Welcome to Week Three of the 2022 Grocery Hunt, Manchester Ink Link’s guide to Manchester-area grocery store prices.
Like last year, we’re tracking the prices and availability of grocery items requested by our readers week by week at Manchester’s three supermarkets. This week, we are also checking the prices for staple items and will provide trends for those items throughout the year. We also welcome contributions from our readers – see a good price or a unique item in the Manchester area? E-mail it to andy@manchesterinklink.com and we will include it!
Each time a store has the lowest price on staple items, items requested by readers, or items found by readers, it will get one point. The store with the most points will be our 2022 Grocery Hunt Champion.
Ten years ago this month, I did a Grocery Hunt down in Massachusetts with a theme based on things that readers thought reminded them of Rob Gronkowski. This week, as Gronk continues to decide whether or not he’ll retire once and for all, we went to Manchester Ink Link’s Facebook page to ask Ink Link readers the same question.
All prices were checked on Jan. 27 from 12 to 2 p.m., Prices and item availability may change without notice.
Items may have been available during the aforementioned time but could not be found. Within this column, all efforts available to an ordinary grocery shopper were made to find the item. If you see an error here, please let us know at andy@manchesterinklink.com
Unless asked for a specifically-sized item by a reader, situations in which stores have different sizes of the exact same item will be compared by weight or volume. If stores have multiple variations of an item with differing prices, the lowest price will be used.
Reader Requested Items
Protein Powder (2 lb.)
Walmart – $15.46
Hannaford – $16.99
Market Basket – $18.99
Bud Light (12 cans, 12 oz. each)
Walmart – $10.98
Hannaford – $11.99
Market Basket $12.99
Sausage (cost per lb.)
Hannaford $3.79
Walmart $3.88
Market Basket $3.99
Monster Energy Drink (16 oz.)
Walmart $2.08
Market Basket $2.09
Hannaford $2.19
Staple Items
Milk (one gallon)
Hannaford $2.59
Market Basket $2.59
Walmart $2.76
Eggs (one dozen)
Hannaford $1.79
Market Basket $1.89
Walmart $2.41
Bread (20 oz.)
Market Basket $1.29
Walmart $1.38
Hannaford $1.59
85% Lean Ground Beef (cost per lb.)
Market Basket $3.99
Hannaford $5.29
Walmart n/a
Reader Submitted Items
There were no reader submitted items this week. If you’d like to submit an item from any Manchester-area grocery store, whatever it is, e-mail it to andy@manchesterinklink.com. If it’s the lowest price on that item that week, we’ll add it to the 2022 Grocery Hunt Total Score below, with the store with the highest score at the end of the year winning the 2022 Grocery Hunt Title!
2022 Grocery Hunt Scores after Week 3
Walmart – 9
Hannaford – 9
Market Basket – 7
⇒ For 2022’s previous Grocery Hunts, look below. For 2021’s Grocery Hunts, click here.
- Jan. 19, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Crime can’t stop soup
- Jan. 9, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Happy (Chinese) New Year