Piggly Wiggly Standard Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Braised Chicken Leg Quarters with Potatoes and Onions
Description: Two chicken leg quarters are slowly braised in a savory broth with golden potatoes and sweet onions until the meat is fall-off-the-bone tender and the vegetables are richly flavored. This is a hearty, comforting one-pot dinner that delivers big flavor at a very low cost per serving.
Sale items used: Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters ($0.79/lb), Best Choice Gold or Red Potatoes 5 lb bag ($3.49 each), Always Save Onions 2 lb bag (2/$3.00)
Prep time: 20 minutes active, 60 minutes total
Serving note: Use 2 leg quarters, approximately 1.5 lbs total at $0.79/lb. Use about 1 lb of potatoes from the 5 lb bag and half of one 2 lb onion bag. Total cook time is about 60 minutes - start the braise early and let it simmer hands-off while you prep sides.
Tuesday
Meal: Pan-Seared Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs with Zucchini and Yellow Squash
Description: Thick boneless country style pork ribs are seared in a hot skillet until golden and caramelized, then served alongside tender slices of zucchini and yellow squash sauteed with garlic and herbs. The combination is colorful, satisfying, and comes together quickly on a weeknight.
Sale items used: Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs ($2.19/lb), Zucchini or Yellow Squash ($1.49/lb)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Purchase approximately 1 lb of country style pork ribs for 2 people at $2.19/lb. Buy about 0.75 lb of zucchini and 0.75 lb of yellow squash at $1.49/lb each. The family pack is large - portion out what you need and freeze the rest for another week.
Recipes:
- Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs
Wednesday
Meal: Johnsonville Sausage and Prego Pasta Skillet
Description: Sliced Johnsonville ground sausage is browned in a skillet and tossed with Prego pasta sauce and cooked Creamette pasta for a quick, crowd-pleasing one-pan dinner. A sprinkle of Best Choice shredded cheese on top adds a melty, satisfying finish.
Sale items used: Johnsonville Ground Fresh Sausage 16 oz ($3.99 each), Prego Pasta Sauce 14.5-24 oz (2/$4.00 - buy 1 at $2.00), Creamette Short Pasta 12-16 oz (10 for $10.00 - buy 1 at $1.00), Best Choice Cheese 6-8 oz (2/$4.00 - buy 1 at $2.00)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use the full 16 oz sausage package for two generous servings. Cook about 6 oz of pasta from the 12 oz box and save the rest. Use half the jar of Prego sauce and refrigerate the remainder for another meal. Top each bowl with a handful of shredded cheese.
Thursday
Meal: Pan-Seared Swai Fillets with Broccoli and Tomatoes
Description: Swai fillets are seasoned and pan-seared until lightly golden, then plated alongside steamed broccoli crowns and sliced fresh beefsteak tomatoes drizzled with a little olive oil and seasoning. This is a light, fresh, and nutritious dinner that comes together in under 30 minutes.
Sale items used: Sea Best Frozen Boneless Swai Fillets 32 oz ($7.99 each), Broccoli Crowns ($1.99/lb), Hothouse Beefsteak Tomatoes ($1.49/lb)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: The 32 oz bag of swai contains multiple fillets - use 2 fillets (approximately 10-12 oz total) and refreeze the rest for future meals, making this a very economical purchase. Buy about 0.75 lb of broccoli crowns and 0.5 lb of beefsteak tomatoes.
Recipes:
- Pan Seared Swai
Friday
Meal: Smithfield Marinated Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Potatoes and Green Giant Vegetables
Description: A Smithfield marinated pork tenderloin is roasted in the oven to juicy perfection, sliced, and served alongside crispy oven-roasted potatoes and a warm side of Green Giant canned vegetables. The pre-marinated tenderloin does all the flavor work for you, making this an impressive yet effortless Friday dinner.
