Where to Find the Best Deals on Grocery Staples This Week
Pantry staples are more expensive than ever. Here’s where to get the best prices on your grocery essentials this week!
The cost of groceries is at an all-time high, and it looks like high food prices are here to stay. As a result, many families struggle to put food on the table while keeping their grocery bills in check.
Since food is essential and there’s not much we can do about rising prices, it’s more important than ever to shop for groceries as strategically as possible.
For some, that may mean shopping at multiple grocery stores to get the lowest possible price on every item.
If you don’t have many grocery stores near you, your strategy may involve choosing the retailer with the best prices of the week and making just one trip to save on gas.
No matter what your money-saving strategy is, it will require some planning, and we’re here to help!
Below, we’ve shared this week’s price comparisons for pantry staples and other grocery essentials at four popular retailers. The information can help you plan your grocery shopping for the week.
Remember that some retailers aren’t available in all areas of the country, and prices may vary by region. To account for this, various team members check pricing from coast to coast, and we share the current national average every week.
We hope this list helps you develop a grocery shopping strategy to maximize your food budget, whether visiting multiple stores to save the most money or consolidating trips to save on time and travel expenses.
Here’s the cost of pantry staples & other grocery essentials at four popular retailers this week:
Eggs
- ALDI – Goldhen 12-Count Grade A Large Eggs $3.09 – lowest price of the week!
- Kroger – Kroger Brand 12-Count Grade A Large Eggs $3.14
- Walmart – Great Value 12-Count Grade A Large Eggs $3.55
- Target – Good and Gather 12-Count Grade A Large Eggs $3.79
Milk
- Walmart – Great Value 1-Gallon Whole Milk $2.64 – lowest price of the week!
- Kroger – Kroger Brand 1-Gallon Whole Milk $2.89
- Target – Good and Gather 1-Gallon Whole Milk $3.29
- ALDI – Friendly Farms 1-Gallon Whole Milk $3.59
Bread
- Walmart – Great Value White Sandwich Bread $1.42 – lowest price of the week!
- Kroger – Smart Way Enriched White Bread $1.49
- ALDI – L’Oven fresh White Sandwich Bread $1.55
- Target – Market Pantry Sandwich Bread $1.89
Butter
- Kroger – Land O Lakes Salted Butter Half Sticks 1lb $3.49 w/the weekly digital coupon – lowest price of the week
- ALDI – Countryside Creamery 1lb Salted Butter $3.94
- Target – Good and Gather 1lb Salted Butter $4.24
- Walmart – Great Value Sweet Cream Salted Butter 16oz $4.26
Water
- Target – Good and Gather 24-Pack Bottled Water 16.9oz $3.54 – lowest price of the week!
- Walmart – Great Value 24-Pack Bottled Water 16.9oz $3.64
- ALDI – Puraqua 24-Pack Bottled Water 16.9oz $3.65
- Kroger – Purified Bottled Drinking Water 24-Pack 16.9oz $3.99*
*Kroger’s 40-pack of water is also $3.99 with the weekly digital coupon through 11/19, making it the best buy of the week per bottle!
All-Purpose Flour
- ALDI – Baker’s Corner All Purpose Flour 5lb Bag $1.99 – lowest price of the week!
- Walmart – Great Value All-Purpose Flour 5lb Bag $2.37
- Target – Market Pantry All-Purpose Flour 5lb Bag $2.59
- Kroger – Kroger Bleached All Purpose Enriched Flour 5lb bag $2.69
Granulated Sugar
- Kroger – Smart Way Granulated Sugar 4lb Bag $3.09 – lowest price of the week!
- ALDI – Granulated Sugar 4lb Bag $3.10
- Walmart – Great Value Pure Granulated Sugar 4lb Bag $3.14
- Target – Good & Gather Granulated Sugar 4lb Bag $3.39
Peanut Butter
- Target – Good & Gather Creamy Peanut Butter 40oz $3.49 – lowest price of the week!
- Walmart – Great Value Creamy Peanut Butter 40oz $3.98
- Kroger – Kroger Creamy Peanut Butter 40oz $3.99
- ALDI – Peanut Delight Creamy Peanut Butter 40oz $4.35
Pasta
- Target – Good & Gather Spaghetti 32oz $1.89 – lowest price of the week!
- Walmart – Great Value Spaghetti 32oz $1.92
- Kroger – Kroger Spaghetti 32oz $1.99
- ALDI – Reggano Spaghetti 32oz $2.09
White Rice
- Kroger – Kroger Enriched Long Grain White Rice 2lb Bag $1.50 (75¢ per lb.) – lowest price of the week per pound!
