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Summary

11 Costco products you can actually get for cheaper at Walmart

Quite a few Great Value items cost less than Kirkland Signature products!

person holding kirkland signature maple syrup at costco. right: packs of great value toilet paper at walmart

Kirkland Signature maple syrup. Right: Great Value toilet paper.

Senior Writer

Costco offers many items at lower prices than grocery stores in Canada.

But there are a lot of products you can get for cheaper at Walmart, including Great Value and name-brand items.

That means you can save quite a bit of money if you shop strategically.

So, here are 11 products at Costco Canada that cost you less at Walmart Canada stores.

Potatoes

bags of yellow potatoes at costco. right: bags of yellow potatoes at walmart

Yellow potatoes at Costco. Right: Yellow potatoes at Walmart.

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You can get a 10-pound bag of yellow potatoes for $7.99 at Costco.

That price breaks down to a cost of $0.799 per pound.

At Walmart, you can get a five-pound bag of yellow potatoes for $3.97.

That works out to a cost of $0.794 per pound.

Frozen berries

bags of kirkland signature frozen berries. right: bags of great value frozen berries

Kirland Signature frozen berries. Right: Great Value frozen berries.

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It costs $16.99 for a two-kilogram bag of Kirkland Signature frozen three berry blend that has raspberries, blueberries and blackberries.

You pay $0.84 per 100 grams.

It costs $4.44 for a 600-gram bag of Great Value frozen four berry blend that has strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries.

You pay $0.74 per 100 grams.

That means you save $0.10 per 100 grams with the Walmart product compared to the Costco item.

Plus, the Great Value frozen berry blend has four kinds of fruit, while the Kirkland Signature berry blend only has three!

Maple syrup

person holding kirkland signature maple syrup. right: bottles of maple crest maple syrup at walmart

Kirkland Signature maple syrup. Right: Maple Crest maple syrup.

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You can get a one-litre bottle of Kirkland Signature maple syrup for $15.99 at Costco.

It costs $15.97 for a one-litre bottle of Old Fashioned Maple Crest maple syrup at Walmart.

That means you pay two cents less per bottle at Walmart than at Costco.

Natural peanut butter

person holding kirkland signature natural peanut butter. right: great value peanut butter

Kirkland Signature natural peanut butter. Right: Great Value natural peanut butter.

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Kirkland Signature natural peanut butter costs $12.99 at Costco. You get a pack of two jars that are one kilogram each.

That price works out to $6.49 per jar and $0.64 per 100 grams.

Great Value natural peanut butter costs $4.27 at Walmart, and you get a 750-gram jar.

That breaks down to a cost of just $0.56 per 100 grams.

So, it's $2.22 cheaper per jar and $0.08 cheaper per 100 grams for Walmart's in-store brand.

Olive oil

person holding kirkland signature olive oil. right: bottles of great value olive oil

Kirkland Signature olive oil at Costco. Right: Great Value olive oil at Walmart.

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Costco has a two-litre bottle of Kirkland Signature extra virgin olive oil for $24.99, which means you pay $1.24 per 100 millilitres.

Walmart has a one-litre bottle of Great Value extra virgin olive oil for $10.97, which means it costs you $1.09 per 100 millilitres.

So, the Great Value item beats the Kirkland Signature product by $0.15 per 100 millilitres.

Canned tuna

person holding cans of kirkland signature tuna. right: person holding can of great value tuna

Kirkland Signature canned tuna. Right: Great Value canned tuna.

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It costs $16.49 for a pack of eight 184-gram cans of Kirkland Signature skipjack tuna in water at Costco.

That works out to $2.06 per can and $1.12 per 100 grams.

It costs $1.24 for a 170-gram can of Great Value skipjack tuna in water at Walmart.

That price breaks down to $0.72 per 100 grams.

Despite each can of tuna being bigger at Costco, the price isn't cheaper when you break it down by how much you get at each store.

