Fruit · national summary · report of Fri Sep 25, 2026
Cantaloupes: advertised prices this week
What US supermarkets advertised for Cantaloupes in the week ads ending during 9/19/2026 to 10/1/2026, from the USDA AMS weekly survey of grocery circulars and digital promotions.
Conventional
Each comparison below uses the report’s own two figures for that row: the change in the average advertised price, computed as (this week − same week last year) ÷ same week last year, rounded to whole percent. A row is listed only where both weeks are reported.
- The average advertised price for Cantaloupes (each) is $3.09 this week compared with $2.99 in the same week last year, a change of +3%.
- The average advertised price for Cantaloupes (per lb) is $0.44 this week compared with $0.53 in the same week last year, a change of -17%.
| Commodity | Variety | Unit | This week — number of ads | This week — average advertised price | Last week — number of ads | Last week — average advertised price | Same week last year — number of ads | Same week last year — average advertised price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantaloupes | not reported | each | 3,071 | $3.09 | 4,229 | $3.42 | 1,666 | $2.99 |
| Cantaloupes | not reported | per lb | 175 | $0.44 | 483 | $0.62 | 477 | $0.53 |
Source: USDA AMS Specialty Crops Market News, Weekly Grocery Store Specialty Crops Feature Activity, report of Fri Sep 25, 2026, linked to the source record. Record id: FVWRETAIL, report of Fri Sep 25, 2026. Period: ads ending during 9/19/2026 to 10/1/2026, fetched 2026-10-02. Data file: ams_fv_retail.json, September 2026, the parsed national tables of the source record, fetched 2026-10-02.