Your items. Your quantities. Tracked city areas.
Receipt Builder
Start building ↓Choose your city, then add items to your basket and adjust the quantities to match what you buy. Your totals update automatically, so you can compare the same basket across 12 tracked U.S. city areas.
59 tracked item types, including groceries, personal care, pet supplies, and electronics. Each item uses its latest available category price.
- 1 Choose your city
- 2 Add items
- 3 Adjust quantities
- 4 Compare
Build your basket
What goes in your basket?
Choose Add item to search the full list. Try eggs, coffee, or pet food, then adjust each quantity to match what you buy.
City totals update together as you build. You can also load an example basket, then change or remove any item.
Example basket
Start with the tracked dog supplies and adjust them to your shopping list.
12 examples. Loading one replaces your basket. Every starting quantity is editable.
Your basket total
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Price dates:
Add an item to see your basket across cities.
City comparison
Compare the same items and quantities in every city area. Complete totals are listed from highest to lowest. Each difference is measured from the lowest complete total.
| City area / date | Basket total |
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What makes up my total?
How this comparison works
Start with the quantity shown beside each item, such as 12 eggs or 12 ounces of ground coffee, and adjust it to match what you buy. We multiply each quantity by its latest category price per unit, then add up your basket.
The comparison applies your exact item list and quantities to every tracked city area. Dates show when each price was observed. A partial basket is labeled separately when some item prices are unavailable.
These are estimates based on tracked category prices for the listed city areas. To explore how prices changed over time, view price trends.
Build and compare a basket
Read the walkthrough
Choose your city and an example
Let's compare the same basket in different cities. First, choose your city area. Select Eggs and coffee from Example basket, then Load example.
Adjust the quantities
Change eggs to twenty-four and watch your total update. You can edit the quantity of any item. To add something else, choose Add item and search the full list.
Read the city comparison
Your basket total uses prices for the selected city. Below it, compare the same items and amounts across the tracked city areas. Each difference is measured from the lowest complete total.
Check the dates and coverage
Choose another city to view its receipt. Check the price dates, and look for any partial baskets. Start with an example, then make it yours.