What can you tell me about Target food prices? Our Target just got a full

[mjkacmom]

grocery section. I usually buy our groceries at Shoprite, 1 minute from my house, good prices, but although very large, very cramped (it's always crowded and it's hard to get down the aisles). How does Target compare? There is also a Stop and Shop nearby, new, gorgeous, but more expensive.

 

[ziggystardust]

depends on what you're getting. Some stuff is crazy cheap, some - not so much.

Example, jennie-o turkey burgers (our go-to quick dinner). Stop and shop has them for 5.99, target is 7.99 (same as other grocery stores).

breyers ice cream is 2.50 there, other stores around 6.

but the perdue chicken breasts are usually the same price as the sale price at my reg supermarket.

everything i've bought there, meat/produce has been fairly good quality.

 

[tinker&belle]

There are things Target is always significantly cheaper on, and I usually go once a week to get those things but some things are much more expensive so I go to Kroger once a week as well.

 

[mcorbo]

grocery section. I usually buy our groceries at Shoprite, 1 minute from my house, good prices, but although very large, very cramped (it's always crowded and it's hard to get down the aisles). How does Target compare? There is also a Stop and Shop nearby, new, gorgeous, but more expensive.

Sounds like my neighborhood, Taget in Clifton?

 

[mom2val]

A while back there was a Target grocery thread. It REALLY depends on your area as to whether or not the grocery prices are low. Here in Texas Target grocery prices are high.

 

[gk90]

The best deal I've found there are bananas at 19 cents each, not bad for our area where they run 69 cents/lb.

 

[ceemys]

A while back there was a Target grocery thread. It REALLY depends on your area as to whether or not the grocery prices are low. Here in Texas Target grocery prices are high.

The prices are super expensive here in Target. I don't shop there unless I am cruising for clearance prices.

 

[Planogirl]

Target groceries tend to be high here too particularly meat and produce. I do better shopping at Kroger sales or just going to the evil Wal-Mart.

 

[JoiseyMom]

My Target just got groceries, I went there today. Not impressed at all. They had bananas for .19 each, but Wegmans across the parking lot always has them for .49/pound. A few things are cheaper then my grocery store, like the Newmans pasta sauce, which I always bought there before they expanded.

If I am there and need something in a fix..fine...but otherwise, I will stick to Wegman's and Shoprite.

 

[SandrA9810]

Watch the sale ads. There's usually some good deals to be had, but only on sale. They're also very nice about substituting a sale product. Like one time the 80/20 ground beef was on sale for 2.99 a pound. well all the 80/20 1lb packages were gone, there was a sign that said "80/20 1lb hamburger patties would be 2.99", those were gone to. I asked one of the clerks and was able to get 97/3 1lb hamburger patties for 2.99. Another time they had some frozen food on sale, since they were sold out, they were ok with substituting another item of the same brand for the sale.

 

[dd50]

In my area they are very expensive so I don't really shop there unless I am in Target and need to pick up one or two things instead of making another stop.

 

[bookgirl]

Around here not as cheap as Walmart or Crest, but they have much better meat and produce. I shop at Walmart for most staple stuff and then I get about half my produce and all deli meats from Target.

 

[mjkacmom]

Sounds like my neighborhood, Taget in Clifton?

That's the one! Someone mentioned bananas, and they were 10 cents each today - probably trying to convince people that their prices are low. Oh well, it'll be nice to pick up some items that I need when I'm shopping there, instead of making a separate trip to the grocery store (I'm usually there about twice a week for something). We always run out of fruit in between grocery shopping. I'll watch for sales.

 

[TLuvsD]

If you drink the General Food International Coffees (ie Cafe Vienna) they are significantly cheaper at our Target. Other items are hit and miss....

 

[dclfun]

Prices are usually higher at our Target but boy do they have good steaks! They often have sales on t-bones and ribeyes that put them at least $2.00/lb under Costco's pricing ( which is usually the least costly option ). They are always absolutely delicious so I stock up when I see them on sale. We don't eat very much meat so a steak every once in awhile is a nice treat. Target's Up and Up brand for paper and cleaning products is a good buy and we usually get a coupon book where they will combine their coupon with a manufacturer's coupon.---Kathy

 

[elgerber]

Target in my area is actually much cheaper than most stores! WalMart can be a teeny bit cheaper on some things, but they are very close on most items.

