Some pumpkins are priced per pound, while others are priced by the pound. You can find many Pumpkins for Sale on different websites. These are compared costs using a bathroom scale after normalizing all pricing to the average weight of the pumpkins in the flat rate bins. The cost of a 12-pound pumpkin is $5.00 per pound, which works out to $0.42 per pound. The only way to ensure that you are paying the correct price for the pumpkin is to use a produce scale to weigh it. If you don’t want to carry a big pumpkin onto a produce scale, your best bet is to shop at a store where pumpkins are already priced per pound.
You Can Buy Pumpkins On Sale At:
WinCo Foods’ Pumpkins:
They are the cheapest: $0.18 per pound. If you don’t live close to a WinCo — they’re in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, and Washington — you’re depriving yourself.
At $0.18 per pound, Foam Farm’s no-frills, bag-your-own-groceries warehouse store has the lowest pricing you have seen anywhere on pumpkins.
Pumpkins are large, weighing an average of 18 and 33 pounds, and while some of the other stores in this group demand the biggest pumpkin to get the best price per pound.
Walmart Pumpkins:
Walmart is in a league of its own when it comes to price, with Albertsons just behind. If the pricing were more predictable, Walmart would undoubtedly take home the title. The sizes and weights of Walmart pumpkins are all over the map, so you’re getting a fantastic bargain or a not-so-great bargain depending on the size you choose. Also, check out the Pumpkins For Sale pamphlets too.
They have:
Carving pumpkins, 19.8 lb avg (in-store): $3.98 each
Carving pumpkins, 14-18 lb (pickup/delivery): $4.28 each
Costco:
Pumpkins at Costco are available for a price of $6.99 per pound, or $0.30 per pound.
You can see a lot of huge pumpkins at Costco, and you will like the selection and prices as because different types of sales are available too.
Jumbo pumpkins, 16-23 lbs avg: $6.99 each ($0.30-$0.42/lb)
Trader Joe’s:
Trader Joe’s didn’t seem like a potential competitor a week ago, because they only sold ornamental pumpkins and gourds, but they’ve since added orange pumpkins to their lineup for $2.99 each. Pumpkins vary in weight from 7 to 10 pounds, which costs between $0.30 and $0.43 per pound.
White pumpkins, 8-10 lbs avg: $6.99 ($0.70-$0.87/lb)
Decorative (not-for-carving) pumpkins, 6-8 lbs avg: $6.99 (around $1/lb).
Pumpkins at Safeway/Albertsons:
Albertsons outscored Walmart, Costco, and Kroger in terms of price per pound for pumpkins, edging them out. Albertsons had the greatest price per pound for huge carving pumpkins, white pumpkins, and ornamental pumpkins. They put Pumpkins For Sale occasionally and many times in the year to accommodate their customers.
If you order a pumpkin online for grocery delivery, you’re rolling the dice; if you get a 15-pounder, you may save up to $0.23 per pound if the price is below $3.48, or pay more than the in-store price of $0.29 per pound if it turns out to be a 10-pounder. It will cost you anywhere between $3.48 and $3.54 regardless of what happens.
White pumpkins: $0.49/lb
Decorative pumpkins: $0.69/lb
Pumpkins at Walmart cost $0.24/lb
Pumpkins at Kroger/Fred Meyer:
I shopped at a Kroger grocery store (Fred Meyer) in my neighborhood that did not have a huge selection of pumpkins, but they made up for it with a fantastic offer. The pumpkins weighed between 11 and 16 pounds on average and will be offered for $10 each two with Pumpkins For Sale vouchers available.
