Grocery & meat deals in Amherst this week — the cheapest chicken, beef, pork, fish & dairy prices per pound from local flyers

Amherst price history

Every week since May 21, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Amherst's flyers — 22 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 4 of 13 cuts are below their usual Amherst price.

• Chicken Breastusual $5.94/lb · now $5.88
  Most often cheapest: Atlantic Superstore (10 of 20 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $3.99/lb · now $2.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Foodland (7 of 21 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $5.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (6 of 20 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $12.99/lb · now $11.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Foodland (12 of 21 weeks)
• Beef Roastusual $10.99/lb · now $10.99
  Most often cheapest: Foodland (15 of 17 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $4.82/lb · now $3.00▼
  Most often cheapest: Foodland (12 of 18 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $3.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Atlantic Superstore (7 of 17 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $3.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (7 of 20 weeks)
• Salmonusual $11.99/lb · now $16.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (9 of 22 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $9.33/lb · now $9.33
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (7 of 21 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $4.43/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (10 of 21 weeks)
• Eggsusual $5.49/dozen · now $4.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Sobeys (13 of 21 weeks)
• Butterusual $4.97/lb · now $4.97
  Most often cheapest: Walmart (8 of 21 weeks)

“Usual” is Amherst's own typical lowest advertised price (the median week) — not the government average the deal verdicts above use. ▼ this week is more than 5% below it, ▲ more than 5% above; — means no comparable deal this week.