Food City Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Oven-Roasted Boneless Pork Loin with Corn on the Cob
Description: A simple, juicy oven-roasted pork loin seasoned with basic pantry spices makes a satisfying dinner that kids love alongside sweet, buttery corn on the cob. This meal is easy to prep and the mild flavors are a guaranteed crowd-pleaser for young eaters.
Sale items used: Whole Boneless Pork Loin (Food City Fresh) at $1.29/lb, Fresh Corn 4 pk at $3.99
Prep time: 20 minutes active, 60-75 minutes roasting
Serving note: Purchase approximately 1.5 lbs of pork loin for 2 people (estimated cost $1.94 at $1.29/lb with digital coupon); use 2 ears of corn from the 4-pack (save remaining 2 ears for another use). Make-ahead tip: season the pork loin the night before and refrigerate so it goes straight into the oven at dinner time.
Recipes:
- Best Damn Oven Roasted Pork Loin
Tuesday
Meal: Pan-Seared Bone-In Pork Chops with Instant Mashed Potatoes
Description: Golden-seared bone-in pork chops with a simple seasoning deliver a hearty, comforting dinner that kids find fun to eat right off the bone. Creamy instant mashed potatoes round out the plate quickly and easily on a busy weeknight.
Sale items used: Mixed Pork Chops (Food City Fresh, Bone-In, Family Pack) at $1.49/lb, Idahoan Instant Potatoes at 3/$4.00
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Purchase approximately 1.5 lbs of bone-in pork chops for 2 people (2 chops, estimated cost $2.24 at $1.49/lb); buy 1 pouch of Idahoan Instant Potatoes (approximately $1.33 per pouch at the 3/$4.00 deal, buy all 3 to get the deal price and save the extras for later).
Wednesday
Meal: Baked Chicken Breast with Classico Pasta Sauce over Kraft Mac and Cheese
Description: Tender baked chicken breast is sliced and served over a bowl of creamy Kraft Mac and Cheese with a spoonful of mild Classico pasta sauce on top, creating a fun pasta-bowl dinner kids absolutely love. This is a simple, familiar combination that comes together quickly with minimal fuss.
Sale items used: Fresh Split Chicken Breast (Sanderson Farms, Family Pack) at $1.99/lb, Classico Pasta Sauce at 2/$6.00, Kraft Mac and Cheese Original at 5/$5.00
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Purchase approximately 1.5 lbs of split chicken breast for 2 people (estimated cost $2.99 at $1.99/lb); buy 1 jar of Classico Pasta Sauce at $3.00 (from the 2/$6.00 deal, buy 2 to get the deal price and save the second jar); buy 2 boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese at $1.00 each (from the 5/$5.00 deal, buy all 5 to lock in the deal price and save the extras).
Thursday
Meal: Slow-Cooked Smithfield Marinated Pork Picnic Shoulder Roast with Russet Potatoes
Description: The Smithfield Marinated Pork Picnic Shoulder Roast slow-cooks all day in its own juices, filling the kitchen with a wonderful aroma and producing fall-apart tender pork that kids devour. Russet potatoes roasted alongside soak up all the savory drippings for a complete, hearty meal.
Sale items used: Smithfield Marinated Pork Picnic Shoulder Roast at $7.99 each, Russet Potatoes (Basket and Bushel, 10 lb) at $4.99 each
Prep time: 15 minutes active, 6-8 hours slow cooking
Serving note: One Smithfield roast package at $7.99 serves 2 generously with leftovers (great for sandwiches the next day); use 2-3 medium russet potatoes from the 10 lb bag (save the rest for other meals this week). Make-ahead tip: place everything in the slow cooker before school or work in the morning so dinner is ready when you get home.
Friday
Meal: Skillet Gourmet Burgers on Sub Rolls with Tillamook Sliced Cheese
Description: Juicy gourmet burger patties cooked in a skillet are topped with melty Tillamook sliced cheese and served on fresh bakery sub rolls for a fun Friday night burger night kids will look forward to all week. Keep toppings simple with ketchup and mustard for a classic kid-approved burger experience.
Sale items used: Gourmet Burgers (Bacon and Cheddar variety, 5 oz) at $3.00 each, Sub Rolls (Fresh Baked, 4 ct) at $3.99, Tillamook Sliced Cheese at $1.99, Heinz Ketchup 32 oz at $3.99
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Buy 2 gourmet burger patties at $3.00 each ($6.00 total); buy 1 pack of sub rolls at $3.99 (use 2 rolls, save the remaining 2 for sandwiches); buy 1 package of Tillamook Sliced Cheese at $1.99 (use 2 slices, save the rest); Heinz Ketchup at $3.99 is a practical condiment staple for the week.
