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Weekly Recap

Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Mar 15–Mar 21

We compared Sacramento grocery prices from Mar 15–Mar 21 against the week before, on products priced at the same store in both weeks. Frozen rose 1.2% and household fell 0.3%, the largest moves of 10 departments.

123K+
prices checked
100K+
products
21
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 15–Mar 21 against the week before
Frozen
+1.2%
Health & Beauty
+0.5%
Produce
+0.3%
Meat & Seafood
+0.3%
Bakery
+0.3%
Pantry
+0.2%
Dairy & Eggs
+0.1%
Beverages
+0.1%
Snacks
-0.1%
Household
-0.3%

Top deals this week

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

Product Store Sale Regular Off
Beanos Hot Sauce Sandwich Nashville - 8 OZ Safeway $0.99 $4.99 80% off
Russet Idaho Potatoes Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill $0.99 $4.49 78% off
Walker's Pies, Mince, Mini Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill $2.50 $9.99 75% off
RUSSELL STOVER Assorted Milk & Dark Chocolate Gift Box 16 Count Safeway $3.75 $14.99 75% off
Barefoot Chardonnay FoodMaxx $2.00 $6.99 71% off
Barefoot Pinot Grigio FoodMaxx $2.00 $6.99 71% off
Barefoot Sauvignon Blanc FoodMaxx $2.00 $6.99 71% off
Barefoot Pink Moscato FoodMaxx $2.00 $6.99 71% off
Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon FoodMaxx $2.00 $6.99 71% off
Barefoot Moscato 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
Corti Brothers 45 100%
Nugget Markets 153 98.6%
Safeway 12,012 49.8%
Sprouts 6,535 36.1%
FoodMaxx 12,415 26.2%
Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill 5,092 16.6%
Smart & Final 8,171 16%
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 9,242 13.7%
Sam's Club 23 13%
Whole Foods 5,204 12.4%
Target 12,362 7.1%
Rancho San Miguel 287 4.5%
Total Wine & More 11,988 1.7%
Trader Joe's 2,898 0%
Foods Co. 14,185 0%
99 Ranch Market 2,286 0%

Produce spotlight

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

Price Up
  • Polar Premium Lime Seltzer ↑146% ($3.54)
  • Organic Zucchini Squash ↑75% ($1.47)
  • Green Asparagus ↑61% ($7.49)
  • Green Cabbage ↑41% ($2.59)
  • Apples (Gala) ↑40% ($3.67)
Price Down
  • Yellow, Zucchini or Acorn Squash ↓52% ($1.27)
  • Fuji Apple ↓49% ($1.23)
  • Blood Orange ↓41% ($1.70)
  • Red Potatoes ↓39% ($0.62)
  • Gala Apple ↓37% ($1.18)

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