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UK grocery prices: week of 24 August 2026

Week of 24 August 2026 · sampled 30 August 2026, compared to 23 August 2026 · published 22 September 2026

155,708 products compared across 13 UK stores for the week to 30 August 2026, against the week to 23 August 2026.

More products rose than fell this week: 6,773 rose against 5,281 that fell. No category moved much: Baby & Toddler shifted most, and across the 3,413 products compared there the median price was unchanged. ASDA came out cheapest in 11 of the 16 categories where Tesco, Sainsbury's, ASDA and Morrisons all carry a comparable basket, more than any of the other three.

Biggest fallers

No product fell far enough this week to clear our noise threshold.

Biggest risers

Product	Before	Now	Change
Rowntree's Fruit Pastille Berries Ice Lollies 4 × 65ml ASDA	£1.25	£2.36	+88%
Tiny Friends Farm Russel Rabbit Crunchers With Carrot 120g Ocado	£1.49	£2.80	+87%
Tesco Caramelised Biscuit Sauce 300g Tesco	£1.20	£2.25	+87%
Schweppes Slimline Canada Dry Ginger Ale 1L Bottle ASDA	£1.00	£1.87	+87%
Schweppes Soda Water 1 Litre ASDA	£1.00	£1.87	+87%
Tresemme Keratin Smooth Finishing oil 75ml Tesco	£3.99	£7.50	+87%
Colgate Deep Clean Whitening Toothpaste With Baking Soda Morrisons	£2.00	£3.75	+87%
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation Classicbeige30ml ASDA	£4.00	£7.50	+87%
Rimmel Match Perfection Foundation 503 Mocha 30ml ASDA	£4.00	£7.50	+87%
Wilkinson Sword hydro 5 skin protection razor Morrisons	£13.25	£24.75	+86%

Category price moves

Category	Products	Median change	Fell	Rose
Baby & Toddler	3413	0%	234	133
Books & Media	7121	0%	23	20
Bread & Baked Goods	3978	0%	34	83
Clothing & Accessories	2892	0%	1	2
Cooking Ingredients	10941	0%	182	445
Dairy & Milk Alternatives	5047	0%	381	353
Drinks & Beverages	14148	0%	394	608
Electricals & Tech	1219	0%	19	18
Frozen Foods	5066	0%	157	209
Fruits & Vegetables	3683	0%	124	111
Grains & Cereals	2654	0%	48	69
Health & Supplements	5818	0%	118	315
Home & Household	33967	0%	1385	907
Meat, Poultry & Seafood	6648	0%	394	365
Personal Care	24653	0%	964	2024
Pet Care	4467	0%	77	175
Plant-Based	508	0%	48	28
Ready Meals	5390	0%	299	302
Snacks & Candy	8654	0%	278	400
Toys & Games	3301	0%	29	99
World Foods	2033	0%	88	105

Cheapest for a full basket

Category	Basket size	Cheapest	Dearest
Baby & Toddler	237	Sainsbury's (£1114.34)	Tesco (£1266.85)
Bread & Baked Goods	71	ASDA (£161.00)	Morrisons (£166.96)
Cooking Ingredients	412	Sainsbury's (£1003.83)	Tesco (£1033.78)
Dairy & Milk Alternatives	212	ASDA (£481.09)	Sainsbury's (£504.30)
Drinks & Beverages	555	Tesco (£4030.68)	Morrisons (£4185.83)
Frozen Foods	133	ASDA (£458.52)	Morrisons (£484.39)
Grains & Cereals	115	Sainsbury's (£269.85)	Tesco (£293.45)
Health & Supplements	199	ASDA (£1533.63)	Morrisons (£1575.56)
Home & Household	222	ASDA (£1105.79)	Morrisons (£1139.02)
Meat, Poultry & Seafood	32	ASDA (£81.10)	Sainsbury's (£85.78)
Personal Care	753	ASDA (£4821.99)	Sainsbury's (£5029.35)
Pet Care	188	ASDA (£1067.71)	Morrisons (£1131.88)
Plant-Based	25	ASDA (£63.78)	Tesco (£69.49)
Ready Meals	62	ASDA (£142.83)	Tesco (£151.85)
Snacks & Candy	233	ASDA (£532.89)	Sainsbury's (£560.97)
World Foods	56	Sainsbury's (£163.55)	Tesco (£189.30)

Methodology

Each week's price for a product is the price we had recorded for it on the Sunday of that week, taking the cheapest price across the full-catalogue stores that list it for sale. Only products with a recorded price in both the current and the comparison week are counted as compared. A product only appears in the biggest fallers or risers if its price the week before was at least £1.00, the change was at least 20p, a rise was no more than 90% and a fall no more than 70%, and it is a grocery or household product rather than a book, toy, clothing or electrical item, so that a single unreliable reading cannot headline the report. Within each list, groceries come before household, personal care, health and baby products. A category appears in the movement table only if at least 30 of its products were compared. The basket comparison covers Tesco, Sainsbury's, ASDA and Morrisons, and a category's basket is only the products all four of those stores carried that week, shown only where that basket reaches 20 products. This report is a weekly snapshot: the retailer's own site and the price at the checkout are authoritative.