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.
IGA is the cheapest single store for this pub night in basket at $62.38, but cherry-picking the best prices across all four supermarkets cuts the total to $70.68, saving $27.97 against a full Woolworths shop.
Aldi wins this 11-item hot thermos lunch basket at $39.92, sitting $1.58 below Coles and $1.58 below Woolworths, but cherry-picking the cheapest price per item across all four stores gets you to $34.13, a $7.37 saving on the best single-store total.
Aldi takes the cheapest full basket this week at $225.27, $6.03 under Woolies ($231.30) and $6.75 under Coles ($232.02). Cherry-picking the cheapest price on each item across all four stores cuts the total to $186.75, a $44.55 saving over Woolies alone.
Aldi takes this 16-item family basket at $98.90, beating Woolworths by $7.59 and IGA by a thumping $25.15. Cherry-picking the cheapest item at each store cuts the total to $86.31, a $12.59 saving over Aldi alone.
Aldi wins the 15-minute mid-week basket at $40.66, a full $19.19 under Woolies' $62.25 and $21.59 under Coles' $59.85, but one item isn't on the shelf there, so here's exactly how to split the shop.
Woolworths wins the CHOICE 14-item basket at $50.75, just 5 cents under Coles ($50.70, though Coles was missing one item), while cherry-picking the cheapest price per item across all four stores drops the total to $42.48, saving you $8.27.
Aldi wins this 14-item vegetarian mid-week basket at $47.23, which is $13.96 under Woolies and $13.96 under Coles at $61.19, the widest gap is on halloumi and tofu, where the chilled aisle price spread is stark.
Woolworths had the cheapest full basket this week at $229.37.
Woolworths had the cheapest full basket this week at $238.45.
Woolworths takes the top spot this week at $232.49 for the full comparable basket, just $1.41 ahead of Coles at $233.90. But cherry-pick across all four stores and you're down to $188.57, a $43.92 saving.
Woolworths wins this week's basket at $251.40, edging Coles by $4.93, but cherry-picking the cheapest item at each store cuts the total to $198.16, a $53.24 saving over shopping at Woolies alone.
Woolworths wins this week's Cuugo basket at $69.79, which is $6.07 under Aldi and $27.82 under IGA. Cherry-picking the cheapest store per item gets you to $62.81, a $6.98 saving over Woolies alone.
