Cheapest place to get Christmas groceries revealed by consumer group
Coles and Woolworths are offering the best price for a leg of lamb this Christmas, but Aldi is still the cheapest supermarket for the rest of the holiday groceries, consumer group Choice has found.
Choice sent undercover shoppers into 140 grocery stores across Australia to buy a leg of lamb and work out the price per kilo to reveal the cheapest option for consumers.
Coles and Woolworths tied equally as the cheapest option nationally for legs of lamb out of all major supermarkets, Choice chief executive Ashley de Silva said.
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Coles and Woolworths tied equally as the cheapest option nationally for legs of lamb out of all major supermarkets, Choice CEO Ashley de Silva said. Supplied Nine
"Coles and Woolworths both sold a leg of lamb at an average of $12.89 per kilo, while Aldi came in third place at $13.99 per kilo," de Silva said.
"Even when taking specials out of the picture for the leg of lamb, Aldi still didn't have the cheapest product.
"Without specials, Woolworths was still the cheapest, followed by Aldi, then Coles."
The data excludes IGA as Choice could not find a comparable item in the stores that their undercover shopper visited.
The shoppers also compared a 14-item basket from all major supermarkets and found that Aldi was the cheapest once again.
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Choice sent undercover shoppers into 140 grocery stores across Australia to buy a lamb and work out the price per kilo to reveal the cheapest option for consumers.
"Including specials, Aldi's basket cost on average $50.63," de Silva said.
"Coles came in next at $66.18, followed by Woolworths at $69.17.
"IGA was the most expensive option with their basket costing $73.80.
"When excluding specials in our basket of 14 items, the price at Aldi remained the same.
"However, the price at Coles increased slightly to $67.90, and at Woolworths to $69.29. An IGA basket without specials also increased to $77.57."
All the baskets included a leg of lamb, a 2-litre tub of ice-cream and a mix of house and national brands.
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