Fruit · national summary · report of Fri Sep 25, 2026
Pears: advertised prices this week
What US supermarkets advertised for Pears 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 Pears Bartlett (3 lb bag) is $3.29 this week compared with $3.49 in the same week last year, a change of -6%.
- The average advertised price for Pears Bartlett (each) is $1.24 this week compared with $1.02 in the same week last year, a change of +22%.
- The average advertised price for Pears Bartlett (per lb) is $1.73 this week compared with $1.54 in the same week last year, a change of +12%.
- The average advertised price for Pears Bosc (per lb) is $1.83 this week compared with $1.72 in the same week last year, a change of +6%.
- The average advertised price for Pears D'Anjou (per lb) is $1.92 this week compared with $1.50 in the same week last year, a change of +28%.
- The average advertised price for Pears RED TYPE (each) is $1.25 this week compared with $0.79 in the same week last year, a change of +58%.
- The average advertised price for Pears RED TYPE (per lb) is $1.96 this week compared with $1.74 in the same week last year, a change of +13%.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pears | Bartlett | 3 lb bag | 90 | $3.29 | 2,624 | $3.29 | 176 | $3.49 |
| Pears | Bartlett | each | 151 | $1.24 | 162 | $1.00 | 262 | $1.02 |
| Pears | Bartlett | per lb | 3,578 | $1.73 | 4,957 | $1.89 | 3,083 | $1.54 |
| Pears | Bosc | each | 151 | $1.25 | 162 | $1.00 | not reported | not reported |
| Pears | Bosc | per lb | 740 | $1.83 | 762 | $2.11 | 917 | $1.72 |
| Pears | COMICE | per lb | 21 | $0.98 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Pears | D'Anjou | per lb | 438 | $1.92 | 60 | $1.99 | 699 | $1.50 |
| Pears | RED TYPE | each | 123 | $1.25 | 162 | $1.00 | 131 | $0.79 |
| Pears | RED TYPE | per lb | 1,349 | $1.96 | 1,062 | $1.99 | 885 | $1.74 |
Organic
Compared with the same week last year:
- The average advertised price for Pears Bartlett (2 lb bag) is $4.13 this week compared with $3.53 in the same week last year, a change of +17%.
- The average advertised price for Pears Bartlett (per lb) is $2.68 this week compared with $2.73 in the same week last year, a change of -2%.
- The average advertised price for Pears RED TYPE (per lb) is $2.70 this week compared with $2.70 in the same week last year, a change of +0%.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pears | Bartlett | 2 lb bag | 1,101 | $4.13 | 549 | $4.66 | 1,616 | $3.53 |
| Pears | Bartlett | 3 lb bag | 86 | $3.29 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Pears | Bartlett | per lb | 632 | $2.68 | 23 | $1.78 | 481 | $2.73 |
| Pears | RED TYPE | per lb | 461 | $2.70 | not reported | not reported | 305 | $2.70 |
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.