Sainsbury's is spending £220million to try to keep prices down for customers

Updated: 04:06 EDT, 22 January 2024

Sainsbury's is spending £220million keeping prices low for customers in its current financial year.

The supermarket has launched an 'Aldi price-match' campaign this month, which includes essentials such as mince and laundry gel, plus almost 60 of its baby products.

More than 550 products at Sainsbury's are now as cheap as they are at the German budget chain. Sainsbury's is also launching special extra low prices for Nectar card holders from Wednesday.

These include a 350g pack of Cathedral City Mature Cheddar for £1.75 instead of £3.50 and a six-pack of Muller Corner Crunch for £2 – half the normal price.

On 7 February, chief executive Simon Roberts will reveal to the City the next phase of his 'Food First' blueprint.

Writing on the wall: Sainsbury's has launched an 'Aldi price-match' campaign

Over the past three years he has cut costs by £1.3billion and ploughed £780million of those savings into price reductions. Hundreds of millions more have gone into wage rises.