{"id":748783,"date":"2026-08-25T02:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748783\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T02:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T02:20:11","slug":"morrisons-vows-to-beat-tesco-aldi-and-lidl-on-prices-for-over-500-everyday-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/748783\/","title":{"rendered":"Morrisons vows to beat Tesco, Aldi and Lidl on prices for over 500 everyday essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A major supermarket has vowed to beat Tesco, Aldi and Lidl on prices for more than 500 everyday essentials as it steps up the battle for shoppers.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisons says customers will now pay the same or less for hundreds of weekly staples than they would at five of Britain&#8217;s biggest supermarket rivals.<\/p>\n<p>The supermarket has launched its new &#8220;unbeatable prices&#8221; commitment, covering more than 500 products and comparing prices against Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury&#8217;s, Aldi and Lidl.<\/p>\n<p>Under the pledge, Morrisons says the selected products will either match or undercut the price offered by all five competitors.<\/p>\n<p>The move marks a major expansion of the supermarket&#8217;s efforts to compete on price as it looks to win back shoppers following a decline in its share of the UK grocery market.<\/p>\n<p>Worldpanel data for the 12 weeks to August placed Morrisons as Britain&#8217;s sixth-largest supermarket group, with an 8.5 per cent share of the market.<\/p>\n<p>The Bradford-based retailer has recently been overtaken by Lidl and now sits behind Tesco, Sainsbury&#8217;s, Asda, Aldi and the German discounter.<\/p>\n<p>Morrisons operates around 500 supermarkets and 1,700 convenience stores across the UK, with the private equity-backed retailer hoping its latest price push can help reverse its recent loss of market share.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;unbeatable prices&#8221; initiative builds on a price-matching scheme first introduced two years ago, which targeted hundreds of products sold by the German discounters Aldi and Lidl.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"8ab6b\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d273f22d7a720f573b13cd0a584396c6\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201334'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/supermarket-basket-groceries.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"Supermarket basket groceries\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The guarantee covers fresh produce such as bananas, tomatoes and carrots<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<p>The guarantee covers fresh produce such as bananas, tomatoes and carrots.<\/p>\n<p>It also offers cupboard staples including bread, butter and chicken fillets.<\/p>\n<p>The supermarket has pledged to extend it to fresh lines sold at Morrisons&#8217; Market Street counters, including its fishmongers and bakeries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"6b292\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"aa6af01a1c97e999ecb0a053c693c9e4\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201334'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/supermarket.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"Supermarket\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Morrisons operates around 500 supermarkets and 1,700 convenience stores across the UK<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<p>Alex Paver, customer and marketing director at Morrisons, said: &#8220;Customers shouldn&#8217;t have to choose between great prices and great quality and at Morrisons, they don&#8217;t have to.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;And uniquely at Morrisons, that unbeatable value comes alongside the quality, freshness and expert service we&#8217;re famous for from bread baked fresh in store to food prepared by our skilled Market Street colleagues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Morrisons&#8217; aggressive pricing push arrives against a backdrop of significant internal restructuring. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ffecf\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"7149d4c32299138b48ada389a5740b68\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201334'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/supermarket-grocery-trolley.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"Supermarket grocery trolley\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The supermarket has pledged to extend it to fresh lines sold at Morrisons&#8217; Market Street counters, including its fishmongers and bakeries<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>PA<\/p>\n<p>Accounts published just days ago revealed that the grocer cut nearly 5,000 positions last year as part of a wider effort to stabilise its finances and improve performance.<\/p>\n<p>The supermarket, which was acquired by private equity, has been under sustained pressure to demonstrate a credible turnaround strategy amid fierce competition from both the established big four grocers and the rapidly expanding German discounters.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Paver also said: &#8220;Our unbeatable price commitment means customers can trust that the prices on these products simply won&#8217;t be beaten by Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury&#8217;s, Aldi or Lidl.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major supermarket has vowed to beat Tesco, Aldi and Lidl on prices for more than 500 everyday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":748784,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,2222,3668,2331,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-748783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-money","tag-savings","tag-sgg","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=748783"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/748783\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/748784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=748783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=748783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=748783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}