marketreportblog wrote: ↑November 18th, 2024, 4:50 pmHere's a wide survey of 24 supermarkets in the northeast with a basket of sample Thanksgiving items. Not exhaustive, and note that there are variations in price between locations even within one chain and that many of these prices are sales rather than everyday prices, but it's an interesting comparison nonetheless.
Coming in at just $35 is a Key Food on Staten Island -- but for that price, you'd need to spend at least $75 for turkey at 0.49/lb. On the other end of the spectrum is a whopping $113 for the same order at a Kings in New Jersey. The turkey prices vary wildly, from $0.39/lb up to $2.99/lb, so I've also included a total without the turkey for comparison. Without a turkey, the order comes to $23 at a SuperFresh in New Jersey (also a Key Food store) on the low end and $66 on the high end -- still at Kings.
Maybe even more interesting that you could buy that $75 worth of stuff at Key, then pay the $35 for the meal and STILL be spending less than the Kings prices (by $3) - plus you'd have quite a bit of extra stuff to use the rest of the week
If you thought that $113 total from Kings was high, how about getting a turkey from Stew Leonard's in CT/NY?
They had two sitting in a case in the store in Danbury with the price written on them in marker, and that turkey price by itself was around that $113 range!
Now, didn't see what they were (type, organic etc.), but they were certainly on the large side - looked like something that would require a small restaurant full of diners to even have a chance of consuming even a large portion of it.
BillyGr wrote: ↑November 19th, 2024, 4:02 pm
If you thought that $113 total from Kings was high, how about getting a turkey from Stew Leonard's in CT/NY?
They had two sitting in a case in the store in Danbury with the price written on them in marker, and that turkey price by itself was around that $113 range!
Now, didn't see what they were (type, organic etc.), but they were certainly on the large side - looked like something that would require a small restaurant full of diners to even have a chance of consuming even a large portion of it.
That's quite a turkey. I'm seeing local turkeys at Stew Leonard's $1.99/lb. Not sure if that's the type of turkey you saw in store, but that's on the high end but not at all the highest. Also worth noting that it's the only local turkey I have seen -- unless another chain is selling local turkeys that they're not labeling as local. I left out several higher-end stores, such as Stew Leonard's and Uncle Giuseppe's, where turkeys are $3.49/lb. But stores like that don't always have the full list, so I didn't include them.
Whole Foods Market, via radio ad, 365 (?) branded flash-frozen turkey, $1.49/lb "with Prime."
New Seasons Market, "starting at" $1.99/lb
Utah independents:
$0.99/lb frozen Norbest turkeys from Moroni, Utah farm (Harmons)
$2.49/lb unfrozen (their language choice) Norbest turkey (Harmons)
$0.99/lb frozen Jennie O turkey (Reams), additional $0.10/lb discount with $100 shop
$0.69/lb with $50 basket, no brand noted (Maceys/Fresh Market/Dan's/Lin's)
$1.79/lb "Jenny-O" (their spelling) turkey breast (Maceys/Fresh Market/Dan's/Lin's)
FREE Turkey with $100 basket (Excluding turkey), up to 16 lbs. (Lee's)
$1.79/lb bone-in Jennie O turkey breast (Lee's)
FREE with $150 basket (up to 20 lbs), otherwise $1.49/lb (Ridley's)
Utah chains:
Lucky (Albertsons Co's)- FREE TURKEY up to 24 lbs., when you spend $100 or more in a single transaction or 48¢ lb. with additional purchase of $50 or more. Either Signature Farms or Honeysuckle White.
(Ad coupon $5 off $25 basket valid after the holiday)
Maybe a little off topic, but the turkey prices I'm seeing in SoCal are an insight to the future of supermarkets after this merger stuff is settled.
In my opinion both Kroger and Albertsons are both weak operators and continue to reduce market share even if this merger goes through.
Ralphs has 49 cents per pound for Kroger turkey. Vons has the same for one Signature turkey. Pavilions isn't even selling Signature turkey and the cheapest I could find at my local Pavilions was $1.29 for frozen Butterball.
Meanwhile... Vallarta, (yes the hispanic supermarket) has an add for 24 cents per lb for turkey. Amazon Fresh (former Ralphs) has flyer mailed to you that has 39 cents lb for turkeys.
Bluelightspecial wrote: ↑November 19th, 2024, 11:15 pm
Maybe a little off topic, but the turkey prices I'm seeing in SoCal are an insight to the future of supermarkets after this merger stuff is settled.
In my opinion both Kroger and Albertsons are both weak operators and continue to reduce market share even if this merger goes through.
Ralphs has 49 cents per pound for Kroger turkey. Vons has the same for one Signature turkey. Pavilions isn't even selling Signature turkey and the cheapest I could find at my local Pavilions was $1.29 for frozen Butterball.
Meanwhile... Vallarta, (yes the hispanic supermarket) has an add for 24 cents per lb for turkey. Amazon Fresh (former Ralphs) has flyer mailed to you that has 39 cents lb for turkeys.
Though from what I am seeing, the 0.49/lb is still a pretty hot retail- it is below cost. I'm seeing retails closer to the 0.89/lb range in less competitive markets (whether or not that is below cost depends on the chain; it is below cost for an independent store or small chain).
Food Lion: $0.39 per pound frozen turkey with $35 additional purchase and MVP card, $2.79 per pound without discount
Lowes Foods: $0.99 per pound frozen turkey, $1.49 per pound fresh, $1.99 per pound Butterball fresh, plus an $8 off digital coupon (1 per customer) with $35 additional purchase and shoppers card
Harris Teeter: $0.29 per pound frozen store brand turkey with $40 additional purchase and VIC card, otherwise $0.99 per pound, Butterball frozen turkey $1.99 per pound (no discounts apply), Shady Brook fresh turkey $2.49 per pound
Aldi: Butterball frozen turkey $1.07 per pound (limit 2 per customer), fresh turkey $1.69 per pound, organic turkey $3.29 per pound, no minimum purchase specified
Lidl: $0.39 per pound Shady Brook frozen turkey ($25 minimum purchase), $0.99 per pound Butterball frozen turkey or $1.49 per pound Shady Brook fresh turkey with MyLidl
Publix: $0.39 per pound frozen turkey, (more than 2 will be $1.49 per pound), no minimum purchase specifed in ad
Fresh Market: fresh Whole Turkeys $3.99 per pound, organic fresh turkeys $4.49 per pound
Walmart: Butterball frozen turkey $1.04 per pound, Jennie-O frozen turkey $0.88 per pound, Shady Brook frozen turkey $1.98 per pound
storewanderer wrote: ↑November 14th, 2024, 2:44 pm
Winco .88/lb Honeysuckle White Limit 1 per customer. Cannot pay at self checkout (??).
No minimum purchase.
I was wondering about that too. No alcohol or turkey at self checkout. Alcohol is California law, but why turkey?
My only guess is the scales don't go high enough for the larger turkeys.
It looks like WinCo does not scan turkey. They enter in a PLU code and weigh the turkey on the register. They must not think the customer can do that. Maybe they are concerned the customer will not place the turkey on the scanner properly so the entire weight will be read.
