Shopping List -- 42 Items
This list is not intended to represent any one person's shopping list (I don't even buy most of these things) but is instead designed to gauge the general price trends at differnt stores. If these items cost a lot more at one store, it's a good bet that your shopping items will cost more there, too.
Inclusion on this list is not meant as an endorsement of any product. Items were selected either because they are very generic (like eggs) or because they are national brands and sizes likely to be found at most major supermarkets across the country.
Dairy ½ gallon Least expensive 2% milk 1 dozen Least expensive Large grade AA eggs ½ gallon Dole Pineapple Juice 1 pound Parkay Margarine 6 ounce Yoplait 99% fat free yogurt Produce 5-pound bag Russet Potatoes 1 head Iceberg lettuce 1 pound Loose carrots 1 pound Loose onions 1 pound Red delicious apples 1 pound Navel oranges 1 pound Bananas Meat 16 ounce Oscar Mayer Beef franks (Hotdogs) 16 ounce Armour Premium Bacon Bread/Grains 18 ounce Quaker Old fashioned oatmeal 10 ounce Cheerios Breakfast Cereal 1 lb. 8 oz. Wonder "Big" White Bread Condiments/Baking 5 pound Gold Medal Flour 5 pound C&H Sugar 48 fl. ounce Mazola Corn oil Canned, Etc. 1 can Campbell's Cream of mushroom soup 18 ounce Jif Creamy peanut butter 39 ounce Folger's Aroma Roasted Ground coffee 1 lb. 10 oz (26 oz) Ragu Traditional spaghetti sauce Junk Food 12-pack Coke 12 ounce cans 14.5 ounce Doritos Nacho cheese chips 6-pack Miller or Michelob (choose cheapest) Bottled beer 7 ounce Pepperidge Farms Mint Milano cookies 1 lb. 2 oz. Chips Ahoy Choc chip cookies 16 ounce Ritz Crackers 13¼ ounce Lays Classic Potato Chips Personal Products 13 ounce Pantene Pro-V Shampoo normal hair 1.7 ounce Arid XX Regular Stick deodorant 7 ounce Edge Pro Gel Normal Shaving Cream 500 ml/16.9 oz. Scope Original Mint Mouthwash 6.4 ounce Colgate Cavity Protection Toothpaste Household 92 ounce Tide Box Laundry Detergent 26 ounce Windex Window cleaner 28 ounce Palmolive Dishwashing Liquid Baby 80 sheet box Huggies Original wipes 15 ounce Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder