Research from consumer champions Which? has revealed Aldi as the best place to buy Christmas dinner essentials, for the second year in a row Aldi also came out as the top scoring supermarket in three food subcategories,

Consumer champions Which? asked members to rate the quality, taste and value for money of the Christmas food they bought - and whether they would recommend them to others

Aldi received a score of 84% - beating the likes of Marks & Spencer at 82%, Waitrose at 80% and Lidl at 78% - in a survey of over 8,000 Which? members.

But none of these were just revealed as the fastest-growing supermarket in the UK – and interestingly, the one that was crowned doesn’t even have any brick-and-mortar stores.