Whole chicken price in Seattle.
Live shelf prices for whole chicken (1 lb) across all four major grocery delivery services in Seattle, WA.
Whole chicken · 1 lb
West Urban- Instacart — AldiCheapest$1.37
- Walmart+$1.53
- Amazon Fresh (Prime)$2.23
- Instacart — Whole Foods$2.66
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Compare full basketHow we got these numbers
- Instacart — Aldi:Category multiplier against Walmart base, adjusted for West Urban ($1.37)
- Walmart+:Live observation from May 11 ($1.53)
- Amazon Fresh (Prime):Live observation from Apr 15 ($2.23)
- Instacart — Whole Foods:Category multiplier against Walmart base, adjusted for West Urban ($2.66)
Live observations come from public weekly ads (Aldi, Whole Foods) and BLS Average Retail Food Prices, refreshed daily. Estimates use a per-category multiplier calibrated to NPR, Consumer Reports, and Tasting Table grocery comparison studies.
Why this category prices the way it does
Meat is the highest-variance category by retailer — Walmart's in-house meat program runs ~30% cheaper than Whole Foods' grass-fed/organic-leaning case for comparable cuts.
Seattle grocery context
Seattle is Amazon's hometown — Whole Foods and Amazon Fresh have unusually deep local roots and high adoption. The metro is also dense with PCC Community Markets (a local cooperative) and Town & Country Markets, which serve the premium-organic segment that competes head-on with Whole Foods. Safeway, QFC (Kroger), and Fred Meyer (Kroger) handle conventional grocery. Aldi has zero Seattle metro stores — Aldi has historically skipped most of the Pacific Northwest. Walmart+ has limited Seattle proper coverage but works in suburbs.
Without Aldi as a discount anchor, Walmart+ is the cheapest broadly-available option in Seattle, but coverage is spotty in dense urban zips. For Prime members, Amazon Fresh from Seattle warehouses is genuinely cheap on Amazon Brand items and convenient enough to be worth the convenience premium.
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