Sale items used: Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins 18.4-23 oz ($4.99 each), Best Choice Gold or Red Potatoes 5 lb bag (already purchased Monday - use remaining potatoes), Green Giant Vegetables 14.5-15.25 oz (3/$4.00 - buy 1 at approximately $1.33)
Prep time: 15 minutes active, 50 minutes total
Serving note: One Smithfield tenderloin feeds two people comfortably with leftovers. Use about 1 lb of potatoes from the bag already purchased. Total oven time is about 45-50 minutes - put the tenderloin and potatoes in together and let the oven do the work.
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters (1.5 lbs): $1.19
- Best Choice Gold or Red Potatoes, 5 lb bag (x1): $3.49
- Always Save Onions, 2 lb bag (x1): $1.50
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs (1 lb): $2.19
- Zucchini (0.75 lb): $1.12
- Yellow Squash (0.75 lb): $1.12
- Johnsonville Ground Fresh Sausage, 16 oz (x1): $3.99
- Prego Pasta Sauce, up to 24 oz (x1): $2.00
- Creamette Short Pasta, 12-16 oz (x1): $1.00
- Best Choice Cheese, 6-8 oz (x1): $2.00
- Sea Best Frozen Boneless Swai Fillets, 32 oz (x1): $7.99
- Broccoli Crowns (0.75 lb): $1.49
- Hothouse Beefsteak Tomatoes (0.5 lb): $0.75
- Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloin, 18.4-23 oz (x1): $4.99
- Green Giant Vegetables, 14.5-15.25 oz (x1): $1.33
Pantry staples needed:
- Olive oil or vegetable oil
- Garlic (fresh or minced)
- Salt and black pepper
- Paprika or your preferred seasoning blend
- Chicken or vegetable broth (for braising Monday)
- Dried Italian seasoning or herbs
- Butter (for searing fish and finishing vegetables)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Baby Back Pork Ribs: $3.59/lb
- Tyson Fully Cooked Chicken Strips, Fillets, Nuggets, Wings or Restaurant Style Entrées (20-26.05 oz): $7.77 each
- Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters (sold in 10 lb bags): $0.79/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs: $2.19/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Sirloin Pork Chops: $2.19/lb
- Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets (18.4-23 oz): $4.99 each
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Family Pack T-Bone Steaks: $9.99/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Pork Cutlets: $2.99/lb
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Sirloin Tip Roast: $6.59/lb
- Family Pack 85% Lean Fresh Ground Round: $5.99/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Breakfast Thin Boneless Sirloin Pork Chops: $2.39/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Tenderized Boneless Sirloin Pork Chops: $2.39/lb
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Sirloin Tip Steaks: $6.99/lb
- Butterball Fresh 85% Lean Ground Turkey (3 lb): $10.99 each
- Tyson Individually Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts or Tenderloins (40 oz): $7.99 each
- Sea Best Frozen Boneless Swai Fillets (32 oz): $7.99 each
- Steak-umm Sandwich Steaks (9 oz): 2/$7.00
- Johnsonville Ground Fresh Sausage or Griller Patties (16 oz): $3.99 each
- Armour LunchMakers (2.47-2.84 oz): 10 for $10.00
- El Monterey Single Serve Burritos (3.8-4 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Holten's Frozen Beef Patties (6 lb): $26.99 each
