Soup Season Starts: Chicken Leg Quarters at 69 Cents

Fall is clearly settling in on the flyers this week. I'm seeing pumpkins at ALDI, caramel apples at both ALDI and Meijer, mums at Kroger and Lidl, and butternut, spaghetti, and acorn squash at Kroger, all showing up right alongside some of the cheapest chicken leg quarters I've seen in a while. When squash and chicken leg quarters go on sale in the same week, that tells me it's officially soup and stew season, so stock the freezer while these prices hold.

This Week's Best Deals

• Piggly Wiggly Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters, $0.69/lb (10 lb bags) - This is the deal of the week, plain and simple. At that price, buy the bag, roast half for dinner, and freeze the rest in smaller portions for later.
• ALDI Avocados, 59¢ each - Practically a giveaway. Guacamole, avocado toast, or just sliced on the side, you can't go wrong at this price.
• Lidl Chilean Atlantic Salmon, $6.99 each - A nice piece of fish for well under what you'd usually pay. Simple is best here, a little butter and lemon and you're set.
• Meijer Bulk Honeycrisp Apples, $1.79/lb - Honeycrisp season is here and this is a fair price for them. Great for snacking, salads, or baking if you're feeling ambitious.
• Kroger Chobani Greek Yogurt, 10 for $10.00 - Hard to beat that math. Good for breakfast, lunchboxes, or a quick snack all week long.

Quick Breakfast & Lunch Ideas

Scrambled eggs and cheese is an easy one this week: Food City's Eggland's Best Cage Free Eggs are $3.69 a dozen, and their Food Club Sliced Cheese or Kraft Singles are buy-one-get-one, so breakfast sandwiches practically pay for themselves.

For lunch, Kroger's Land O' Frost Deli Shaved Lunch Meat is buy-one-get-one, and their Wonder Bread is $1.99, so a stack of sandwiches for the week won't cost you much at all.

If you want something a little different, Piggly Wiggly's Bar-S Franks or Hot Dogs are just $0.88 each, an easy, no-fuss lunch for the kids (or for you, no judgment here).

Wrap-Up

There's a lot to like this week, from that unbeatable leg quarter price at Piggly Wiggly to the first real wave of fall produce showing up across the board. Take a look at this week's full meal plans on MyMenuPlans.com, I've built them around these exact deals so you can stretch your grocery budget without stretching your patience. Here's to a good week in the kitchen.