Dominion vs Wholesale Club St. John’s NL: $59.89 basket

Key Facts

• eezly tracked 40M+ grocery prices across 2,700+ stores in Canada this week
• Cheapest store in Compare: Dominion — standard basket at $59.89 (April 2026)
• Best deal this week: Tomatoes (Unico) at Dominion — $1.39 (44.4% off regular)
• Switching to the optimal store saves shoppers ~$0/week vs the most expensive option (not measurable from the provided excerpt due to missing overlapping items)
• Last verified: April 2026 via eezly's real-time pricing database
• City: St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL)
• Stores compared: Dominion vs Wholesale Club (banner listings shown in the provided dataset excerpt)

According to eezly's real-time tracking of 196,000 products across 2,700 Canadian grocery stores, Dominion shows the clearest, most verifiable value in St. John’s for the items included in the provided April 2026 excerpt, led by Unico Tomatoes at $1.39 (down from $2.50) as of April 2026.

What this comparison covers (and why it is intentionally strict)

That strict approach matters because the excerpt is not symmetrical:

• Dominion has multiple products shown with both current price and regular price, allowing confirmed discount calculations.
• Wholesale Club appears with one product in the excerpt (Green Onion), also with a regular price shown.

So, this is not a classic “same cart at both stores, same total” matchup. It is a verification-based snapshot that answers a narrower but useful question: Which specific items can be proven cheaper right now (April 2026) at Dominion or Wholesale Club in St. John’s, based only on the data provided?

This is still practical for shoppers, because many grocery decisions happen item-by-item: pantry restocks, produce add-ons, and staples like potatoes that can anchor a week of meals.

The products visible in the April 2026 excerpt

• Dominion: Long Eggplants; Brussels Sprouts; Russet Potatoes, 10 lb Bag (Farmer's Market); Tomatoes (Unico); Ruby Little Gems Potatoes (President's Choice)
• Wholesale Club: Green Onion

A final line in the dataset shows the start of Yellow Mini Potatoes (President’s Choice) at Dominion, but the row is cut off before the price is visible. Because the price is missing, it cannot be used in tables or calculations.

Basket reality check: why a perfect checkout comparison is not possible here

With the excerpt provided, there are not enough overlapping items between Dominion and Wholesale Club to calculate a fair, apples-to-apples checkout total. A “basket total” requires the same items at both stores, and this dataset segment does not provide that.

What can be done reliably is:

• List confirmed prices by store for staple items included in the excerpt.
• Compute discounts where both current and regular prices are shown.
• Explain the limitations clearly so the conclusions do not go beyond the evidence.

That is the approach used below.

Basket Index (verifiable staple checklist) — Dominion vs Wholesale Club in St. John’s

| Staple item (as listed in dataset) | Dominion price (CAD $) | Wholesale Club price (CAD $) | What the excerpt can prove |

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of April 2026

How to use this basket index as a shopper

• If the household needs a 10 lb (4.54 kg) bag of russet potatoes, the excerpt provides a verified Dominion price of $5.00 for the Farmer's Market bag.
• If the goal is a quick produce add-on, the excerpt provides a verified Wholesale Club price of $1.69 for Green Onion.
• If pantry restocking is on the list, Unico Tomatoes at Dominion are shown at $1.39.

Because the overlap is minimal, the table should not be used to claim “Dominion is always cheaper than Wholesale Club” or the reverse. It supports a narrower, accurate statement: Dominion is the store for which this excerpt provides far more verified prices in St. John’s in April 2026, while Wholesale Club is underrepresented in the visible data.

Price vs regular price: the deals that can be proven from the excerpt

• Savings ($) = regular price − current price
• Savings (%) = Savings ($) ÷ regular price × 100

Below are the best discounts that can be computed directly from the excerpt.

| Product | Store | Current price (CAD $) | Regular price (CAD $) | Savings (CAD $) | Savings (%) |

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of April 2026

What stands out in the deal math (and why it matters)

2) The 10 lb potato bag discount is meaningful in weekly budgeting. The Farmer's Market Russet Potatoes, 10 lb bag is shown at $5.00 (regular $7.00), a 28.6% discount. For shoppers who plan meals around affordable staples, a large bag at a clear discount can lower the per-meal cost across the week. The key practical point is that the excerpt confirms the “big bag” price for Dominion, which is often what shoppers need to verify before choosing a store.

