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
