Market Basket · a family of 4 · Boston
Market Basket meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $54.98
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Market Basket's flyer in Boston, MA. 4 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Market Basket's ad in Boston, MA. On sale this week: sandwich bread, shrimp, chicken tenders, salmon fillets.
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$2.75 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $10.53 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Market Basket's flyer, Boston, MA, Oct 25 to Oct 31. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Market Basket is the cheapest store for this plan in Boston
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week.
Market Basket is cheapest in Boston at $54.98, $9.68 less than Price Chopper / Market 32.
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 $64.92, 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 $65.51; the dinners use $54.98 of it. Sale items are marked.
Market Basket grocery list, Boston (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Chicken Kiev, Cilantro Lime Shrimp, Crispy baked chicken tenders with roasted broccoli, Blackened Salmon, Cajun Butter Steak Bites. Prices: Market Basket's flyer, Boston, MA, Oct 25 to Oct 31. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Produce4 items
Dairy & Eggs2 items
Canned & Dry1 item
Meat & Poultry3 items
Seafood2 items
Bakery1 item
Check your pantry (not priced): cooking spray, paprika, dried spices, flour, mustard, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, brown sugar.
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Market Basket's ad prices for Boston: 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 Market Basket does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Market Basket meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $54.98 in Boston, built from Market Basket's flyer read October 28, 2026. 4 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Market Basket 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, $54.98. At the register you buy whole packs, about $65.51 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Market Basket and Boston and rebuild the list.
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