Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of May 12–May 18
We compared Sacramento grocery prices from May 12–May 18 against the week before, on products priced at the same store in both weeks. Beverages rose 0.2% and health & beauty fell 0.5%, the largest moves of 10 departments.
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.
Top deals this week
The largest sale discounts we recorded this week, by percent off the regular price.
| Product | Store | Sale | Regular | Off |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jsoda Mini Orange & Cream | FoodMaxx | $0.99 | $4.99 | 80% off |
| Mars Variety Bag ESTR M&M CHOC FRTY FAVS VRTY DRC | FoodMaxx | $5.00 | $20.49 | 76% off |
| Signature SELECT Spiral Sliced Ham with Natural Juices - 10 Lb | Safeway | $9.90 | $39.90 | 75% off |
| Goody Hair Net | FoodMaxx | $0.64 | $2.49 | 74% off |
| Rice-A-Roni Rice Cilantro Lime Box - 5.6 Oz | Safeway | $0.59 | $2.19 | 73% off |
| Rice-A-Roni Rice Fried Box - 6.2 Oz | Safeway | $0.59 | $2.19 | 73% off |
| Rice-A-Roni Rice Beef Flavor Box - 6.8 Oz | Safeway | $0.59 | $2.19 | 73% off |
| Rice-A-Roni Rice Creamy Four Cheese Flavor Box - 6.4 Oz | Safeway | $0.59 | $2.19 | 73% off |
| Rice-A-Roni Rice Spanish Box - 6.8 Oz | Safeway | $0.59 | $2.19 | 73% off |
| Rice-A-Roni Rice Chicken Flavor Box - 6.9 Oz | Safeway | $0.59 | $2.19 | 73% off |
Store sale rankings
The share of each store's tracked prices that were on sale this week.
| Store | Products | % on Sale |
|---|---|---|
| Nugget Markets | 156 | 100% |
| Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill | 920 | 99.7% |
| Safeway | 12,020 | 48.8% |
| Sprouts | 6,794 | 33.9% |
| FoodMaxx | 13,204 | 26% |
| Foods Co. | 1,871 | 25% |
| Smart & Final | 8,503 | 16.2% |
| Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op | 9,203 | 15.1% |
| Whole Foods | 3,572 | 14.1% |
| Target | 12,747 | 11.3% |
| Rancho San Miguel | 3,353 | 2.2% |
| Trader Joe's | 2,962 | 0% |
| 99 Ranch Market | 2,294 | 0% |
Produce spotlight
The largest produce price changes from the week before, among items priced at two or more stores.
- Mazola Corn Oil ↑91% ($9.99)
- Gatorade Lime Cucumber Thirst Quencher ↑78% ($4.25)
- Gala Apple ↑53% ($2.09)
- Red Cabbage ↑51% ($2.41)
- Napa Cabbage ↑51% ($4.73)
- Organic Fuji Apple ↓37% ($1.36)
- Taylor Farms Broccoli Florets ↓36% ($3.24)
- Roma Tomatoes ↓35% ($0.53)
- Organic Cosmic Crisp Apples ↓27% ($3.07)
- Parsnip ↓27% ($1.81)
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