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

Traverse City price history

Every week since May 17, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Traverse City's flyers — 27 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 5 of 14 cuts are below their usual Traverse City price.

• Chicken Breastusual $2.19/lb · now $1.99▼
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (12 of 26 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $1.99/lb · now $2.49▲
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (8 of 20 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $1.09▲
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (10 of 18 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $2.49/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (10 of 20 weeks)
• Ground Beefusual $5.49/lb · now $4.99▼
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (20 of 27 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $8.99/lb · now $7.99▼
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (11 of 27 weeks)
• Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now $6.99
  Most often cheapest: Oleson's Farm Fresh (9 of 16 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $1.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (18 of 26 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $1.79/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (14 of 19 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $2.99/lb · now $2.49▼
  Most often cheapest: Meijer (8 of 20 weeks)
• Salmonusual $8.99/lb · now $8.99
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (12 of 26 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $9.99/lb · now $8.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Oleson's Farm Fresh (11 of 25 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $4.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Northland Foods (6 of 11 weeks)
• Butterusual $2.99/lb · now $2.99
  Most often cheapest: Oleson's Farm Fresh (8 of 19 weeks)

“Usual” is Traverse City'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.