Fred Meyer vs Walmart

Fred Meyer vs Walmart at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Walmart is cheaper in 4 of 8 aisles, led by meat (10% less).
• For items under $3, Walmart is the cheaper store (6% less on average).
• The same 15-product basket costs $45.25 at Walmart and $50.46 at Fred Meyer.
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Fred Meyer is 7% cheaper.

How far apart Fred Meyer and Walmart prices are

• Within 10%: 650 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 640 items
• More than 25% apart: 279 items
• Typical gap: 11.9% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at Fred MeyerKicking Horse Coffee Ground Happy Camper - 10 OZ$12.49 vs $24.03 at Walmart — save $11.54

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  Biggest saving at Walmart7UP Cherry Flavored Caffeine-Free Zero Sugar Soda Cans$6.00 vs $11.99 at Fred Meyer — save $5.99

The same basket at Fred Meyer and Walmart

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

Walmart is $5.21 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Fred Meyer vs Walmart prices by aisle

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

Fred Meyer 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: Fred Meyer vs Walmart

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

Ingredient score	Fred Meyer	Walmart	CheaperGap
Score A127 items	$5.13	$6.41	Fred Meyer · 20%
Score AB394 items	$5.11	$5.21	Fred Meyer · 2%
Score B475 items	$5.10	$5.32	Fred Meyer · 4%
Score C578 items	$6.88	$6.83	Walmart · 1%

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