Pulled prices from public listings across all 4 retailers the same week. Like-for-like items, no store brand mixing.
The finding that surprised me most: Aldi has chicken breast for $5.37/lb while Target has it at $11.49. That's not a sale — that's just the regular price gap. But then Walmart beats Aldi on ground beef ($6.24 vs $10.98) and eggs. So the "just always shop at Aldi" advice leaves money on the table.
I have been tracking this daily
by swiftbursteli
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I got the data directly from the sites themselves. I used a JS library to help format the table.
Instructions said to cite, the table was taken from my page at: [https://swiftburst.org/price-report](https://swiftburst.org/price-report)
How does location vary this? All of these are within the same zip-code?
You should list quantities for all items. For example, I see chicken breast at Target for significantly less than you listed it here for both set quantities (over a pound) and per pound. So hard to tell what you’re comparing.
Would also be interesting to see it after factoring in discounts. Obviously thats hard to do apples to apples with rotating coupons, so exclude those. Would be worth including the very accessible loyalty cards that give you 5% off everything that several of these retailers offer.