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Weekly Recap

Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Jul 28–Aug 3

We compared Sacramento grocery prices from Jul 28–Aug 3 against the week before, on products priced at the same store in both weeks. Snacks rose 0.4% and health & beauty fell 0.4%, the largest moves of 10 departments.

100K+
prices checked
71K+
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, Jul 28–Aug 3 against the week before
Snacks
+0.4%
Household
+0.4%
Pantry
+0.3%
Frozen
+0.3%
Dairy & Eggs
+0.2%
Beverages
+0.1%
Produce
0.0%
Meat & Seafood
-0.1%
Bakery
-0.1%
Health & Beauty
-0.4%

Top deals this week

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

Product Store Sale Regular Off
Mr Pibb 20fz - 20 FZ Safeway $0.99 $3.29 70% off
Mr Pibb Zero Sugar 20fz - 20 FZ Safeway $0.99 $3.29 70% off
Pepsi Prebiotic Cola FoodMaxx $0.99 $3.29 70% off
Pepsi Prebiotic Cherry Vanilla Cola FoodMaxx $0.99 $3.29 70% off
Peteys Bing Citrus Energizing Juice - 12 FZ Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Bing Crisp Drink Apple & Cherry Juice - 12 Fl. Oz. Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Bing Beverage Made with Bing Cherry Juice - 12 Fl. Oz. Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Bing Black Drink Blackberry Juice - 12 Fl. Oz. Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Peteys Bing Blu Drink - 12 oz Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Barefoot Cellars Moscato White Wine Tetra - 200 ML 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
Safeway 11,997 45.7%
Foods Co. 7,528 33.1%
FoodMaxx 13,401 25.5%
Sprouts 6,819 21.9%
99 Ranch Market 2,264 16%
Whole Foods 3,614 15.2%
Smart & Final 8,660 13.9%
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 9,133 11.7%
Rancho San Miguel 8,666 0.9%
Trader Joe's 3,043 0%

Produce spotlight

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

Price Up
  • Green Jalapeno Pepper ↑43% ($2.87)
  • Yellow Onions ↑38% ($2.14)
  • Mexican Papaya ↑37% ($6.59)
  • Green Okra ↑36% ($8.49)
  • Green Kale ↑27% ($2.09)
Price Down
  • Roma Tomatoes ↓40% ($0.99)
  • Organic Fuji Apple ↓38% ($1.29)
  • Mott's Strawberry Applesauce ↓25% ($2.66)
  • Bolthouse Farms Banana Honey Protein Shake ↓25% ($3.00)
  • Red Bell Pepper ↓23% ($2.25)

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