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

Houston price history

Every week since May 20, Lowtein has recorded the lowest advertised price for each cut in Houston's flyers — 23 weeks so far. Here is what a normal week costs here, and which store most often had it cheapest. This week 5 of 13 cuts are below their usual Houston price.

• Chicken Breastusual $1.87/lb · now $1.87
  Most often cheapest: Fiesta Mart (11 of 23 weeks)
• Chicken Thighsusual $0.99/lb · now $0.99
  Most often cheapest: Kroger (6 of 17 weeks)
• Chicken Drumsticksusual $0.88/lb · now $0.77▼
  Most often cheapest: Food Town (15 of 23 weeks)
• Chicken Wingsusual $1.77/lb · now $1.87▲
  Most often cheapest: Fiesta Mart (12 of 23 weeks)
• Ground Beefusual $4.47/lb · now $4.49
  Most often cheapest: Joe V's Smart Shop (10 of 22 weeks)
• Beef Steakusual $5.99/lb · now $4.99▼
  Most often cheapest: El Rancho Supermercado (7 of 23 weeks)
• Beef Roastusual $5.99/lb · now $6.99▲
  Most often cheapest: Food Town (7 of 18 weeks)
• Pork Shoulderusual $1.29/lb · now $0.99▼
  Most often cheapest: Mi Tienda (8 of 23 weeks)
• Pork Ribsusual $2.49/lb · now $1.97▼
  Most often cheapest: Fiesta Mart (8 of 21 weeks)
• Salmonusual $8.29/lb · now $8.97▲
  Most often cheapest: Randalls (8 of 22 weeks)
• Shrimpusual $4.97/lb · now $5.49▲
  Most often cheapest: Fiesta Mart (10 of 23 weeks)
• Eggsusual $2.50/dozen · now $1.49▼
  Most often cheapest: Kroger (8 of 19 weeks)
• Butterusual $2.99/lb · now $2.99
  Most often cheapest: Kroger (7 of 19 weeks)

“Usual” is Houston'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.