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

Boston price history

Every week since May 17, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Boston's flyers — 36 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 2 of 15 cuts are below their usual Boston price.

• Chicken Breastusual $2.09/lb · now $1.99
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (13 of 36 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $1.49/lb · now $1.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (14 of 36 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $1.00/lb · now $1.09▲
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (10 of 31 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $1.84/lb · now $1.66▼
  Most often cheapest: Tropical Foods (28 of 36 weeks)
• Ground Beefusual $4.99/lb · now $5.99▲
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (20 of 35 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $7.99/lb · now $7.99
  Most often cheapest: Shaw's (9 of 36 weeks)
• Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now $6.99
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (5 of 13 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $1.99/lb · now $1.99
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (11 of 36 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $1.99/lb · now $2.19▲
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (14 of 36 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $2.99/lb · now $2.49▼
  Most often cheapest: Tropical Foods (9 of 31 weeks)
• Salmonusual $7.99/lb · now $8.99▲
  Cheapest store varies week to week
• Shrimpusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99
  Most often cheapest: Stop & Shop (15 of 36 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (19 of 32 weeks)
• Eggsusual $2.99/dozen · now $2.99
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (13 of 33 weeks)
• Butterusual $2.64/lb · now $2.79▲
  Most often cheapest: Shaw's (14 of 34 weeks)

“Usual” is Boston'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.