Pizza CPI · a daily fixed-basket price study

The Frozen Pizza Price Index

Base 100 = Aug 1, 2026
6-item basket · 3 retailers · Phoenix, AZ
Red Baron · mainstream
Classic Crust Supreme
23.46 oz at series start · GTIN 0007218063471
Kroger
$4.99
21.3¢/oz · Sep 7, 2026
Target
$4.99
21.3¢/oz · Sep 7, 2026
Walmart
$4.82
20.5¢/oz · Sep 7, 2026

Unit price

Regular price per ounce, one line per retailer, last observation per day. Steps are repricings; a step with no shelf-price move is shrinkflation.

KrogerTargetWalmart
21.0¢22.0¢23.0¢Jul 18Aug 12Sep 7Kroger21.3¢Target21.3¢Walmart20.5¢

Recent observations

DateRetailerRegularPromooz¢/ozStatus
Sep 7, 2026Walmart$4.82—23.4620.5¢ok
Sep 7, 2026Target$4.99—23.4621.3¢ok
Sep 7, 2026Kroger$4.99—23.4621.3¢ok
Sep 6, 2026Walmart$4.82—23.4620.5¢ok
Sep 6, 2026Kroger$4.99—23.4621.3¢ok
Sep 6, 2026Target$4.99—23.4621.3¢ok
Sep 5, 2026Walmart$4.82—23.4620.5¢ok
Sep 5, 2026Kroger$4.99—23.4621.3¢ok
Sep 5, 2026Target$4.99—23.4621.3¢out_of_stock
Sep 4, 2026Walmart$4.82—23.4620.5¢ok
Sep 4, 2026Kroger$4.99—23.4621.3¢ok
Sep 4, 2026Target$4.99—23.4621.3¢out_of_stock
Sep 3, 2026Walmart$4.82—23.4620.5¢ok
Sep 3, 2026Kroger$4.99—23.4621.3¢ok

Last observation per day; quarantined rows excluded.