Giant Standard Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan leans on Giant's sale items to keep things simple without sacrificing variety, giving you five distinct proteins across five nights: ground beef on Monday, chicken breasts on Tuesday, pork ribs on Wednesday, shrimp on Thursday, and rotisserie chicken on Friday. You'll notice green beans show up twice, Tuesday and Friday, since Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans came in a two-pack, so nothing goes to waste. Monday's beef and pepper skillet and Thursday's garlic shrimp pasta are both quick, high-energy dinners for busier evenings, while Wednesday's ribs take longer in the oven but need very little hands-on effort, perfect for a night when you want dinner to cook itself. Friday wraps things up easy with a rotisserie chicken and steam-easy sides, so you're not stuck doing heavy cooking after a full week. Overall, the meals rotate proteins and cooking methods so you're not eating the same texture or flavor twice in a row.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Beef and Pepper Skillet over Ready Rice
Description: Ground beef browned with sliced onions and rainbow bell peppers in a quick skillet, served over warmed Ben's Original Ready Rice. A fast, satisfying weeknight one-pan dinner.
Sale items used: 85% Lean Ground Beef, Family Size; Giant Yellow Onions; Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers; Ben's Original Ready Rice
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs ground beef, 1 Giant Yellow Onion sliced, 1 Giant Rainbow Bell Pepper sliced, 2 pouches Ben's Original Ready Rice (use 1 pouch this meal, reserve none).
Recipes:
- Beef and Pepper Skillet
- Stuffed Pepper Skillet
- Ground Beef Stuffed Pepper Skillet
Tuesday
Meal: Pan-Seared Chicken Breasts with Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans
Description: Boneless skinless chicken breasts seared in a hot pan until golden, paired with roasted sweet potato wedges and steamed green beans. A simple, balanced dinner with contrasting textures.
Sale items used: Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts; Sweet Potatoes; Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs chicken breasts, 1.5 lbs sweet potatoes cut into wedges, 1 container Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans steamed.
Recipes:
- Chicken with Green Beans and Sweet Potatoes Sheet Pan
- One-Pan Roasted Chicken And Sweet Potatoes
- One Pan BBQ Chicken Potatoes and Green Beans
Wednesday
Meal: Oven-Baked St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs with Roasted Butternut Squash
Description: St. Louis-style pork ribs slow-baked until tender and caramelized, served alongside roasted cubed butternut squash tossed with sliced onion. A cozy, oven-based dinner with minimal hands-on time.
Sale items used: St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs; Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash; Giant Yellow Onions
Prep time: 20 minutes active, 75 minutes total
Serving note: 2.5 lbs St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs, 1.5 lbs butternut squash cubed, 1 Giant Yellow Onion sliced. Ribs need about 75 minutes in the oven, so start them early or prep sides while they bake.
Recipes:
- Oven Baked St. Louis Style Ribs (Just 3 Ingredients!)
- St. Louis Style Pork Ribs (Oven-Baked)
- St Louis Style Ribs Recipe (Oven Baked)
Thursday
Meal: Garlic Shrimp Pasta with Salad Kit
Description: Extra large raw shrimp sauteed with garlic and tossed with cooked Barilla pasta, served with a fresh side salad kit. A quick premium-night dinner that comes together in under 30 minutes.
Sale items used: Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp; Barilla Pasta; Taste of Inspirations Salad Kit
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lbs Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp, 1 box Barilla Pasta, 1 Taste of Inspirations Salad Kit.
Recipes:
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta
- Garlic Shrimp Pasta Recipe
- Creamy Garlic Shrimp Pasta
Friday
Meal: Shredded Rotisserie Chicken with Steam Easy Potatoes and Green Beans
Description: Warmed shredded rotisserie chicken served with microwave-steamed potatoes and the remaining green beans. An easy, low-effort dinner to close out the week.
Sale items used: Giant Rotisserie Chicken; Giant Steam Easy Potatoes; Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: 1 Giant Rotisserie Chicken shredded, 1 bag Giant Steam Easy Potatoes (from the 2-pack), 1 container Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans (second of two purchased).