- Ball Park Beef Franks (15 oz): $3.99 each
- Eckrich Fully Cooked Smoked Rope Sausage, Links or Lil Smokies (8.3-14 oz): $3.79 each
- Oscar Mayer Fun Pack Lunchables (8.8-10.7 oz): 2/$5.00
- Jimmy Dean Fresh Pork Roll Sausage (16 oz): $3.99 each
- Ball Park Meat or Turkey Franks (15 oz): 2/$4.00
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meats (15-16 oz): $6.49 each
- Carolina Pride Pork Sausage Rolls (16 oz): $2.99 each
- Jimmy Dean Simple Scrambles (5.35 oz): 2/$5.00
- Tennessee Pride Frozen Pork Sausage Patties (40 oz): $10.99 each
- El Monterey Taquitos (20-20.7 oz): $3.99 each
- Bob Evans Family Pack Side Dishes (28-32 oz): $3.99 each
- Louis Kemp Imitation Crab or Lobster (8 oz): 2/$5.00
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Kretschmar Roast Beef (sliced to order): $12.99/lb
- Kretschmar Mini Horn Cheese, Pepper Jack, Colby Jack or Colby (sliced to order): $5.99/lb
- Kretschmar Turkey Breast (sliced to order): $7.99/lb
- Pancho's Queso Dip (16 oz): $5.99 each
- Advance Pierre Beef Cheeseburger (7 oz): $3.49 each
Produce on sale:
- Blueberries, Pint or Blackberries or Raspberries (6 oz): 2/$5.00
- Seedless Watermelons: $3.99 each
- Dole Salad Kit (7.1-13.3 oz): $3.99 each
- Broccoli Crowns: $1.99/lb
- Zucchini or Yellow Squash: $1.49/lb
- Peaches, Nectarines or Plums (2 lb bag): $3.99 each
- Hothouse Beefsteak Tomatoes: $1.49/lb
- Always Save Onions, Yellow, Red or White (2 lb bag): 2/$3.00
- Best Choice Gold or Red Potatoes (5 lb bag): $3.49 each
- Navel Oranges (imported): 3/$2.00
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Best Choice Cheese (6-8 oz): 2/$4.00
- Cracker Barrel Slices, Chunks, Cuts, Cubes or Bars (6-8 oz): 2/$6.00
- Velveeta Slices (12 oz): $2.99 each
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese (16 oz): $4.99 each
- Daisy Cottage Cheese or Dips (16 oz): $2.99 each
- Planet Oat Oat Milk (89 oz): $4.99 each
- Just Crack an Egg or Oscar Mayer Scramblers (2.25-3 oz): 2/$4.00
- Yoplait GoGurt (16 ct): $4.99 each
- Rana Pasta (8-15 oz): $3.99 each
- Country Crock Spread (61.5 oz): $6.99 each
- Starbucks Iced Coffee (8-40 oz): $5.99 each
- Yoplait Yogurt (48 oz): $5.99 each
- Chobani Flips (4.5 oz): 4/$5.00
- Dannon Yogurt (10 ct): 10/$12.00
- Oikos Yogurt (4.5 oz): 4/$5.00
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Pillsbury Grands, Crescents or Cinnamon Rolls (8-16.3 oz): 2/$5.00
- Martin's Mini Rolls (14 oz): $4.99 each
- Fresh Baked Fresh Dough Pizza (choice of all toppings): $10.99 each
Pantry on sale:
- Prego Pasta Sauce (14.5-24 oz): 2/$4.00
- Creamette Long & Short Pasta (12-16 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Skippy Peanut Butter (15-16.3 oz): $1.69 each
- Tropicana Orange Juice (48 oz): $3.99 each
- Heinz Ketchup (32 oz, must buy 2): 2/$7.00
- Kraft Blue Box Macaroni & Cheese (11 oz): $1.49 each
- Kraft or Velveeta Macaroni & Cheese Cups (2-4 pk): $4.49 each
- Western Wishbone Salad Dressing (24 oz): $3.99 each
- French's Mustard or Worcestershire (10-20 oz): 2/$4.00
- Yellowstone Baked Beans (15 oz): $2.29 each
- Ben's Single Serve Rice Cups (2.2-2.4 oz): 2/$3.00
- SPAM Luncheon Meat (12 oz): $3.99 each
- Duke's Mayonnaise (11.5-16 oz): $3.99 each
- Lawry's Marinades (12 oz): $2.49 each
- Green Giant Vegetables (14.5-15.25 oz): 3/$4.00
