Morrisons is now 33% more expensive for this one essential

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Morrisons is now selling one basic for a third more than competitors. Our weekly comparison of basics like milk and bread, which has been keeping track of the costs of the same eight products at the six main supermarkets since March, showed how the retailer had quickly moved from being the cheapest to the most expensive in a matter of weeks.

It's kept that position and with another price hike this week - raising the cost of mince to £2.39 for a 500g pack - it doesn't seem like it will be moving any time soon.

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The 20p increase on the meat, from last week's £2.19, makes it 40p dearer than all the other supermarkets - Tesco, Aldi, Asda, Lidl and Sainsbury's - which are selling the same product for £1.79. That's a difference of 33.5%.

While price increases have slowed somewhat compared with last week, when four of the six supermarkets put up the cost of butter, there have still been a couple of rises this week.

Chicken has risen at Asda, with its 350g pack now at £2.80 and Tesco has increased the price of its budget Stockwell beans from 22p to 26p.

Lidl has once again retained the crown as cheapest, at £10.07 for the full shop, which is 21% less than Morrisons' most expensive basket at £12.22.

Second cheapest is Aldi at £10.68, followed by Tesco at £10.85, Asda at £10.88, and Sainsbury's at £10.98.

The full shopping list for our price comparison is made up of an 800g loaf of bread, two pints of milk, 200g of coffee, 160 teabags, a 250g block of butter, a tin of beans, 300g of chicken and 500g of mince.

A Morrisons spokesperson said: "This is an unprecedented period of inflation and we are working hard to keep prices down and competitive for our