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Pub Night In: save $10.39 by splitting the shop

Cuugo Team · · 1 min read

Pub Night In came to $82.63 at IGA, the cheapest store that could supply the whole basket. Buying each item wherever it was cheapest saved a further $10.39.

Pub Night In · 11 items
Prices captured Fri 25 Sep 2026, 6:23pm
$72.24
Cheapest-store total
All at Coles $98.5511 items
All at Woolworths $106.1211 items
All at Aldi $68.781 missing
All at IGA $82.6311 items
Cheapest at each store $72.2411 items
Beef Scotch Fillet Steak 170g Aldi$16.00Steak Cut Chips 750g Aldi$5.58Shredded Iceberg Lettuce 200g Aldi$1.99Gourmet Tomatoes 500g Aldi$5.98Baby Cucumbers Coles$2.25Onion Brown each Woolworths$0.63Garlic Bread 2 Pack 450g Aldi$2.09Tomato Sauce 500ml Aldi$1.75Woolworths Steak Spice 60g Woolworths$4.00Garlic Aioli 260g Aldi$1.99Light Beer 12 Pack 330ml Aldi$29.98
Every item at all 4 stores
ItemColesWoolworthsAldiIGA
scotch fillet steak
500 g
frozen chips
1.5 kg
iceberg lettuce
1 each
tomatoes
1 kg
cucumber
500 g
red onion
1 each
garlic bread
1 each
tomato sauce
500 ml
steak seasoning
100 g
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aioli
250 g
beer
24 pack
These prices were frozen when the post was published and move daily. Adding the basket re-prices every item against today's shelf.
Cherry-picking saved $10.39

Friday night at home, pub-style. Steak, chips, salad and a cold one. ABS retail data has Friday as the highest-spend grocery night of the week, with the biggest spread on cuts of beef and frozen chips between supermarkets.

Prices collected on 26 September 2026 from Woolworths, Coles, Aldi and IGA.

What the basket costs

StoreTotalItems found
Aldi$68.7810, 1 missing
IGA$82.63all 11
Coles$98.55all 11
Woolworths$106.12all 11

A store that could not supply every item is not directly comparable — a smaller basket is naturally cheaper.

The bigger saving

Buying each item at whichever store sold it cheapest came to $72.24, $10.39 below the $82.63 at IGA — the cheapest shop that could actually fill the basket.

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Every item

ItemCheapestStore
scotch fillet steak$16.00Aldi
frozen chips$5.58Aldi
iceberg lettuce$1.99Aldi
tomatoes$5.98Aldi
cucumber$2.25Coles
red onion$0.63Woolworths
garlic bread$2.09Aldi
tomato sauce$1.75Aldi
steak seasoning$4.00Woolworths
aioli$1.99Aldi
beer$29.98Aldi

Prices change daily. Search for any product to see today's.


Products in this basket
scotch fillet steak
scotch fillet steak500 g from $8.00 at Aldi
frozen chips
frozen chips1.5 kg from $2.79 at Aldi
iceberg lettuce
iceberg lettuce1 each from $1.99 at Aldi
tomatoes
tomatoes1 kg from $0.77 at Coles
cucumber
cucumber500 g from $2.25 at Coles
red onion
red onion1 each from $0.63 at Woolworths
garlic bread
garlic bread1 each from $2.09 at Aldi
tomato sauce
tomato sauce500 ml from $1.75 at Aldi
steak seasoning
steak seasoning100 g from $2.00 at Woolworths
aioli
aioli250 g from $1.99 at Aldi
beer
beer24 pack from $5.00 at IGA

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Pub Night In: save $10.39 by splitting the shop
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