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

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★ Standout This Week ★
fresh pork sirloin chops
$2.92/lb below West avg of $4.91/lb
boneless chicken breast/pechuca de pollo sin hueso
$1.66/lb below West avg of $4.15/lb
challenge salted butter
$0.93/lb below West avg of $3.92/lb
★ Store of the week
Lucky Supermarkets
cheapest in 5 of 14 meat, fish & dairy categories with deals this week
This week in San Jose, Lowtein compared prices at 10 retailers — Grocery Outlet, Sprouts Farmers Market, Safeway, and 7 others. 66 deals priced and verified against the BLS West average. This week's standout: Pork Chops $1.99/lb at FoodMaxx — 59% below the West average. Against Lowtein's own price history, 2 of 36 tracked items are running well below their usual prices this week — the biggest drop is eggs at Lucky Supermarkets, 39% below its usual.
CHICKEN BREAST
US AVG ▸CHICKEN LEGS / THIGHS / DRUMSTICKS
GROUND BEEF
US AVG ▸BEEF STEAK
US AVG ▸BEEF ROAST
PORK CHOPS
US AVG ▸PORK RIBS
BACON
SALMON
SHRIMP
WHITEFISH
BUTTER
US AVG ▸EGGS
US AVG ▸🥦 Produce & Pantry(7 categories) ▾
San Jose price history
Every week since Jun 3, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in San Jose's flyers — 21 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 6 of 15 cuts are below their usual San Jose price.
- Chicken Breastusual $1.99/lb · now $2.49▲Most often cheapest: Save Mart (7 of 21 weeks)
- Chicken Thighsusual $2.49/lb · now $1.99▼Most often cheapest: Save Mart (7 of 13 weeks)
- Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $0.79▼Most often cheapest: Vallarta Supermarkets (8 of 17 weeks)
- Chicken Wingsusual $1.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Grocery Outlet (5 of 18 weeks)
- Ground Beefusual $6.49/lb · now $5.99▼Most often cheapest: Save Mart (8 of 20 weeks)
- Beef Steakusual $7.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Safeway (6 of 21 weeks)
- Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Smart & Final (5 of 15 weeks)
- Pork Chopsusual $3.49/lb · now $1.99▼Most often cheapest: Vallarta Supermarkets (9 of 21 weeks)
- Pork Shoulderusual $2.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Save Mart (6 of 19 weeks)
- Pork Ribsusual $4.49/lb · now $3.99▼Most often cheapest: Vallarta Supermarkets (14 of 19 weeks)
- Salmonusual $7.99/lb · now $7.99Most often cheapest: Save Mart (6 of 21 weeks)
- Shrimpusual $5.00/lb · now $5.00Most often cheapest: Safeway (10 of 21 weeks)
- Whitefishusual $3.99/lb · now $3.99Most often cheapest: Vallarta Supermarkets (15 of 21 weeks)
- Eggsusual $2.99/dozen · now —Most often cheapest: Save Mart (8 of 20 weeks)
- Butterusual $3.49/lb · now $2.99▼Most often cheapest: Safeway (8 of 20 weeks)
“Usual” is San Jose'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.
San Jose stores we track (9) ▾
- Andronico'sweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 1 other city
- Cardenas Marketsweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 3 other cities
- FoodMaxxweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 3 other cities
- Lucky Supermarketsweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 2 other cities
- Safewayweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 35 other cities
- Save Martweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 4 other cities
- Vallarta Supermarketsweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 4 other cities
- Grocery Outletweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 23 other cities
- Smart & Finalweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 8 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.
Vallarta Supermarkets
2 strong
Lucky Supermarkets
1 strong · 1 decent
FoodMaxx
1 strong
Grocery Outlet
1 strong
Smart & Final
1 strong
FAQ
- Where are the cheapest groceries in San Jose this week?
- This week's biggest deal is pork chops at $1.99/lb from FoodMaxx — 59% below the West average. Lowtein ranks every cut by how far below the West average it sits.
- How does Lowtein know if a San Jose grocery price is actually a deal?
- Every price is compared against the West 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 San Jose grocery deals updated?
- Weekly. Lowtein pulls the latest San Jose store flyers and refreshes the prices every week, so you always see the current week's deals.
- Which stores does Lowtein compare in San Jose?
- Andronico's, Cardenas Markets, FoodMaxx, Grocery Outlet, Lucky Supermarkets, Safeway, Save Mart, Smart & Final, Sprouts Farmers Market, Vallarta Supermarkets.
- 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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