Store comparison · Delta, BC

What a week of groceries costs at every Delta grocery store

The same basket of 236 dinners is $7.61 a serving at Real Canadian Superstore and $10.47 at Save-On-Foods. That is about $28.65 a week apart for five dinners for two. Every price comes from the store's own listings and is re-checked daily.

4 banners compared236 dinners in the basket

Delta is really three towns in one city, and each has its own grocery anchor: Save-On-Foods in Ladner village, Save-On-Foods and Thrifty Foods in Tsawwassen, and Superstore plus Safeway at Sunshine Hills in North Delta. Satiafy watches prices at all four banners daily and plans complete dinners around whatever is actually cheap this week.

Prices at Delta stores last confirmed . We re-check every day.

The same basket, priced at every Delta store

StorePer servingBasket totalDifferenceSaved by this week's sales
Real Canadian Superstore120 Street in North DeltaLOWEST$7.61$3,590.48-$22.40
SafewaySunshine Hills on 120 Street in North Delta$8.72$4,113.62+$523.14$150.36
Thrifty FoodsTsawwassen$9.26$4,370.08+$779.60$115.86
Save-On-FoodsLadner, Tsawwassen and Scottsdale in North Delta$10.47$4,942.94+$1,352.46$105.50

The basket is every dinner all 4 banners can price exactly, costed at each store's own current shelf and sale prices, for 472 servings in total. Recipes any one store cannot price are excluded rather than filled in from another store, so no banner is credited with a price it does not offer. We price one representative store per banner per region, so your nearest location may differ.

Dinners priced at Real Canadian Superstore this week

What the winner's prices look like on a plate: complete recipes from our box, each priced at Real Canadian Superstore's own shelf and sale prices.

Sesame Garlic Noodles with Crispy Chickpeas

$2.33 /serving

Vegetable Pad Thai-Style Noodles

$2.61 /serving

Vegetable Fried Rice with Quick Cucumber Salad

$2.80 /serving

Questions about Delta grocery prices

Which grocery store is cheapest in Delta right now?
Real Canadian Superstore. We priced the same basket of 236 dinners at every Delta banner we track using each store's own current prices, and Real Canadian Superstore came out lowest at $7.61 a serving. The same basket is $10.47 a serving at Save-On-Foods, about $28.65 a week apart for five dinners for two.
How do you work out which Delta store is cheapest?
We take every dinner recipe that all 4 Delta banners can price exactly, cost each one at each store's own shelf and sale prices, and add them up. It is the same basket everywhere, so the comparison is like for like. Recipes that any one store cannot price are left out entirely rather than being filled in with another store's prices.
Does the cheapest grocery store in Delta change week to week?
The ranking moves as sales rotate, which is why the basket is repriced every day rather than written once. Discount banners usually lead on regular prices, but a full-service store running a strong week of specials can close most of the gap, and the sale savings column shows which banner is discounting hardest right now.
Which Delta store has the best grocery prices?
Over a whole basket, Real Canadian Superstore. But no single banner wins every aisle, and the gap on any one item is often small. The table above ranks by the total for the same set of dinners, which is the number that actually decides your bill, rather than by who advertises the loudest.
Which Delta store has the most promotions right now?
That changes weekly with the flyer cycle, and it is not the same question as which store is cheapest overall: a banner with high regular prices can run the deepest promotions and still cost more for the week. The sale savings column above shows what each store's current promotions are worth against the same basket.
Are these Delta grocery prices exact?
They come from each chain's own online listings for a representative Delta-area store, re-checked daily. Prices and stock vary a little between locations of the same banner, and delivery platforms add their own markup on top of shelf prices.

Better still: shop the week, not the store

No single banner wins every aisle every week. Satiafy plans a week of dinners around whatever is actually on sale near you, prices the list at each of your stores, and fills the cart for you at checkout.

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Head-to-head matchups: Safeway vs Save-On-Foods · Safeway vs Real Canadian Superstore · Save-On-Foods vs Real Canadian Superstore

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