16-01-2026 10:40 via retailgazette.co.uk

Aldi warns shoppers face £2000 ‘postcode penalty’ on groceries

Families in more than 200 UK towns are paying hundreds, and in some cases thousands, of pounds more a year for their grocery shopping because they do not have access to a discount supermarket, according to new research from Aldi.
Data from a price comparisons of a typical 68-item shopping basket tracked by consumer group Which? showed that households without an Aldi nearby are paying an average of £826 more a year on groceries.
This cost rose to as much as £2,437 in areas dominated b
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