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Weekly Recap

Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Apr 28–May 4

We compared Sacramento grocery prices from Apr 28–May 4 against the week before, on products priced at the same store in both weeks. Household rose 1.0% and bakery fell 0.7%, the largest moves of 10 departments.

98K+
prices checked
76K+
products
15
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, Apr 28–May 4 against the week before
Household
+1.0%
Health & Beauty
+1.0%
Meat & Seafood
+0.3%
Pantry
+0.2%
Beverages
+0.2%
Produce
+0.1%
Dairy & Eggs
+0.1%
Snacks
-0.3%
Frozen
-0.7%
Bakery
-0.7%

Top deals this week

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

Product Store Sale Regular Off
Horizon Organic Golden Caramel Coffee Creamer Smart & Final $0.99 $5.99 83% off
Horizon Organic Homestyle Vanilla Coffee Creamer Smart & Final $0.99 $5.99 83% off
Horizon Organic Chantilly Sweet Cream Coffee Creamer Smart & Final $0.99 $5.99 83% off
Beanos Hot Sauce Sandwich Nashville - 8 OZ Safeway $0.99 $4.99 80% off
Paow Korean BBQ Plant Based Pieces Sprouts $2.49 $10.99 77% off
Unlimeat Original Plant Based Pulled Pork Sprouts $2.49 $10.99 77% off
Mars Variety Bag ESTR M&M CHOC FRTY FAVS VRTY DRC FoodMaxx $5.00 $20.49 76% off
Snack Factory Milk Chocolate & Caramel Pretzel Crips Drizzlers Sprouts $1.99 $7.99 75% off
Sprouts Cinnamon Cayenne Cold Foam Sprouts $0.99 $3.99 75% off
Starburst Original Jelly Beans Chewy Candy - 14 Oz Safeway $1.25 $4.99 75% off

Store sale rankings

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

Store Products % on Sale
Nugget Markets 145 100%
Safeway 11,408 46.7%
Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill 171 44.5%
Sprouts 6,836 36.6%
Foods Co. 2,574 26.9%
FoodMaxx 13,094 23.9%
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 9,201 14.8%
Whole Foods 3,616 14.6%
Smart & Final 8,483 10.6%
Target 13,191 8.3%
Rancho San Miguel 8,488 1.6%
Trader Joe's 158 0%
99 Ranch Market 1,997 0%

Produce spotlight

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

Price Up
  • Gatorade Lime Cucumber Thirst Quencher ↑78% ($4.25)
  • Roma Tomatoes ↑67% ($1.21)
  • Gala Apple ↑67% ($2.09)
  • Reser's Original Potato Salad ↑59% ($7.16)
  • Blueberries ↑56% ($6.55)
Price Down
  • Bananas ↓58% ($1.16)
  • Bok Choy ↓42% ($1.67)
  • Apples (Gala) ↓41% ($1.77)
  • Mexican Papaya ↓40% ($3.85)
  • Strawberries ↓40% ($3.74)

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