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Target vs. Wal-Mart
- Updated: March 10, 2012 - 3:56 PM
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Kantar Retail conducted a pricing study to compare prices of retail giants Target and Wal-Mart. The 2012 study compared baskets of grocery and consumable items from stores in Massachusetts.
Target sample basket
Total cost of 38 items:
$212.15
Lay's potato chips $3.69
Skippy peanut butter $2.79
Coca-Cola $5.19
Tropicana orange juice $3.44
Wonder bread $2.49
Gerber baby food $0.99
Barilla pasta $1.29
Heinz ketchup $1.79
Kellogg's Corn Flakes $2.99
Land O'Lakes butter $4.19
StarKist canned tuna $0.82
Breyers ice cream $2.99
Campbell's soup $0.62
GE light bulbs $2.79
Windex $2.89
Glad trash bags $8.29
Clorox wipes $1.89
Clorox toilet bowl cleaner $4.64
Huggies diapers $9.49
Tide laundry soap $11.99
Pedigree dog food $12.99
Ajax dish soap $1.97
Bounty paper towels $4.14
Ziploc bags $4.19
Reynolds aluminum foil $7.99
Lil Critters vitamins $4.84
Vaseline hand lotion $3.49
Edge shaving gel $2.74
Chapstick lip balm $1.07
Advil painkiller $8.49
Nicorette gum $57.99
Softsoap hand soap $1.47
J&J dental floss $0.97
Revlon hair coloring $3.14
Pantene Pro-V shampoo $5.84
Johnson's baby powder $3.84
Listerine mouthwash $5.74
Schick razors $5.99
Wal-Mart sample basket
Total cost of 38 items:
$207.53
Lay's potato chips $2.58
Skippy peanut butter $2.12
Coca-Cola $3.98
Tropicana orange juice $3.08
Wonder bread $2.28
Gerber baby food $0.96
Barilla pasta $1.28
Heinz ketchup $1.78
Kellogg's Corn Flakes $2.98
Land O'Lakes butter $4.18
StarKist canned tuna $0.82
Breyers ice cream $3.87
Campbell's soup $0.92
GE light bulbs $2.24
Windex $2.47
Glad trash bags $7.48
Clorox wipes $1.88
Clorox toilet bowl cleaner $4.63
Huggies diapers $9.47
Tide laundry soap $11.97
Pedigree dog food $12.97
Ajax dish soap $1.97
Bounty paper towels $4.16
Ziploc bags $4.38
Reynolds aluminum foil $8.48
Lil Critters vitamins $3.98
Vaseline hand lotion $2.97
Edge shaving gel $2.44
Chapstick lip balm $0.98
Advil painkiller $8.48
Nicorette gum $57.98
Softsoap hand soap $1.47
J&J dental floss $0.97
Revlon hair coloring $3.14
Pantene Pro-V shampoo $5.84
Johnson's baby powder $3.84
Listerine mouthwash $5.97
Schick razors $6.54
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