Aldi · a family of 4 · New York
Aldi meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $65.06
Built from Aldi's weekly ad in New York, NY. 5 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Aldi's ad in New York, NY. On sale this week: chicken breast, beef steak, ground beef, scallops, avocados.
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Aldi is the cheapest store for this plan in New York
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week.
Aldi is cheapest in New York at $65.06, $29.42 less than Bravo Supermarkets.
The same five dinners at each store. Items in the store's ad cost the ad price, sale or regular; items it does not list cost the typical price. At typical prices alone the plan is $82.52, so a store can come out above that. Stores with fewer than 2 sale items in this plan are left out.
Grocery list by aisle
Prices are for whole packs, so the trip is $98.96; the dinners use $65.06 of it. Sale items are marked.
Aldi grocery list, New York (October 28, 2026)
Meat & Poultry4items
Seafood1item
Produce11items
Dairy & Eggs4items
Canned & Dry5items
Check your pantry (not priced):asian sauces and pastes, cornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa, dried herbs, spices and seasoning blends, dried spices, mustard, mayo, ketchup, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, syrups, molasses, powdered sugar.
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Aldi's ad prices for New York: five familiar dinners with a real photo for a family of 4 that fit $75, at most two per main protein, favoring dinners that use sale items. Cost counts only the amounts the recipes use. Items Aldi does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Aldi meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $65.06 in New York, built from Aldi's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 5 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Aldi runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. Open the planner to price it for your city.
Why is the shopping trip higher than the plan total?
The plan total counts only what the five dinners use, $65.06. At the register you buy whole packs, about $98.96 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Aldi and New York and rebuild the list.
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