Save Mart · a family of 4 · Los Angeles
Save Mart meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $58.90
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Save Mart's weekly ad in Los Angeles, CA. 3 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Save Mart's ad in Los Angeles, CA. On sale this week: butter, chicken broth, rolls.
$2.31/servingambitiouskitchen.com
$2.60/servingprimaverakitchen.com- $2.97/servingcafedelites.com
$3.18/servinggonnawantseconds.com
$3.66/servingcafedelites.com
$2.95 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $11.02 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Save Mart's ad, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 7 to Nov 3. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
This plan in Los Angeles: Save Mart and 10 other stores
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. El Super is $11.17 cheaper for these dinners.
El Super is cheapest in Los Angeles at $47.73, $13.60 less than Smart & Final.
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 $59.21, 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 $69.92; the dinners use $58.90 of it. Sale items are marked.
Save Mart grocery list, Los Angeles (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Turkish Ground Beef Pasta, Chicken Stroganoff, Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi, Italian Sausage and Peppers, Cajun Butter Steak Bites. Prices: Save Mart's ad, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 7 to Nov 3. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Produce6 items
Dairy & Eggs2 items
Bakery1 item
Meat & Poultry4 items
Seafood1 item
Canned & Dry3 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 Save Mart's ad prices for Los Angeles: 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 Save Mart does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Save Mart meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $58.90 in Los Angeles, built from Save Mart's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 3 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Save Mart 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, $58.90. At the register you buy whole packs, about $69.92 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Save Mart and Los Angeles and rebuild the list.
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