The Supermarket Sleuth

A new cheeky stunt by Aldi

A stunt to mark its second year of being voted the cheapest supermarket in the UK really takes the biscuit! We also learn how shrinkflation is going to lead to your cat eating less! 

What happened with UK supermarketsales over Christmas? Which supermarket is top of the chart offering cheaper prices? And a newly made up word to describe shopper trends last month

Happy New Year to you all! Well, British supermarkets had a good Christmas and for one of the discounters it was truly a happy Christmas! Welcome back to another years of news from the aisles.

An end-of-year round-up reveals changes in UK supermarket shopping behaviour

A slightly longer report this week gives you a guide as to who are the cheaptest superkets for festive food, the winner of the cheapest supermarket in the UK and claims by Which? that Aldi and Lidl may not be giving the best deals. But, as you may guess, the two discounters are refuting this. Enjoy your Christmas and the New Year. I'll be back next year with the latest talk in the aisles.

News this time from New Zealand on sunscreens and an update on the development of yet another new PAK’nSAVE

Just a short podcast this time when we learn that we have eventually caught up with Australia on protecting our population from the sun with reliable and safe products.

More news from the UK but not all doom and gloom this time

We hear about more success by the discounters and ndews from Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda.

British supermarket shoppers are still finding the going tough. Here’s an idea of what’s happen.

We learn about fresh produce shortages as well as struggling shoppers. In the mix this time is Asda and M&S and there's a funny story about these little robots that are scurring arounds some areas to deliver supermarket orders. 

More grim news from the UK but a little better news, too

Morrisons, Lidl, Tesco and M$S feature in our report this time.

More news of inflation in the UK plus Christmas stories

Inflation gets worse and two conflicting surveys of whether supermarket customers are buying Christmas food earlier this year or not.

What are British supermarket shoppers now doing to combat the rampant inflation?

Latest statistics reveal the answer. We also have more news from Asda, Waitrose and Lidl as well as a new chocolate development.

Not such a happy Christmas this year from British consumers?

This time a varity of news from Asda, Waitrose reports on the impact of the economic crisis on its customers and more superparmarket shopping trends.