Morrisons came close to hijacking Asda's plans of claiming a third week as cheapest retailer but it did not make quite enough price cuts. Morrisons' £44.14 basket was just 16p more expensive than Asda's, and low enough to knock Tesco back into third place. Morrisons provided four of the cheapest items on the list including orange juice and V05 gel. Although it increased the price of grapes by £1, it reduced the pork chops by 88p to £3.91, matching Tesco and Sainsbury's. At £1.18, Tesco's apples were 60p more expensive than the rest of the big four and it also raised the price of the long grain rice by 23p, relegating it to third place with a £45.05 basket. Tesco's orange juice was £2.98, compared with £2.00 and £1.99 at Asda and Morrisons, further dashing its chances of being this week's runner up. Asda was the cheapest retailer again this week, despite adding 60p to the price of John Smith's beer. Indeed, it only made one price cut - slicing 15p off the price of iceberg lettuce. Sainsbury's has been fighting it out with Tesco and Morrisons for a top three position for a month now and made more price changes this week than its rivals. It saved its customers £1.02 by reducing the price of long grain rice and loose apples by 23p and 79p respectively. However, it was significantly undercut by the rest of the big four on the McCain Smiles and diet cola, which was the most expensive on the list at 85p. It also added 75p to the John Smith's and 27p to the smooth peanut butter, negating some of the price cuts. Waitrose climbed to fifth position this week with a £54.75 basket after lowering the price of apples by 50p and Walkers crisps by 27p. Somerfield, however, made more price hikes than cuts to produce a £55.60 basket. It reduced the After Eights by 39p but increased the price of Heinz tomato soup from 65p to 87p. Waitrose only had 10 of the most expensive items on the list, whereas Somerfield had 19. This included brie for £7.75 compared with £7.00 at Waitrose.

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