Food City Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Pan-Seared Fresh Split Chicken Breast with Sweet Corn and Canned Green Beans
Description: A juicy pan-seared chicken breast seasoned simply with salt, pepper, and butter is paired with sweet buttered corn on the cob and tender canned green beans for a classic, kid-approved dinner. Everything cooks quickly on the stovetop for a warm and satisfying weeknight meal.
Sale items used: Fresh Split Chicken Breast (Sanderson Farms Family Pack, $1.99/lb), Loose Sweet Corn (2/$1.00), That's Smart! Vegetables - Green Beans ($0.89/can)
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 split chicken breast, approximately 0.5 lb; 1 ear of sweet corn; 1 can of green beans. The family pack will yield several breasts - freeze the extras individually for later use.
Recipes:
- Honey Lemon Chicken with Green Beans Recipe
Tuesday
Meal: Skillet Ground Beef Tacos with Beefsteak Tomatoes and That's Smart! Sandwich Bread Soft Shells
Description: Seasoned ground beef is browned in a skillet and spooned onto soft sandwich bread slices folded taco-style, then topped with fresh diced beefsteak tomato for a fun and familiar kid-friendly taco night. This clever bread-shell swap keeps things simple and budget-friendly without sacrificing any of the taco fun.
Sale items used: Ground Beef Food City Fresh 81% Lean ($2.99/lb), Beefsteak Tomatoes Vine Ripened ($1.99/lb), That's Smart! Sandwich Bread 20 oz ($1.69)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use approximately 0.25 lb of ground beef for 1 person; 1 small beefsteak tomato (about 0.25 lb); 2 to 3 slices of sandwich bread folded as taco shells. Note: the $2.99/lb ground beef price requires a card and a $25 purchase plus a digital coupon - confirm these are applied at checkout.
Recipes:
- Soft Shell Tacos Recipe
- Best Ground Beef Tacos Recipe
Wednesday
Meal: Pan-Seared Fresh Tilapia Fillets with Tasteful Selections Potatoes and Canned Corn
Description: A lightly seasoned tilapia fillet is pan-seared in butter until golden and flaky, served alongside roasted mini potatoes and sweet canned corn for a mild, kid-friendly fish dinner. The mild flavor of tilapia makes it one of the most approachable fish options for children who are new to seafood.
Sale items used: Fresh Tilapia Fillets Farm Raised ($6.99/lb), Tasteful Selections Potatoes 16 oz ($2.99), That's Smart! Vegetables - Corn ($0.89/can)
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 tilapia fillet, approximately 0.5 lb; half the 16 oz bag of potatoes (save the rest for another meal); 1 can of corn. Halve the potatoes and roast in the oven at 400 degrees for 20 minutes while the fish cooks on the stovetop.
Recipes:
- Best Pan Fried Tilapia Recipe
Thursday
Meal: Sliced Whole Boneless Pork Loin with Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits and Canned Peas
Description: A thick slice of boneless pork loin is pan-seared and served with fluffy baked Pillsbury Grands! biscuits and buttered canned peas for a simple, comforting dinner kids will love. The pork loin slices easily into individual portions, making it a practical and economical choice for a single-serving meal.
Sale items used: Whole Boneless Pork Loin Food City Fresh ($1.99/lb), Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits 8 Ct. (2/$5.00), That's Smart! Vegetables - Peas ($0.89/can)
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Slice approximately 0.5 lb from the pork loin; wrap and freeze the remainder in individual portions. Bake 2 biscuits from the can and refrigerate the rest for use throughout the week. Open 1 can of peas. The pork loin is sold whole so assume a 3 to 4 lb loin - portion and freeze extras right away.
Recipes:
- Pork Tenderloin Biscuits
Friday
Meal: Nathan's Beef Franks on That's Smart! Sandwich Bread with Beefsteak Tomatoes and Ore-Ida Potatoes
Description: Juicy Nathan's beef franks are pan-cooked and served on soft sandwich bread with fresh sliced beefsteak tomato for a classic hot dog night that kids absolutely love. Crispy Ore-Ida frozen potatoes on the side round out this easy, fun Friday dinner.
Sale items used: Nathan's Beef Franks 11-14 oz ($4.99 with card), That's Smart! Sandwich Bread 20 oz (already purchased Monday), Beefsteak Tomatoes Vine Ripened (already purchased Tuesday), Ore-Ida Potatoes Frozen 19-32 oz (2/$6.00)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Cook 2 beef franks from the pack; use 2 slices of sandwich bread; slice a few rounds from the remaining beefsteak tomato. Prepare 1 serving of Ore-Ida potatoes (about 1 cup). The Nathan's pack contains multiple franks - refrigerate or freeze the rest. The Ore-Ida deal requires buying 2 packages at $3.00 each; freeze the second bag for future use.