- ALDI – Earthy Grains Long Grain White Rice 3lb Bag $2.49 (83¢ per lb.)
- Walmart – Great Value Long Grain Enriched Rice 2lb Bag $1.77 (89¢ per lb.)
- Target – Good & Gather Enriched Long Grain White Rice 2lb Bag $1.89 (95¢ per lb.)
Thank you for posting these deals to save us money, every penny saved helps. I have found Aldi’s has great prices overall. Other places I shop to save money are The Grocery Outlet, Sam’s Club, the 99 Cent Store, and The Dollar Tree.
You’re so welcome, Maria, and I definitely agree that every little bit helps! 💕🤗 Thanks so much for sharing all the stores you shop at to score the best deals near you!
Trader Joe’s has the cheapest eggs in my area. They were $1.79 for a dozen when I was there last week. Milk was reasonable priced too.
Oh wow! Thanks so much for letting us know about those prices, Theresa. Great prices for staple items! 🎉💕
Agree. TJ’s eggs in Grand Rapids MI are $2.49 which is cheapest in town
really like this
Thank you for this!!! We all have to save now…
You’re welcome, Vikky! 💕
Thank you for posting these!
You’re welcome, JLM! 💗
Thanks for all the work on this!!
You’re very welcome, Michelle! 💖
If you use 2 percent milk, you can save HALF the price. All milks are the same price, so mix 4 percent/whole milk half and half with water. I use filtered and boiled water (cooled) to be sure it’s clean and safe. I’ve been doing this for about a year now. I also only buy milk on sale and freeze enough to last until the next sale – usually every 3 weeks.
Such a great “hack,” Holly. Thanks for sharing how you make your own 2% milk and make it last! 🥛🤗
You may have misread her comment.
This is not a hack for getting 2% milk.
It’s a bad idea.
But now you only have half the protein and calcium per serving.
Exactly. You’re watering down the nutrition in the milk. I’ll save on a lot of things, but I’m not going to shortchange the natural nutrition in a product.
That’s not how it works. You’d need to mix 4% milk with 0% fat free milk to get 2% milk.
Mixing milk with water, gives you water with milk in it. 2% fat, yes, but it’s no longer MILK.
It’s ok if that’s what you like to have, but just know you are only getting HALF the the calcium, vitamin D, and protein of actual milk, no matter what type of milk you buy.
Milk is a great value for getting those nutrients, if you like milk.
Please don’t give watered down milk to children, especially.
great post! Yes, definitely varies by region. I will say my Aldi has had white bread for 50¢ a loaf for maybe 6+ months now!
Thanks so much for the kind comment about the post, Ashlie. 💕 Sure appreciate the heads up on the bread pricing at your Aldi location – that’s an amazing deal! 🍞🤗
Wow 🤯 that’s amazing 🤩.
Yep I just scored on some these as well. Thank you
You’re most welcome, sheilaann! 💞
Thank you for posting these weekly grocery deals it’s so helpful.
You’re very welcome, lauramolina! 💞
Wow I’m surprised that ALDIs prices are higher!
In my town Walmart is 10-20% higher than Aldi.
Thank you for these comparison prices!
You’re so welcome! 💕
Will you ever add in Albertsons prices? I find they have great deals as well
Thanks so much for this Albertsons suggestion – good to know they have great sales there too. ❤️ I’ll be sure to share this with the team. 🤗
Albertsons by far has the best prices in my area for meat, cheese and the front page big sales. Im just worried because they got bought out by Kroger and our news was saying they will be closing all stores if the when the buy out is complete. Our store manager who is super nice, just said he cant talk about it and employees who will talk say they are worried. I wont just miss the 1.99 chicken and hamburger and .50 sales but the bakery items, they have way better chocolate chip cookies and french bread then Kroger.
I would love an updates on what is happening with albertsons/safeway. Last week what I bought at albertsons for $61, would have been $178 at Kroger. We have no Aldi
I would love it if you could expand on this to include organic, gluten free, and keto foods. I have to eat differently and especially need good deals! We also use Kerrygold butter so I am ALWAYS seeking a good deal for stocking up on it.
Thanks a bunch for sharing what kind of pantry and food deals you’re on the hunt for, Amy. ❤️ I’ll be sure to pass your suggestion along to the team! 🤗
Costco’s store-brand version of Kerrygold is reportedly nearly identical, according to online reviews of it.
Thank you. My area the Walgreens usually has the cheapest water at 2 for $7 but lots of sales for 2.99 also.
You’re very welcome, Shawna! 💖
Great post! Ty.
You’re so welcome, kristini! 🥰
Thank you for the grocery deals. Every time I turn around I’m paying more at the supermarkets.
