Grocery & meat deals in Chicago this week — the cheapest chicken, beef, pork, fish & dairy prices per pound from local flyers
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★ Standout This Week ★
kroger eggs
$2.14/dozen below Midwest avg of $3.63/dozen
fresh family pack chicken breasts
$1.93/lb below Midwest avg of $3.92/lb
fresh beef skirt steak
$6.49/lb below Midwest avg of $13.48/lb
★ Store of the week
ALDI
cheapest in 5 of 17 meat, fish & dairy categories with deals this week
This week in Chicago, Lowtein compared prices at 9 retailers — Meijer, ALDI, Fresh Thyme, and 6 others. 127 deals priced and verified against the BLS Midwest average. This week's standout: Eggs $1.49/dozen at Mariano's — 59% below the Midwest average. Against Lowtein's own price history, 8 of 67 tracked items are running well below their usual prices this week — the biggest drop is peppers at Meijer, 40% below its usual.
CHICKEN BREAST
US AVG ▸CHICKEN LEGS / THIGHS / DRUMSTICKS
CHICKEN WINGS
WHOLE CHICKEN
GROUND BEEF
US AVG ▸BEEF STEAK
US AVG ▸BEEF ROAST
PORK CHOPS
US AVG ▸PORK TENDERLOIN
PORK SHOULDER
PORK RIBS
BACON
SALMON
SHRIMP
WHITEFISH
BUTTER
US AVG ▸EGGS
US AVG ▸🥦 Produce & Pantry(9 categories) ▾
Chicago price history
Every week since May 20, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Chicago's flyers — 23 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 3 of 15 cuts are below their usual Chicago price.
- Chicken Breastusual $1.99/lb · now $1.99Most often cheapest: Tony's Fresh Market (7 of 16 weeks)
- Chicken Thighsusual $1.49/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Food 4 Less (8 of 23 weeks)
- Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $0.99Most often cheapest: Tony's Fresh Market (9 of 23 weeks)
- Chicken Wingsusual $1.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Tony's Fresh Market (8 of 23 weeks)
- Ground Beefusual $4.99/lb · now $4.99Most often cheapest: ALDI (7 of 21 weeks)
- Beef Steakusual $6.98/lb · now $6.99Most often cheapest: Tony's Fresh Market (14 of 23 weeks)
- Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now $6.99Most often cheapest: Strack & Van Til (7 of 19 weeks)
- Pork Chopsusual $1.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Meijer (10 of 21 weeks)
- Pork Shoulderusual $1.99/lb · now $0.99▼Most often cheapest: Tony's Fresh Market (7 of 20 weeks)
- Pork Ribsusual $2.79/lb · now $2.49▼Most often cheapest: Tony's Fresh Market (11 of 23 weeks)
- Salmonusual $7.99/lb · now $8.99▲Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (6 of 22 weeks)
- Shrimpusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99Most often cheapest: Strack & Van Til (7 of 23 weeks)
- Whitefishusual $3.99/lb · now $4.99▲Most often cheapest: Tony's Fresh Market (13 of 22 weeks)
- Eggsusual $2.99/dozen · now $1.49▼Most often cheapest: Mariano's (8 of 20 weeks)
- Butterusual $2.99/lb · now $2.99Most often cheapest: Mariano's (7 of 23 weeks)
“Usual” is Chicago'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.
Chicago stores we track (9) ▾
- ALDIweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 85 other cities
- Food 4 Lessweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 2 other cities
- Jewel-Oscoweekly ad starts Wednesday · the only Lowtein city where we track it
- Mariano'sweekly ad starts Wednesday · the only Lowtein city where we track it
- Meijerweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 26 other cities
- Strack & Van Tilweekly ad starts Wednesday · the only Lowtein city where we track it
- Tony's Fresh Marketweekly ad starts Wednesday · the only Lowtein city where we track it
- H Martweekly ad starts Friday · we also track it in 6 other cities
- Fresh Thymeweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 20 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.
Tony's Fresh Market
2 strong · 2 decent
Strack & Van Til
2 strong · 1 decent
Mariano's
2 strong
ALDI
1 strong · 2 decent
Food 4 Less
1 strong
Fresh Thyme
1 strong
FAQ
- Where are the cheapest groceries in Chicago this week?
- This week's biggest deal is eggs at $1.49/dozen from Mariano's — 59% below the Midwest average. Lowtein ranks every cut by how far below the Midwest average it sits.
- How does Lowtein know if a Chicago grocery price is actually a deal?
- Every price is compared against the Midwest 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 Chicago grocery deals updated?
- Weekly. Lowtein pulls the latest Chicago store flyers and refreshes the prices every week, so you always see the current week's deals.
- Which stores does Lowtein compare in Chicago?
- ALDI, Food 4 Less, Fresh Thyme, H Mart, Jewel-Osco, Mariano's, Meijer, Strack & Van Til, Tony's Fresh 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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