Walmart vs Market Street

Walmart vs Market Street at a glance

• It's not a clean sweep: Walmart is cheaper in 3 of 8 aisles, led by frozen (14% less).
• For items under $3, Walmart is the cheaper store (9% less on average).
• The same 15-product basket costs $64.69 at Walmart and $73.96 at Market Street.
• On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Market Street is 19% cheaper.

How far apart Walmart and Market Street prices are

• Within 10%: 480 items
• 10% to 25% apart: 633 items
• More than 25% apart: 411 items
• Typical gap: 15.8% per item, where the prices differ

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  Biggest saving at WalmartPlanters Deluxe Whole Cashews Salted$9.97 vs $17.99 at Market Street — save $8.02

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  Biggest saving at Market StreetFiesta Pepper Ground - 16 OZ$12.99 vs $22.99 at Walmart — save $10.00

The same basket at Walmart and Market Street

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

Walmart is $9.27 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Walmart vs Market Street prices by aisle

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

Walmart 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: Walmart vs Market Street

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

Ingredient score	Walmart	Market Street	CheaperGap
Score A221 items	$7.28	$5.16	Market Street · 29%
Score AB348 items	$5.69	$5.05	Market Street · 11%
Score B523 items	$5.86	$5.19	Market Street · 12%
Score C436 items	$6.05	$5.64	Market Street · 7%

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