Grocery stores ranked by price

As of October 20, 2026: 49 US grocery stores, ranked by how their prices compare with the stores they're matched against — 1,167 head-to-head comparisons of identical products, refreshed every day.

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"vs compared stores" is a store's average price against the stores it's compared with: below means cheaper than them, above means pricier.

#	Store	vs compared stores	Cheaper than
1	Price Rite Marketplace	15% below	47 of 47
2	H-E-B	14% below	47 of 48
3	Dollar General	9% below	40 of 45
4	Pay Less	8% below	45 of 48
5	Food Lion	8% below	44 of 48
6	Meijer	6% below	42 of 48
7	Wegmans	6% below	42 of 48
8	Jay C	6% below	38 of 48
9	Food 4 Less	6% below	37 of 47
10	Hannaford	5% below	38 of 48
11	FoodsCo	5% below	36 of 47
12	Dillons	4% below	31 of 48
13	Kroger	4% below	31 of 48
14	Baker's	4% below	31 of 48
15	Pick 'n Save	4% below	31 of 48
16	Gerbes	4% below	31 of 48
17	Fry's Food	4% below	31 of 48
18	Target	3% below	33 of 48
19	CityMarket	3% below	27 of 48
20	Fred Meyer	3% below	27 of 48
21	King Soopers	2% below	27 of 48
22	ShopRite	2% below	26 of 48
23	Metro Market	2% below	23 of 48
24	Smith's Food and Drug	2% below	24 of 48
25	Martin's	2% below	24 of 48
26	Giant Food Stores	2% below	24 of 48
27	Hy-Vee	1% below	23 of 48
28	Shaw's	1% above	20 of 48
29	Smart & Final	1% above	20 of 48
30	Harris Teeter	1% above	17 of 48
31	Stop & Shop	1% above	17 of 48
32	Star Market	2% above	17 of 48
33	Cub	3% above	14 of 48
34	Mariano's	4% above	14 of 48
35	Walmart	4% above	11 of 45
36	Giant	4% above	13 of 48
37	Albertsons	4% above	11 of 48
38	Ralphs	5% above	11 of 48
39	QFC	7% above	10 of 48
40	Sprouts	8% above	5 of 42
41	Acme Markets	9% above	4 of 48
42	Ingles	10% above	6 of 45
43	Jewel-Osco	10% above	4 of 48
44	Tom Thumb	10% above	6 of 48
45	Foodtown	10% above	5 of 48
46	Winn-Dixie	11% above	5 of 48
47	Vons	11% above	2 of 48
48	Safeway	12% above	1 of 48
49	Publix	16% above	0 of 48

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