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Giant Food Stores vs Market Basket

As of November 11, 2026, Giant Food Stores is cheaper. You'd pay about 7% less for the same groceries at Giant Food Stores than at Market Basket.

Giant Food Stores vs Market Basket at a glance

  • Giant Food Stores is cheaper in all 10 aisles we compared.
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Giant Food Stores is 9% cheaper.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $62.10 at Giant Food Stores and $62.70 at Market Basket.

Giant Food Stores vs Market Basket: 3,872 products compared

  • Giant Food Stores: cheaper on 2,449 items — overall winner on average price
  • Market Basket: beats Giant Food Stores on 1,247 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 176 items

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How much you'd save at Giant Food Stores

  • Average prices: $4.57 at Giant Food Stores vs $4.91 at Market Basket
  • Basket savings: save about $6.80 on a 20-item basket at Giant Food Stores (34¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 34¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Giant Food Stores and Market Basket prices are

  • Within 10%: 1,343 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 1,558 items
  • More than 25% apart: 795 items
  • Typical gap: 13.4% per item, where the prices differ
  • Premier Protein Vanilla Milkshake 30g 100% Whey Protein Powder

    Biggest saving at Giant Food StoresPremier Protein Vanilla Milkshake 30g 100% Whey Protein Powder$41.79 vs $52.49 at Market Basket — save $10.70

  • Frito-Lay Flavor Mix Variety Pack Snack Chips Multipack - 42 Count

    Biggest saving at Market BasketFrito-Lay Flavor Mix Variety Pack Snack Chips Multipack - 42 Count$19.99 vs $27.79 at Giant Food Stores — save $7.80

The same basket at Giant Food Stores and Market Basket

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

ProductGiant Food StoresMarket Basket
Daisy Squeezable Sour Cream 14 Ounces$2.71$3.35
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$3.59$3.89
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.99$0.83
Nutella Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa$4.00$6.29
Thomas' Original English Muffins$5.69$4.82
Coca-Cola Soda Cans$10.99$10.07
El Monterey Beef and Bean Burrito, Family size 8 pack/ 32 oz$6.49$5.99
King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls, 12 Count$4.99$3.99
Alani Nu Pink Slush Sugar Free Energy Drink Can$2.50$2.61
Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bars 12 Pack$3.33$4.49
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$3.50$2.99
Eggo Buttermilk Waffles - 10 ct Frozen$2.99$2.99
belVita Blueberry Breakfast Bars Biscuits$4.29$4.49
Star Kist Tuna, In Water, Chunk Light 5 Oz$1.25$1.29
Spam 25% Less Sodium Meat 12 Oz$4.79$4.61
Total$62.10$62.70

Giant Food Stores is $0.60 cheaper on this basket.

Giant Food Stores vs Market Basket prices by aisle

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

AisleGiant Food StoresMarket BasketCheaperGap
Meat168 items$5.51$6.51Giant Food Stores · 15%
Baby food80 items$4.97$5.47Giant Food Stores · 9%
Dairy328 items$4.37$4.73Giant Food Stores · 8%
Ready meals756 items$4.00$4.34Giant Food Stores · 8%
Pantry1,008 items$3.68$3.98Giant Food Stores · 8%
Snacks582 items$4.87$5.29Giant Food Stores · 8%
Fresh produce29 items$4.00$4.19Giant Food Stores · 5%
Bakery228 items$4.52$4.68Giant Food Stores · 4%
Beverages608 items$6.10$6.27Giant Food Stores · 3%
Frozen56 items$4.43$4.59Giant Food Stores · 3%

Giant Food Stores 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 levelGiant Food StoresMarket BasketCheaperGap
Under $31,135 items$2.01$2.14Giant Food Stores · 6%
$3 to $102,519 items$4.94$5.29Giant Food Stores · 7%
Over $10218 items$13.57$14.86Giant Food Stores · 9%

Healthier groceries: Giant Food Stores vs Market Basket

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

Ingredient scoreGiant Food StoresMarket BasketCheaperGap
Score A472 items$3.92$4.31Giant Food Stores · 9%
Score AB741 items$4.30$4.71Giant Food Stores · 9%
Score B1,270 items$4.79$5.14Giant Food Stores · 7%
Score C1,389 items$4.73$5.00Giant Food Stores · 5%

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

Where Giant Food Stores and Market Basket rank on price

  • Giant Food Stores: #30 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 45 of the 75 stores it's compared with, prices about 4% below theirs on average.
  • Market Basket: #45 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 26 of the 71 stores it's compared with, prices about 1% above theirs on average.

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