Food Lion · a family of 4 · Philadelphia
Food Lion meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $66.11
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Food Lion's weekly ad in Philadelphia, PA. 4 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Food Lion's ad in Philadelphia, PA. On sale this week: shrimp, butter, mushrooms, ground beef.
$2.83/servingWikimedia Commons (Eli Hodapp from Naperville, United States), CC BY 2.0
$2.88/servingfoodiecrush.com
$3.45/servingprimaverakitchen.com
$3.47/servingcookingclassy.com- $3.89/servingfoodfaithfitness.com
$3.31 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $9.59 of leftovers carry to next week. Packs are bigger than one week of dinners for 4 people, so the first shop costs more than the dinners use. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Food Lion's ad, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 28 to Nov 3. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
This plan in Philadelphia: Food Lion and 6 other stores
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. Giant Food is $8.65 cheaper for these dinners.
Giant Food is cheapest in Philadelphia at $57.46, $21.30 less than Weis Markets.
The same five dinners at each store. Items in the store's ad cost the ad price, sale or regular; items it does not list cost the typical price. At typical prices alone the plan is $65.59, so a store can come out above that. Stores with fewer than 2 sale items in this plan are left out.
Grocery list by aisle
Prices are for whole packs, so the trip is $75.70; the dinners use $66.11 of it. Sale items are marked.
Food Lion grocery list, Philadelphia (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Slow-cooker chicken noodle soup, Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Stroganoff, One-Pot Beef Stroganoff, Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff. Prices: Food Lion's ad, Philadelphia, PA, Oct 28 to Nov 3. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Produce6 items
Canned & Dry2 items
Meat & Poultry4 items
Seafood1 item
Dairy & Eggs2 items
Check your pantry (not priced): worcestershire sauce, cooking spray, cornstarch, red pepper flakes, dried spices, flour, mustard, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, wine.
Food Lion plans in other cities
Food Lion runs different ads by region, so prices and sale items change.
Food Lion in Asheville, NC
Chicken and egg noodle soup from thighs · Classic Sloppy Joes · Chicken Marsala · Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi · Beef and Broccoli
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Food Lion's ad prices for Philadelphia: five familiar dinners with a real photo for a family of 4 that use under $75, at most two per main protein, favoring dinners that use sale items. Cost counts only the amounts the recipes use. Items Food Lion does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Food Lion meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $66.11 in Philadelphia, built from Food Lion's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 4 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Food Lion runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. This page also has Asheville. Open the planner to price it for your city.
Why is the shopping trip higher than the plan total?
The plan total counts only what the five dinners use, $66.11. At the register you buy whole packs, about $75.70 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Food Lion and Philadelphia and rebuild the list.
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