Stop & Shop · a family of 4 · New York
Stop & Shop meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $54.62
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Stop & Shop's weekly ad in New York, NY. 7 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Stop & Shop's ad in New York, NY. On sale this week: chicken thighs, onions, butter, chicken breast, pasta and more.
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$2.73 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $12.08 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Stop & Shop's ad, New York, NY, Oct 23 to Oct 29. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Stop & Shop is the cheapest store for this plan in New York
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week.
Stop & Shop is cheapest in New York at $54.62, $19.70 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 $64.45, 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 $66.70; the dinners use $54.62 of it. Sale items are marked.
Stop & Shop grocery list, New York (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Chicken and dumplings, Creamy chicken Alfredo pasta, Garlic Butter Grilled Shrimp, Blackened Salmon, Cajun Butter Steak Bites. Prices: Stop & Shop's ad, New York, NY, Oct 23 to Oct 29. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Seafood2 items
Produce6 items
Meat & Poultry3 items
Dairy & Eggs4 items
Canned & Dry2 items
Check your pantry (not priced): baking powder and soda, cooking spray, paprika, dried spices, flour, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, brown sugar.
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Stop & Shop's ad prices for New York: 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 Stop & Shop does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Stop & Shop meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $54.62 in New York, built from Stop & Shop's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 7 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Stop & Shop runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. 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, $54.62. At the register you buy whole packs, about $66.70 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Stop & Shop and New York and rebuild the list.
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