Walmart is known for offering competitive prices on groceries, but how much you’ll pay varies widely depending on where you live.
CashNetUSA created a 12-item grocery list and found the total price for the list in every state based on the costs of Walmart’s own brand products in each state’s biggest city. In the state with the most expensive Walmart groceries, shoppers pay 26.2% more than the average American Walmart shopper, and in the state with the cheapest Walmart groceries, shoppers pay 7.7% less than the national average.
States With the Most Expensive Walmart Groceries
CashNetUSA compared the prices of the following items at Walmart across all 50 states: 2 pounds of bananas, 1 pound of boneless chicken breast, one can of tuna, 2 pounds of tomatoes, 1 liter of milk, 16 ounces of cheese, one box of breakfast cereal, a dozen eggs, 1.5 liters of water, a loaf of white bread, 2 pounds of potatoes and 1 liter of vegetable oil.
Here are the 10 states where these groceries cost the most.
1. Hawaii
- Cost compared to national average: +26.2%
2. Alaska
- Cost compared to national average: +20.1%
3. Tennessee
- Cost compared to national average: +14.3%
4. Georgia
- Cost compared to national average: +14.2%
5. Missouri
- Cost compared to national average: +13.2%
6. Alabama
- Cost compared to national average: +12.5%
7. California
- Cost compared to national average: +5.1%
8. Arkansas
- Cost compared to national average: +2.5%
9. Minnesota
- Cost compared to national average: +2.4%
10. North Carolina
- Cost compared to national average: +1.6%
States With the Least Expensive Walmart Groceries
Shopping for groceries at Walmart in these states is cheaper than the national average.
1. West Virginia
- Cost compared to national average: -7.7%
2. Delaware
- Cost compared to national average: -7.1%
3. Kentucky
- Cost compared to national average: -6.7%
4. Ohio
- Cost compared to national average: -6.5%
5. Kansas
- Cost compared to national average: -6.2%
6. Michigan
- Cost compared to national average: -5.1%
7. Pennsylvania
- Cost compared to national average: -5%
8. New York
- Cost compared to national average: -4.8%
9. Oklahoma
- Cost compared to national average: -4.7%
10. Nebraska
- Cost compared to national average: -4.5%