Recipes:
- Poor Man's Meal of Hot Dogs with Potatoes and Onions
- Club Hot Dogs
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Split Chicken Breast Sanderson Farms Family Pack (0.5 lb used, family pack purchased - freeze extras): $1.99
- Loose Sweet Corn (2 ears): $1.00
- That's Smart! Vegetables Green Beans (1 can): $0.89
- Ground Beef Food City Fresh 81% Lean (0.25 lb): $0.75
- Beefsteak Tomatoes Vine Ripened (0.5 lb total, used across Tuesday and Friday): $1.00
- That's Smart! Sandwich Bread 20 oz (1 loaf, used Monday through Friday): $1.69
- Fresh Tilapia Fillets Farm Raised (0.5 lb): $3.50
- Tasteful Selections Potatoes 16 oz (1 bag): $2.99
- That's Smart! Vegetables Corn (1 can): $0.89
- That's Smart! Vegetables Peas (1 can): $0.89
- Whole Boneless Pork Loin Food City Fresh (0.5 lb used, full loin purchased - freeze extras, estimated 3 lb loin): $5.97
- Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits 8 Ct. (1 can, part of 2/$5.00 deal - buy 2 cans): $5.00
- Nathan's Beef Franks 11-14 oz (1 pack): $4.99
- Ore-Ida Potatoes Frozen (2 bags required for deal at 2/$6.00): $6.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter (for cooking and finishing vegetables)
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic powder (optional, for chicken and pork seasoning)
- Taco seasoning packet (for ground beef)
- Cooking oil or non-stick spray
- Ketchup or mustard (for hot dogs)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Ground Beef, Food City Fresh, 81% Lean: $2.99/lb (with card & $25 purchase, digital coupon applied)
- Ground Chuck, Food City Fresh, 80% Lean, 3 lbs or more: $5.99/lb
- Top Sirloin Steak, Certified Angus Beef: $8.99/lb
- Chicken Tenders or Chicken Salad: $8.99/lb
- Fresh Split Chicken Breast, Sanderson Farms Family Pack: $1.99/lb
- Whole Boneless Pork Loin, Food City Fresh: $1.99/lb
- Chuck Roast, Certified Angus Beef: $5.99/lb (with digital coupon)
- Fresh Tilapia Fillets, Farm Raised: $6.99/lb
- Wild Caught Gulf Shrimp, Cooked, Previously Frozen, 41/60 Ct.: $8.99/lb
- Boneless Pork Chops, Food City Fresh Center Cut: $3.99/lb
- Prime Top Sirloin Steak, Certified Angus Beef: $10.99/lb
- Oscar Mayer Lunch Meat, Deli Fresh, 7-9 oz: $3.99 each
- Land O'Frost Lunch Meat, Selected Varieties Premium, 9-16 oz: $5.99 each
- Hickory Smoked King's Rightly Seasoned Bacon, 40 oz: $9.99 with card
- Nathan's Beef Franks, Sandwich Brats or Johnsonville Brats, 11-14 oz / 12-14 oz: $4.99 with card
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Half Rotisserie or 4 Piece Fried Chicken, Baked Chicken or Tenders: $5.00 each
- Fresh Garden Salads, In-Store Made, Chicken Tender, Grilled Chicken, Chef or Chicken Caesar Salad: $6.00 each
- Snack Packs, Selected Varieties, Made Fresh In-Store: $5.00 each
- Octagon Tray, Selected Varieties: $7.49 with card
- Dietz & Watson Ham, Selected Varieties: $10.99/lb with card
- Bacon Wrapped Asparagus, Made In-Store, Shortcuts: $1.79 each
- P3 Protein Snacks, Selected Varieties, 2-2.1 oz: 2/$5.00 with card
Produce on sale:
- Juicy Honeycrisp Apples: $1.99/lb with card
- Caesar or Caesar Lite Kit, Fresh Express, 9.8-10 oz: $2.99 with card
- Vidalia Onions, Sweet: $1.29/lb with card
- Beefsteak Tomatoes, Vine Ripened: $1.99/lb with card
- Tasteful Selections Potatoes, Selected Varieties, 16 oz: $2.99 with card
- Vegetable Kabobs, Made In-Store: $6.99/lb
- Burger Toppings, Cut Fresh In-Store: $4.99/lb
- Oven & Grill Ready Pans, ShortCuts: starting at $4.49/lb
- Recipe Ready Cups, Made Fresh In-Store: starting at $2.49 each
- Red, White or Black Seedless Grapes, California Grown: $1.99/lb with card
- Sliced Watermelon Quarters, Cut Fresh In-Store: $0.99/lb with card
- Loose Corn, Sweet: 2/$1.00
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- That's Smart! Large Eggs, Dozen: $1.69 with card
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Apple Fritters, Bakery Fresh, 4 Ct.: $3.99 with card
- Sandwich Cookies, Made Fresh in the Bakery, 4 Ct.: $4.99 with card