You’re very welcome, Kathie. Hoping this and other grocery-related deals we share are helping keep a bit more money in your pocket! 🤞💕
I love this because I’m always looking for the best grocery prices. I can share that, yesterday, in MN, I bought butter at Kwik Trip. $2.99 per pound, plus there was a 50 cents off coupon in app, and I got 5% more off by using the Kwik Trip debit card. It’s the cheapest I’ve seen butter!
WOW! Nice score on butter near you, Angie. 🧈🎉 Glad to know you enjoy these grocery posts. 💕
Please post more grocery deals. They are at an all time high and we need to save $
We’ll continue to keep an eye out for the best prices, Jennifer. You can also bookmark/save our groceries category page linked here, to check back often to see the newest deals that have been posted. ❤️
What about dollar tree? Hey have way batter prices for some like bread.
Oh yes! Thanks for mentioning that, Pwg! ❤️🤗 Another great option!🍞
These Walmart savings help a lot. Along with the Walmart + assist program really help people like me on government assistance stretch the dollar.
Thanks for sharing how your able to save even more with Walmart, Rosie! 🙌💖
I love this- it’s a lot to ask, but I would really appreciate a list of cheapest organic deals. I don’t buy organic butter usually, but when we can afford it or find good deals we prefer to buy organic yogurt and milk, peanut butter and sugar.
Thanks for sharing your suggestion, Jessica! We appreciate the feedback on what type of products you’re on the hunt for – I’ll be sure to pass this along to our team. Glad to hear you find those organic deals helpful! 🌱✨
It’s the little things that count….Love seeing the best places to save ( and this whole site) I hope you continue to do this on a regular weekly basis. We all need to save a buck here and there 🙂 Thank you
You’re very welcome, Debra, and thank YOU for the sweet comment and support. Glad to hear you’re loving all the Hip deals! 🎉❤️
It would be great if you could include Safeway/Albertson’s deals as well. This week alone Value corner milk is $2.27 a gallon. All varieties. Pasta is $1.29 per box. General mills cereals, granola bars , breakfast bars and snacks are $1.99 each. So many great deals especially if you use their app.
Thanks for the suggestion and sharing some great deals you’ve spotted this week at Safeway/Albertson’s, Mama6. 💓 I’ll be sure to pass this along to the team!
Who makes the store brand products? The store themselves or do they contract with the major brand companies?
I have really been surprised with Target’s prices lately on food. Hope they keep it up.
We’re hoping they keep the savings going too, Ihearthip! 🎯❤️
Walmart in DFW area just went to 11.08 for the double 18 pack of eggs (36 eggs). Crazy!
I paid 6.83 for the same exact ones at the same Walmart 9 days ago.
WOW! That’s definitely a significant price increase on eggs, especially for the same location and store. Thanks for the heads up on what price you’re seeing, Sharon. ❤️
The cost of basic items is getting scary, with no end in sight.
This is the kind of content we need! Thank you
Even posting best grocery deals of each store’s weekly ad would be amazing. “Target’s best deals this week include …,”
You’re welcome, Brittany! ❤️ Thanks a bunch for the feedback and suggestion. I’ll be sure to pass this along to the team. 🤗 In the meantime, you can find other grocery savings here and Target deals here, if that may be helpful! Happy saving!
Part of our weekly ad deal for Kroger has 18 ct eggs for 1.99
Thanks, Dana. I see a note at the top of the post with the eggs about that coupon being available for select locations. Such a great price for 18-ct! 🥚🙌
I found eggs for 2.48 at Trader Joe’s last week. Best price I’ve seen lately in Grand Rapids MI
Thanks for letting us know where you’ve spotted the best savings at near you, Hipgrandma. 😊
This may be regional, but I paid $5.12 for Egg-Lands Best 18 count at Walmart. Great Value brand for the same size count was $5.36.
Thanks, Kim! Sure appreciate knowing about the egg prices near you. 🥚💕
Love this type of post! I don’t have Kroger anywhere near me, but it’s interesting to see how often Aldi really isn’t much if any cheaper anymore before they they became “cool” to shop at.
Thanks a bunch for the awesome feedback, Happy Aunt! 💕 We’re so happy to hear you’re loving these posts. Glad they’ve been helpful for comparing prices for Aldi. 🤗
Thank you for getting the prices of stuff I really appreciate it. Hope you guys keep this as a weekly post.
You’re very welcome, Mell! 🎉❤️ Thanks for the happy feedback! 🤗
Too bad we don’t have a krogers. We dierbergs and Shnucks for are grocery stores other than the big chains like aldis, Walmart, Target, tj, and warehouses
And eggs are $5.26 for 2 dozen cage free at our Sam’s.