price of £5.50
Heineken cost £10-£12 between the five supermarkets, costing at Asda and Morrisons, £10.00 £10.00, £11 at Waitrose and Asda – and was the most expensive at Sainsburys at £12
MEAT AND FISH
Waitrose (left) and Morrisons (right) both sold their turkeys for £17 – £1.30 above the average cost of £15.70
Asda’s pigs in blankets were £3.27 (right) , only 40p less than Waitrose at £3.67 (left)
Waitrose (left) had the most expensive pork chipoltas at £1.99, twice the price of Morrisons (right) at £1.00
The cost of bacon ranged from £2.60 at Tesco, Asda and Morrisons (right) to £3.79 at Waitrise (right) while Sainsburys cost £3.41
Morrisons smoked salmon is £4.50, making it the joint second cheapers while Tesco’s cost £4.80, making it the second most expensive
TRIMMINGS
Aunt Bessie’s honey glazed parsnips were £1.75 across all five supermarkets (right) while their yorkshire puddings were cheapest at Asda and Tesco at £1.00, and cost at Most at Sainsburys £1.65, while they were £1.50 at Morrisons
Colman’s bread sauce was 80p at Asda and Waitrose, but only 50p at Tesco, Sainsburys and Morrisons
A kilogram of own brand carrots (right), cost 50p at Morrisons, Asda, and Sainsburys. But cost 58p at Tesco, and 70p at Waitrose. While four potatoes (right) cost 50p at Asda and Morrisons, 70p at Tesco and Sainsburys and £1 at Waitrose
Ocean spray cranberry sauce (pictured) cost £1 at all the supermarkets surveyed
Prepared Brussels Sprouts (330g) cost between 81p, at Tesco to £2.11 at Morrisons. Asda sell them for £1.16, while they cost £1.50 from Waitrose and £1.65 at Sainsburys. Red cabbage cost between 50p, at Morrisons to 80p at Waitrose and Sainsburys. It cost 68p at Asda and 79p at Tesco
NIBBLES
Branston Pickle (left) cost £1.50 at Sainsbury’s and Waitrose, but was £2 at Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys. While blue Stilton (right) was £1.55 at Asda and Tesco, £1.73 at Sainsbury’s, £1.75 at Morrisons and £2.60 at Waitrose
On average, KP nuts cost £2.01, with the cheapest from Waitrose at £1.75, closely followed by Asda and Sainsbury’s at £1.80, and Tesco at £2.29, while Morrisons was the most expensive at £2.40
Morrisons mini pork pies cost £2, while Waitrose had the most expensive offering at £2.49
Morrisons and Sainsburys sold Philadelphia light at £1, almost half the price of Asda, Tesco and Waitrose, where it £1.95
Jacob’s Cream Crackers were cheapest at Tesco, Waitrose and Asda, where they cost £1.19. The price went up a penny at Morrisons to £1.20 and they were the most expensive at Sainsburys at £1.25
Pickled onions ranged from £0.69 at Asda (left) to £0.99 at Waitrose (right)
Morrisons (left) had the cheapest sesame breadsticks at £0.80, while Waitrose (right) had the most expensive at £0.95
Asda’s (left) sour cream and chive dip set customers back £1.04, while Morrisons (right) was £1.38
SWEET TREATS
Chocolate profiteroles are a huge treat at Christmas, but how much do they cost? Morrisons have the cheapest offering at £1.15, while Waitrose have the most expensive at £3. Second most expensive is £2.92, followed by Tesco and £2.50 and Sainsburys at £1.60
Both Waitrose (left) and Morrisons (right) came in as the most expensive Christmas pudding at £2
Tesco (left) had the joint cheapest mince pies at just £0.87, while Waitrose (right) was the most expensive at £1.90
…and the rest
Glade’s air freshener was more than twice as expensive at Waitrose compared to Asda or Tesco, costing £10 and £4 respectively. While they cost £5 at Morrisons and £8 at Sainsburys