A YouTuber has shared what happened when she went to ASDA in a bid to see how much food she could get to feed her family for just £10, as the cost of living crisis continues.
A YouTuber has revealed how much she was able to buy from ASDA for just £10. The cost of living crisis is one of the hot topics at the moment, as concerns grow about how much it will rise.
This is in part due to the increasing cost of oil following the start of the Iran war, which has compounded issues caused by other major events in recent years, including the Ukraine War and the Covid-19 pandemic.
Posting under the username @GreenHouseatFiveSix in a YouTube short, the British mum demonstrated that she was able to get yoghurt, juice, cheese, garlic bread, sausage rolls, cooked meats, curry sauce, pasta, spaghetti, soup, two lots of rice, sweetcorn, porridge, jam, tinned rice pudding, tinned peaches and spaghetti loops for just under budget at £9.97.
In the video, she said: “Let’s head to ASDA and see how much £10 gets us in the ASDA Essentials range. First thing I got for the kids was some of these fromage frais for 89p.
“I got some tropical juice drink for 92p, some mozzarella for 69p, some garlic bread baguette for 36p, that’s an absolute bargain, some sausage rolls for 99p, some of this pork luncheon meat for a pound.
“Got a mild curry sauce for 49p, some spaghetti for 28p, and some penne for 41p. I then got some chicken soup for 55p, some of these golden vegetable savoury rice, I got two of them for 28p [each].
“I got some sweet corn for 50p, some jam for 49p, some rice pudding for 35p, some peach slices for 45p, and I had a little bit left so I got some spaghetti loops for 19p and the total was £9.97. Look at all this food we got for less than a tenner. I am crazy impressed with the prices. Let’s hope the quality is decent enough.”
The YouTuber’s post about how much they were able to buy in one of the UK’s best loved supermarkets comes as pressure grows on the Labour government to ease pressure on Britons as the cost of living crisis worsens.
However, it’s not just the government that’s working on it, with Which? analysing prices from each supermarket to find out which is the cheapest in the UK.
After much analysis, they concluded that ALDI, not Lidl or ASDA, was the cheapest supermarket in the UK in May. They worked this out after compiling a list of 95 items and seeing how the prices compared between the supermarkets.
The shopping list cost £168.30 if bought from ALDI, vs £170.66 for Lidl, which came in third behind Lidl Plus prices. Meanwhile, ASDA came fourth, with the list costing £192.58.
In a statement about the result, Which?’s Retail Editor Reena Sewraz said: “Many people are still struggling to keep up with the cost of living and while juggling loyalty apps or chasing short-term promotions can sometimes pay off, shoppers just want reliably low prices with no strings attached.
“Our research shows that Aldi and Lidl completely dominate when it comes to everyday value, so it’s no surprise that they are thriving as people permanently change how they shop.
“When choosing the wrong supermarket can mean paying up to 40% more for comparable essentials, you can make massive savings just by switching where you do your weekly shop.”
