13 restaurants in Springfield list stuffed shells on their menus. The cheapest is MJ's Pizza & Grinders at $13.50. The typical price across town is $18.25, and the dearest we found is $21.45 at Empire Pizza, so the two ends of the list are $7.95 apart, which is 59% more for the same dish. Of the 13 kitchens listed, 2 charge more than a dollar under the typical price, 6 sit within a dollar of it and 5 charge more than a dollar over.
We track stuffed shells in 250 other areas and compare them all on stuffed shells across United States. The typical price there runs $16.45 at the median, so Springfield is dearer than most of them, with a lower typical price than 40 of the 250. 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 Torrington, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $14.95.
Where is the cheapest stuffed shells in Springfield? MJ's Pizza & Grinders, at $13.50 on 955 Worthington St. The same dish reaches $21.45 elsewhere in town, so where you order it changes the bill by $7.95.
What should stuffed shells cost here? About $18.25 is the typical price across the 13 kitchens in Springfield that list it. Of the ones listed above, 2 are more than a dollar below that and 5 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 Torrington, about 11 mi away, where the best price is $14.95. That is $1.45 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.
| Area | Best price | Typical | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springfield, MA this page |
$13.50 | $18.25 | 13 |
| Torrington, CT
Pizza Express · about 11 mi away |
$14.95 | $19.99 | 5 |
| Bristol, CT
Empire Pizza & Grill · about 23 mi away |
$13.95 | $15.50 | 8 |
| West Hartford, CT
Bert's Pizzeria · about 27 mi away |
$15.95 | $19.75 | 4 |
| Windsor Locks, CT
Village Pizza · about 27 mi away |
$14.50 | $17.95 | 3 |
| New Britain, CT
Adinas Pizzeria · about 29 mi away |
$9.90 | $17.25 | 6 |
| Waterbury, CT
Angelina's Pizza · about 29 mi away |
$7.95 | $14.95 | 7 |
| Newington, CT
Newington Pizza Restaurant · about 31 mi away |
$10.85 | $15.50 | 3 |
| West Springfield, MA
Star Pizza · about 31 mi away |
$20.10 | $22.00 | 3 |
| Naugatuck, CT
La Casa Pizzeria · about 33 mi away |
$15.95 | $17.45 | 5 |
| Holyoke, MA
City Pizza · about 34 mi away |
$17.49 | $18.95 | 4 |
| Chicopee, MA
Pizza Palace · about 34 mi away |
$16.50 | $18.99 | 7 |
| Meriden, CT
Honeyspot Pizza 4 · about 36 mi away |
$11.99 | $15.99 | 10 |
Items are grouped by dish, so names vary a little between restaurants. Each price is what that menu listed on the date shown beside it, not a daily special, so a restaurant may have changed it since. The typical price is the middle of every price we hold for this dish in Springfield.