Finding the best school supply deals

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - As kids head back to the classroom, families are looking to save where they can when it comes to buying for back-to-school.

According to the National Retail Federation, many consumers are seeing higher prices for school supplies.

NBC15 sent Gabriella Rusk on the hunt to find the best deals using the supply list for Madison second-graders at Leopold Elementary School.

She went to Target, Walmart, and Office Depot on Madison’s west side. Overall, Office Depot had the best deals on supplies and the most items in stock, followed by Target, and Walmart for the four items she shopped for.

Where’s the best place to go school supply shopping? 🛍 I went to Target, Walmart, and Office Depot to find out. @nbc15_madison pic.twitter.com/006kyDQIl8
— Gabriella Rusk (@GabriellaRusk) August 18, 2022

Shopping online proved to be even more expensive than hitting the stores in person. On Amazon, the price of pencils was about the same price at Target, $6.29. However, our team found the scissors and the pencil box to be significantly more online.

For the notebooks, we were unable to find them sold as a single items. Instead, we had to purchase in bulk. When broken down by price per unit, the notebooks were about $2.43 each.

NBC15 went back-to-school shopping to find out if you save any money by shopping online. It proved to be even more expensive than hitting the stores in person.

Below is a breakdown of cost-per-item:

Item	Target	Walmart	Office Depot	Amazon
1 Plastic Pencil Box or Fabric Case for Supplies	$0.99	$0.97	$2.00	$2.30
1 Child Size Scissors (Fiskars Brand preferred)	$1.49	$1.47	$1.99 (for two)	$2.62
24 Yellow #2 Pencils	$6.29	$5.98	$4.49	$6.29
1 70-page Spiral Wide-Ruled Notebook	$0.75 low in stock	$1.48 low in stock	$0.50	$12.13 ($2.43 per notebook)

TOTAL	$10.04	$10.44	$9.47	$23.34

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