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Weekly Recap

Sacramento Grocery Prices: Week of Aug 25–Aug 31

We compared Sacramento grocery prices from Aug 25–Aug 31 against the week before, on products priced at the same store in both weeks. Bakery rose 0.6%, the largest move of 10 departments.

98K+
prices checked
71K+
products
17
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, Aug 25–Aug 31 against the week before
Bakery
+0.6%
Meat & Seafood
+0.5%
Snacks
+0.5%
Dairy & Eggs
+0.4%
Produce
+0.3%
Frozen
+0.2%
Pantry
+0.1%
Household
+0.1%
Health & Beauty
+0.1%
Beverages
0.0%

Top deals this week

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

Product Store Sale Regular Off
Sprouts Organic Vegan Gummi Sour Mix Sprouts $4.24 $16.99 75% off
HD Grills Plastic Marinade Squeeze Bottle Foods Co. $1.99 $7.99 75% off
Mr Pibb 20fz - 20 FZ Safeway $0.99 $3.29 70% 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
Peteys Bing Blu Drink - 12 oz Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Peteys Bing Citrus Energizing Juice - 12 FZ Safeway $1.00 $2.99 67% off
Bing Beverage Made with Bing 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 126 100%
Safeway 11,928 47.4%
FoodMaxx 13,312 25.4%
Sprouts 7,098 25%
Foods Co. 892 24.7%
99 Ranch Market 2,237 18.1%
Whole Foods 3,662 15.1%
Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op 9,094 14.4%
Smart & Final 9,434 13.3%
Target 5,857 9.5%
Oto's Marketplace 66 9.1%
Rancho San Miguel 7,277 1.1%
Trader Joe's 3,088 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 ↑64% ($3.92)
  • Rutabaga ↑48% ($3.94)
  • Cucumber ↑38% ($0.96)
  • Dole Mandarin Oranges ↑31% ($10.15)
  • Organic Black Seedless Grapes ↑31% ($9.17)
Price Down
  • Parsnip ↓37% ($1.98)
  • Shallot ↓34% ($1.99)
  • Apples (Gala) ↓33% ($4.17)
  • Red Potatoes ↓31% ($1.17)
  • Budget Saver Cherry Mango Monster Pops ↓30% ($2.65)

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