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Market Basket vs Festival Foods

As of November 11, 2026, Festival Foods is cheaper. You'd pay about 4% less for the same groceries at Festival Foods than at Market Basket.

Market Basket vs Festival Foods at a glance

  • Festival Foods is cheaper in all 10 aisles we compared.
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Festival Foods is 4% cheaper.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $61.75 at Festival Foods and $62.70 at Market Basket.

Market Basket vs Festival Foods: 3,260 products compared

  • Festival Foods: cheaper on 1,772 items — overall winner on average price
  • Market Basket: beats Festival Foods on 1,365 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 123 items

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How much you'd save at Festival Foods

  • Average prices: $4.56 at Festival Foods vs $4.74 at Market Basket
  • Basket savings: save about $3.60 on a 20-item basket at Festival Foods (18¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 18¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Market Basket and Festival Foods prices are

  • Within 10%: 1,312 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 1,218 items
  • More than 25% apart: 607 items
  • Typical gap: 11.9% per item, where the prices differ
  • Folgers Colombian Ground Coffee, Medium Roast

    Biggest saving at Market BasketFolgers Colombian Ground Coffee, Medium Roast$8.81 vs $15.99 at Festival Foods — save $7.18

  • Pompeian Smooth Extra Virgin Olive Oil Easy Squeeze 25.4 Ounces

    Biggest saving at Festival FoodsPompeian Smooth Extra Virgin Olive Oil Easy Squeeze 25.4 Ounces$8.49 vs $13.99 at Market Basket — save $5.50

The same basket at Market Basket and Festival Foods

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

ProductMarket BasketFestival Foods
Daisy Squeezable Sour Cream 14 Ounces$3.35$1.99
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$3.89$3.99
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.83$0.89
Nutella Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa$6.29$5.99
Thomas' Original English Muffins$4.82$4.99
Coca-Cola Soda Cans$10.07$10.99
El Monterey Beef and Bean Burrito, Family size 8 pack/ 32 oz$5.99$7.49
King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls, 12 Count$3.99$2.49
Alani Nu Pink Slush Sugar Free Energy Drink Can$2.61$2.99
Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bars 12 Pack$4.49$3.49
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$2.99$2.99
Eggo Buttermilk Waffles - 10 ct Frozen$2.99$3.29
belVita Blueberry Breakfast Bars Biscuits$4.49$3.99
Star Kist Tuna, In Water, Chunk Light 5 Oz$1.29$1.19
Spam, Classic 12 Oz$4.61$4.99
Total$62.70$61.75

Festival Foods is $0.95 cheaper on this basket.

Market Basket vs Festival Foods prices by aisle

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

AisleMarket BasketFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Fresh produce32 items$4.18$3.63Festival Foods · 13%
Dairy244 items$4.49$4.06Festival Foods · 10%
Baby food36 items$4.20$3.91Festival Foods · 7%
Frozen96 items$5.66$5.44Festival Foods · 4%
Ready meals693 items$4.40$4.20Festival Foods · 4%
Pantry775 items$3.71$3.56Festival Foods · 4%
Meat152 items$5.81$5.66Festival Foods · 3%
Snacks466 items$4.75$4.65Festival Foods · 2%
Bakery153 items$4.62$4.58Festival Foods · 1%
Beverages536 items$5.84$5.76Festival Foods · 1%

Market Basket 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 levelMarket BasketFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Under $3921 items$2.10$2.04Festival Foods · 3%
$3 to $102,185 items$5.20$5.00Festival Foods · 4%
Over $10154 items$13.86$13.33Festival Foods · 4%

Healthier groceries: Market Basket vs Festival Foods

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

Ingredient scoreMarket BasketFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Score A451 items$4.28$4.03Festival Foods · 6%
Score AB572 items$4.49$4.34Festival Foods · 3%
Score B1,062 items$4.78$4.60Festival Foods · 4%
Score C1,175 items$5.00$4.82Festival Foods · 4%

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

Where Market Basket 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.
  • 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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