Meal plans
Weekly meal plans with photos and a grocery list for each
Pick how many people you feed. Typical prices below; open a plan and pick your store for its real cost this week.
Meal plans by household
Prices are for five dinners at typical prices. Open a plan for the store-by-store cost.
$4.82/serving
$4.55/serving
$2.63/serving
$2.07/serving
$2.44/serving
$2.67/serving
$4.56/servingA family of 4 on $150 a week
$91.26dinners use$101.54 at the register, within budget
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$2.77/serving
$1.98/serving
$2.29/serving
$2.36/serving
Two totals on every plan
Plan cost is what the five dinners use, counted by the ounce. At the register is the first shop in whole packs, which is higher because a pack of rice or sour cream is bigger than one week needs. The rest stays in your kitchen for next week. When the register total is over the budget, the plan page says so.
Meal plans by store
Built from each store's weekly ad in a city where we read it, with the sale items it uses. 28 stores.
Fred Meyer
Smith's
Harris Teeter
Safeway
Albertsons
Shaw's
Star Market
Acme Markets
Food Lion
Giant Food
Meijer
Hy-Vee
Giant Eagle
Price Chopper / Market 32
Market Basket
Fresh Thyme
Fiesta Mart
Festival Foods
Marc's
H Mart
Common questions
What is a meal plan on a budget?
Five dinners picked to fit a weekly food budget, with the grocery list by aisle and the cost of each dinner. Every plan here has real recipe photos and prices.
How much does a week of dinners cost?
The plans here run from $24.09 to $94.38 for five dinners (what the dinners use; the first shop at the register runs higher because you buy whole packs), depending on household size, at typical prices. Store plans use each store's ad from October 28, 2026.
Can I build a plan from this week's sales?
Yes. Open Build my week, pick your city and store, and the plan is rebuilt around the items on sale in that store's weekly ad.
Turn these sales into dinners
Pick how many people are eating and how many dinners you want. We choose dinners that use what is on sale, show the cost, and make your shopping list by aisle.
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