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Weekly Recap

Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jul 21–Jul 27

We compared Sacramento grocery prices from Jul 21–Jul 27 against the week before, on products priced at the same store in both weeks. Bakery rose 0.3% and frozen fell 1.1%, the largest moves of 10 departments.

100K+
prices checked
84K+
products
16
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, Jul 21–Jul 27 against the week before
Bakery
+0.3%
Produce
+0.1%
Dairy & Eggs
+0.1%
Health & Beauty
+0.1%
Meat & Seafood
-0.1%
Pantry
-0.1%
Snacks
-0.1%
Household
-0.2%
Beverages
-0.4%
Frozen
-1.1%

Top deals this week

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

Product Store Sale Regular Off
Abes Lemon Poppy Mini Muffins 6 Pack Sprouts $0.99 $7.49 87% off
Sprouts Lemon White Chocolate Chunk Cookies 12 Pack Sprouts $0.99 $5.99 83% off
Sweet Corn Safeway $0.25 $0.99 75% off
Avocados FoodMaxx $0.99 $4.00 75% off
Heinz Yellow Mustard - 14 Oz Safeway $1.00 $3.49 71% off
Ketel Lemon Drop Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill $8.99 $30.99 71% off
Pepsi Prebiotic Cherry Vanilla Cola FoodMaxx $0.99 $3.29 70% off
Pepsi Prebiotic Cola FoodMaxx $0.99 $3.29 70% off
Bing Black Drink Blackberry Juice - 12 Fl. Oz. Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Bing Crisp Drink Apple & Cherry Juice - 12 Fl. Oz. Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off

Store sale rankings

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

Store Products % on Sale
Raley's / Bel Air / Nob Hill 124 100%
Safeway 11,871 46.6%
Foods Co. 7,572 30.6%
FoodMaxx 13,256 26.2%
Sprouts 6,795 25.1%
99 Ranch Market 2,258 15.7%
Whole Foods 3,280 15.4%
Smart & Final 8,647 14.6%
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 9,144 11.7%
Target 13,510 8.7%
Rancho San Miguel 8,636 1.2%
Trader Joe's 3,032 0%

Produce spotlight

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

Price Up
  • Pickling Cucumbers ↑138% ($2.55)
  • Hint Watermelon Water ↑29% ($3.00)
  • Vita Coco Coconut Water with Pineapple ↑25% ($6.79)
  • 5 GUM Peppermint Cobalt Sugar Free Chewing Gum ↑25% ($2.49)
  • Idahoan Baby Reds with Roasted Garlic & Parmesan Mashed Potatoes ↑24% ($2.02)
Price Down
  • Red Banana ↓42% ($0.63)
  • Pasilla Peppers ↓34% ($1.56)
  • Mexican Papaya ↓27% ($4.81)
  • Bosc Pear ↓21% ($1.04)
  • Sweet Corn ↓21% ($0.66)

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