Piggly Wiggly Standard Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: The star of this week is the Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters at just $0.79/lb, one of the best meat prices you will find anywhere, and it anchors a satisfying braised chicken dinner. Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs at $2.19/lb are another outstanding value and make a hearty, flavorful skillet meal. The Smithfield Marinated Pork Tenderloin at $4.99 for the whole package is a great flat-price deal that feeds four with no waste. Johnsonville Ground Sausage at $3.99 a pack gives you a completely different flavor direction with a pasta night that feels indulgent without the price tag. For the one premium night, the Sea Best Frozen Boneless Swai Fillets at $7.99 for a full 32-oz bag is the most budget-friendly of the premium-tier proteins and delivers a lighter, different texture and flavor profile to round out the week. The T-Bone steaks and Sirloin Tip Roast were deliberately skipped because even on sale they push the per-person cost well above the week's target.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Braised Chicken Leg Quarters with Potatoes and Onions
Description: Bone-in chicken leg quarters are browned in a Dutch oven, then braised low and slow with sliced potatoes and onions until the meat is cooked through and the vegetables are tender and savory. The braising liquid reduces into a simple pan sauce that coats everything in rich, chickeny flavor.
Sale items used: Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters, Best Choice Gold or Red Potatoes (5 lb bag), Always Save Onions (2 lb bag)
Prep time: 20 minutes active, 55 minutes total
Serving note: Use 4 leg quarters (approximately 3 lbs from the 10 lb bag). Use about 1.5 lbs of potatoes from the 5 lb bag and half of one 2 lb onion bag. Total cook time runs close to 55 minutes; start the braise first and prep sides while it simmers.
Tuesday
Meal: Pan-Seared Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs with Zucchini and Yellow Squash
Description: Boneless country style pork ribs are seasoned and seared in a hot skillet until golden brown and cooked through, developing a flavorful crust on each side. Sliced zucchini and yellow squash are cooked in the same pan drippings with garlic and a splash of Worcestershire for a quick, colorful side.
Sale items used: Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs, Zucchini or Yellow Squash, French's Mustard or Worcestershire
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 2 lbs of boneless country style pork ribs for 4 people. Use about 1 lb of zucchini or yellow squash. Buy 2 packs of French's Mustard or Worcestershire at 2/$4.00 and use the Worcestershire for the squash; the second bottle stores easily.
Recipes:
- Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs
Wednesday
Meal: Johnsonville Sausage and Prego Pasta Skillet
Description: Johnsonville ground fresh sausage is browned and crumbled in a skillet, then simmered with Prego pasta sauce and cooked Creamette pasta until everything is combined into a hearty, saucy one-pan dinner. Topped with melted Best Choice cheese, it is a crowd-pleasing weeknight meal with minimal cleanup.
Sale items used: Johnsonville Ground Fresh Sausage or Griller Patties (16 oz), Prego Pasta Sauce (14.5-24 oz), Creamette Long & Short Pasta (12-16 oz), Best Choice Cheese (6-8 oz)
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 pack (16 oz) of Johnsonville sausage, 2 jars of Prego pasta sauce at 2/$4.00, 1 box of Creamette pasta, and 1 pack of Best Choice Cheese at 2/$4.00 (buy 2 packs to meet the deal price; use the second pack for snacking or another meal).
Thursday
Meal: Pan-Seared Swai Fillets with Broccoli and Tomatoes
Description: Sea Best swai fillets are seasoned and pan-seared in a hot skillet until golden and flaky, then served alongside steamed broccoli crowns and sliced beefsteak tomatoes dressed simply with salt and pepper. The mild, flaky fish takes on a lightly crisp exterior and pairs cleanly with the fresh vegetables for a lighter dinner.
Sale items used: Sea Best Frozen Boneless Swai Fillets (32 oz), Broccoli Crowns, Hothouse Beefsteak Tomatoes
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use the full 32 oz (2 lb) package of swai fillets, which provides about 4 generous fillets for 4 people. Use about 1 lb of broccoli crowns and about 0.75 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 at 425 degrees until cooked through and lightly caramelized on the outside, then sliced and served with oven-roasted gold potatoes and a side of Green Giant canned vegetables warmed on the stovetop. The marinade is already built into the tenderloin, making this a nearly hands-off dinner with bold flavor.
Sale items used: Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets (18.4-23 oz), Best Choice Gold or Red Potatoes (5 lb bag), Green Giant Vegetables (14.5-15.25 oz)
Prep time: 15 minutes active, 50 minutes total
Serving note: Use 1 package (18.4-23 oz) of Smithfield marinated tenderloin, which feeds 4 comfortably when sliced. Use about 1.5 lbs of potatoes from the 5 lb bag purchased Monday. Use 2 cans of Green Giant Vegetables at 3/$4.00 (buy 3 cans to meet the deal price; the third can stores in the pantry). Roast the tenderloin and potatoes together; start potatoes 10 minutes before the tenderloin goes in.
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters (3 lbs from 10 lb bag): $2.37
- Best Choice Gold or Red Potatoes, 5 lb bag (x1): $3.49
- Always Save Onions, Yellow, Red or White, 2 lb bag (x1 bag, 2/$3.00 deal, buy 2): $3.00
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs (2 lbs): $4.38
- Zucchini or Yellow Squash (1 lb): $1.49
- French's Mustard or Worcestershire (x2, 2/$4.00): $4.00
- Johnsonville Ground Fresh Sausage or Griller Patties, 16 oz (x1): $3.99
- Prego Pasta Sauce (x2, 2/$4.00): $4.00
- Creamette Long & Short Pasta, 12-16 oz (x1, 10 for $10.00): $1.00
- Best Choice Cheese, 6-8 oz (x2, 2/$4.00): $4.00
- Sea Best Frozen Boneless Swai Fillets, 32 oz (x1): $7.99
- Broccoli Crowns (1 lb): $1.99
- Hothouse Beefsteak Tomatoes (0.75 lb): $1.12
- Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets, 18.4-23 oz (x1): $4.99
- Green Giant Vegetables, 14.5-15.25 oz (x3, 3/$4.00): $4.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic (fresh or powder)
- Olive oil or vegetable oil
- Chicken broth (for braising liquid Monday)
- Italian seasoning or dried herbs
- Red pepper flakes (optional for sausage pasta)
🏷️ 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.
$51.81
for 4 people · $12.95 per person
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