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Sacramento Grocery Prices in 2026: The Running Report
Our running record of Sacramento grocery prices through 2026, refreshed monthly. 7 months of data so far: the basket index is up 0.1%, Supplements up 2.8%, Frozen down 1.5%.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: What Moved in August 2026
We tracked 380,000+ prices across 19 stores in August. Health & beauty up 2.2%, frozen down 1.4%, and almost nothing else moved — alongside the year's deepest average sale discount at 19.1%.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Aug 25–Aug 31
Weekly price recap for Aug 25–Aug 31. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Aug 18–Aug 24
Weekly price recap for Aug 18–Aug 24. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Aug 11–Aug 17
Weekly price recap for Aug 11–Aug 17. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Aug 4–Aug 10
Weekly price recap for Aug 4–Aug 10. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jul 28–Aug 3
Weekly price recap for Jul 28–Aug 3. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: What Moved in July 2026
We tracked 441,000+ prices across 20 stores in July — our widest coverage yet. On matched products the store drifted up about a point, led by dairy, snacks and beverages at over 1.2%.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jul 21–Jul 27
Weekly price recap for Jul 21–Jul 27. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jul 14–Jul 20
Weekly price recap for Jul 14–Jul 20. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jul 7–Jul 13
Weekly price recap for Jul 7–Jul 13. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jun 30–Jul 6
Weekly price recap for Jun 30–Jul 6. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: What Moved in June 2026
We tracked 379,000+ prices across 16 stores in June. Frozen fell 2.1%, the only meaningful move; every other department stayed inside a point. Safeway ran nearly half its catalog on promotion.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jun 23–Jun 29
Weekly price recap for Jun 23–Jun 29. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jun 16–Jun 22
Weekly price recap for Jun 16–Jun 22. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jun 9–Jun 15
Weekly price recap for Jun 9–Jun 15. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jun 2–Jun 8
Weekly price recap for Jun 2–Jun 8. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of May 26–Jun 1
Weekly price recap for May 26–Jun 1. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: What Moved in May 2026
We tracked 383,000+ prices across 16 stores in May. The flattest month we have recorded: no department moved more than 0.6% on matched products. Sale discounts were the year's shallowest at 17.1%.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of May 19–May 25
Weekly price recap for May 19–May 25. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of May 12–May 18
Weekly price recap for May 12–May 18. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of May 5–May 11
Weekly price recap for May 5–May 11. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Apr 28–May 4
Weekly price recap for Apr 28–May 4. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: What Moved in April 2026
We tracked 349,000 prices across 18 stores in April. On matched products nearly the whole store drifted up about a point — household 1.6%, pantry and bakery 1.3% — while frozen finished flat.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Apr 1–Apr 7
Weekly price recap for Apr 1–Apr 7. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: What Moved in March 2026
We tracked 583,000+ prices across 24 stores in March. Measured on matched products, the whole store moved less than 1.5% — snacks down 1.1%, frozen and alcohol up 0.4%.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Mar 15–Mar 21
Weekly price recap for Mar 15–Mar 21. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Mar 9–Mar 15
Weekly price recap for Mar 9–Mar 15. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Feb 28–Mar 6
Weekly price recap for Feb 28–Mar 6. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Feb 23–Mar 1
Weekly price recap for Feb 23–Mar 1. Category trends, top deals, store sale rankings, and produce price changes.
Read more →Introducing SacGroceries: Sacramento's Free Grocery Price Tracker
We launched SacGroceries and tracked 72,000+ grocery prices across 19 Sacramento stores in our first week. Here's what we found.
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