Ice cream price surge sees one supermarket raise prices the most
Prices have risen on ice cream in supermarkets since last year, new research on Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Morrisons among others shows
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Some of the nation’s favourite ice cream brands have risen by 9p since this time in 2023, with Sainsbury's seeing the biggest hikes.
New research conducted on behalf of Stocklytics and examined with the help of www.trolley.co.uk found that Sainsbury's prices for branded ice cream grew by almost nine percent since last year.
The price of own brand vanilla ice cream also saw a considerable boost of £0.35, a difference of 15.2 percent.
Across six of the nation’s biggest supermarkets (Asda, Aldi, Sainsbury's, Waitrose, Tesco and Morrisons), there was an average price hike of 34p since May 2023 for own brand vanilla ice cream.
Tesco's Vanilla Ice Cream has the highest price hike, having gone up by 21 percent (45p), while budget supermarket Aldi has kept its price the lowest, with the only product of the six to remain under £2.
Store | Name | May-23 | May-24 | Diff | Diff % |
Asda | Really Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream | £2.20 | £2.50 | £0.30 | 13.6% |
Aldi | Gianni's Creamy Vanilla Ice Cream | £1.74 | £1.99 | £0.25 | 14.4% |
Sainsbury's | Vanilla Ice Cream | £2.30 | £2.65 | £0.35 | 15.2% |
Waitrose | Waitrose Vanilla Dairy Ice Cream | £2.90 | £3.30 | £0.40 | 13.8% |
Tesco | Vanilla Ice Cream | £2.20 | £2.65 | £0.45 | 20.5% |
Morrisons | Vanilla Ice Cream | £2.19 | £2.50 | £0.31 | 14.2% |
The research found that Cornettos had gone up the most in price, with an average 25p price hike across their range of 11 products.
Sainsbury’s had the biggest price hike, with Cornetto prices having gone up on average 15 percent in store.
Some of the UK's favourite brands are now teetering around the £5 mark, with Ben & Jerry’s and Häagen-Dazs tubs now reaching an average price mark of £4.67 and £4.57 respectively.
This means shoppers could see both brands regularly reach over £5 in cost over the next couple of years, if current price trends continue.
The cheapest brand overall is Wall’s, with an average price point of just £2.42, while Iceland is the cheapest supermarket overall, with products actually going down by an average of 2 percent in the last year.
