I took the same grocery list to Walmart, Kroger, and Amazon to compare prices. After filling my carts, I found a winner.

• Walmart recently dropped prices on more than 250 items, so I took a closer look at nine of them.

• I compared their prices to what I found at rival Kroger and Amazon. Amazon did not impress me.

• Walmart had the lowest prices, with Kroger close behind; But I might be lucky.

When Walmart announces rollback Naturally, my ears perked up over the 250+ items.

The chain shared the featured price drops in a press release on Monday, highlighting a few of the specific products that will be available. lower prices for summer.

At Truth Social, President Donald Trump He attributed the price cuts to his administration’s “request to celebrate the 250th birthday of our great Country.” Walmart did not mention the White House or the celebration as a reason in its press release and declined to comment on whether the sales were due to a meeting with management.

Regardless of how these savings are achieved, I’m glad to see them. Walmart is known for having low prices, and I was curious to see how their new discounted prices would compare to other major grocery stores.

So I wrote down the specific items mentioned in the price drop announcement and turned to Walmart and its two companies. biggest rivals: Kroger and Amazon.

Here’s how prices are measured when shopping from the same list at each retailer.

Minced meat prices were generally the same.

Walmart’s press release specifically mentions bringing back the 1-pound 73% ground meat roll, so that’s what I went with.

As promised, Walmart’s 1-pound roll of beef, originally priced at $6.94, reached $5.94. Kroger’s was close behind at $5.99.

I couldn’t find a 1-pound package of 73% lean ground beef on Amazon, just a large 3-pound roll. It reached $6.15 per pound.

Walmart’s price was the lowest, but I wasn’t particularly impressed with any of them.

Walmart had the sweetest corn prices.

Taste-wise, I can’t comment on actual sweetness, but Walmart’s sweet corn was a bargain. It only costs $0.25 per ear versus a whopping $0.40 per ear at Kroger and $1.25 per ear at Amazon.

I added four ears to my cart at each retailer.

Neither Amazon nor Kroger could compete with Walmart on cherries.

Walmart’s press release specifically stated that 2.2-pound bags of fresh red cherries will be reduced from $11.18 to $5.63. My local store only carried 1-pound bags, but they also had items like the ones mentioned for $2.50 per pound.

Kroger’s red cherries are on sale for $2.99, down from $4.49 per pound. Amazon tied with Kroger at $2.99 ​​per pound.

Kroger deals like this are not only Kroger Plus Card – I have it because it’s a free loyalty card. Without that they would have cost me $4.49.

I was also surprised to find such a great discount at the store, as I didn’t see it mentioned in Kroger’s weekly flyer. I wondered if it could be more last minute. Discount to compete with Walmart Following the Monday announcement. Kroger did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.

Happily, all three retailers had 48-ounce tubs of generic ice cream for under $3.

Walmart highlighted that 48-ounce tubes of its store brand Great Value ice cream have been reduced to $2.50 from $2.97. That’s exactly what I found in the store.

Same size tubs were available on Amazon Amazon Grocery The ice cream retails for $2.97, which was Walmart’s price before the discount.

Kroger has marked down its cheapest 48-ounce tubs from $2.99 ​​to $1.99. If I had such good prices, I happily bought ice cream from all three retailers.

The 8-ounce bag of Lay’s classic potato chips hit Kroger like a steal, but the deal is already closed.

an 8-ounce bag Lay’s classic potato chips At Walmart, it costs $2.50, down from $2.97. The same bag of chips was $2.50 on Amazon.

There were various prices on the front of these chips at Kroger. The 8-ounce bag was originally priced at $3.99, was listed as $3.29 with the card, and was later labeled as $1.99 with the card. And A clipped digital coupon as part of a weekly deal.

Kroger’s price was the best, but I just caught this deal that ends July 7th. (Kroger’s digital deals refresh every Wednesday, and I visited Kroger on Tuesday.)

At the time of this writing, the deal has already expired.

Frito-Lay Family Fun boxes were similar at Kroger and Walmart, but I couldn’t find the same deal on Amazon.

Walmart dropped the price of the Frito-Lay Family Fun 18-bag variety pack, which includes a mix of Cheetos, Fritos, Funyuns, Lay’s and Ruffles, from $9.97 to $8.97.

