Target vs Market Street

Target vs Market Street at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Target is cheaper in 3 of 8 aisles, led by meat (11% less).
• For items under $3, Target is the cheaper store (3% less on average).
• The same 15-product basket costs $59.35 at Target and $63.07 at Market Street.
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Market Street is 4% cheaper.

How far apart Target and Market Street prices are

• Within 10%: 1,707 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 2,012 items
• More than 25% apart: 623 items
• Typical gap: 12.2% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at TargetPeet's Coffee, Major Dickason's Dark Roast Whole Bean Coffee - 18oz Bag$9.99 vs $18.99 at Market Street — save $9.00

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  Biggest saving at Market StreetBob's Red Mill Oats Rolled Regular Organic 25lb$75.99 vs $84.64 at Target — save $8.65

The same basket at Target and Market Street

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

Target is $3.72 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Target vs Market Street prices by aisle

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

Target vs Market Street 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: Target vs Market Street

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

Ingredient score	Target	Market Street	CheaperGap
Score A726 items	$6.19	$5.62	Market Street · 9%
Score AB1,226 items	$5.58	$5.51	Market Street · 1%
Score B1,541 items	$5.77	$5.36	Market Street · 7%
Score C1,336 items	$5.91	$5.96	Target · 1%

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