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Smith's Food and Drug vs Festival Foods

As of November 11, 2026, Smith's Food and Drug is cheaper. You'd pay about 3% less for the same groceries at Smith's Food and Drug than at Festival Foods.

Smith's Food and Drug vs Festival Foods at a glance

  • It's not a clean sweep: Festival Foods is still cheaper on beverages (2% less).
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Smith's Food and Drug is 3% cheaper.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $66.42 at Smith's Food and Drug and $66.65 at Festival Foods.

Smith's Food and Drug vs Festival Foods: 3,966 products compared

  • Smith's Food and Drug: cheaper on 2,125 items — overall winner on average price
  • Festival Foods: beats Smith's Food and Drug on 1,353 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 488 items

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How much you'd save at Smith's Food and Drug

  • Average prices: $5.15 at Smith's Food and Drug vs $5.29 at Festival Foods
  • Basket savings: save about $2.80 on a 20-item basket at Smith's Food and Drug (14¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 14¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Smith's Food and Drug and Festival Foods prices are

  • Within 10%: 1,190 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 1,543 items
  • More than 25% apart: 745 items
  • Typical gap: 13.2% per item, where the prices differ
  • Vital Proteins UnFlavor Collagen Peptides Powder

    Biggest saving at Smith's Food and DrugVital Proteins UnFlavor Collagen Peptides Powder$24.99 vs $41.99 at Festival Foods — save $17.00

  • Bausch + Lomb Ocuvite Adult 50+ Eye Vitamin & Mineral Supplement Softgels

    Biggest saving at Festival FoodsBausch + Lomb Ocuvite Adult 50+ Eye Vitamin & Mineral Supplement Softgels$15.99 vs $26.49 at Smith's Food and Drug — save $10.50

The same basket at Smith's Food and Drug and Festival Foods

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Smith's Food and Drug and Festival Foods.

ProductSmith's Food and DrugFestival Foods
Daisy Squeezable Sour Cream 14 Ounces$3.39$1.99
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$3.79$3.99
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.74$0.89
Nutella Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa$5.79$5.99
Thomas' Original English Muffins$4.59$4.99
Coca-Cola Soda Cans$11.99$10.99
El Monterey Beef and Bean Burrito, Family size 8 pack/ 32 oz$6.29$7.49
Alani Nu Pink Slush Sugar Free Energy Drink Can$2.99$2.99
Dave's Killer Bread Organic 21 Whole Grains & Seeds Bread 27 Ounces$6.79$7.39
Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bars 12 Pack$2.50$3.49
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$3.59$2.99
Eggo Buttermilk Waffles - 10 ct Frozen$3.00$3.29
belVita Blueberry Breakfast Bars Biscuits$4.99$3.99
Star Kist Tuna, In Water, Chunk Light 5 Oz$1.29$1.19
Spam, Classic 12 Oz$4.69$4.99
Total$66.42$66.65

Smith's Food and Drug is $0.23 cheaper on this basket.

Smith's Food and Drug vs Festival Foods prices by aisle

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

AisleSmith's Food and DrugFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Fresh produce36 items$2.85$3.71Smith's Food and Drug · 23%
Ready meals572 items$4.27$4.66Smith's Food and Drug · 8%
Meat242 items$6.00$6.48Smith's Food and Drug · 7%
Snacks706 items$5.11$5.32Smith's Food and Drug · 4%
Bakery191 items$4.92$5.05Smith's Food and Drug · 3%
Dairy395 items$4.21$4.32Smith's Food and Drug · 3%
Beverages843 items$6.29$6.19Festival Foods · 2%
Frozen156 items$5.56$5.69Smith's Food and Drug · 2%
Pantry728 items$4.16$4.25Smith's Food and Drug · 2%
Baby food42 items$4.08$4.13Smith's Food and Drug · 1%

Smith's Food and Drug 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 levelSmith's Food and DrugFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Under $3918 items$2.03$2.17Smith's Food and Drug · 6%
$3 to $102,758 items$5.23$5.41Smith's Food and Drug · 3%
Over $10290 items$14.19$14.10Festival Foods · 1%

Healthier groceries: Smith's Food and Drug vs Festival Foods

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

Ingredient scoreSmith's Food and DrugFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Score A560 items$4.79$4.81Same
Score AB963 items$4.89$5.14Smith's Food and Drug · 5%
Score B1,282 items$5.22$5.34Smith's Food and Drug · 2%
Score C1,161 items$5.46$5.61Smith's Food and Drug · 3%

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

Where Smith's Food and Drug and Festival Foods rank on price

  • Smith's Food and Drug: #28 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 45 of the 74 stores it's compared with, prices about 4% below theirs on average.
  • Festival Foods: #34 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 40 of the 74 stores it's compared with, prices about 2% below theirs on average.

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