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Amazon vs Market Basket

As of November 11, 2026, Market Basket is cheaper. You'd pay about 37% less for the same groceries at Market Basket than at Amazon.

Amazon vs Market Basket at a glance

  • It's not a clean sweep: Amazon is still cheaper on baby food (10% less).
  • For items under $3, Amazon is the cheaper store (9% less on average).
  • The same 15-product basket costs $39.48 at Amazon and $42.86 at Market Basket.
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Market Basket is 37% cheaper.

Amazon vs Market Basket: 927 products compared

  • Market Basket: cheaper on 435 items — overall winner on average price
  • Amazon: beats Market Basket on 486 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 6 items

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How much you'd save at Market Basket

  • Average prices: $4.02 at Market Basket vs $6.41 at Amazon
  • Basket savings: save about $47.80 on a 20-item basket at Market Basket ($2.39 less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average $2.39 price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Amazon and Market Basket prices are

  • Within 10%: 172 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 297 items
  • More than 25% apart: 452 items
  • Typical gap: 24.5% per item, where the prices differ
  • Tyson Chicken Fries 26.5oz

    Biggest saving at AmazonTyson Chicken Fries 26.5oz$6.99 vs $12.59 at Market Basket — save $5.60

  • Saltgrass Seven -7- Steak Spice

    Biggest saving at Market BasketSaltgrass Seven -7- Steak Spice$7.76 vs $14.49 at Amazon — save $6.73

The same basket at Amazon and Market Basket

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Amazon and Market Basket.

ProductAmazonMarket Basket
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.96$0.83
Arm & Hammer Baking Soda, 1 lb.$1.52$1.29
Star Kist Tuna, In Water, Chunk Light 5 Oz$1.18$1.29
Hormel Mary Kitchen Corned Beef Hash, 14 oz$3.97$4.71
Chef Boyardee Beefaroni in Tomato and Meat Sauce Ready-to-eat Meal$1.79$1.69
Star Kist Lemon Pepper Tuna 2.6 Oz$1.29$1.69
Ocean Spray Craisins Dried Cranberries, 5 oz$2.49$2.69
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 45 Ounces$5.99$6.49
Bush's Best Bourbon & Brown Sugar Grillin' Beans 22 Oz$2.82$3.66
Nutella & Go! Hazelnut Spread And Breadsticks$2.48$2.40
Gerber Sitter 2nd Foods Turkey And Gravy 2.5 Oz$1.26$1.56
Gerber 2nd Foods Banana Blackberry Blueberry Baby Food 2 Pack$2.19$2.09
Shake 'N Bake Original Pork Seasoned Coating Mix, 2 count, 5 oz$4.23$4.82
Bush's Best Grillin' Beans, Steakhouse Recipe 22 Oz$2.69$3.66
McCormick Pure Lemon Extract 2 Ounces$4.62$3.99
Total$39.48$42.86

Amazon is $3.38 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Amazon vs Market Basket prices by aisle

Average price of the matched products in each aisle, biggest difference first.

AisleAmazonMarket BasketCheaperGap
Pantry734 items$6.74$3.97Market Basket · 41%
Ready meals106 items$3.96$3.37Market Basket · 15%
Baby food30 items$6.07$6.77Amazon · 10%

Amazon vs Market Basket on cheap and pricier items

The same products grouped by what they cost — a store can win on everyday basics and lose on bigger-ticket items, or the other way round.

Price levelAmazonMarket BasketCheaperGap
Under $3265 items$2.02$2.21Amazon · 9%
$3 to $10575 items$6.05$4.38Market Basket · 28%
Over $1087 items$22.17$7.16Market Basket · 68%

Healthier groceries: Amazon vs Market Basket

Matched products grouped by their Labeled ingredient score, from A (cleanest ingredients) to C.

Ingredient scoreAmazonMarket BasketCheaperGap
Score A217 items$6.34$3.98Market Basket · 37%
Score AB212 items$5.86$3.65Market Basket · 38%
Score B223 items$6.22$4.00Market Basket · 36%
Score C275 items$7.04$4.36Market Basket · 38%

Scores come from the Labeled app, which grades each product's ingredients against research from the FDA, EFSA, WHO and others.

Where Amazon and Market Basket rank on price

  • Market Basket: #45 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 26 of the 71 stores it's compared with, prices about 1% above theirs on average.
  • Amazon: #80 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 1 of the 51 stores it's compared with, prices about 34% above theirs on average.

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