Grocery & meat deals in Erie 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
$1.85/lb below Northeast avg of $3.84/lb
fresh 80% lean ground beef
$2.91/lb below Northeast avg of $6.90/lb
heritage shaved ribeye steaks
$4.60/lb below Northeast avg of $14.59/lb
★ Store of the week
Tops Friendly Markets
cheapest in 8 of 17 meat, fish & dairy categories with deals this week
This week in Erie, Lowtein compared prices at 3 retailers — ALDI, Giant Eagle, and Tops Friendly Markets. 43 deals priced and verified against the BLS Northeast average. This week's standout: Chicken Breast $1.99/lb at ALDI — 48% below the Northeast average. Against Lowtein's own price history, 2 of 25 tracked items are running well below their usual prices this week — the biggest drop is butter at Tops Friendly Markets, 46% below its usual.
CHICKEN BREAST
US AVG ▸CHICKEN LEGS / THIGHS / DRUMSTICKS
CHICKEN WINGS
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 ▸Erie price history
Every week since May 21, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Erie's flyers — 35 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 Erie price.
- Chicken Breastusual $2.19/lb · now $1.99▼Most often cheapest: ALDI (15 of 28 weeks)
- Chicken Thighsusual $1.69/lb · now $0.99▼Most often cheapest: Tops Friendly Markets (14 of 23 weeks)
- Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.99/lb · now $1.09▲Most often cheapest: ALDI (9 of 15 weeks)
- Chicken Wingsusual $2.49/lb · now $2.49Most often cheapest: ALDI (10 of 22 weeks)
- Ground Beefusual $5.99/lb · now $5.99Most often cheapest: ALDI (26 of 32 weeks)
- Beef Steakusual $9.99/lb · now $9.99Most often cheapest: ALDI (16 of 28 weeks)
- Beef Roastusual $6.99/lb · now $6.99Most often cheapest: Giant Eagle (7 of 11 weeks)
- Pork Chopsusual $2.00/lb · now —Most often cheapest: Tops Friendly Markets (8 of 19 weeks)
- Pork Shoulderusual $2.19/lb · now $2.99▲Most often cheapest: Tops Friendly Markets (11 of 19 weeks)
- Pork Ribsusual $4.99/lb · now $2.49▼Most often cheapest: Tops Friendly Markets (17 of 19 weeks)
- Salmonusual $8.99/lb · now $9.99▲Most often cheapest: Giant Eagle (15 of 33 weeks)
- Shrimpusual $9.49/lb · now $8.49▼Most often cheapest: Giant Eagle (21 of 29 weeks)
- Whitefishusual $7.99/lb · now $10.99▲Most often cheapest: Giant Eagle (11 of 13 weeks)
- Butterusual $2.89/lb · now $2.69▼Most often cheapest: Tops Friendly Markets (19 of 23 weeks)
“Usual” is Erie'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.
Erie stores we track (3) ▾
- ALDIweekly ad starts Wednesday · we also track it in 85 other cities
- Giant Eagleweekly ad starts Thursday · we also track it in 9 other cities
- Tops Friendly Marketsweekly ad starts Sunday · we also track it in 2 other cities
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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.
Tops Friendly Markets
3 strong · 1 decent
ALDI
1 strong · 2 decent
FAQ
- Where are the cheapest groceries in Erie this week?
- This week's biggest deal is chicken breast at $1.99/lb from ALDI — 48% below the Northeast average. Lowtein ranks every cut by how far below the Northeast average it sits.
- How does Lowtein know if a Erie grocery price is actually a deal?
- Every price is compared against the Northeast 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 Erie grocery deals updated?
- Weekly. Lowtein pulls the latest Erie store flyers and refreshes the prices every week, so you always see the current week's deals.
- Which stores does Lowtein compare in Erie?
- ALDI, Giant Eagle, Tops Friendly Markets.
- 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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