Supermarkets have cut the price of milk — but what about other household basics? 

The first cut in the price of a milk in a decade was confirmed in recent days but will it actually make any difference to households struggling with an inflation crisis?

Other Irish retailers have followed Lidl in cutting the price of milk — but despite that headline-grabbing cut, the cost of other grocery staples has shot up in the last year. Stock picture: Yui Mok/PA

“A trip to the checkout is now as dreaded as a trip to the dentist,” was a line trotted out at the weekend after a boost for households in the weekly shop prompted further questions over alleged “price gouging” hitting consumers.

When Lidl pushed out a statement on Friday afternoon to say it was dropping its milk prices, it had a domino effect as other supermarkets followed suit.