 

[shelly3girls]

Our Target is cheaper or about the same as Shop Rite. I usually shop there and only buy whatever meat and produce that are on sale. I primarily shop at BJs b/c they have the best prices but I shop at Target when I am not making a big stop. The great thing about our Target is that they carry the basics and not a ton of the non-essentials so I find myself buying only what I need. Between the cheaper prices and the smaller selection I end up spending about $50 less/trip.

 

[MrsPete]

Our Super-Target has -- overall -- super-high prices on food. Their produce and deli items are especially high.

BUT some good deals can be had:

They mail out great coupons, and they have great coupons online. For example, once last winter I was able to get Kraft Mac-and-Cheese for .10/box. I bought SO MUCH. But normally they sell that product for around $1, and sometimes it goes up to $1.25 or so.

Their store-brand stuff (Archer Farms) tastes good, and their prices on those things are often pretty good. The only store-brand item of theirs that I won't buy is their chips. They taste . . . thick and heavy. But cereals, frozen pizzas, and any number of other things are equal to the name brand.

Target's always been about flash and staging, and their food is no different. The Archer Farms brand offers loads of things like spice mixes in fancy containers and hamburger patties with bleu cheese mixed in -- at a premium price.

Their sale prices on meat are good, and their reduced meat prices are good. I particularly like their boneless chicken thighs, which are very good for chicken-and-dumplings or chicken casseroles. They come in a one-meal-sized package and go on sale for $4 pretty often. When the meat's not on sale . . . forget it.

They're usually competative on paper products and cleaning items.


Prices aside, an observation about their selection:

They tend towards convenience foods and mixes. If you like to bake or cook from scratch, you may not find everything you want. What was it I couldn't find the other day? I think it was self-rising flour. On the other hand, they probably have 20 types of boxed muffin mixes.

Also, they don't have a great selection of large-sized packages. For example, I like to buy those BIG Peter Pan peanut butters at Walmart; I think they're about 6 pounds for $8 -- really, you can't beat that for peanut butter. But Target's largest size is something like 1.5 pounds for $5.

So . . . my overall opinion . . . in general, they're pretty expensive, but what they're good at, they're good at -- they're like Harris Teeter in that, whereas Food Lion is more of a general-everything-is-priced-decently-here store. I go to Target because they're so convenient for me, but I try to buy JUST those things that're priced right.

 

[shelly3girls]

Our Super-Target has -- overall -- super-high prices on food. Their produce and deli items are especially high.

BUT some good deals can be had:

They mail out great coupons, and they have great coupons online. For example, once last winter I was able to get Kraft Mac-and-Cheese for .10/box. I bought SO MUCH. But normally they sell that product for around $1, and sometimes it goes up to $1.25 or so.

Wow! Our store carries this for $.82 for regular price which isn't bad. I would have bought a ton for .10! This week they had the character boxes for the same price as the regular stuff so I bought Toy Story for DS. He was in heaven lol! When our store opened I thought that the prices would be high b/c there is not a grocery store within 5 miles of it but that has not been the case. I think the bigger issue is that our grocery stores are outrageous. Our Shop Rite charges top dollar for almost everything b/c the only other option is Acme which is even higher. We do not have a Walmart around to make the stores keep prices low.

 

[MrsPete]

Wow! Our store carries this for $.82 for regular price which isn't bad. I would have bought a ton for .10! This week they had the character boxes for the same price as the regular stuff so I bought Toy Story for DS. He was in heaven lol! When our store opened I thought that the prices would be high b/c there is not a grocery store within 5 miles of it but that has not been the case. I think the bigger issue is that our grocery stores are outrageous. Our Shop Rite charges top dollar for almost everything b/c the only other option is Acme which is even higher. We do not have a Walmart around to make the stores keep prices low.

.82 doesn't sound so good to me. Walmart sells it every day in a five-pack for $2.50. Love 'em or hate 'em, as you say, Walmart does keep the other store prices lower. I did buy a ton at .10/box . . . I think I had some shoved in the hall closet.

I never buy the character boxes because they contain less than the plain ones (check the weight). Well, that and my kids are teens, so they no longer care.

Shop Rite and Acme . . . I don't know those stores.