Giant Eagle · a family of 4 · Philadelphia
Giant Eagle meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $54.08
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Giant Eagle's weekly ad in Philadelphia, PA. 4 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Giant Eagle's ad in Philadelphia, PA. On sale this week: ground beef, butter, bacon, rolls.
$1.85/servingambitiouskitchen.com
$2.04/servingcookingclassy.com- $2.58/servingprimaverakitchen.com
$3.37/servinggonnawantseconds.com
$3.69/servingcafedelites.com
$2.70 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $13.26 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Giant Eagle's ad, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 22 to Nov 4. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
This plan in Philadelphia: Giant Eagle and 8 other stores
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. Aldi is $3.94 cheaper for these dinners.
Aldi is cheapest in Philadelphia at $50.14, $10.70 less than Weis Markets.
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 $55.46, 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 $67.34; the dinners use $54.08 of it. Sale items are marked.
Giant Eagle grocery list, Philadelphia (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Turkish Ground Beef Pasta, Black Bean Soup, Chicken Stroganoff, Italian Sausage and Peppers, Cajun Butter Steak Bites. Prices: Giant Eagle's ad, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 22 to Nov 4. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Produce7 items
Dairy & Eggs2 items
Bakery1 item
Meat & Poultry5 items
Canned & Dry4 items
Check your pantry (not priced): cornstarch, paprika, dried spices, mustard, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, brown sugar, wine.
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Giant Eagle's ad prices for Philadelphia: five familiar dinners with a real photo for a family of 4 that use under $75, at most two per main protein, favoring dinners that use sale items. Cost counts only the amounts the recipes use. Items Giant Eagle does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Giant Eagle meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $54.08 in Philadelphia, built from Giant Eagle's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 4 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Giant Eagle 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, $54.08. At the register you buy whole packs, about $67.34 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Giant Eagle and Philadelphia and rebuild the list.
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