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

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★ Standout This Week ★
fresh family pack chicken breasts
$1.93/lb below Midwest avg of $3.92/lb
fresh bone in assorted center cut or thick cut cowboy pork chops
$1.92/lb below Midwest avg of $4.91/lb
thomas farms grass-fed beef boneless new york strip steak
$3.49/lb below Midwest avg of $13.48/lb
★ Store of the week
ALDI
cheapest in 6 of 16 meat, fish & dairy categories with deals this week
This week in Minneapolis, Lowtein compared prices at 6 retailers — ALDI, Fresh Thyme, Hy-Vee, and 3 others. 74 deals priced and verified against the BLS Midwest average. This week's standout: Chicken Breast $1.99/lb at ALDI — 49% below the Midwest average. Against Lowtein's own price history, 5 of 35 tracked items are running well below their usual prices this week — the biggest drop is apples at BoB's Produce Ranch, 50% below its usual.
CHICKEN BREAST
US AVG ▸CHICKEN LEGS / THIGHS / DRUMSTICKS
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(8 categories) ▾
Minneapolis price history
Every week since May 17, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Minneapolis's flyers — 38 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 Minneapolis price.
- Chicken Breastusual $2.19/lb · now $1.99▼Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (13 of 36 weeks)
- Chicken Thighsusual $1.99/lb · now $1.77▼Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (14 of 31 weeks)
- Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $1.09▲Most often cheapest: ALDI (9 of 10 weeks)
- Chicken Wingsusual $2.29/lb · now —Most often cheapest: ALDI (16 of 26 weeks)
- Ground Beefusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99Most often cheapest: ALDI (24 of 36 weeks)
- Beef Steakusual $8.99/lb · now $9.99▲Cheapest store varies week to week
- Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now $6.98Most often cheapest: Driskill's Foods (10 of 27 weeks)
- Pork Chopsusual $2.99/lb · now $2.99Cheapest store varies week to week
- Pork Shoulderusual $1.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (10 of 21 weeks)
- Pork Ribsusual $3.79/lb · now $2.49▼Most often cheapest: BoB's Produce Ranch (8 of 31 weeks)
- Salmonusual $7.99/lb · now $6.99▼Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (10 of 33 weeks)
- Shrimpusual $9.49/lb · now $5.99▼Most often cheapest: Fresh Thyme (14 of 35 weeks)
- Whitefishusual $8.99/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Hy-Vee (14 of 22 weeks)
- Butterusual $3.49/lb · now $3.99▲Most often cheapest: Longfellow Market (10 of 31 weeks)
“Usual” is Minneapolis'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.
Minneapolis stores we track (6) ▾
- ALDIweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 85 other cities
- Lunds & Byerlysweekly ad starts Thursday · the only Lowtein city where we track it
- Hy-Veeweekly ad starts Monday · we also track it in 7 other cities
- Fresh Thymeweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 20 other cities
- Longfellow Marketweekly ad starts Monday · the only Lowtein city where we track it
- BoB's Produce Ranchweekly ad starts Sunday · the only Lowtein city where we track it
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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.
Hy-Vee
2 strong · 1 decent
BoB's Produce Ranch
2 strong
ALDI
1 strong · 2 decent
Fresh Thyme
1 strong
Longfellow Market
2 decent
FAQ
- Where are the cheapest groceries in Minneapolis this week?
- This week's biggest deal is chicken breast at $1.99/lb from ALDI (and 1 other store) — 49% below the Midwest average. Lowtein ranks every cut by how far below the Midwest average it sits.
- How does Lowtein know if a Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis grocery deals updated?
- Weekly. Lowtein pulls the latest Minneapolis store flyers and refreshes the prices every week, so you always see the current week's deals.
- Which stores does Lowtein compare in Minneapolis?
- ALDI, BoB's Produce Ranch, Fresh Thyme, Hy-Vee, Longfellow Market, Lunds & Byerlys.
- 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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