CityMarket vs Walmart

CityMarket vs Walmart at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Walmart is cheaper in 3 of 8 aisles, led by frozen (15% less).
• For items under $3, Walmart is the cheaper store (4% less on average).
• The same 15-product basket costs $45.25 at Walmart and $52.33 at CityMarket.
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), CityMarket is 4% cheaper.

How far apart CityMarket and Walmart prices are

• Within 10%: 603 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 595 items
• More than 25% apart: 316 items
• Typical gap: 12.2% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at CityMarketEight O' Clock The Original Ground Coffee 18 oz$13.99 vs $25.99 at Walmart — save $12.00

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  Biggest saving at WalmartFolgers Black Silk, Dark Roast Coffee, Keurig K-Cup Pods$28.46 vs $35.99 at CityMarket — save $7.53

The same basket at CityMarket and Walmart

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at CityMarket and Walmart.

Walmart is $7.08 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

CityMarket vs Walmart prices by aisle

Average price of the matched products in each aisle, biggest difference first.

CityMarket vs Walmart on cheap and pricier items

The same products grouped by what they cost — a store can win on everyday basics and lose on bigger-ticket items, or the other way round.

Healthier groceries: CityMarket vs Walmart

Matched products grouped by their Labeled ingredient score, from A (cleanest ingredients) to C.

Ingredient score	CityMarket	Walmart	CheaperGap
Score A127 items	$4.80	$5.80	CityMarket · 17%
Score AB365 items	$4.99	$4.91	Walmart · 2%
Score B456 items	$5.20	$5.48	CityMarket · 5%
Score C573 items	$6.80	$6.77	Same

Scores come from the Labeled app, which grades each product's ingredients against research from the FDA, EFSA, WHO and others.