You pay $0.40 less per 100 grams at Walmart than at Costco.

Even if you buy six cans at Walmart to have the same amount as the Costco pack, it still costs less at $9.92.

Ground black pepper

person holding tub of kirkland signature ground black pepper. right: tubs of great value black pepper

Kirkland Signature ground black pepper. Right: Great Value black pepper.

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Kirkland Signature ground pepper costs $8.99 for a 360-gram tub at Costco.

That price breaks down to $2.49 per 100 grams.

Great Value ground black pepper costs $4.97 for a 250-gram tub at Walmart.

That works out to $1.98 per 100 grams.

So, you can save $0.51 when you buy the Walmart item instead of the Costco product.

Mini chocolate chip cookies

boxes of kirkland signature mini chocolate chip cookies. right: boxes of chips ahoy mini chocolate chip cookies

Kirkland Signature mini chocolate chip cookies at Costco. Right: Chips Ahoy mini chocolate chip cookies at Walmart.

Lisa Belmonte | Narcity

You can get an 850-gram box of Kirkland Signature mini chocolate chip cookies for $16.49 at Costco. It comes with 30 pouches of cookies.

That means you pay $0.54 per pouch and $1.94 per 100 grams.

At Walmart, you can get a 156-gram box of name-brand Chips Ahoy mini chocolate chip cookies for $2.27. It comes with six pouches of cookies.

That price breaks down to a cost of $0.37 per pouch and $1.45 per 100 grams.

So, the name-brand product at Walmart is $0.17 cheaper per pouch and $0.49 cheaper per 100 grams than the Kirkland Signature product at Costco.

Microwave popcorn

boxes of kirkland signature microwave popcorn. right: boxes of great value microwave popcorn

Kirkland Signature microwave popcorn. Right: Great Value microwave popcorn.

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It costs $20.99 for a 4.1-kilogram box of Kirkland Signature microwave popcorn at Costco. Each box comes with 44 bags.

That means you pay $0.47 per bag and $0.51 per 100 grams.

It costs $9.97 for a 1.96-kilogram box of Great Value microwave popcorn at Walmart. Each box comes with 24 bags.

That price breaks down to $0.41 per bag and $0.50 per 100 grams.

You pay less per bag and per 100 grams at Walmart.

Toilet paper

packs of kirkland signature toilet paper. right: packs of great value toilet paper

Kirkland Signature toilet paper. Right: Great Value toilet paper.

Lisa Belmonte | Narcity

Kirkland Signature toilet paper costs $23.99 for a pack of 30 rolls at Costco.

That price works out to a cost of $0.79 per roll.

Great Value toilet paper costs $19.94 at Walmart. It comes with 30 rolls.

That breaks down to a cost of just $0.66 per roll.

You can save $4.05 per pack and $0.13 per roll when you buy Great Value toilet paper at Walmart instead of Kirkland Signature toilet paper at Costco.

Scented room spray

person holdin pack of febreeze spray bottles at costco. right: febreeze spray bottles at walmart

Febreze spray bottles at Costco. Right: Febreze spray bottles at Walmrat.

Lisa Belmonte | Narcity

It costs $13.99 for a pack of four Febreze scented room sprays at Costco. Each spray bottle is 250 grams.

That means you pay $3.49 per bottle and $1.39 per 100 grams.

You can get three bottles of Febreze scented room sprays for $10 at Walmart. Each spray bottle is 250 grams.

So, you pay $1.33 per 100 grams.

It costs just a few cents less per 100 grams at Walmart, but every cent counts, right?

These prices are confirmed at the time of publishing, but they can change at any time. Taxes and fees may not be included.

  • Senior Writer

    Lisa Belmonte (she/her) is a Senior Writer with Narcity Media. After graduating with a Bachelor of Journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), she joined the Narcity team. Lisa covers news and notices from across the country from a Canada-wide perspective. Her early coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic earned Narcity its first-ever national journalism award nomination.

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