- Garlic Loaf Bread, Baked Fresh Daily: $3.99 with card
- Muffins, Baked Fresh In-Store, Selected Varieties, 2 Ct.: $3.99 each
- Scoopable Cakes, Selected Varieties: $5.00 each
- Bakery Fresh Brownies, Selected Varieties: $6.00 each
- Half Pie, Selected Varieties: $5.00 each
- Pepperidge Farm Turnovers, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 12.5 oz: $3.49 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- Pepperidge Farm Garlic Bread, Selected Varieties, 10-11.25 oz: $1.99 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- Pepperidge Farm Cheese Bread, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 9.5-11.75 oz: $2.49 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- That's Smart! Sandwich Bread, 20 oz: $1.69 with card
Pantry on sale:
- General Mills Cereal, Selected Varieties, Peter Pan Peanut Butter, 8.9-12.3 oz: $1.99 with card
- Lay's Potato Chips, Selected Varieties, 5-8 oz: $2.49 with card
- Nature Valley Granola Bars, Selected Varieties, Blue Bonnet 32 oz / General Mills Cereal Bars 8 Ct. / Mott's Soft Baked Bars 6 Ct., 6-12 Ct.: $1.99 with card
- Van Camp's Pork and Beans, Selected Varieties, Libby's Green Beans, Corn or Peas, 14.5-15.25 oz / 15 oz: 5/$5.00 with card
- Gatorade, Selected Varieties, 8 Pk., 20 oz Btls.: 2/$11.00 with card
- Lipton Tea, Selected Varieties, 12 Pk., 16.9 oz Btls.: $4.99 with card
- Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits, Selected Varieties, Food Club American Singles / Picture Cheese 16 Ct., 8 Ct.: 2/$5.00 with card
- Chex Mix, Bugles or Gardetto's, Selected Varieties, Old El Paso Dinner Kits, 5.4-13.25 oz: 2/$5.00 with card
- That's Smart! Saltine Crackers, 16 oz: $1.79 with card
- That's Smart! Chunk Light Tuna, 5 oz: $0.99 with card
- That's Smart! Vegetables, Selected Varieties, 14.5-15.25 oz: $0.89 with card
- That's Smart! Marshmallows, Selected Varieties, 16 oz: $1.69 with card
- Lance Sandwich Crackers, Selected Varieties, Value Pack, 20 Ct.: $7.79 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- Cape Cod Multpacks, Selected Varieties, Snyder's of Hanover, Kettle, 10 Ct.: $5.99 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- DiGiorno Pizza, Selected Varieties, Doritos 9-10.75 oz, 15.3-29.3 oz: $3.99 with card
Frozen on sale:
- SeaPak Shrimp, Frozen, Selected Varieties, Family Size, 16-22 oz: $8.99 with card
- Totino's Pizza Rolls, Selected Varieties, Chef Boyardee Pasta 14 Pk. / Propel 6 Pk. 16.9 oz Btls. / Little Hugs 20 Ct., 50 Ct.: $3.99 with card
- Smart Ones Entrees, Selected Varieties, Kleenex 60 Ct. / Maruchen Ramen 6 Ct., 6.49-11.5 oz: 2/$3.00 with card
- Ore-Ida Potatoes, Frozen, Selected Varieties, Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits 25 oz, 19-32 oz: 2/$6.00 with card
- Little Debbie Snack Cakes, Selected Varieties, Frozen Pillsbury Toaster Strudel or Toaster Scrambles, 6-35.2 oz: 2/$5.00 with card
- Totino's Party Pizza, Selected Varieties, Marie Callendar's Bowls 10.5-13 oz / Steak-um Sliced Steaks 9 oz / Totino's Frozen Egg Rollz 12 oz, 3.8-10.9 oz: $3.99 with card
- Michael Angelo's Entrees, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 10-12 oz: $2.99 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- Rao's Entrees, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 8.5-9 oz: $4.99 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- Campbell's Chunky Meals, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 12-12.5 oz: $3.49 with card (after $1.00 digital coupon)
- That's Smart! Pizza, Frozen, Selected Varieties, 5.2 oz: $1.19 with card
- Food Club Chicken, Selected Varieties, Applesauce 12 Ct. Pouches, 26-32 oz: $4.99 with card
🛒 Estimated Shopping Cost
Based on sale prices for items in this plan
Some sale prices require the store's loyalty card or a clipped digital coupon. Check the flyer before you shop.
$37.55
for 1 person · $37.55 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Food City weekly sales flyer for the week of August 19, 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.