Sprouts vs Publix: Who is Cheaper?
Sprouts is a grocery store that is available in 20+ states and focuses on offering organic and natural options. Publix is mainly in the southeast, but they also offer a lot of organic and natural options as well.
To find out if Sprouts or Publix has cheaper prices for groceries, we will make a meal plan and then compare prices on our grocery list. Scroll to the end to find out who is cheaper!
Is Sprouts more expensive than Publix?
For this price comparison, I have made a meal plan for a family of 4 using “25 Cheap food that fills you up when you are broke!” as a guide. Our plan is to get groceries for a week that are healthy and cheap!
Here is our meal plan:
Breakfasts
- Scrambled Eggs with Homestyle Potatoes (chunky hash browns using leftover baked potatoes)
- French Toast with Pancake Syrup
- Apple Pie Overnight Oats (sauteed apples, cinnamon, brown sugar, pancake syrup, and quick oats)
Lunches
- Baked Potato with leftover taco seasoned ground turkey
- Grilled Cheese with Carrot Sticks & Tortilla Chips
- White Bean Hummus with Carrots
- Salads with Tomato, Cucumber, and Cheese
- Dinner Leftovers
Dinners
- Teriyaki Chicken with broccoli and rice (sauce made with brown sugar and soy sauce)
- Creamy Spinach Chicken and Pasta (leftover chicken, creamed spinach, tomatoes, and pasta) served with side salad
- Chicken and Rice Soup (leftover chicken, rice, chicken bouillon, and mixed vegetables) with Toasted Butter Bread
- Turkey Hamburgers with Homemade Potato Wedges
- Cheesy Tuna Melts on Hamburger Buns (tuna, ranch dressing, and cheese) with side salads and sauteed apples
- Taco Pasta (ground turkey, black beans, canned rotel style tomatoes, taco seasoning, and tortilla chips)
Snacks
- Apples
- Carrot sticks with ranch dressing
- Tortilla Chips
Sweet Treat
- Vanilla Ice Cream with Pancake Syrup
For this price comparison, I am using prices available in Birmingham, Alabama. I will be selecting items for our meal plan that are the absolute cheapest.
This means mostly generic store brand options and the smallest size needed. This may not be the best value, but we are going for the cheapest option.
We are assuming that we already have kitchen basics like cooking oil, seasonings, salt/pepper, and baking powder at home. Everything else needed for the meal plan will need to be purchased.
For a more in depth break down on how I would make this meal plan work, check out “Healthy Grocery List for Family of 4 on a Budget #5“
Produce Section
This is all the fresh vegetables and fruits we need for the week.
| Item | Sprouts Price | Publix Price |
| Potatoes | 5lb bag of organic russets = $5.99 | 5lb bag of russets = $6.09 |
| Apples | 2lb bag of organic gala apples = $3.99 | 3lb bag of Mcintosh Apples = $5.53 |
| Carrots | 1lb bag of baby carrots – $1.29 | 1 lb bag = $1.43 |
| Lettuce | Organic Green Leaf 1 head = $1.99 | Organic Iceberg head =$2.77 * on sale* |
| Tomato | $1.99 a lb = $1.77 | $3.29 a lb = $1.74 |
| Cucumber | $0.59 each | $0.67 each |
| Total: (6 items) | $15.62 | $18.23 |
In the produce section, Sprouts came out cheaper with a total of $15.62. This was $2.61 cheaper than Publix’s total of $18.23.
It is worth noting that we did get 1 more pound of apples at Publix, but we ended up iceberg lettuce so that kind of evens out.
Deli/Meats
This is all the meats that we will need from the deli and meat counter.
| Item | Sprouts Price |