Recipes:
- Quick & Tasty Cheeseburger Sub Recipe
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Whole Boneless Pork Loin, Food City Fresh (1.5 lbs, with digital coupon): $1.94
- Fresh Corn 4 pk (x1 pack): $3.99
- Mixed Pork Chops, Bone-In, Food City Fresh (1.5 lbs): $2.24
- Idahoan Instant Potatoes (3 pouches at 3/$4.00): $4.00
- Fresh Split Chicken Breast, Sanderson Farms (1.5 lbs): $2.99
- Classico Pasta Sauce (x2 jars at 2/$6.00): $6.00
- Kraft Mac and Cheese Original (x5 boxes at 5/$5.00): $5.00
- Smithfield Marinated Pork Picnic Shoulder Roast (x1): $7.99
- Russet Potatoes, Basket and Bushel, 10 lb (x1 bag): $4.99
- Gourmet Burgers, 5 oz (x2 patties at $3.00 each): $6.00
- Sub Rolls, Fresh Baked, 4 ct (x1 pack): $3.99
- Tillamook Sliced Cheese (x1 package): $1.99
- Heinz Ketchup, 32 oz (x1): $3.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Olive oil or vegetable oil (for roasting and searing)
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Paprika
- Butter (for corn and mashed potatoes)
- Milk (for instant mashed potatoes)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Whole Boneless Pork Loin (Food City Fresh): $1.29/lb (with digital coupon)
- Sliced Smithfield Hometown Original Bacon, 22 oz: $5.99 each
- Ground Round, Food City Fresh, 85% Lean, 3 lbs or more: $6.99/lb
- New York Strip Steak, Certified Angus Beef, Family Pack: $14.99/lb
- 4 Piece Fried or Baked Chicken, Tenders or Half Rotisserie Chicken: $5.00 each
- Mixed Pork Chops, Food City Fresh, Bone-In, Family Pack: $1.49/lb
- Fresh Split Chicken Breast, Sanderson Farms, Family Pack: $1.99/lb
- Oscar Mayer Beef Franks, Selected Varieties, 14-15 oz: BOGO (save at least $3.99 on two)
- Oscar Mayer Lunch Meat, Selected Varieties, Deli Fresh, 7-9 oz: $3.99 each
- Round Tip Roast, Certified Angus Beef: $7.99/lb
- Salmon Fillets, Fresh: $9.99/lb
- Gourmet Burgers, Black & Bleu, Spinach & Feta, Bacon & Cheddar and More, 5 oz: $3.00 each
- Cooked Shrimp, Farm Raised, Previously Frozen, 41/50 ct: $7.99/lb
- Prime New York Strip Steak, Certified Angus Beef: $22.99/lb
- Smithfield Marinated Pork Picnic Shoulder Roast, Selected Varieties: $7.99 each
- Stuffed Jalapeño Poppers: $11.99/lb
- Pre-Sliced Meat or Cheese, Selected Varieties, Dietz & Watson, 7-8 oz: $6.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Hot Bar Meal (Includes Entree, 2 Sides, a Roll and 21 oz. Drink): 2/$12.00
- Fresh Garden Salads, Chicken Tender, Grilled Chicken, Chef or Chicken Caesar Salad, In-Store Made: $5.00 each
- Snack Packs, Selected Varieties, Made Fresh In-Store: $5.00 each
- Flatbread Pizza, Selected Varieties: $5.00 each
- Mustard Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad or Sweet & Tangy Slaw, 15-16 oz: $4.99 each
- Fresh Made In-Store Snack Cups, Selected Varieties: $1.99 each
Produce on sale:
- Basket & Bushel Blueberries, Pint: $1.99 each
- Specialty Potatoes, Selected Varieties, Basket & Bushel, 24 oz: $2.99 each
- Southern Peaches: $1.69/lb
- Red Seedless Grapes, California Grown: $2.49/lb
- Russet Potatoes, Basket & Bushel, 10 lb: $4.99 each
- Fresh Corn, 4 pk: $3.99 each
- Sliced Watermelon Quarters, Cut In-Store: $1.29/lb
- Exotic Fruit Bowl, Made Fresh In-Store: $4.99/lb
- Vegetable Kabobs, Made In-Store: $6.99/lb
- American or Italian Salad, Fresh Express, 9-11 oz: $2.99 each
- Specialty Potatoes, Basket & Bushel, 24 oz: $2.99 each
- Cut Fresh In-Store Burger Toppings: $4.99/lb
- ShortCuts Oven & Grill Ready Pans: $4.99/lb
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Tillamook Sliced Cheese, Frozen Cool Whip (8 oz), or Peanut Butter (15-16 oz): $1.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Apple or Mixed Berry Braided Strudel, 4 ct, or Selected Varieties Goldminer Bread, 15-24 oz: $3.99 each
- Bakery Fresh Brownie, Selected Varieties: $5.50 each (with coupon)
- Half Pie, Selected Varieties: $5.00 each
- Torte Cakes, Selected Varieties: $8.99 each
- Sub Rolls, Fresh Baked in the Bakery, 4 ct: $3.99 each
