Fred Meyer vs Smith's Food and Drug

Fred Meyer vs Smith's Food and Drug at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Smith's Food and Drug is cheaper in 3 of 10 aisles, led by frozen (3% less).
• The same 15-product basket costs $55.47 at Smith's Food and Drug and $56.04 at Fred Meyer.
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), the two stores cost the same on average.

How far apart Fred Meyer and Smith's Food and Drug prices are

• Within 10%: 3,147 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 2,163 items
• More than 25% apart: 715 items
• Typical gap: 9.1% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at Fred MeyerBoar's Head Pastrami Round$9.99 vs $17.99 at Smith's Food and Drug — save $8.00

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  Biggest saving at Smith's Food and DrugPlanters Mixed Nuts With Sea Salt Jar - 27 Oz$14.99 vs $23.99 at Fred Meyer — save $9.00

The same basket at Fred Meyer and Smith's Food and Drug

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Fred Meyer and Smith's Food and Drug.

Smith's Food and Drug is $0.57 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Fred Meyer vs Smith's Food and Drug prices by aisle

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

Fred Meyer vs Smith's Food and Drug 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: Fred Meyer vs Smith's Food and Drug

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

Ingredient score	Fred Meyer	Smith's Food and Drug	CheaperGap
Score A2,295 items	$5.19	$5.21	Same
Score AB2,471 items	$5.30	$5.28	Smith's Food and Drug · 1%
Score B2,759 items	$5.50	$5.52	Same
Score C2,963 items	$6.96	$7.07	Fred Meyer · 1%

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