UK supermarkets including Aldi and Asda raise price of 152 value items in January - full list

These are the 152  items which saw price increases by UK supermarkets in January, according to a supermarket price tracker.

Dozens of value items in UK supermarkets saw a price rise in January, at a time when household budgets are tighter than ever thanks to rising food inflation.

According to NationalWorld’s exclusive supermarket price tracker, a total of 152 of value-priced food and drink items have gone up  80% on their budget brands.

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The tracker revealed on Thursday (February 9) that daily food items such as cheese and potatoessaw their prices increase between the start of January and the start of February at five major supermarkets, although some stores raised prices on a larger portion of their range than others.

The tracker, which has been running since April last year, includes more than 790 products from supermarket value ranges such as Asda Just Essentials, Aldi Everyday Essentials, Morrisons Savers, and a range of so-called tertiary brands at Tesco and Sainsbury’s which have recently replaced Tesco Value and Sainsbury’s Basics.

So which retailer is inflicting the highest price increases on customers in the past month? The full list below shows the affected prices at each supermarket between January 4 and February 6.

Aldi

  • Everyday Essentials Oranges 5 Pack – was 60p, now 80p, rise of 33%
  • Everyday Essentials Plums 400g – was 79p now 89p, rise of 13%. Back in April the price was 59p, and has since been 62p then 69p then 75p.
  • Everyday Essentials Cheese & Tomato Pizza 114g – was 49p now 55p, rise of 12%