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Food Lion · a family of 4 · Washington DC

Food Lion meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $67.62

Built from Food Lion's weekly ad in Washington DC. 12 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.

Make this plan mine
$67.62the 5 dinners use
$3.38a serving
12sale items
Creamy Mushroom Fettuccine
Photo: recipetineats.com

The five dinners

Chosen around Food Lion's ad in Washington DC. On sale this week: ground beef, eggs, butter, mushrooms, shrimp and more.

  1. Salisbury Steak with Gravy$2.65/servingcafedelites.com
    Dinner 1

    Salisbury Steak with Gravy

    30 min

    On sale: ground beef, eggs
    $10.61for 4
  2. Chicken Piccata with butter$3.35/servingkitchenswagger.com
    Dinner 2

    Chicken Piccata with butter

    25 min

    On sale: butter
    $13.41for 4
  3. Shrimp Fajitas$3.60/servingnatashaskitchen.com
    Dinner 3

    Shrimp Fajitas

    30 min

    On sale: shrimp, avocados
    $14.41for 4
  4. Creamy Mushroom Fettuccine$3.63/servingrecipetineats.com
    Dinner 4

    Creamy Mushroom Fettuccine

    20 min

    On sale: pasta, butter
    $14.53for 4
  5. Lobster Mac and Cheese$3.66/servingfoodiecrush.com
    Dinner 5

    Lobster Mac and Cheese

    45 min

    On sale: butter, pasta
    $14.65for 4
$67.62 for all five dinners
$3.38 a serving

This plan in Washington DC: Food Lion and 8 other stores

The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. H Mart is $6.89 cheaper for these dinners.

Washington DC, DCAds read October 28, 2026
$2.49less than typical prices at Food Lion in Washington DC

H Mart is cheapest in Washington DC at $60.73, $20.17 less than Harris Teeter.

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 $70.10, 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 $96.13; the dinners use $67.62 of it. Sale items are marked.

Meat & Poultry2items

Seafood2items

Produce8items

Dairy & Eggs8items

Bakery1item

Canned & Dry4items

Check your pantry (not priced):asian sauces and pastes, cornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoa, dried herbs, spices and seasoning blends, dried spices, flour, mustard, mayo, ketchup, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, wine, beer and spirits.

How this plan was made

We ran Salefork's plan builder on Food Lion's ad prices for Washington DC: 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 Food Lion does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.

Common questions

What is a good Food Lion meal plan for a family of 4?

Five dinners for a family of 4 for $67.62 in Washington DC, built from Food Lion's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 12 items in the plan are on sale.

Does it change by city?

Yes. Food Lion 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, $67.62. At the register you buy whole packs, about $96.13 here.

Make it yours

Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Food Lion and Washington DC and rebuild the list.

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