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Walmart vs Metro Market

As of October 20, 2026, Metro Market is cheaper. You'd pay about 7% less for the same groceries at Metro Market than at Walmart.

Walmart vs Metro Market at a glance

  • It's not a clean sweep: Walmart is cheaper in 4 of 8 aisles, led by frozen (14% less).
  • For items under $3, Walmart is the cheaper store (7% less on average).
  • The same 15-product basket costs $47.95 at Walmart and $53.53 at Metro Market.
  • On the healthiest products (ingredient score A or AB), Metro Market is 9% cheaper.

Walmart vs Metro Market: 1,464 products compared

  • Metro Market: cheaper on 367 items — overall winner on average price
  • Walmart: beats Metro Market on 1,093 items — but loses overall
  • Same price: 4 items

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How much you'd save at Metro Market

  • Average prices: $5.81 at Metro Market vs $6.26 at Walmart
  • Basket savings: save about $9.00 on a 20-item basket at Metro Market (45¢ less per item)

Calculated by multiplying the average 45¢ price difference by a standard 20-item grocery trip.

How far apart Walmart and Metro Market prices are

  • Within 10%: 499 items
  • 10% to 25% apart: 677 items
  • More than 25% apart: 284 items
  • Typical gap: 13.5% per item, where the prices differ
  • A&W Cream Soda Cans

    Biggest saving at WalmartA&W Cream Soda Cans$6.00 vs $11.99 at Metro Market — save $5.99

  • Eight O' Clock The Original Ground Coffee 18 oz

    Biggest saving at Metro MarketEight O' Clock The Original Ground Coffee 18 oz$14.99 vs $25.99 at Walmart — save $11.00

The same basket at Walmart and Metro Market

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

ProductWalmartMetro Market
Pillsbury Original Crescent Rolls Refrigerated Canned Pastry Dough$3.12$2.99
Kraft Singles American Cheese Slices 16 Count$3.86$4.49
Gatorade Thirst Quencher Orange Sports Drink Bottle$1.78$1.79
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix 8.5 Oz$0.50$0.85
Celsius Energy Drink Sparkling Orange 12 Fl Oz$2.57$2.00
Ritz Fresh Stacks The Original Crackers 11.8 Oz$2.97$4.29
Jimmy Dean Bacon Egg & Cheese Breakfast Bowl 7 Ounces$2.68$3.49
General Mills Cocoa Puffs Cereal$2.97$3.99
Nature Valley Protein Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate Bars 5 Pk$3.97$4.49
Hormel Original Pepperoni 6 Oz$4.46$4.99
OREO Cakesters Soft Snack Cakes Snack Packs 5 Count - 2.02 Oz$3.78$4.99
Reddi-wip Original Whipped Topping$2.96$3.00
Hostess Original Twinkies 10 Ounces$3.58$3.69
Ben & Jerry's Half Baked Ice Cream 16 Ounces$4.87$3.99
Oscar Mayer Rotisserie Seasoned Chicken Breast 9 Oz$3.88$4.49
Total$47.95$53.53

Walmart is $5.58 cheaper on this basket — the opposite of the overall result, which averages every matched product.

Walmart vs Metro Market prices by aisle

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

AisleWalmartMetro MarketCheaperGap
Bakery50 items$11.75$3.56Metro Market · 70%
Frozen93 items$4.91$5.69Walmart · 14%
Ready meals235 items$5.49$4.83Metro Market · 12%
Pantry269 items$5.08$4.67Metro Market · 8%
Snacks238 items$5.78$5.35Metro Market · 7%
Meat26 items$7.24$7.60Walmart · 5%
Dairy137 items$4.70$4.86Walmart · 3%
Beverages403 items$7.93$8.01Walmart · 1%

Walmart vs Metro Market 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 levelWalmartMetro MarketCheaperGap
Under $3280 items$2.09$2.25Walmart · 7%
$3 to $101,018 items$5.53$5.74Walmart · 4%
Over $10166 items$17.79$12.27Metro Market · 31%

Healthier groceries: Walmart vs Metro Market

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

Ingredient scoreWalmartMetro MarketCheaperGap
Score A114 items$6.30$5.25Metro Market · 17%
Score AB337 items$5.36$5.01Metro Market · 7%
Score B450 items$6.07$5.08Metro Market · 16%
Score C563 items$6.95$6.99Walmart · 1%

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

Where Walmart and Metro Market rank on price

  • Metro Market: #23 of 49 stores. Cheaper than 23 of the 48 stores it's compared with, prices about 2% below theirs on average.
  • Walmart: #35 of 49 stores. Cheaper than 11 of the 45 stores it's compared with, prices about 4% above theirs on average.

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