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Publix vs Giant Food Stores

As of October 20, 2026, Giant Food Stores is cheaper. You'd pay about 14% less for the same groceries at Giant Food Stores than at Publix.

Publix vs Giant Food Stores at a glance

  • Giant Food Stores is cheaper in all 8 aisles we compared.
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Giant Food Stores is 13% cheaper.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $56.49 at Giant Food Stores and $71.97 at Publix.

Publix vs Giant Food Stores: 4,425 products compared

  • Giant Food Stores: cheaper on 3,591 items — overall winner on average price
  • Publix: beats Giant Food Stores on 820 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 14 items

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How much you'd save at Giant Food Stores

  • Average prices: $5.27 at Giant Food Stores vs $6.10 at Publix
  • Basket savings: save about $16.60 on a 20-item basket at Giant Food Stores (83¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 83¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Publix and Giant Food Stores prices are

  • Within 10%: 1,439 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 1,820 items
  • More than 25% apart: 1,152 items
  • Typical gap: 16.2% per item, where the prices differ
  • BOOST Original Very Vanilla 10g Protein Nutritional Drinks - 12 pk

    Biggest saving at PublixBOOST Original Very Vanilla 10g Protein Nutritional Drinks - 12 pk$10.99 vs $19.99 at Giant Food Stores — save $9.00

  • Premier Protein 30g Protein Shake, Café Latte, 30g Protein, 11 Fl Oz, 12 Count

    Biggest saving at Giant Food StoresPremier Protein 30g Protein Shake, Café Latte, 30g Protein, 11 Fl Oz, 12 Count$31.29 vs $50.69 at Publix — save $19.40

The same basket at Publix and Giant Food Stores

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

ProductPublixGiant Food Stores
Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls Refrigerated Canned Pastry Dough$4.45$3.00
Kraft Singles American Cheese Slices 16 Count$6.09$3.49
Gatorade Thirst Quencher Orange Sports Drink Bottle$2.77$2.39
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.83$0.99
Celsius Energy Drink Sparkling Orange 12 Fl Oz$3.19$2.49
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$5.09$3.59
Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toaster Pastries$4.99$3.89
Pop-Tarts Frosted Strawberry Toaster Pastries$4.99$3.89
Ritz Fresh Stacks The Original Crackers 11.8 Oz$5.19$4.49
Nissin Ramen Noodle Soup, Hot & Spicy, Chicken$1.87$1.00
Jimmy Dean Bacon Egg & Cheese Breakfast Bowl 7 Ounces$3.31$3.50
Nature Valley Protein Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Bars 5 Pk$6.87$5.59
Hormel Original Pepperoni 6 Oz$6.09$4.79
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$4.25$3.00
Gorton's Beer Battered Fish Fillets 10 Count$11.99$10.39
Total$71.97$56.49

Giant Food Stores is $15.48 cheaper on this basket.

Publix vs Giant Food Stores prices by aisle

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

AislePublixGiant Food StoresCheaperGap
Frozen64 items$8.78$7.39Giant Food Stores · 16%
Bakery323 items$6.02$5.12Giant Food Stores · 15%
Beverages684 items$7.01$5.98Giant Food Stores · 15%
Ready meals683 items$5.68$4.82Giant Food Stores · 15%
Meat295 items$7.82$6.68Giant Food Stores · 15%
Snacks832 items$6.34$5.40Giant Food Stores · 15%
Dairy479 items$5.51$4.92Giant Food Stores · 11%
Pantry1,018 items$5.23$4.69Giant Food Stores · 10%

Publix vs Giant Food Stores 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 levelPublixGiant Food StoresCheaperGap
Under $3690 items$2.45$2.06Giant Food Stores · 16%
$3 to $103,371 items$5.95$5.13Giant Food Stores · 14%
Over $10364 items$14.41$12.68Giant Food Stores · 12%

Healthier groceries: Publix vs Giant Food Stores

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

Ingredient scorePublixGiant Food StoresCheaperGap
Score A523 items$5.94$5.22Giant Food Stores · 12%
Score AB1,240 items$6.03$5.26Giant Food Stores · 13%
Score B1,398 items$6.06$5.19Giant Food Stores · 14%
Score C1,264 items$6.28$5.40Giant Food Stores · 14%

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

Where Publix and Giant Food Stores rank on price

  • Giant Food Stores: #26 of 49 stores. Cheaper than 24 of the 48 stores it's compared with, prices about 2% below theirs on average.
  • Publix: #49 of 49 stores. Cheaper than 0 of the 48 stores it's compared with, prices about 16% above theirs on average.

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