Pay Less vs Fareway

Pay Less vs Fareway at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Fareway is still cheaper on beverages (3% less).
• For items over $10, Fareway is the cheaper store (6% less on average).
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Pay Less is 3% cheaper.
• The same 15-product basket costs $56.93 at Pay Less and $57.84 at Fareway.

How far apart Pay Less and Fareway prices are

• Within 10%: 1,421 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 1,087 items
• More than 25% apart: 548 items
• Typical gap: 11% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at Pay LessStarbucks Pike Place Medium Roast Ground Coffee$7.99 vs $14.99 at Fareway — save $7.00

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  Biggest saving at FarewayBOOST Original Very Vanilla 10g Protein Nutritional Drinks - 12 pk$10.48 vs $18.99 at Pay Less — save $8.51

The same basket at Pay Less and Fareway

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Pay Less and Fareway.

Pay Less is $0.91 cheaper on this basket.

Pay Less vs Fareway prices by aisle

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

Pay Less vs Fareway 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: Pay Less vs Fareway

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

Ingredient score	Pay Less	Fareway	CheaperGap
Score A423 items	$4.16	$4.19	Pay Less · 1%
Score AB762 items	$4.46	$4.63	Pay Less · 4%
Score B1,057 items	$4.73	$4.79	Pay Less · 1%
Score C1,082 items	$5.32	$5.36	Pay Less · 1%

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