Smith's Food and Drug vs Giant Food Stores

Smith's Food and Drug vs Giant Food Stores at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Giant Food Stores is cheaper in 2 of 10 aisles, led by baby food (3% less).
• The same 15-product basket costs $53.39 at Giant Food Stores and $55.47 at Smith's Food and Drug.
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Smith's Food and Drug is 1% cheaper.

How far apart Smith's Food and Drug and Giant Food Stores prices are

• Within 10%: 1,529 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 1,873 items
• More than 25% apart: 683 items
• Typical gap: 12.7% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at Smith's Food and DrugPamela's Baking & Pancake Mix$16.79 vs $25.79 at Giant Food Stores — save $9.00

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  Biggest saving at Giant Food StoresNutella & Go! Hazelnut Spread with Pretzel Sticks$12.99 vs $17.99 at Smith's Food and Drug — save $5.00

The same basket at Smith's Food and Drug and Giant Food Stores

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 Giant Food Stores.

Giant Food Stores is $2.08 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Smith's Food and Drug vs Giant Food Stores prices by aisle

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

Smith's Food and Drug 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.

Healthier groceries: Smith's Food and Drug vs Giant Food Stores

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

Ingredient score	Smith's Food and Drug	Giant Food Stores	CheaperGap
Score A697 items	$4.73	$4.80	Smith's Food and Drug · 1%
Score AB1,239 items	$5.25	$5.30	Smith's Food and Drug · 1%
Score B1,417 items	$5.41	$5.42	Same
Score C1,272 items	$5.72	$5.82	Smith's Food and Drug · 2%

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