Aldi vs. Walmart in 2026: We Compared 8 Grocery Items — Here’s the Winner
Consider this your sign to shop for Walmart’s Great Value brand if you’re looking to cut grocery costs. Great Value consistently offered the cheapest options for eight grocery staples when we compared it to several Aldi private-label brands.
Below are some of the top groceries, including staples like eggs, milk and more, that are a lot cheaper to buy at Walmart than Aldi in 2026.
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Eggs
Egg prices may have dropped, but savvy shoppers haven’t stopped price matching for the best deals.
Cage-free white eggs are available at Walmart for $1.67. On the flip side, Aldi’s Goldhen eggs are closer to $2 and priced at $1.85 for a dozen.
Milk
Need milk? Pick up Great Value Vitamin D milk for $3.46 per gallon.
Aldi’s Friendly Farms whole milk is on sale right now for $3.65, which appears to be a good deal at first glance. But even with the 3% discount and considering the milk’s regular price ($3.75), it’s still more than what you’d pay at Walmart.
Butter
Four sticks of unsalted and salted butter from Great Value cost $3.06, or 77 cents per stick.
The Countryside Creamery brand at Aldi is marked down 7% to $3.29 and regularly costs $3.55 for salted and unsalted butter. Sale or no sale, shoppers pay anywhere from 82 to 89 cents for their butter quarters at Aldi.
Cereal
Both storefronts offer their generic takes on Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, but it’s a smidge cheaper to shop for this breakfast cereal at Walmart.
You can save 21 cents when you buy Great Value toasted corn flakes in an 18-ounce box compared to a similar Millville cereal at Aldi.
Prepackaged Deli Meat
Which store has the better deal on prepackaged turkey lunch meat when we’re not counting brand names? Pound for pound, or rather ounce for ounce, it’s Walmart.
Great Value’s oven roasted pre-sliced turkey breast is $3.57 for a nine-ounce container, versus Lunch Mate’s $3.75 pricing for the same amount of turkey.
Frozen Potatoes
Don’t overlook frozen potatoes for substantial savings. After comparing two bags of frozen shredded hash browns – Great Value versus Season’s Choice – the former emerged the triumphant, more affordable victor at $3.42.
The Season’s Choice potatoes retail for $4.09 at Aldi, resulting in Walmart shoppers saving 67 cents.
Frozen Fruit
You can save up to 29 cents getting certain types of frozen fruit from Walmart.
Each storefront carries 48 ounces of a frozen strawberry-banana blend from their in-house labels Great Value and Season’s Choice. However, Great Value’s is priced at $6.86, or about 14 cents per ounce, compared to the Season’s Choice cost of $7.15.
Ice Cream
A simple carton of vanilla bean ice cream can be found at Walmart for under $3. The Great Value brand is priced at $2.97 compared to $3.25 for Aldi’s Sundae Shoppe.
Editor’s note: Prices and availability are subject to change.
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