Amazon vs Smith's Food and Drug

Amazon vs Smith's Food and Drug at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Amazon is still cheaper on baby food (6% less).
• For items under $3, Amazon is the cheaper store (5% less on average).
• The same 15-product basket costs $49.15 at Amazon and $51.86 at Smith's Food and Drug.
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Smith's Food and Drug is 18% cheaper.

How far apart Amazon and Smith's Food and Drug prices are

• Within 10%: 256 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 315 items
• More than 25% apart: 241 items
• Typical gap: 14.9% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at AmazonBetterbody Foods Organic Cacao Powder$17.99 vs $25.49 at Smith's Food and Drug — save $7.50

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  Biggest saving at Smith's Food and DrugAunt Sue's Raw & Unfiltered Pure Wildflower Honey$11.29 vs $21.50 at Amazon — save $10.21

The same basket at Amazon and Smith's Food and Drug

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Amazon and Smith's Food and Drug.

Amazon is $2.71 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Amazon vs Smith's Food and Drug prices by aisle

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

Amazon vs Smith's Food and Drug 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.

Healthier groceries: Amazon vs Smith's Food and Drug

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

Ingredient score	Amazon	Smith's Food and Drug	CheaperGap
Score A240 items	$6.75	$5.59	Smith's Food and Drug · 17%
Score AB230 items	$6.05	$4.89	Smith's Food and Drug · 19%
Score B176 items	$5.55	$4.67	Smith's Food and Drug · 16%
Score C197 items	$8.61	$8.08	Smith's Food and Drug · 6%

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