Weekly grocery price analysis, deal alerts and money-saving guides for shoppers navigating the cost of living in Australia. Real prices, tracked daily across Coles, Woolworths, Aldi and IGA — no sponsored picks, just data on what's genuinely cheapest each week.
Aldi wins this 15-item pensioner basket at $61.74, which is $4.74 under Coles and $9.37 less than a cherry-picked best-of-each-store total of $52.37, but cherry-picking saves $9.38 if you've got two shops nearby.
Pantry Staples came to $53.65 at IGA, the cheapest store that could supply the whole basket. Buying each item wherever it was cheapest saved a further $8.75.
Aldi wins this 12-item women's personal care basket at $49.64, saving you $30.32 compared to Woolworths' $79.96, but Aldi is missing 3 items, so smart cherry-picking gets you even further ahead.
Aldi wins this 13-item dinner basket at $49.48, which is $10.42 cheaper than Woolworths and $5.31 under Coles. Cherry-picking the cheapest price per item saves $10.31 more over Aldi's full shop, but it takes three separate trolleys to get there.
Woolworths wins this Friday night pizza basket at $38.96, which is $14.17 under Coles and only two cents more than Aldi, but cherry-picking six stores gets you the same haul for $34.04.
Woolies comes in at $58.48 and Coles at $63.91 for this 11-item high-protein breakfast basket, but Aldi clears the field at $42.88, a $15.60 saving over Woolies if you're happy with 3 items missing from the shelf.
Aldi's basket fell $9.13 in a single week to $216.14, widening its gap over Coles ($230.05) and Woolies ($229.21), while IGA remains $33 dearer than Aldi at $249.50.
Aldi wins the budget school lunchbox basket at $40.92, beating Woolies by $3.49, Coles by $0.99, and IGA by $8.38. Cherry-picking the cheapest item at each store drops it to $38.68, saving $2.24 over Aldi alone.
Coles is the only store that stocks all 12 items in this men's grooming basket at $74.72, but cherry-picking across all four supermarkets cuts that to $54.61, a $20.11 saving for a single monthly shop.
Woolworths wins this seven-item basket at $41.72, just 16 cents under Coles at $41.88, but cherry-picking the cheapest store for each item cuts the total to $33.60, saving you $8.12 on a basket this small.
Aldi wins this 14-item vegetarian mid-week basket at $48.53, which is $10.47 under Coles and $4.87 under Woolworths, and cherry-picking the best price at each store only squeezes out an extra $1.77.
Aldi wins this five-dinner weeknight basket at $62.58, which is $10.20 under Woolies and $18.30 below IGA, though cherry-picking the cheapest item at each store shaves another $6.24 off.
