Unsalted Butter

Is Unsalted Butter at $4.27 actually a good deal?

Whether $4.27 is a strong price for Unsalted Butter depends on the unit size and your local baseline. As a rule of thumb, anything in this category at a 20%+ discount off the listed regular price is worth picking up if you'll use it within the week; anything at 35%+ off is worth stocking up on or freezing if applicable. This particular sale is currently 29% off the everyday price at Stater Bros. Markets, which puts it in good-deal territory.

Where else might this be on sale?

Regional chains overlap on most major brand-name and store-brand items. If you're not within driving distance of a Stater Bros. Markets, check the same product page at one of the other regional chains we track — Aldi, Lidl, Meijer, ShopRite, Hannaford, H-E-B and the rest all run their own weekly ads on the same Wednesday cycle, and at any given moment one of them is usually within a few cents of the price you see here.