Digital creator Hollie, who goes by Hollie and Life on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, shared the six reasons she shops at Tesco rather than Lidl and Aldi. Hollie is a mum of four based in Derby and the Midlands, and often shares daily videos about her grocery hauls, daily life, parenting, and places to eat and explore in her local area.

In a video from a few weeks ago titled, 'Why I don't shop in Aldi', she said she gets asked a lot why she doesn't shop in Aldi and Lidl. She said: "I'm getting asked this question a lot. I do my weekly food shop for £50 in Tesco, and then every month I go to Costco, and I spend £100 getting some essentials that are cheaper there.

"In total, I spend £300 a month on feeding my family of four children and myself, but it's not just food, it's also all cleaning products and beauty products.

"I get asked all the time why I don't go to Lidl or Aldi instead of Tesco because people just assume that it's cheaper, and I'll tell you the reasons why I don't."

Hollie said she feeds her family for £300 a month(Image: Bloomberg, Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Hollie said: "It's very clever marketing. Lidl and Aldi thrive on their 'we're super cheap' marketing. That's their whole USP, and other stores buy into that marketing in order to get people to purchase from them by doing the 'Aldi price match' and things like that."

She also thinks that supermarket own-brands are comparable to Aldi prices. She said: "If you think about it, items from Aldi and Lidl are just all supermarket own-brands and they're not often cheaper.

"There are going to be some items that are obviously cheaper in Aldi and Lidl, but then there are some items [that are] cheaper in Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's, [and] M&S."

Hollie said she gets her shopping delivered and relies on that delivery rather than doing click and collect or shopping in store. She claims she spends less money getting her shopping delivered to her house than if she went to the shop herself.

"I spend £3.99 a month, and that gives me unlimited deliveries after 3pm every day."

She said it saves her money on the petrol she would use going to and from the store.

"I'm actually saving money by getting delivery," she added.

Tesco's £ 3.99-a-month Delivery Saver plan offers unlimited free off-peak home deliveries for orders over £50, typically with a 12-month commitment. It allows one order per day and includes early access to Christmas/Easter slots, making it suitable for regular shoppers aiming to reduce delivery costs.

Hollie gets her shop delivered, something she says she can't do with Lidl and Aldi(Image: Bloomberg, Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Hollie said one of the reasons she doesn't shop at Lidl and Aldi is that they don't have everything she needs in her weekly shop. She said: "I need a store that has everything I need in it. I don't want to go to multiple stores. I find it bad enough that I go to Tesco and Costco. I would rather just have one store."

Hollie said she finds that when she goes to multiple stores, she's more likely to pick up things she doesn't need.

Hollie said quality isn't hugely important for her, but she said the majority of times she has shopped at Aldi and Lidl for fruit and vegetables, they've gone off the next day, or she's got it home and found mould.

Hollie thinks the quality is better at Tesco(Image: Bloomberg, Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"That happens very quickly, and I'm not sure why that is. It's just something that I'm noticing. And my fruit and veg from Tesco lasts pretty much the whole week, if not more than a week. I do need stuff to last that time," she added.

Hollie said another reason she shops at Tesco is the Clubcard points. She said that with Tesco Clubcard points, you don't have to spend them in-store like with other supermarket loyalty schemes.

She said: "I want to save up my clubcard points and use them for Merlin passes or days out with the kids or money off my insurance, or something else. I'm not bothered about getting a free packet of potatoes. I think Clubcard points are great."

Hollie also loves the Clubcard points(Image: Mike Kemp, In Pictures via Getty Images)

Hollie said she's very used to shopping at Tesco, as she's been doing so for a long time. She said she knows the products and what she likes and doesn't like.

She said she will do a comparison shop where she will buy the same items in Aldi and Tesco and perhaps a few other supermarkets to see what the price is like and whether it matters where you shop.