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Price Chopper vs Market Basket

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

Price Chopper vs Market Basket at a glance

  • It's not a clean sweep: Price Chopper is cheaper in 2 of 9 aisles, led by meat (3% less).
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Market Basket is 4% cheaper.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $62.70 at Market Basket and $70.95 at Price Chopper.

Price Chopper vs Market Basket: 3,294 products compared

  • Market Basket: cheaper on 1,933 items — overall winner on average price
  • Price Chopper: beats Market Basket on 1,289 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 72 items

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How much you'd save at Market Basket

  • Average prices: $4.99 at Market Basket vs $5.21 at Price Chopper
  • Basket savings: save about $4.40 on a 20-item basket at Market Basket (22¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 22¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Price Chopper and Market Basket prices are

  • Within 10%: 1,239 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 1,269 items
  • More than 25% apart: 714 items
  • Typical gap: 14.2% per item, where the prices differ
  • Badia Ground Black Pepper, 16 oz

    Biggest saving at Price ChopperBadia Ground Black Pepper, 16 oz$8.09 vs $15.84 at Market Basket — save $7.75

  • Nature's Bounty Glucosamine Chondroitin, Capsules

    Biggest saving at Market BasketNature's Bounty Glucosamine Chondroitin, Capsules$20.99 vs $29.69 at Price Chopper — save $8.70

The same basket at Price Chopper and Market Basket

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

ProductPrice ChopperMarket Basket
Daisy Squeezable Sour Cream 14 Ounces$2.79$3.35
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$7.09$3.89
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$1.09$0.83
Nutella Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa$5.39$6.29
Thomas' Original English Muffins$5.69$4.82
Coca-Cola Soda Cans$10.49$10.07
El Monterey Beef and Bean Burrito, Family size 8 pack/ 32 oz$9.29$5.99
King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls, 12 Count$2.49$3.99
Alani Nu Pink Slush Sugar Free Energy Drink Can$3.49$2.61
Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bars 12 Pack$2.99$4.49
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$3.99$2.99
Eggo Buttermilk Waffles - 10 ct Frozen$4.09$2.99
belVita Blueberry Breakfast Bars Biscuits$5.29$4.49
Star Kist Tuna, In Water, Chunk Light 5 Oz$1.69$1.29
Spam 25% Less Sodium Meat 12 Oz$5.09$4.61
Total$70.95$62.70

Market Basket is $8.25 cheaper on this basket.

Price Chopper vs Market Basket prices by aisle

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

AislePrice ChopperMarket BasketCheaperGap
Ready meals664 items$4.79$4.40Market Basket · 8%
Dairy210 items$4.94$4.62Market Basket · 7%
Bakery166 items$4.92$4.61Market Basket · 6%
Pantry802 items$4.00$3.77Market Basket · 6%
Beverages528 items$6.29$6.08Market Basket · 3%
Meat140 items$6.24$6.43Price Chopper · 3%
Snacks492 items$5.08$4.93Market Basket · 3%
Frozen93 items$5.51$5.55Price Chopper · 1%
Baby food42 items$5.88$5.87Same

Price Chopper 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 levelPrice ChopperMarket BasketCheaperGap
Under $3790 items$2.23$2.04Market Basket · 9%
$3 to $102,280 items$5.37$5.09Market Basket · 5%
Over $10224 items$14.09$14.39Price Chopper · 2%

Healthier groceries: Price Chopper vs Market Basket

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

Ingredient scorePrice ChopperMarket BasketCheaperGap
Score A474 items$4.49$4.27Market Basket · 5%
Score AB609 items$4.72$4.56Market Basket · 3%
Score B1,035 items$5.20$4.94Market Basket · 5%
Score C1,176 items$5.77$5.55Market Basket · 4%

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

Where Price Chopper and Market Basket rank on price

  • Market Basket: #45 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 26 of the 71 stores it's compared with, prices about 1% above theirs on average.
  • Price Chopper: #54 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 21 of the 74 stores it's compared with, prices about 5% above theirs on average.

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