Recipes:
- Easy One-Pan Chicken, Green Beans, & Potatoes
- One-Pan Baked Chicken, Potatoes and Green Beans
- Sheet Pan Chicken with Green Beans and Potatoes
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- 85% Lean Ground Beef, Family Size (2 lbs): $9.98
- Giant Yellow Onions (2 each): $4.98
- Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers (1 each): $3.49
- Ben's Original Ready Rice (2 pack): $5.00
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts (2 lbs): $3.54
- Sweet Potatoes (1.5 lbs): $1.49
- Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans (2 each): $7.98
- St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs (2.5 lbs): $9.98
- Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash (1.5 lbs): $1.94
- Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp (1.5 lbs): $10.49
- Barilla Pasta (1 pack, part of 3-for-4 deal): $1.34
- Taste of Inspirations Salad Kit (2 pack): $7.00
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken (1 each, with digital coupon): $4.99
- Giant Steam Easy Potatoes (2 pack): $5.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Cooking oil
- Garlic
- Salt and pepper
- Butter or seasoning for squash and potatoes
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- 85% Lean Ground Beef, Family Size: $4.99/lb
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts: $1.77/lb
- Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp: $6.99/lb
- Snow Crab Clusters: $9.99/lb (with digital coupon)
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken: $4.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Perdue Ground Chicken: $3.99 each
- Eckrich Smoked Sausage: $2.49 each (buy any 3)
- Nathan's Beef Franks: $3.99 each (buy any 3)
- Smithfield Marinated Pork Tenderloin or Filet: $4.99 each (buy any 3)
- Carando Meatballs: $4.99 each (buy any 3)
- Prime Fresh Lunchmeat: $2.99 each (buy any 3)
- Smithfield Anytime Favorites Ham Cubed, Diced or Steak: $1.99 each (buy any 3)
- Smithfield Sliced Bacon: $3.99 each
- St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs: $3.99/lb
- Tilapia Fillets: $7.99/lb
- Extra Jumbo Cooked Cocktail Shrimp: $9.99/lb
- Tyson Frozen Cooked Chicken: $6.99 each
- Nature's Promise Kobe Ground Beef or Sliders: $8.99 each
- Johnsonville Fresh Dinner Sausage: 2 for $10.00
- Perdue Short Cuts: 3 for $10.00
- Hormel Pepperoni: 2 for $8.00
- Giant Frozen Beef Patties: $11.99 each
- Bob Evans or Butterball Breakfast Sausage: 2 for $9.00
- Oscar Mayer Fun Pack or Snackable Lunchables: 2 for $5.00
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken Salad: $7.99/lb
- Boar's Head Maple Glazed Honey Coat Turkey Breast: $13.49/lb
- Boar's Head Muenster Cheese: $9.49/lb
- Cracker Barrel Bites: 10 for $10.00
- Little Sesame Hummus: $3.99 each
- Rich's Parfait: 2 for $7.00
- New Bridge Cheese Spread: $4.99 each
- BelGioioso Hispanic Selection Cheese: $2.99 each
- Kryssos Feta Chunk: $6.99 each
- BelGioioso Parmesan Cup: $7.99 each
- Sartori Cheddar or Parmesan Cheese: $5.99 each
- Wood River Cheddar Gruyere: $7.49 each
- Giant Deli Style Cheese Slices: 2 for $5.00
Produce on sale:
- Large Pumpkin: 2 for $10.00
- Giant Yellow Onions: $2.49 each
- Giant Bagged Apples: $6.99 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans: $3.99 each
- Giant Steam Easy Potatoes: 2 for $5.00
- Taste of Inspirations Salad Kit: 2 for $7.00
- Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash: $1.29/lb
- Sweet Potatoes: $0.99/lb
- Nature's Promise Organic Mandarins: $4.79 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend: $4.99 each
- Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers: $3.49 each
- Fresh Store-Cut Fruit: $5.99/lb
- Strawberries: $2.99 each
- Hass Avocados: 4 for $5.00
- Navel Orange or Mango: $1.00 each
- Green Pepper: $1.00 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Giant Grade A Large White Eggs: $1.79 each
- Giant Shredded Cheese: $1.79 each
- Giant Lactose Free Milk or Orange Juice: $2.99 each
- Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese: 2 for $3.00
- Eggland's Best Grade A Cage Free Brown Eggs: $4.49 each
- Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter: $4.99 each
- Almond Breeze Almondmilk or Planet Oat Oatmilk: $4.49 each
- Chobani Flip or High Protein Yogurt: 4 for $5.00
- Chobani Single-Serve Yogurt: 10 for $10.00
- Coffee mate Creamer: 2 for $8.00
- Jell-O Refrigerated Snacks: 2 for $7.00
- Président Butter: $1.99 each
- Lactaid Creamer or Blue Diamond Simple Almondmilk: $1.99 each
- Tillamook Cheese: $2.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Jessica's Brick Oven Bread: $4.49 each
