Grocery Game

About Grocery Game

Grocery Game is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. It is played for a four-digit prize, usually valued between $3,000 and $10,000 (although it has also been played for cars), and uses grocery items.

Having debuted on Price's second episode from September 5, 1972 (aired out of order on September 8), Grocery Game is one of the original five pricing games.

The contestant is shown five grocery items. The goal of the game is to buy a total between $20 and $21 inclusive. To do this, the contestant chooses an item, and a quantity of that item to buy. The price is revealed, multiplied by the quantity purchased, and rung up on a cash register. If the total is not within the winning range, and the contestant hasn't gone over $21, they may choose another item and quantity, which is added to their total. This continues until they have won, gone over $21, or used all five grocery items without reaching $20.