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Weekly Recap

Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Mar 9–Mar 15

We compared Sacramento grocery prices from Mar 9–Mar 15 against the week before, on products priced at the same store in both weeks. Household rose 0.3% and frozen fell 1.3%, the largest moves of 10 departments.

120K+
prices checked
96K+
products
23
stores

Category price changes

Price change by department from the week before. We compare only products priced at the same store in both weeks, so a change in what we collected is not counted as a change in what things cost.

Price change by department, Mar 9–Mar 15 against the week before
Household
+0.3%
Beverages
-0.1%
Snacks
-0.2%
Dairy & Eggs
-0.3%
Produce
-0.4%
Health & Beauty
-0.4%
Meat & Seafood
-0.6%
Pantry
-0.7%
Bakery
-0.8%
Frozen
-1.3%

Top deals this week

The largest sale discounts we recorded this week, by percent off the regular price.

Product Store Sale Regular Off
Stuffing Mix - Each Safeway $1.25 $4.99 75% off
Winter Variety Cheesecake - 40 Oz Safeway $5.75 $22.99 75% off
Baxters Mincemeat Butter Tarts 6 Pack - 18 OZ Safeway $3.00 $11.99 75% off
Quinns Hot Chocolate Swiss Rolls 3 Pack - 7 OZ Safeway $1.25 $4.99 75% off
RUSSELL STOVER Assorted Milk & Dark Chocolate Gift Box 16 Count Safeway $3.75 $14.99 75% off
RUSSELL STOVER Assorted Crèmes Milk & Dark Chocolate Gift Box 17 Safeway $3.75 $14.99 75% off
Lindt Mini Pralines Assorted Chocolate Candy Gift Box - 6.2 Oz Safeway $4.25 $16.99 75% off
O Organics Organic Broth Vegetable - 32 Oz Safeway $0.99 $3.59 72% off
Barefoot Chardonnay FoodMaxx $2.00 $6.99 71% off
Barefoot Pinot Grigio FoodMaxx $2.00 $6.99 71% off

Store sale rankings

The share of each store's tracked prices that were on sale this week.

Store Products % on Sale
H Mart 139 100%
Grocery Outlet 67 100%
Food 4 Less 112 100%
Costco 27 100%
Corti Brothers 20 100%
Nugget Markets 180 98.9%
Sam's Club 85 76.5%
Safeway 10,503 44.2%
Sprouts 6,610 35.8%
FoodMaxx 12,683 25.9%
Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill 314 22.9%
Smart & Final 8,195 16.6%
Whole Foods 5,564 13%
Target 12,490 10.6%
Foods Co. 13,996 8.5%
99 Ranch Market 2,381 4.6%
Rancho San Miguel 287 4.5%
Total Wine & More 11,988 1.7%
Trader Joe's 2,863 0%
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 9,430 0%

Produce spotlight

The largest produce price changes from the week before, among items priced at two or more stores.

Price Up
  • Apples (Gala) ↑68% ($3.29)
  • Navel Orange ↑65% ($1.75)
  • Honeydew Melon ↑64% ($5.32)
  • Yellow Dragon Fruit (GAT) ↑64% ($11.49)
  • Pillsbury Raspberry Pastries ↑62% ($3.64)
Price Down
  • Organic Strawberries ↓39% ($4.99)
  • Roma Tomatoes ↓35% ($0.61)
  • Ortega Yellow Corn Taco Shells ↓31% ($2.19)
  • Del Monte Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn ↓29% ($1.74)
  • Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns - 20 Oz ↓29% ($3.37)

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