Shrimp in Lowell

5 restaurants in Lowell list shrimp on their menus. The cheapest is Sandwich King at $9.50. The typical price across town is $21.99, and the dearest we found is $25.99 at Angelina's Pizza & Subs, so the two ends of the list are $16.49 apart, which is 174% more for the same dish. Of the 5 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 1 sits within a dollar of it and 2 charge more than a dollar over.

We track shrimp in 81 other areas and compare them all on shrimp across United States. The typical price there runs $15.95 at the median, so Lowell is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 2 of the 81. The lowest best price anywhere we cover is $4.00 at Butterfly Belly Asian Cuisine in Portland, OR, and the highest best price is $19.50 in Revere, MA. The nearest area with it is Dracut, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $19.00.

Where is the cheapest shrimp in Lowell? Sandwich King, at $9.50 on 361 Bridge St. The same dish reaches $25.99 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $16.49.

What should shrimp cost here? About $21.99 is the typical price across the 5 kitchens in Lowell that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 2 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 Dracut, about 2 mi away, where the best price is $19.00. That is $9.50 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.