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Carrs vs Festival Foods

As of November 11, 2026, Festival Foods is cheaper. You'd pay about 21% less for the same groceries at Festival Foods than at Carrs.

Carrs vs Festival Foods at a glance

  • Festival Foods is cheaper in all 8 aisles we compared.
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Festival Foods is 21% cheaper.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $68.15 at Festival Foods and $85.77 at Carrs.

Carrs vs Festival Foods: 4,696 products compared

  • Festival Foods: cheaper on 3,911 items — overall winner on average price
  • Carrs: beats Festival Foods on 533 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 252 items

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How much you'd save at Festival Foods

  • Average prices: $5.03 at Festival Foods vs $6.39 at Carrs
  • Basket savings: save about $27.20 on a 20-item basket at Festival Foods ($1.36 less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average $1.36 price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Carrs and Festival Foods prices are

  • Within 10%: 680 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 1,886 items
  • More than 25% apart: 1,878 items
  • Typical gap: 22.1% per item, where the prices differ
  • State Fair Classic Corn Dogs 6 Count

    Biggest saving at CarrsState Fair Classic Corn Dogs 6 Count$6.99 vs $12.49 at Festival Foods — save $5.50

  • Core Power Protein Shake, Vanilla, 26g Bottle, 14oz, 12 Pack

    Biggest saving at Festival FoodsCore Power Protein Shake, Vanilla, 26g Bottle, 14oz, 12 Pack$38.99 vs $74.99 at Carrs — save $36.00

The same basket at Carrs and Festival Foods

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Carrs and Festival Foods.

ProductCarrsFestival Foods
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$4.49$3.99
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$1.00$0.89
Almond Breeze Dairy Free Unsweetened Original Almond Milk Half Gallon$3.99$3.49
Nutella Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa$7.49$5.99
Thomas' Original English Muffins$5.29$4.99
Coca-Cola Soda Cans$14.99$10.99
El Monterey Beef and Bean Burrito, Family size 8 pack/ 32 oz$7.49$7.49
Alani Nu Pink Slush Sugar Free Energy Drink Can$3.00$2.99
Dave's Killer Bread Organic 21 Whole Grains & Seeds Bread 27 Ounces$9.49$7.39
Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bars 12 Pack$6.79$3.49
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$5.49$2.99
Eggo Buttermilk Waffles - 10 ct Frozen$3.49$3.29
belVita Blueberry Breakfast Bars Biscuits$5.99$3.99
Star Kist Tuna, In Water, Chunk Light 5 Oz$1.79$1.19
Spam, Classic 12 Oz$4.99$4.99
Total$85.77$68.15

Festival Foods is $17.62 cheaper on this basket.

Carrs vs Festival Foods prices by aisle

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

AisleCarrsFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Bakery196 items$6.97$5.19Festival Foods · 26%
Frozen217 items$7.75$5.73Festival Foods · 26%
Pantry917 items$5.68$4.31Festival Foods · 24%
Ready meals830 items$6.11$4.74Festival Foods · 22%
Beverages970 items$7.12$5.67Festival Foods · 20%
Snacks843 items$6.34$5.09Festival Foods · 20%
Dairy438 items$5.25$4.32Festival Foods · 18%
Meat237 items$7.86$6.67Festival Foods · 15%

Carrs vs Festival Foods 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 levelCarrsFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Under $3798 items$2.38$2.01Festival Foods · 15%
$3 to $103,540 items$6.41$4.99Festival Foods · 22%
Over $10358 items$15.17$12.17Festival Foods · 20%

Healthier groceries: Carrs vs Festival Foods

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

Ingredient scoreCarrsFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Score A698 items$6.27$4.86Festival Foods · 22%
Score AB1,159 items$6.50$5.19Festival Foods · 20%
Score B1,487 items$6.17$4.87Festival Foods · 21%
Score C1,352 items$6.61$5.16Festival Foods · 22%

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

Where Carrs and Festival Foods rank on price

  • Festival Foods: #34 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 40 of the 74 stores it's compared with, prices about 2% below theirs on average.
  • Carrs: #78 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 1 of the 74 stores it's compared with, prices about 23% above theirs on average.

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