Grocery Hunt: #hotgrillsummer Ranch Edition

Hello and welcome to the Grocery Hunt, Manchester Ink Link’s look at prices of grocery items at Manchester supermarket chains. This week’s column honors newly elected Ward 12 State Representative and Manchester Ink Link sponsor Jess Grill, who jokingly talked a lot about ranch dressing on the campaign trail (there are so many different types of ranch out there….)

All prices in this week’s column were obtained on Friday, Nov. 18 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.  Prices and availability may change without notice.

This column only obtains prices from supermarkets as items requested by readers are either unlikely to be available or unlikely to be available in a form that can make comparisons feasible at specialty shops, wholesalers, price clubs or other food stores.

However, readers are welcome to submit prices of items from other stores as well as questions or comments regarding the column to andy@manchesterinklink.com.

Hidden Valley, 16 oz.

Market Basket – $2.50

Walmart – $3.58

Hannaford – $3.95

Wishbone, 15 oz.

Walmart – $2.28

Market Basket – $2.59

Hannaford – $3.49

Kraft, 16 oz.

Market Basket – $2.59

Hannaford – $3.29

Walmart – n/a

Ken’s, 16 oz.

Walmart – $2.98

Market Basket – $2.99

Hannaford – $3.29

Newman’s, 16 oz.

Walmart – $3.64

Market Basket – $3.69

Hannaford – $3.89

Skinnygirl, 8 oz.

Walmart – $2.32

Hannaford – $2.33

Market Basket – n/a

A list of previous Grocery Hunt 2.0 columns from 2022 can be found below

• Oct. 18, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Halloween candy, butter and chicken
• Oct. 6, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Revisiting the spice rack
• Sept. 22, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Pumpkin spice edition
• Sept. 4, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Time for snacks
• Aug. 24, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Battle of the Liquids Part 3
• Aug. 17, 2022: Grocery Hunt: I scream, you scream, we all scream for price comparisons
• Aug. 10, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Inflation hits Manchester hot sauce customers
• Aug. 5, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Grocery Hunt: Eggs, Tomatoes, Lobsters and more…
• July 28, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Producing Produce Prices
• July 20, 2022: Grocery Hunt: BYOBBQ
• July 15, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Why do you build me up, K Cup?
• July 8, 2022: Grocery Hunt: The best part of waking up now costs up to $1.23 per pound more than last year at Manchester supermarkets
• July 1, 2022: Grocery Hunt: More fruits (and charcoal deflation?)
• June 23, 2022: Grocery Hunt: When life doesn’t give you lemons, what Manchester area supermarket has the best lemon prices?
• June 15, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Buttah and corn edition
• June 10, 2022: Grocery Hunt: Beer and bread edition
• June 3, 2022: Welcome to Grocery Hunt 2.0

A list of the first phase of 2022’s Grocery Hunts can be found here.

For 2021’s Grocery Hunts, click here.