Aldi Price Match warning as one supermarket RAISES price to match in weekly shopping comparison

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It pays to keep an eye on rising prices at the nation's biggest supermarkets - as we've discovered this week. Prices have risen on minced beef at Aldi - and that has had an unexpected knock-on effect over at Sainsbury's.

For Sainsbury's promotes the "Aldi Price Match" system, as does rival Tesco, which sees them vow to track the price of a range of items at budget supermarket Aldi.

The aim is to keep prices as low as possible to create a level playing field for shoppers. But this week the Aldi Price Match system has seen Sainsbury's INCREASE the price of beef mince to reflect Aldi's price increase of 10p made on its 20 per cent fat mince.

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However Tesco, who also promote the Aldi Price Match on a range of products, has so far stuck with last week's price of £1.69 for the minced beef, as has Aldi rival Lidl. Both Sainsbury's and Tesco state that Aldi Price Match items can change week-on-week and items are removed or added at their own discretion.

But it does go to show that it's worth keeping an eye on prices at the big supermarkets, with food prices continuing to rise amid spiralling inflation and the cost of living crisis. We have been doing our weekly comparison of the same basics, like milk and bread, monitoring the prices at supermarkets since March.

Since then we have seen prices rise and rise, with the most expensive basket now at Morrisons - where it costs £12.02 (unchanged from last week) - but up from £9.78 at the end of May. We will continue to do this comparison to help shoppers see where the cheapest deals on basics can be found.

Sainsbury's says in a statement about its Aldi Price Match promotion on its website: "We've