Meat and Seafood
Ever wondered which Australian supermarket has the cheapest meat and seafood? SplitCart compares prices at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, and IGA so you can instantly see where cuts like chicken breast, mince, salmon, and prawns are cheapest today. Add your items once, include substitutes if you like, and SplitCart automatically finds the lowest-cost way to complete your shop.
Seafood
Frequently Asked Questions about Meat and Seafood
Is it cheaper to buy meat at a supermarket or butcher?
It depends on the cut and the butcher. Common cheap cuts of meat are almost always cheaper at the big supermarkets but often a good local butcher will have more expensive cuts at a more competitive price. Not to mention a higher quality.
Is it cheaper to buy a whole chicken and cut it up, or buy the pieces separately?
It's considered on average to be around 30-50% cheaper to buy a full chicken. When you buy individual pieces such as the breast you are not just paying for the meat but also the labor required to separate and prepare the meat. On average 25-32% of a whole chicken is bone. But even this can be used to make stock or for flavor in soups.
What is the cheapest meat per kilo in Australia?
Chicken, and it isn't close. Bulk packs of drumsticks are usually the single cheapest line, with whole chickens and other bone-in pieces just behind them. Budget pork and beef sausages come next, then cooking bacon and corned silverside — those two being the cheapest unprocessed, boneless options. Even allowing for the fact that a whole chicken and drumsticks are roughly a quarter to a third bone, they stay well ahead of everything else. We deliberately don't quote a per-kilo figure here: meat pricing moves week to week, and a number written into a page once is wrong for most of the time it is on screen. The comparison above is priced from the current scrape.
Is meat expensive in Australia?
Yes, meat is expensive in Australia. Australia is a major meat exporter, and high international demand drives up local prices as local consumers compete with overseas buyers. Additionally, the size of Australia adds significant transportation costs. Finally, strict regulations make it incredibly difficult for farmers and butchers to interact directly, necessitating a middle man that adds cost and creates a system more favorable to larger companies.
How do you compare prices?
Our price comparisons are based on all products shared by two companies in our system for a category. This 'product overlap' is why you'll sometimes see more items compared between companies like Coles and Woolworths than stores that have a more unique range, such as Aldi. Sometimes the range is so unique for a category that there is not enough product overlap to do a fair comparison. In such a case, we will omit the results entirely.