- Gourmet Cookies, Selected Varieties, 4 ct: $5.00 each
- Octagon Tray, Selected Varieties: $7.49 each
Pantry on sale:
- Food Club Vegetables, Selected Varieties, 14.5-15.25 oz: $0.89 each
- Luck's Beans, 15 oz: $0.89 each
- Food Club White Chunk Chicken, 5 oz: $0.88 each
- Idahoan Instant Potatoes, Selected Varieties, 4-4.1 oz: 3/$4.00
- Misty Mountain Spring Water, 24 pk, 12 oz btls: $4.99 each
- Lipton Tea, 12 oz: $4.99 each
- Classico Pasta Sauce, Selected Varieties, 15-24 oz: 2/$6.00
- Heinz Ketchup, 32 oz: $3.99 each
- Kraft Mac & Cheese, Original, 7.25 oz: 5/$5.00
- Kraft Mac & Cheese Cups, Selected Varieties, 4 pk: $4.99 each
- Squeeze Food Club Ketchup, 38 oz: $1.99 each
- Food Club Cereal, Selected Varieties, 11-18 oz: $2.49 each
- That's Smart! Sugar, Granulated, 4 lb: $3.49 each
- That's Smart! Chunk Light Tuna, 5 oz: $0.99 each
- That's Smart! Saltine Crackers, 16 oz: $1.79 each
- That's Smart! Vegetables, Selected Varieties, 14.5-15.25 oz: $0.89 each
- That's Smart! Chunk White Chicken, Premium, 10 oz: $2.59 each
- That's Smart! Macaroni & Cheese, Selected Varieties, 6.25 oz: $0.59 each
- That's Smart! Yellow Mustard, 14 oz: $1.00 each
- Senor Rico Rice Pudding, Selected Varieties, 4 pk: $2.99 each
- Lindt Truffles, Selected Varieties, 5.1 oz: $5.99 each
- Lindt Classic Chocolate Bar, Selected Varieties, 2.8-4.4 oz: 2/$9.00
- Juicy Juice, Selected Varieties, 64 oz: 2/$6.00
- Kool-Aid Jammers, Selected Varieties, 10 ct: $2.99 each
- DiGiorno Pizza, Frozen, Selected Varieties (12 oz), TGI Fridays Sliders or Appetizers (10-17.5 oz): $4.99 each
Frozen on sale:
- Blue Bell Ice Cream, Selected Varieties, 64 oz or 12 ct: $5.99 each
- Smucker's Uncrustables, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 4 ct: 2/$5.00
- Marie Calender's Dinners, Selected Varieties, Munchies Crackers (8 ct), Healthy Choice Power Bowls (9-9.75 oz), Dolly Parton (11-12.5 oz), or Hungry Man (14-17.75 oz): $2.99 each
- Crav'n Flavor Creme Pie, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 24-30.4 oz: $5.99 each
- Banquet Mega Breakfast Bowls, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 9-10.5 oz: $3.49 each (with digital coupon)
- Banquet Mega Chicken, Frozen, Tenders or Filets, 22-24 oz: $5.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Healthy Choice Café Steamers, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 9.25-12.6 oz: 2/$4.98 (with digital coupon, must buy 2)
- Marie Callender's Bowls, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 10.5-13 oz: 2/$4.98 (with digital coupon, must buy 2)
- Healthy Choice Simply Steamers, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 9-10 oz: $2.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Bertolli or PF Chang's Entrees, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 18-22 oz: $5.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Birds Eye Vegetables, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 10-12 oz: 4/$4.96 (with digital coupon, must buy 4)
- Birds Eye Voila!, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 42 oz: $6.99 each (with digital coupon)
- That's Smart! Pizza, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 5.2 oz: $1.19 each
- Ore-Ida Potatoes, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 19-32 oz: $3.99 each
- Delimex Quesadillas, Frozen, Taquitos or Selected Varieties, 7-7.5 oz or 19.2 oz: $4.49 each
- Oscar Mayer Beef Franks, Selected Varieties, 14-15 oz (limit 4): BOGO (save at least $3.99 on two)
- Once Upon A Farm Snacks, Selected Varieties, 1 oz: BOGO (save at least $5.00 on two)
🛒 Estimated Shopping Cost
Based on sale prices for items in this plan
$55.11
for 2 people · $27.55 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Food City weekly sales flyer for the week of July 29, 2026. Flyers are sourced from store websites and weekly flyer aggregator sites. Actual prices may vary by location. Always verify prices at your local store. We are not affiliated with Food City.