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

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★ Standout This Week ★
ground beef
$3.89/lb below South avg of $6.88/lb
fresh family pack chicken breasts
$2.16/lb below South avg of $4.15/lb
★ Store of the week
ALDI
cheapest in 6 of 16 meat, fish & dairy categories with deals this week
This week in Birmingham, Lowtein compared prices at 6 retailers — Kroger, ALDI, Sprouts Farmers Market, and 3 others. 61 deals priced and verified against the BLS South average. This week's standout: Ground Beef $2.99/lb at FoodCity — 57% below the South average. Against Lowtein's own price history, 3 of 48 tracked items are running well below their usual prices this week — the biggest drop is bacon at Kroger, 20% below its usual.
CHICKEN BREAST
US AVG ▸CHICKEN LEGS / THIGHS / DRUMSTICKS
WHOLE CHICKEN
GROUND BEEF
US AVG ▸BEEF STEAK
US AVG ▸BEEF ROAST
PORK CHOPS
US AVG ▸PORK SHOULDER
PORK RIBS
BACON
SALMON
SHRIMP
WHITEFISH
BUTTER
US AVG ▸EGGS
US AVG ▸🥦 Produce & Pantry(8 categories) ▾
Birmingham price history
Every week since May 20, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Birmingham's flyers — 23 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 8 of 15 cuts are below their usual Birmingham price.
- Chicken Breastusual $2.19/lb · now $1.99▼Most often cheapest: FoodCity (8 of 22 weeks)
- Chicken Thighsusual $2.39/lb · now $2.99▲Most often cheapest: Publix (6 of 13 weeks)
- Chicken Drumsticksusual $1.34/lb · now $0.89▼Most often cheapest: ALDI (6 of 12 weeks)
- Chicken Wingsusual $2.29/lb · now —Most often cheapest: ALDI (8 of 15 weeks)
- Ground Beefusual $4.89/lb · now $2.99▼Most often cheapest: ALDI (12 of 23 weeks)
- Beef Steakusual $8.99/lb · now $12.99▲Most often cheapest: FoodCity (10 of 23 weeks)
- Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now $5.99▼Most often cheapest: FoodCity (5 of 15 weeks)
- Pork Chopsusual $3.99/lb · now $3.99Most often cheapest: FoodCity (8 of 17 weeks)
- Pork Shoulderusual $1.99/lb · now $2.49▲Most often cheapest: FoodCity (7 of 18 weeks)
- Pork Ribsusual $2.99/lb · now $2.49▼Most often cheapest: FoodCity (4 of 11 weeks)
- Salmonusual $8.29/lb · now $6.99▼Most often cheapest: Publix (16 of 23 weeks)
- Shrimpusual $7.99/lb · now $7.99Most often cheapest: FoodCity (9 of 23 weeks)
- Whitefishusual $7.99/lb · now $6.99▼Most often cheapest: FoodCity (12 of 15 weeks)
- Eggsusual $2.09/dozen · now $1.49▼Most often cheapest: Kroger (8 of 14 weeks)
- Butterusual $2.99/lb · now $2.99Most often cheapest: Kroger (10 of 17 weeks)
“Usual” is Birmingham'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.
Birmingham stores we track (6) ▾
- ALDIweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 85 other cities
- Food Cityweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 2 other cities
- FoodCityweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 1 other city
- Krogerweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 33 other cities
- Publixweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 14 other cities
- Sprouts Farmers Marketweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 36 other cities
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Shop by Store
Where this week's deals are — stores ranked by how many strong deals they're running. Page 1 finds the cheapest cut; this tells you which trip is worth making.
Food City
2 strong · 1 decent
FoodCity
2 strong · 1 decent
Kroger
2 strong · 1 decent
ALDI
1 strong · 2 decent
FAQ
- Where are the cheapest groceries in Birmingham this week?
- This week's biggest deal is ground beef at $2.99/lb from FoodCity (and 1 other store) — 57% below the South average. Lowtein ranks every cut by how far below the South average it sits.
- How does Lowtein know if a Birmingham grocery price is actually a deal?
- Every price is compared against the South average from BLS, so you can see how far below the typical price each cut is — not just whether it has a "sale" sticker.
- How often are Birmingham grocery deals updated?
- Weekly. Lowtein pulls the latest Birmingham store flyers and refreshes the prices every week, so you always see the current week's deals.
- Which stores does Lowtein compare in Birmingham?
- ALDI, Food City, FoodCity, Kroger, Publix, Sprouts Farmers Market.
- Is Lowtein free to use?
- Yes — no login, no account, and no app. Just open your city's page and check this week's prices.
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