Where to get Christmas dinner cheapest: Aldi and Lidl take on Tesco, Sainsbury's and Waitrose

From Aldi and Lidl to Tesco and Sainsbury's, which supermarket offers the best value for your festive shop?

With Asda and Lidl's Christmas adverts already hitting television screens, our thoughts are turning towards Christmas lunch.

But where can you get it cheapest? Last year Aldi came out on top as a one-stop shop for your festive feast, but this year it has been beaten by Lidl! According to our sums, feeding a family of eight can be done for just £23.67, or £2.95 a head, at Lidl.

We’ve looked at an exhaustive Christmas dinner, complete with turkey, all of the trimmings, dessert and even brandy butter.

Here's how each supermarket performed overall:

Supermarket	Total price	Price per head (eight people)
Lidl	£23.67	£2.95
Aldi	£24.10	£3.01
Co-operative	£24.97	£3.12
Asda	£26.22	£3.27
Iceland	£35.49	£4.32
Tesco	£39	£4.87
Morrisons	£44.15	£5.51
Sainsbury’s	£47.85	£5.98
Waitrose	£57.18	£7.14
Ocado	£68.57	£8.57

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How it breaks down

Here's how the individual Christmas shops fare, just in case you want to go for individual items. Where weights differ from those in the table, I’ve measured them based on price per 100g or per kilogram.

Item	Lidl	Aldi	Co-operative	Asda	Iceland
Turkey 3.6-4.8kg	£8.99	£10.99*	£10	£12*	£19
Potatoes 1kg	60p	60p	£1	78p	70p
Brussels sprouts 1kg	89p	89p	£1	£1	£1.11
Parsnips 750g	99p	99p	74p	£1.12	£2.25
Carrots 1kg	49p	45p	49p	57p	65p
Stuffing 85g	19p	19p	29p	15p	40p
Cranberry sauce 200g	65p	65p	£1.60	80p	80p
Christmas pudding 454g	£1.74	£1.25	£2	£1.89	£1.79
Christmas cake 907g	£6.49	£6.05	£5	£5	£6.49
Brandy butter 200g	£1.49	£1.25	£1.85	£1**	40p*
Mince pies (pack of six)	£1.15	79p	£1	89p	£1
Total price	£23.67	£24.10	£24.97	£26.22	£35.49

*Frozen- fresh turkey not available until 19^th November

**Brandy butter not available-substituted for brandy sauce

Item	Tesco	Morrisons	Sainsbury’s	Waitrose	Ocado
Turkey 3.6-4.8kg	£25.41	£27	£25	£33.96	£49.46
Potatoes 1kg	£1	80p	£1	£1.15	£1.03
Brussels sprouts 1kg	£1.38	£2	£2	£2	£2
Parsnips 750g	96p	£1.11	£1.23	£1.08	£1.05
Carrots 1kg	60p	45p	60p	70p	£1.14
Stuffing 85g	20p	15p	15p	60p	60p
Cranberry sauce 200g	80p	£1.22	£1.12	£1.20	80p
Christmas pudding 454g	£2.50	£2.25	£3	£3.50	£2.50
Christmas cake 907g	£5	£4	£7	£10	£6
Brandy butter 200g	50p*	92p	£1.75	£1.99	£1.99
Mince pies (pack of six)	65p	£1	£1	£1	£1
Total price	£39	£44.15	£47.85	£57.18	£68.57

*Brandy butter not available, substituted for custard

Prices correct at time of writing

Christmas is a time for loyalty

If you haven’t exchanged your supermarket loyalty points in for a while, now is the time to do it.

If you are a Nectar fan, then you could exchange your points for money off vouchers at Sainsbury's. The more points you have, the money you could save on your shopping. Thankfully there are plenty of ways to really ramp up how many Nectar points you have, whether that's going for one of the Nectar affiliated credit cards, getting insurance from Sainsbury's or travelling with Virgin Trains. For a host of other ways to increase your Nectar balance, check out How to boost your Nectar points.

Tesco shoppers can take advantage of the current Clubcard Boost promotion which is running until 27^th December. During this time you can exchange £5 in Clubcard vouchers for a £10 Boost token. You could even put it towards a snazzy set of Christmas lights for your tree.

It’s the perfect time of year to boost your cashback too. You’ll earn more money towards food, parties and gifts just by doing your regular spending. Check out loveMONEY’s credit card centre for some of the best deals on the market right now.

*Tables adjusted to reflect latest prices

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