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Stop & Shop vs Festival Foods

As of November 11, 2026, Festival Foods is barely cheaper. You'd pay about 1% less for the same groceries at Festival Foods than at Stop & Shop.

Stop & Shop vs Festival Foods at a glance

  • It's not a clean sweep: Stop & Shop is cheaper in 3 of 10 aisles, led by fresh produce (13% less).
  • For items under $3, Stop & Shop is the cheaper store (3% less on average).
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), the two stores cost the same on average.
  • The same 15-product basket costs $61.75 at Festival Foods and $67.35 at Stop & Shop.

Stop & Shop vs Festival Foods: 4,621 products compared

  • Festival Foods: cheaper on 1,964 items — overall winner on average price
  • Stop & Shop: beats Festival Foods on 1,988 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 669 items

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How much you'd save at Festival Foods

  • Average prices: $5.11 at Festival Foods vs $5.15 at Stop & Shop
  • Basket savings: save about 80¢ on a 20-item basket at Festival Foods (4¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 4¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Stop & Shop and Festival Foods prices are

  • Within 10%: 1,365 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 1,643 items
  • More than 25% apart: 944 items
  • Typical gap: 14% per item, where the prices differ
  • Vital Proteins UnFlavor Collagen Peptides Powder

    Biggest saving at Stop & ShopVital Proteins UnFlavor Collagen Peptides Powder$28.99 vs $41.99 at Festival Foods — save $13.00

  • Nature Made Turmeric Curcumin Capsules

    Biggest saving at Festival FoodsNature Made Turmeric Curcumin Capsules$13.49 vs $25.99 at Stop & Shop — save $12.50

The same basket at Stop & Shop and Festival Foods

The 15 products carried by the most stores we track — no more than two from any aisle — priced at Stop & Shop and Festival Foods.

ProductStop & ShopFestival Foods
Daisy Squeezable Sour Cream 14 Ounces$3.79$1.99
Country Crock Original Vegetable Oil Spread 15 Ounces$2.99$3.99
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.79$0.89
Nutella Hazelnut Spread with Cocoa$5.99$5.99
Thomas' Original English Muffins$5.69$4.99
Coca-Cola Soda Cans$11.49$10.99
El Monterey Beef and Bean Burrito, Family size 8 pack/ 32 oz$6.49$7.49
King's Hawaiian Original Hawaiian Sweet Rolls, 12 Count$4.49$2.49
Diet Coke Soda Bottle$2.99$2.99
Nature Valley Oats 'n Honey Crunchy Granola Bars 12 Pack$3.79$3.49
Pillsbury Strawberry Toaster Strudel Pastries 6 Count/11.7 Ounces$4.59$2.99
Eggo Buttermilk Waffles - 10 ct Frozen$3.29$3.29
belVita Blueberry Breakfast Bars Biscuits$4.99$3.99
Star Kist Tuna, In Water, Chunk Light 5 Oz$1.19$1.19
Spam, Classic 12 Oz$4.79$4.99
Total$67.35$61.75

Festival Foods is $5.60 cheaper on this basket.

Stop & Shop vs Festival Foods prices by aisle

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

AisleStop & ShopFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Fresh produce36 items$2.69$3.10Stop & Shop · 13%
Beverages715 items$6.49$6.15Festival Foods · 5%
Meat264 items$6.19$6.54Stop & Shop · 5%
Baby food34 items$4.77$4.59Festival Foods · 4%
Snacks951 items$4.98$5.16Stop & Shop · 4%
Dairy466 items$4.43$4.30Festival Foods · 3%
Frozen54 items$5.24$5.13Festival Foods · 2%
Pantry883 items$4.52$4.41Festival Foods · 2%
Ready meals931 items$4.65$4.59Festival Foods · 1%
Bakery233 items$5.17$5.18Same

Stop & Shop 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 levelStop & ShopFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Under $31,055 items$2.14$2.19Stop & Shop · 3%
$3 to $103,279 items$5.34$5.30Festival Foods · 1%
Over $10287 items$14.16$13.59Festival Foods · 4%

Healthier groceries: Stop & Shop vs Festival Foods

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

Ingredient scoreStop & ShopFestival FoodsCheaperGap
Score A620 items$5.06$4.93Festival Foods · 3%
Score AB1,143 items$4.95$5.03Stop & Shop · 2%
Score B1,481 items$4.95$4.95Same
Score C1,377 items$5.59$5.42Festival Foods · 3%

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

Where Stop & Shop and Festival Foods rank on price

  • Festival Foods: #34 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 40 of the 74 stores it's compared with, prices about 2% below theirs on average.
  • Stop & Shop: #40 of 80 stores. Cheaper than 34 of the 74 stores it's compared with, prices about 1% below theirs on average.

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