"The Marketside brand is flush with a wide variety of soups. They run the gamut from stews and chowders to gumbo and bisques, and sit like a comfort food rainbow on the chilled shelves. Compared to the competition (namely, Panera Bread at-home soups), they're more affordable and offer a more diverse range of ingredients and flavors. They lure you in with their ready-to-eat ease, but are they any good? I recently scooped up a slew of 12 Marketside soups to find out."
"And if you're a Walmart loyalist, the first brand that likely comes to mind is Great Value. But Walmart's private label dealings don't stop there. There's another brand quietly holding court in the deli section, known as Marketside. It's a one-stop shop for fresh, prepared foods like bakery items, produce, salads, and sandwiches. There's undoubtedly a lot to love, but it's the soup selection that truly deserves a closer look."
Marketside by Walmart offers a broad range of soups—stews, chowders, gumbo, and bisques—positioned among deli-prepared foods. Compared with Panera at-home soups, Marketside products cost less and present more diverse ingredients and flavors. A purchase of 12 soups followed heating per package instructions and evaluation for thickness, texture, freshness, ingredient quality, and flavor range, with each soup ranked. The Creamy Zuppa Toscana combines spiced pork sausage, potatoes, kale, and bacon but delivers surprisingly muted flavors dominated by fennel's licorice-like note. The overall lineup includes both disappointing and standout bowls based on those criteria.
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