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
California Pizza Kitchen · premium
BBQ Chicken Thin Crust
14.70 oz at series start · GTIN 0007192162491
Kroger
$8.99
61.2¢/oz · Sep 7, 2026
Target
$7.49
50.9¢/oz · Sep 7, 2026
Walmart
$7.86
53.5¢/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
50.0¢55.0¢60.0¢Jul 17Aug 12Sep 7Kroger61.2¢Walmart53.5¢Target50.9¢

Recent observations

DateRetailerRegularPromooz¢/ozStatus
Sep 7, 2026Target$7.49—14.7050.9¢ok
Sep 7, 2026Kroger$8.99—14.7061.2¢ok
Sep 7, 2026Walmart$7.86—14.7053.5¢ok
Sep 6, 2026Target$7.49—14.7050.9¢ok
Sep 6, 2026Kroger$8.99—14.7061.2¢ok
Sep 6, 2026Walmart$7.86—14.7053.5¢ok
Sep 5, 2026Kroger$8.99—14.7061.2¢ok
Sep 5, 2026Walmart$7.86—14.7053.5¢ok
Sep 5, 2026Target$7.49—14.7050.9¢ok
Sep 4, 2026Kroger$8.99—14.7061.2¢ok
Sep 4, 2026Walmart$7.86—14.7053.5¢ok
Sep 4, 2026Target$7.49—14.7050.9¢ok
Sep 3, 2026Kroger$8.99—14.7061.2¢ok
Sep 3, 2026Walmart$7.86—14.7053.5¢ok

Last observation per day; quarantined rows excluded.