With the summer holidays officially over and the cost of living crisis still continuing, many parents might be feeling the pinch as they get in the essentials this year.
Asda hikes price of ANOTHER yellow Just Essentials range product just weeks after launch
25.08.2022 - 17:31 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Asda has increased the price of another yellow Just Essentials range product - just weeks after its launch.
A 500g packet of mince has gone by 10p - from £1.69 to £1.79, and comes after rival supermarkets lowered their price to match Asda's. Earlier this month Asda was accused of 'embarrassing poorer families' with their new yellow budget range, which replaced its Smart Price range.
Some shoppers felt the bright yellow packaging stands out too much and gives 'poverty markers' to struggling customers. Our weekly comparison of basics like milk and bread - the cost of which we have been monitoring at supermarkets since March - showed that last week Asda put the price of its Just Essentials teabags up from 25p for a pack of 40 to 28p and its coffee up from 75p for 100g to 83p.
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The latest price increase - 10p on a pack of mince - has not gone down well with shoppers, many of whom have been sampling the new range for the first time.
One customer told the Manchester Evening News: "I know some people haven't been that keen on the new packaging, but I love the new range. I don't think it's fair for them to be putting the prices up already." Morrisons have also had a price hike - putting its 420g beans up from 29p to 49p - an increase of 20p."
The full shopping list is made up of an 800g loaf of bread, two pints of milk, 200g of coffee, 160 teabags, a 250g block of butter, tin of beans, 300g of chicken and 500g of mince.
There was good news at Lidl who last week increased mince by 20p to £1.89 but have now reduced again to £1.69, it's previous price. As a result Lidl is now cheapest at £9.97, followed by Aldi at £10.30, followed by Tesco at £10.40, and
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