What is Weeknight Win?

Weeknight Win is a free grocery delivery price comparison tool. Build a basket of staples and we instantly show all-in totals — subtotal, fees, and suggested tip — at Walmart+, Instacart-Whole Foods, Instacart-Aldi, and Amazon Fresh side by side. The site also includes a free meal planner with 600+ recipes if you want to plan a week of dinners around what you're buying.

Is Weeknight Win really free?

Yes. The price comparison tool requires no signup and has no email gate. The meal planner is also free; sign-up is only required if you want to save recipes and persist your grocery list. The site is supported by an Instacart affiliate partnership when you choose to checkout there for delivery.

How accurate are the prices in the comparison tool?

Each price is anchored to a real source: BLS monthly retail food price surveys, Aldi's weekly digital ad, Whole Foods' Amazon-hosted product pages, and manually-audited Walmart prices. Each item shows a verified · X days ago badge so you know how fresh the data is. Fees and tip estimates use each service's posted fee schedule, region-adjusted via your zip.

Which grocery delivery service is cheapest?

It depends on your basket. For a typical 12-item weekly basket in NYC: Instacart-Aldi $45.30, Walmart+ $51.29, Amazon Fresh $58.87, Instacart-Whole Foods $71.54. Instacart-Aldi is usually the cheapest for standard staples; Walmart+ wins on bigger baskets ($75+) where its free-over-$35 delivery threshold kicks in. Use the tool to check your specific basket.

Do I need an account to use the price comparison tool?

No. The comparison tool works without signup. You only need an account if you want to save recipes, plan a week of meals, or persist a shopping cart across sessions.

How is this different from a meal kit like HelloFresh?

Meal kits charge $80-$200 a week to ship pre-portioned ingredients. We don't ship anything — we tell you which delivery service is cheapest for what you actually want to buy, then send your list to your service of choice. Average savings: ~$26 per weekly basket just by picking the right service.

Prices›California

State guideMay 14, 2026

Grocery prices in California.

Live grocery delivery prices for 3 cities in California, compared across the four major delivery services. The 5-item anchor basket (milk, eggs, bread, chicken, bananas) averages $9.84 statewide. Instacart — Aldi is cheapest in every California metro we cover.

Average

$9.84

5-item anchor basket across California

Cheapest metro

Los Angeles

$9.84 anchor basket

Intra-state gap

Los Angeles vs San Jose

California cities ranked, cheapest first

#	City	Cheapest service	Anchor basket
1	Los Angeles West Urban	Instacart — Aldi	$9.84	See all 100 prices →
2	San Diego West Urban	Instacart — Aldi	$9.84	See all 100 prices →
3	San Jose West Urban	Instacart — Aldi	$9.84	See all 100 prices →

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Get YOUR California basket priced.

The 5-item anchor is a starting point — type your zip and pick from 100 staples to see the cheapest service for your real grocery list.

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What's in the anchor basket?

We use 5 universally-purchased staples to make state-to-state comparisons meaningful. Anything that's in nearly every U.S. household's weekly cart.

Bananas · 1 lb
Whole milk · 1 gallon
Large eggs · 1 dozen
Boneless skinless chicken breast · 1 lb
White sandwich bread · 20 oz loaf

Other states

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