I took the same shopping list to Trader Joe's and Target. The bigger chain had more sales but still cost me way more.

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I started successful nan nutrient conception astatine Trader Joe’s.

I usually prime up a premade crockery kit astatine nan store, truthful that's wherever I went first.

Trader Joe's sells packaged salads for $3.69, which I see inexpensive based connected nan magnitude successful each bag. I went pinch a Southwest chopped salad.

Target’s salads were astir nan aforesaid price.

Target offered akin crockery kits, truthful I grabbed a Southwest-inspired container from its Good & Gather statement for a adjacent comparison.

It was $3.79, which isn't a large value difference, but it's bully to cognize I tin save a small bit connected a astir identical container astatine Trader Joe's.

Plus, nan Trader Joe's crockery battalion is 1 ounce larger than nan Good & Gather one.

Next, I looked astatine cucumbers.

I tally done cucumbers quickly because they're my go-to snack, truthful I ever look for packs of mini varieties.

Trader Joe's offered a battalion of six Persian cucumbers for $2.49.

Target’s cucumbers were nan aforesaid price.

I was amazed that Target sold a container of six mini cucumbers for an identical $2.49.

The only downside was that they're packaged by nan pound, truthful it mightiness not beryllium guaranteed that six travel successful each pack.

I moved connected to nan nutrient aisle to drawback immoderate salmon.

I emotion salmon, but it tin beryllium pricey, truthful I'm ever searching for nan champion deals.

The salmon fillets astatine Trader Joe's were priced astatine $9.99 a pound, which is connected nan little extremity of what I typically spot astatine stores.

Target sold a smaller battalion of salmon for nan aforesaid price.

Both salmon packages (plain fillets and 1 pinch a premade lemon-pepper butter) I recovered astatine Target were 10 ounces and costs $9.99.

There are 16 ounces successful a pound, truthful moreover though nan prices seemed similar, I could get 6 much ounces of food astatine Trader Joe's for nan aforesaid price.

For a stiff treat, I looked for boxes of mochi.

I've already compared ice-cream prices astatine different chains, truthful this trip, I opted for mochi arsenic my stiff dessert.

Trader Joe's had astir six different flavors. Each container had six pieces of mochi for $4.99, which was cheaper than I expected.

The cheapest mochi ice-cream I recovered astatine Target was from My Mochi.

Although Target sells boxes of My Mochi mochi for $5.99, luckily, they were connected waste for $4.49 during my trip.

Like nan Trader Joe's boxes, these each contained six pieces. However, Target only offered 3 flavors, truthful location wasn't arsenic overmuch variety.

Target sold bigger boxes and they were connected sale.

I could only find family-size boxes of Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats astatine Target, but luckily for me, they were connected sale.

Each 24-ounce container is typically $5.89 (about $0.25 an ounce), but I sewage 2 for $9 ($0.19 an ounce).

I'll decidedly spell done 2 boxes of my favourite cereal, and nan value per ounce worked retired to beryllium very close. But without nan sale, I'd astir apt instrumentality to Trader Joe's wide cheaper box.

I emotion that Trader Joe’s sells Clif bars.

Clif bars are my favourite on-the-go snack, and I emotion that Trader Joe's sells them individually.

Each barroom is only $1.39, and I tin operation and lucifer flavors and drawback arsenic galore arsenic I request for nan week.

I only recovered 10-pack boxes astatine Target.

I didn't expect to find galore individually sold energy bars astatine Target, but I was capable to find 10-pack boxes of Clif bars.

Each 1 was $13.99, which is nan aforesaid value I'd salary if I bought 10 astatine Trader Joe's. But overall, I for illustration buying them individually truthful I tin take really galore (and what flavors) I get successful immoderate fixed week.

In nan aforesaid aisle, I looked for way mix.

I recovered a trail mix I hadn't seen earlier astatine Trader Joe's.

The "trek mix" had cashews, macadamia nuts, almonds, freeze-dried pineapples, and dried cranberries and costs $6.79 for 14 ounces.

That useful retired to astir $0.49 an ounce.

The way operation was cheaper astatine Target, but nan contents were different.

I couldn't find a way operation pinch freeze-dried pineapples astatine Target, truthful I opted for 1 pinch blueberries.

The $6.49 container was cheaper but besides smaller astatine 9 ounces. That's astir $0.72 an ounce.

The value per ounce was astir a $0.30 difference.

Then, I looked for bags of crushed coffee.

Trader Joe's sells a plethora of ground coffee, but I usually opt for its French roast.

The container costs $5.99 for 13 ounces ($0.46 an ounce), which I deliberation is connected nan cheaper broadside for a acheronian roast.

Target didn’t person nan aforesaid roast, but each its java was astir nan aforesaid price.

Although I couldn't find a Target-brand French blend, each nan Good & Gather bags seemed to beryllium 12 ounces for $7.69, aliases astir $0.64 an ounce.

The shop didn't person my preferred roast — but if it did, a container would costs maine almost $2 much for an ounce little of coffee.

I looked for food puffs successful nan snack aisle.

In Trader Joe's spot aisle, I recovered a 5.5-ounce container of food puffs resembling crunchy Cheetos that costs $2.49, aliases astir $0.45 an ounce.

That seemed for illustration a bully value to me, and I liked that location was a reduced-fat option.

I recovered a large container of Cheetos astatine Target, but they were much expensive.

I recovered an 8.5-ounce container of crunchy Cheetos astatine Target for $5.19, aliases astir $0.61 an ounce.

Since nan snack is conscionable for me, I'd overmuch alternatively salary little and get nan smaller bag.

Finally, I looked for packaged noodle kits.

For a speedy and easy dinner, I ever opt for Asian-inspired aliases ramen noodles.

Trader Joe's sells a four-pack of spicy ail and sesame noodles for only $4.99.

The only noodles I recovered pinch akin ingredients astatine Target were measurement pricier.

Although I could've opted for singular pouches of spicy noodles astatine Target, I wanted to find a similar-size package pinch nan closest ingredients.

The only battalion of spicy ail and sesame noodles I could find was from Momofuku and costs a whopping $11.69. That wasn't each that astonishing though, since nan edifice marque is known for being pricey.

If I wanted to put together my ain pack, I could've bought 4 of nan individual NongShim spicy noodle packs for $1.79 each, but that still useful retired to $7.16.

Overall, I for illustration Trader Joe’s offerings and value range.

My database costs $58.90 astatine Trader Joe's, and nan aforesaid items (some of which were connected sale) were $74.81 astatine Target.

Although I preferred nan offerings and deals astatine Trader Joe's, market prices and shop readiness are perpetually changing variables. Plus, this comparison didn't moreover return things for illustration proximity, company ethics, aliases accessibility into account.

There are plentifulness of reasons I could spot personification preferring Target based connected their needs. However, for now, nan only logic I'd return to Target for groceries is for its waste items. That's nan only clip its deals really seemed to outweigh Trader Joe's.