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

Des Moines price history

Every week since May 20, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Des Moines's flyers — 36 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 6 of 14 cuts are below their usual Des Moines price.

• Chicken Breastusual $2.19/lb · now $1.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (14 of 33 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $1.99/lb · now $1.77▼
  Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (16 of 27 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $1.09▲
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (8 of 9 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $2.29/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (14 of 22 weeks)
• Ground Beefusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (20 of 34 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $8.99/lb · now $9.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (13 of 35 weeks)
• Beef Roastusual $8.99/lb · now $6.98▼
  Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (9 of 17 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $3.49/lb · now $3.88▲
  Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (8 of 18 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $1.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (9 of 16 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $3.28/lb · now $2.49▼
  Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (5 of 15 weeks)
• Salmonusual $8.14/lb · now $6.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (13 of 28 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $8.99/lb · now $5.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (16 of 31 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $8.98/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (11 of 17 weeks)
• Butterusual $3.29/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (6 of 11 weeks)

“Usual” is Des Moines'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.