- Artesano Bread or Rolls: $2.99 each
- Giant Round Top White Bread: $1.00 each
- Old Tyme Bread or Rolls or Artisan's Choice Baked Goods: $1.99 each
- Nature's Own Protein or Keto Bread or Rolls: $4.99 each
- Pepperidge Farm Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns: 2 for $7.00
Pantry on sale:
- Barilla Pasta: 3 for $4.00
- Prego Pasta Sauce: $1.77 each
- Hunt's Canned Tomatoes or Sauce, RO-TEL Diced Tomatoes, Chicken of the Sea or Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna: 10 for $10.00
- Giant Canned Vegetables: $1.00 each
- Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta or Micro Cup: $1.00 each
- Kraft Mac & Cheese: $1.00 each
- Goya Canned Beans: $1.00 each
- Old El Paso Seasoning: $1.00 each
- Swanson Canned Broth: 10 for $10.00
- Old El Paso Taco Shells or Refried Beans: 2 for $4.00
- Irresistible Pro-Gut Pasta: 2 for $6.00
- Hellmann's Mayonnaise: $4.49 each (with digital coupon)
- Goya Yellow Rice: 2 for $7.00
- Lance Sandwich Crackers: 2 for $9.00
- Planters Peanuts: 2 for $6.00
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Bar: 2 for $11.00
- Werther's Original Candy: 2 for $6.00
- McCormick Grill Mates Bottle Blends: $0.99 each
- Impossible Ground Beef Brick: $6.49 each
- Frito-Lay Simply: $2.79 each
- Main St Bistro Signature Side Dishes: $2.99 each
- Hershey's Snack Size: $5.09 each
- Kind Bars: $4.99 each
- Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce: $3.99 each
- Ocean Spray Powdered Drink Mix: $1.49 each
- Utz Party Size Chips: $4.49 each
- Barilla Al Bronzo Organic Pasta: $0.99 each
- Oikos PRO Protein Dairy Drinks: $4.69 each
- Boston Market Entrées: $2.29 each
- Russel Stover Sugar Free Chocolate Candy: $1.00 each
- Frank's RedHot Sauce: $2.49 each
- Crunchmaster Rice Crackers: $3.29 each
- Local Hive Organic Honey: $6.99 each
- 4C Grated Cheese: $3.99 each
- Ben's Original Ready Rice: 2 for $5.00
- Asian Best Broken Jasmine Rice: $6.99 each
- PAM Cooking Spray: $4.39 each
- Mt. Olive Pickles: 2 for $5.00
- Gunter's Clover Honey: $4.69 each
- Nabisco Small Snack Crackers or Ritz Toasted Chips: 2 for $6.00 (when you buy 2)
- Lavazza, Green Mountain, Keurig Coffee Collective or Swiss Miss K-Cups: $6.99 each
- Nabisco Snak-Saks: 2 for $7.00
- Boulder Canyon Chips: $4.29 each
- Tia Lupita Foods Hot Sauce: $6.99 each
- Tapatío Hot Sauce: $4.29 each
- Mission Zero Net Carbs Tortillas: $5.49 each
- Rio Grande Plantain Chips: 5 for $5.00
- Lizano Salsa Sauce: $4.39 each
- Kellogg's Cereal: $3.49 each
- Quaker Oatmeal Squares Cereal or Chewy Granola Bars or Pearl Milling Company Pancake Syrup: 2 for $6.00
- Nutri-Grain or Rice Krispies Treats Bars Value Pack: $5.49 each
- Tim Hortons Coffee: $7.99 each
- Giant Potato Chips: $3.09 each
- Giant Saltines: $2.59 each
- Keebler Cracker Packs: $5.99 each
- Keebler Sandwich Crackers: 2 for $5.00
- Family Size Kellogg's Town House or Keebler Club Crackers: $5.99 each
- Pringles: 2 for $4.00
- Pringles Grab N' Go: $1.00 each
- Post Cereal Cup: $1.00 each
- Fanta or Seagram's: $1.00 each
- Sparkling ICE: $1.00 each
Frozen on sale:
- Marie Callender's Bowl or Healthy Choice Café Steamers or Entrées: 4 for $10.00
- Turkey Hill Ice Cream: 2 for $6.00 (with digital coupon)
- Screamin' Sicilian Pizza or Loaded Breadstix: $4.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Cup: $1.00 each
- Banquet Pot Pie: $1.00 each
- Giant Pudding: $1.00 each
- Di Fara Pizza: $5.99 each
- Kanzen Meal: $4.99 each
- Saffron Road Entrées: $4.99 each
- Mrs. Paul's Medium Entrées: $3.99 each
- Stouffer's Family Size Meal or Mac & Cheese: $12.99 each
- Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowl: 2 for $6.00
- Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Bars: $4.99 each
- Bomb Pop Novelties: 2 for $6.00
- Halo Top Ice Cream: 2 for $8.00
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream or Bars: $6.99 each
- Dole Fruit Bowls: 2 for $6.00
- Pulmuone Potstickers: 2 for $8.00
- Simply Breakfast Potatoes: 2 for $6.00
- Giant Bagel Snackers: $2.39 each
- Giant French Fried Potatoes or Tater Bites: $3.39 each
- Phillips Appetizers: $8.99 each
- Freschetta Pizza: $5.99 each
- TGI Fridays Appetizers: 2 for $11.00
- Dove Ice Cream Bars: $2.99 each
- Tillamook Ice Cream: $4.99 each
- Dole Crafted Smoothie Kit: $6.99 each
🛒 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.
$77.20
for 4 people · $19.30 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Giant weekly sales flyer for the week of September 16, 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 Giant.