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Shoppers buying value range groceries have faced soaring costs in recent months - with one shop increasing the price of a value range item by 177% in August.

More than 140 different value range grocery items got more expensive at UK supermarkets last month.

NationalWorld has been tracking prices across supermarket value ranges since April, with August seeing the highest number of price rises to date.

There were 144 price increases recorded across 598 items we were able to gather price data for at the start of August and the start of September – meaning almost a quarter (24%) of items had price hikes imposed on them.

On average, the items that saw price rises went up by 12.4%, with snapshots taken on 2 August and 5 September.

Items from Aldi, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco are included in our tracker – with one shop increasing prices on almost a third of their offering last month.

In August we revealed how supermarkets had raised prices on their basic food and drink ranges faster than the overall rate of inflation between April and June.

Read on for the full list of value range products that saw price increases last month.

NationalWorld’s research covers more than 750 grocery products from the value ranges at each supermarket.

At Asda these were the Smart Price and Farm Stores brands, which are currently being replaced with a new range called Just Essentials.

Aldi meanwhile has an Everyday Essentials line – although many products that are not part of this specific range have a price point similar to budget line items at other supermarkets –  while Morrisons is home to Morrisons Savers.

Tesco and Sainsbury’s both ditched their value lines in recent years, replacing them with a collection of in-house brands in an effort to keep up with German rivals Aldi and Lidl.

At Tesco these include Ms. Molly’s (confectionery and treats), Stockwell & Co (food cupboard essentials) and Creamfields (dairy products).

Sainsbury’s meanwhile boasts Hubbard Foodstores (stock cupboard essentials), J. James and Family (fresh and frozen meat and fish) and Stamford Street (chilled products such as ready meals), among others.

Among the items most likely to see price rises between August and September were cheese (23 out of 38 items tracked, or 61%) and milk-based products (nine out of 15, or 60%).

The latter does not contain milk itself (of which there are no value range products) but covers custard, cream, and desserts like trifles and mousses.

Many value range cheese products have now seen price rises for several consecutive months.

Price rises were also common across jams and other preserves as well as fresh vegetables and baked goods such as biscuits and cakes.

Some of the sharpest rises were found at Sainsbury’s – cooking bacon was up 177%, and muesli by 60%. Tesco meanwhile imposed a 70% increase on marmalade.

Aldi raised the prices of 12 products out of the 45 items (27%) we were able to take snapshots of on both 2 August and 5 September. Many more products were unavailable or out of stock on the website, with no price listed.

Only two products saw price decreases, while three items increased for at least the second month in a row.

The average rise for those that became more expensive was 9.3%.

The items that saw price rises in August, ranked by percentage increase, are:

At Asda, there were 53 price rises among 171 items we were tracking – 31% of its offering.

Only two items came down in price, and four went up for at least two months running.

There was one example of so-called shrinkflation, where a product was replaced by a smaller version which was more expensive in weight terms.

Shoppers could previously buy a 12 pack of maize snacks for 95p, but this has now been replaced by a six pack for 62p. That is the equivalent of a 31% price rise in terms of cost per gram of product.

The average rise for all the items that became more expensive was 8.1%.

Items that saw price rises in August, ranked by percentage increase, are:

Morrisons hiked prices on 17 out of the 53 items that we were able to track between August and September. At 32%, that was the highest proportion of any shop.

There were no price decreases. The average rise for items that got more expensive was 16.8%.

Items that saw price rises in August, ranked by percentage increase, are:

At Sainsbury’s, 24 out of 136 items increased in price, 18% of the offering.

One item went up by an incredible 177% in the space of just one month.

Three items saw price rises for at least two months in a row. Only four products saw price decreases.

Items that saw price rises in August, ranked by percentage increase, are:

Tesco raised prices on 38 out of 193 items (20%) we were tracking between August and September. The average rise was 12.7%.

Seven of those items had gone up for at least the second time in a row.

There were also seven price decreases.