- Dole Pineapple (8 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Hormel Canned Chicken (10 oz): $2.99 each
- Heinz Mustard (20 oz): $2.49 each
- Bertolli Pasta or Pizza Sauce (15-24 oz): 2/$6.00
- Louisiana Hot Sauce (6 oz): $1.29 each
- Cracker Barrel Dinners (14 oz): $3.49 each
- Welch's Grape Jam or Jelly (20 oz): 2/$5.00
- Sun-Maid Raisins or Mini Raisins (6 oz): 2/$5.00
- Ghirardelli Premium Brownie Mix (18.75-20 oz): $3.99 each
- Pringles Snack Stacks (12 ct): $4.99 each
- Bubly Water (8 pk): $3.99 each
- Wesson Cooking Oil (24 oz): $2.99 each
- Nutri Grain, Special K Breakfast Bars or Rice Krispies Treats (5-12 ct): $2.99 each
- SunnyD Punch (128 oz): $3.49 each
- Nabisco Party Size Cookies or Crackers (18-28.8 oz): $6.49 each
- Nabisco Multipack Cookies or Crackers (10-16.36 oz): $5.99 each
- Skippy Peanut Butter Bites (5.5-6 oz): 2/$4.00
- Chicken of the Sea Tuna Pouches (2.5 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Cheez-It, Pringles or Pop-Tarts (1.62-3.3 oz or 2 ct): 10 for $10.00
- Maxwell House or Gevalia K Cups (10 ct): $5.99 each
- Hershey's Snack Size Candy (4 pk): 2/$3.00
- Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn (6-12 ct): $3.99 each
- Sweet 'N Low or In the Raw Sweetener or Sugar (8 oz or 50 ct): $2.79 each
- Frito Lay Minis (2.87-5.12 oz): 2/$5.00
- Frito-Lay Ruffles (7.25-10.25 oz): 2/$8.00
- Frito-Lay Cheetos (6.5-8.5 oz): 2/$8.00
- Little Debbie Big Packs Snacks (12-30 oz): $4.49 each
- Niagara Water (24 pk/16.9 oz bottles): 2/$7.00
- JJ's Snack Pies (4 oz): 4/$3.00
Frozen on sale:
- Banquet or Swanson Pot Pies or Fruit Pies (7 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Arby's, Red Robin, Sonic, Nathan's, Checkers, or Paw Patrol Frozen Potatoes or Onion Rings (14-18 oz): $3.99 each
- Red Baron Pizza (15.28-23.45 oz): $3.99 each
- Snickers, Twix, Milky Way, Dove, M&M Ice Cream Bars, Minis or Sandwiches (3-10 oz): $4.49 each
- Mayfield Ice Cream (16 oz): $1.99 each
- Mayfield Krunch Bars or Nutty Buddies (8 pk): $2.99 each
- Green Giant Boil-in-Bag Vegetables (7-8 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Michelina's Entrées (4.5-10.2 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Bagel Bites Pizza Bites (6.9-7 oz, when you buy 3): 3/$6.00
- Banquet Boneless Jumbo Chicken (48 oz): $8.49 each
- Farm Rich Appetizers (12-22 oz): $6.49 each
- Devour Big Bowl Entrées (9-14 oz, when you buy 3): 3/$9.00
- Wild Mike's Pizza (16.73-17 oz): $3.49 each
- Birds Eye Vegetable Blends (10-14.4 oz): 2/$4.00
- McKenzie's Corn (20 oz): 2/$4.00
- Louisa Pasta (4-16 oz): $4.49 each
- Mr. Dell's Hashbrowns (10-32 oz): $3.29 each
- SuperPretzel Pretzel Bites (21.78 oz): $3.49 each
- Delimex Burrito Bowls (10.5-11 oz, when you buy 3): 3/$9.00
- Marie Callender's Bowls (10-13 oz): 2/$6.00
- Marie Callender's Family Size Lasagna or Dolly Parton's Mac & Cheese (16-80 oz): $14.99 each
- Marie Callender's Single Serve Cream Pies (6-7.5 oz): $2.99 each
- Sara Lee Coffee Cake (8.5 oz): $4.99 each
- Eggs Pancakes, Waffles, or French Toast (5-40 ct): $2.99 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.
$36.15
for 2 people · $18.07 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Piggly Wiggly 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 Piggly Wiggly.