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

Albany price history

Every week since May 17, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Albany's flyers — 23 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 4 of 14 cuts are below their usual Albany price.

• Chicken Breastusual $2.09/lb · now $1.99
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (7 of 22 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $1.49/lb · now $1.49
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (14 of 23 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $1.09▲
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (8 of 13 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $2.49/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (9 of 15 weeks)
• Ground Beefusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (21 of 22 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $8.99/lb · now —
  Most often cheapest: Stop & Shop (8 of 23 weeks)
• Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now $6.99
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (5 of 9 weeks)
• Pork Chopsusual $1.89/lb · now $1.89
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (15 of 23 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $2.24/lb · now $1.69▼
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (12 of 16 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $3.99/lb · now $2.49▼
  Most often cheapest: ALDI (4 of 11 weeks)
• Salmonusual $7.99/lb · now $8.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Hannaford (11 of 22 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $6.99/lb · now $5.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Stop & Shop (16 of 23 weeks)
• Whitefishusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99
  Most often cheapest: Price Chopper (21 of 23 weeks)
• Butterusual $2.99/lb · now $2.79▼
  Most often cheapest: Stop & Shop (8 of 21 weeks)

“Usual” is Albany'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.