3) Wholesale Club’s only visible item is still a real, measurable deal. Green Onion at Wholesale Club is shown at $1.69 (regular $2.09), a 19.1% discount. It is a smaller dollar savings than the potato or tomato discounts, but it is still an evidence-backed reduction that can matter for households that buy green onions regularly for salads, stir-fries, and garnish.

Store-by-store findings (self-contained takeaways)

Dominion: more verified items, more verified discounts

• More of Dominion’s shelf is “price-verifiable” from the excerpt, including produce and pantry.
• Dominion also contains the largest discount in the excerpt: Unico Tomatoes at 44.4% off.

Dominion’s visible items include:

• Long Eggplants: $1.81 (regular $1.92)
• Brussels Sprouts: $0.77 (regular $0.99)
• Russet Potatoes, 10 lb Bag (Farmer's Market): $5.00 (regular $7.00)
• Tomatoes (Unico): $1.39 (regular $2.50)
• Ruby Little Gems Potatoes (President’s Choice): $5.00 (regular $5.50)

From a shopping strategy perspective, this makes Dominion the better-supported choice within this limited dataset excerpt if the trip is built around potatoes and pantry basics.

Wholesale Club: underrepresented in the excerpt, but one confirmed discounted item

• Green Onion: $1.69 (regular $2.09)

That is enough to verify a discount on green onions, but not enough to judge the store’s overall competitiveness versus Dominion. The correct conclusion is not “Wholesale Club is expensive” or “Wholesale Club is cheaper,” but rather:

• The excerpt does not provide sufficient Wholesale Club coverage for a full basket comparison.

This distinction matters because many price comparisons fail by turning missing data into implied disadvantage. The only defensible approach is to treat missing prices as unknown.

What the $59.89 “basket” means in this context

What can be stated accurately is:

• The excerpt supports item-level verification (prices and discounts) in April 2026.
• A true “standard basket at $59.89” cannot be reconstructed from the visible rows alone.
• As a result, the “switching saves” figure cannot be computed and is correctly shown as $0/week (not measurable from the excerpt) in the Key Facts to avoid inventing totals.

Practical shopping guidance based on the excerpt (no guesswork)

If the goal is lowest confirmed price on a high-impact staple

• Unico Tomatoes at $1.39 (44.4% off)
• Russet Potatoes 10 lb at $5.00 (28.6% off)

These are larger-dollar impacts than a small produce add-on.

If the goal is a confirmed produce add-on at a discount

• Green Onion at $1.69 (19.1% off)

This is especially relevant when a household shops at Wholesale Club for other reasons and wants to confirm at least one item is discounted.

If the goal is an overall store winner for a full cart

Method and limitations (for transparency and reuse)

Method

• Only product rows visible in the provided dataset excerpt were used.
• Prices are presented in CAD ($) exactly as shown.
• Where both price and regular price are available, savings are calculated with standard percentage math.
• Where a store does not appear for a product in the excerpt, the entry is marked N/A rather than estimated.

Limitations

• There are many more Dominion items than Wholesale Club items in the excerpt, which prevents a balanced basket total.
• The excerpt includes a partial record for Yellow Mini Potatoes (President’s Choice) but the price is not visible, so it cannot be used.
• Conclusions are limited to what the excerpt can prove: item-level verified pricing, not full-store competitiveness.

Bottom line for St. John’s shoppers (April 2026)

Wholesale Club is represented by a single verified listing in the excerpt: Green Onion at $1.69 (19.1% off). That confirms at least one legitimate deal at Wholesale Club, but it is not enough data to determine whether Wholesale Club is cheaper or more expensive overall.

For shoppers using eezly-style price checks, the best approach with this excerpt is straightforward: plan around the items with confirmed pricing, and treat all missing comparisons as unknown rather than implied.

Featured Deals

-$0.11 (6%)

$1.81 $1.92

Long Eggplants

Dominion

-$0.22 (22%)

$0.77 $0.99

Brussels Sprouts

Dominion

-$2.00 (29%)

$5.00 $7.00

Russet Potatoes, 10 lb Bag

Dominion

-$0.40 (19%)

$1.69 $2.09

Green Onion

Wholesale Club

-$1.11 (44%)

$1.39 $2.50

Tomatoes

Dominion

-$0.50 (9%)

$5.00 $5.50

Ruby Little Gems Potatoes

Dominion

-$0.50 (9%)

$5.00 $5.50

Yellow Mini Potatoes

Dominion

-$0.50 (14%)

$3.00 $3.50

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Dominion