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Safeway vs Giant Food Stores

As of October 20, 2026, Giant Food Stores is cheaper. You'd pay about 12% less for the same groceries at Giant Food Stores than at Safeway.

Safeway vs Giant Food Stores at a glance

  • Giant Food Stores is cheaper in all 9 aisles we compared.
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Giant Food Stores is 12% cheaper.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $56.19 at Giant Food Stores and $71.33 at Safeway.

Safeway vs Giant Food Stores: 7,506 products compared

  • Giant Food Stores: cheaper on 5,395 items — overall winner on average price
  • Safeway: beats Giant Food Stores on 1,567 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 544 items

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How much you'd save at Giant Food Stores

  • Average prices: $5.43 at Giant Food Stores vs $6.18 at Safeway
  • Basket savings: save about $15.00 on a 20-item basket at Giant Food Stores (75¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 75¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Safeway and Giant Food Stores prices are

  • Within 10%: 1,651 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 3,205 items
  • More than 25% apart: 2,106 items
  • Typical gap: 16.7% per item, where the prices differ
  • Planters Mixed Nuts With Sea Salt Jar - 27 Oz

    Biggest saving at SafewayPlanters Mixed Nuts With Sea Salt Jar - 27 Oz$14.99 vs $23.99 at Giant Food Stores — save $9.00

  • Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil 50.7 Ounces

    Biggest saving at Giant Food StoresFilippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil 50.7 Ounces$18.99 vs $29.99 at Safeway — save $11.00

The same basket at Safeway and Giant Food Stores

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Safeway and Giant Food Stores.

ProductSafewayGiant Food Stores
Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls Refrigerated Canned Pastry Dough$4.99$3.00
Gatorade Thirst Quencher Orange Sports Drink Bottle$2.28$2.39
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.99$0.99
Celsius Energy Drink Sparkling Orange 12 Fl Oz$2.50$2.49
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$3.99$3.59
Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toaster Pastries$4.99$3.89
Pop-Tarts Frosted Strawberry Toaster Pastries$4.99$3.89
Ritz Fresh Stacks The Original Crackers 11.8 Oz$4.99$4.49
Nissin Ramen Noodle Soup, Hot & Spicy, Chicken$1.67$1.00
Daisy Pure and Natural Sour Cream$3.99$3.19
Jimmy Dean Bacon Egg & Cheese Breakfast Bowl 7 Ounces$4.99$3.50
Nature Valley Protein Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Bars 5 Pk$6.99$5.59
Hormel Original Pepperoni 6 Oz$5.99$4.79
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$4.99$3.00
Gorton's Beer Battered Fish Fillets 10 Count$12.99$10.39
Total$71.33$56.19

Giant Food Stores is $15.14 cheaper on this basket.

Safeway vs Giant Food Stores prices by aisle

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

AisleSafewayGiant Food StoresCheaperGap
Frozen59 items$6.87$5.64Giant Food Stores · 18%
Pantry1,681 items$5.98$5.09Giant Food Stores · 15%
Ready meals1,273 items$5.61$4.80Giant Food Stores · 14%
Beverages1,225 items$6.59$5.73Giant Food Stores · 13%
Meat412 items$7.68$6.68Giant Food Stores · 13%
Dairy752 items$5.63$4.94Giant Food Stores · 12%
Bakery341 items$5.77$5.16Giant Food Stores · 11%
Snacks1,489 items$6.22$5.75Giant Food Stores · 8%
Baby food216 items$8.04$7.48Giant Food Stores · 7%

Safeway vs Giant Food Stores 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.

Price levelSafewayGiant Food StoresCheaperGap
Under $31,451 items$2.29$1.99Giant Food Stores · 13%
$3 to $105,362 items$6.01$5.22Giant Food Stores · 13%
Over $10693 items$15.65$14.23Giant Food Stores · 9%

Healthier groceries: Safeway vs Giant Food Stores

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

Ingredient scoreSafewayGiant Food StoresCheaperGap
Score A1,068 items$6.30$5.63Giant Food Stores · 11%
Score AB2,004 items$6.08$5.32Giant Food Stores · 12%
Score B2,384 items$5.95$5.23Giant Food Stores · 12%
Score C2,049 items$6.50$5.66Giant Food Stores · 13%

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

Where Safeway and Giant Food Stores rank on price

  • Giant Food Stores: #26 of 49 stores. Cheaper than 24 of the 48 stores it's compared with, prices about 2% below theirs on average.
  • Safeway: #48 of 49 stores. Cheaper than 1 of the 48 stores it's compared with, prices about 12% above theirs on average.

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