Have you ever pondered how affordable your neighborhood supermarket was in compared to other grocery stores? Then stop your search. The 26 most popular grocery stores in the US were compared in terms of pricing. I then developed a price index to compare these costs on an equal footing. Here is a graph showing the price index for each store.
Is Trader Joe’s affordable? Our analysis shows that Trader Joe’s has a pricing index of 2.74, which means it is less expensive than 3 of the 26 supermarket retailers surveyed. For comparison, the pricing index’s maximum score is 3.90. It indicates that Trader Joe’s has a lower index score than the most expensive store by 1.16 points. This basically indicates that Trader Joe’s has more affordable costs than three of the most well-known grocery store businesses in the US.
The costs of various store brand products are gathered from the most popular shopping categories (beverage, bread, canned goods, dairy, dry goods, frozen, personal care, and cleaner), and the total price is totally averaged out to determine this index score. This index’s calculation required the collection of over 100 individual prices.