Stuffed Shells in Forked River

5 restaurants in Forked River list stuffed shells on their menus. The cheapest is Mario's at $14.50. The typical price across town is $15.95, and the dearest we found is $16.61 at Papouli's Brick Oven Pizza & Restaurant, so the two ends of the list are $2.11 apart, which is 15% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 1 charges more than a dollar under the typical price, 4 sit within a dollar of it and 0 charge more than a dollar over.

We track stuffed shells in 252 other areas and compare them all on stuffed shells across United States. The typical price there runs $16.49 at the median, so Forked River is cheaper than most of them, with a lower typical price than 154 of the 252. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $5.50 at Mr P Pizza & Pasta in North Wales, PA, and the highest best price is $20.10 in West Springfield, MA. The nearest area with it is Bayville, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $15.00.

Where is the cheapest stuffed shells in Forked River? Mario's, at $14.50 on 422 S Main St. The same dish reaches $16.61 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $2.11.

What should stuffed shells cost here? About $15.95 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Forked River that list it. Of the ones listed above, 1 is more than a dollar below that and 0 are more than a dollar above, so the typical price is a middle rather than a floor.

Is it cheaper nearby? The nearest area we track it in is Bayville, about 5 mi away, where the best price is $15.00. That is $0.50 more than the best price here.

Why do the prices differ so much? We compare what each menu calls the same dish, and menus are not identical: portion, cut, sides and the kind of room you are sitting in all ride on the price, and none of that shows up in a number. Part portions and half sizes are kept out of this comparison, and a chain charging the same at several addresses is counted once, so the spread above is between genuinely different kitchens rather than the same one repeated.