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

Grand Rapids price history

Every week since May 17, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Grand Rapids's flyers — 24 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 6 of 13 cuts are below their usual Grand Rapids price.

• Chicken Breastusual $2.19/lb · now $1.99▼
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (7 of 24 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $2.49/lb · now $2.49
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (9 of 19 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $1.09▲
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (9 of 15 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $1.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (9 of 17 weeks)
• Ground Beefusual $4.99/lb · now $4.99
  Most often cheapest: Ken's Fruit Market (9 of 24 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $7.99/lb · now $5.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Ken's Fruit Market (12 of 24 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $1.99/lb · now $2.49▲
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (16 of 20 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $1.89/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (11 of 20 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $2.99/lb · now $2.49▼
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (7 of 21 weeks)
• Salmonusual $8.29/lb · now $8.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (12 of 24 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $8.99/lb · now $5.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Family Fare (9 of 22 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $10.99/lb · now $9.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Forest Hills Foods (10 of 13 weeks)
• Butterusual $3.49/lb · now $2.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Family Fare (7 of 19 weeks)

“Usual” is Grand Rapids'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.