Kroger originally listed the variety packs at $10.99, but the price drop labels now marked them at $9.99.

This bundle was available for $9.99 on Amazon Amazon FreshI didn’t use this as I was already a Prime member and didn’t order enough to hit the minimum spend and avoid the delivery fee.

My other option was to order this bundle from a low-rated third-party seller for a high price of $21.

Walmart and Amazon had great prices on disposable plates.

200-pack highlighted in Walmart’s release Great Value disposable plates were reduced from $9.97 to $8.97, or $0.04 per plate.

Same amount on Amazon Amazon Basics plates were $10.60, or $0.05 per plate.

My local Kroger didn’t have a 200-pack, and the closest I found was a 150-plate pack for $9.99. They went as high as $0.07 per plate.

If I need that large amount of disposable plates, I’ll totally turn to Walmart or Amazon.

I had good luck with the Coca-Cola and Pepsi deals at Kroger.

Walmart labeled a 24-pack of sodas, including Coca-Cola and Diet Pepsi, as discounted. At buyback prices they reached $0.42 per box.

My local Kroger didn’t have a 24-pack of these drinks, so the next best option was a 12-pack.

Kroger’s 12-pack of Coca-Cola or Pepsi cans usually costs $11.99, or $1 per can. However, when I visited the store, the store was running a “buy two, get three free” promotion, which meant I could get 60 boxes for the price of 24 boxes. This brought the price per box down to $0.40.

Amazon didn’t have a 24-pack ready for me either. But I was able to get a pack of 12, so I bought two of each. On Amazon my Coca-Cola was $0.70 per can while Diet Pepsi was $0.66 per can.

Shopping at Kroger felt like a gamble, and Amazon’s prices seemed to be everywhere.

Unlike Walmart, where redemptions take several weeks and are available to all shoppers, most of Kroger’s sale deals last only seven days and require a (free) rewards membership to claim them.

If I hadn’t gotten lucky with the deals that week or didn’t have a Kroger card, I could have easily made $30 or more for the same cart.

like Kroger, Amazon’s prices change frequentlyfor better or worse. Using the “price history” feature I could see exactly how much it was. For example, the price of a 12-pack of Coca-Cola alone has ranged from $6.29 to $8.89 over the past 30 days.

Price-wise, Amazon was out of the running for me early on as my cart was over $70.

On the bright side, the higher price came with the greatest convenience: Given that I was already a customer, I wouldn’t have to go anywhere or pay for delivery. prime member. (Membership costs about $139 per year and comes with other benefits.)

My Walmart shipping was the cheapest overall, but Kroger followed closely behind.

My Walmart cart, complete with all nine product categories, came to $52.32.

In an effort to match the Walmart amounts as closely as possible, my Kroger cart — using my card and the deals available at the time — came to $58.52. I still had 150 plates instead of 200 and an extra dozen cans of soda (I wanted 48 cans but got three free 12-packs when I bought two).

It’s not a perfect science, of course, but the closeness of the totals made Walmart’s price cuts seem a little less impressive; especially since Walmart has a slight advantage in determining which products I will compare.

I’d go back to Walmart for reliably low prices—but I keep a close eye on Kroger’s rotating deals.

None of the retailers had the cheapest items in every category, but if I didn’t have a seemingly lucky week and a Kroger card, it would have been Walmart.

This time around, Walmart gave me the lowest-priced cart — though the savings weren’t as big as I expected, considering I was specifically purchasing the chain’s price-dropped items. Kroger has really held its own in this battle.

Even so, I’d definitely keep an eye out for future returns from Walmart and weekly coupons and deals from Kroger.

This particular price drop aside, I found it competitive most of the time Grocery prices at Walmartand I appreciate that chain turnarounds usually take at least a few weeks.

Since many of Kroger’s deals change weekly, I sometimes miss discounted prices without realizing they’re available. Amazon’s prices seem to fluctuate quite frequently.

Ultimately, the best value depends on the groceries you need and the current deals available wherever you buy them.

And if other retailers want to follow Walmart’s lead and cut even more prices this summer, I certainly wouldn’t complain.

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