Safeway · a family of 4 · Washington DC
Safeway meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $69.05
Built from Safeway's weekly ad in Washington DC. 7 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Safeway's ad in Washington DC. On sale this week: broth or stock, butter, bacon, ground beef.
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This plan in Washington DC: Safeway and 8 other stores
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. Lidl is $18.93 cheaper for these dinners.
Lidl is cheapest in Washington DC at $50.11, $31.40 less than Harris Teeter.
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 $61.40, 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 $91.31; the dinners use $69.05 of it. Sale items are marked.
Safeway grocery list, Washington DC (October 28, 2026)
Meat & Poultry5items
Seafood1item
Produce5items
Dairy & Eggs3items
Canned & Dry7items
Check your pantry (not priced):cooking spray, shortening, ghee, coconut and sesame oil, dried herbs, spices and seasoning blends, dried spices, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, syrups, molasses, powdered sugar.
Safeway plans in other cities
Safeway runs different ads by region, so prices and sale items change.
Safeway in Phoenix, AZ
Chicken Marsala · Salisbury Steak with ground beef · Tomato Pepper Chakchouka · Instant Pot Beef Stroganoff · Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi
Safeway in Portland, OR
Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi · Chicken Marsala · Salisbury Steak with ground beef · Beef and Broccoli · Slow-cooker pulled pork sandwiches
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Safeway's ad prices for Washington DC: five familiar dinners with a real photo for a family of 4 that fit $75, at most two per main protein, favoring dinners that use sale items. Cost counts only the amounts the recipes use. Items Safeway does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Safeway meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $69.05 in Washington DC, built from Safeway's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 7 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Safeway runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. This page also has Phoenix and Portland. 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, $69.05. At the register you buy whole packs, about $91.31 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Safeway and Washington DC and rebuild the list.
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