Food City Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Oven-Baked Chicken Tenders with Baked Potato Wedges
Description: Chicken tenders are tossed in a simple coating and baked until golden, served with crispy oven potato wedges. Kids can help shake the tenders in the bag and dip them in ketchup or ranch.
Sale items used: Chicken Breast Tenders (Sanderson Farms), Jumbo Baking Potatoes
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 lb chicken tenders (about 0.5 lb per person) and 2 large baking potatoes cut into wedges. Bake at 425F for about 25 to 30 minutes, flipping once. Buy the 8 lb bag of potatoes now; it also covers Thursday.
Recipes:
- Oven-Fried Chicken with Roasted Potato Wedges
- Baked Crispy Chicken Tenders with Sweet Potato Wedges
- Crispy Baked Chicken Tenders with Potato Wedges
Tuesday
Meal: Slow-Cooked Boston Butt Pulled Pork Sliders
Description: A small Boston butt roast cooks low and slow until it shreds easily, then is piled onto mini slider buns with mild barbecue sauce. Leftover pork makes extra servings for lunch or Thursday's potato bar.
Sale items used: Boston Butt, Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits (8 Ct.)
Prep time: 15 minutes active, 6 to 8 hours slow cooking
Serving note: Assume a 2 lb Boston butt for 2 people with leftovers. Start it in the slow cooker in the morning on low for 6 to 8 hours with a little water and mild seasoning. Bake 4 biscuits and split them as slider buns; freeze or use the rest of the pack another day. Plan on roughly 4 oz of pork per slider.
Recipes:
- Easy Pulled Pork Sliders Recipe (Slow Cooker)
- Easy Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Pork Sliders
- Pulled Pork Sliders
Wednesday
Meal: Shrimp Cocktail-Style Cooked Shrimp Plate with Fruit and Bread
Description: Chilled cooked shrimp are served with mild cocktail sauce or ketchup-based dip alongside sweet red grapes and slices of French bread. No cooking is needed, so it is a fun, build-your-own plate.
Sale items used: Cooked Shrimp (21/30 ct.), Red Seedless Grapes, French Bread
Prep time: 10 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.75 lb cooked shrimp (about 16 shrimp, 8 per person), 1 lb red grapes, and half a loaf of French bread. Thaw the shrimp in the fridge during the day if frozen and keep chilled until serving.
Recipes:
- Easy Shrimp Cocktail
- Shrimp Cocktail & Cocktail Sauce Recipe
- Classic Shrimp Cocktail
Thursday
Meal: Loaded Baked Potato Bar with Cheese
Description: Baked potatoes are set out with shredded cheese, crispy bacon bits, and leftover pulled pork for a build-your-own dinner. Kids pick their own toppings and enjoy loading their potatoes.
Sale items used: Jumbo Baking Potatoes, Food Club Shredded Cheese, Smithfield Bacon
Prep time: 70 minutes
Serving note: Bake 2 large potatoes from Monday's bag at 400F for about 60 to 65 minutes; start them early or microwave for 8 minutes first to shorten the time. Cook about 4 slices of bacon from the pack and freeze the rest. Use about 1 cup shredded cheese and the leftover pulled pork as an extra topping.
Recipes:
- Easy Weeknight Loaded Baked Potato Bar with Healthy Toppings
- Loaded Baked Potato Bar
- Baked Potato Bar Recipe (Fun, Easy Toppings)
Friday
Meal: Stromboli Pizza Night with Apple Slices
Description: A ready-made stromboli is warmed until the cheese is melty and sliced into pinwheel pieces for easy dipping in warm pizza sauce. Crisp apple slices on the side add a fresh, sweet crunch.
Sale items used: Stromboli (14 Oz.), Honeycrisp or Cosmic Crisp Apples
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: One 14 oz stromboli feeds 2 people; heat per the package directions. Slice 2 apples (about 1 lb) and serve with the stromboli.
Recipes:
- Sausage Apple and Brie Stromboli
- How To Make Pizza Stromboli (Quick & Easy Recipe)
- Stromboli Recipe (Video)
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Chicken Breast Tenders (1 lb): $1.99
- Jumbo Baking Potatoes (1 bag, 8 lb): $5.00
- Boston Butt (2 lbs): $4.98
- Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits 8 Ct. (1 pack): $1.99
- Cooked Shrimp 21/30 ct. (0.75 lb): $7.49
- Red Seedless Grapes (1 lb): $2.49
- French Bread (1 loaf): $3.00
- Food Club Shredded Cheese (1 bag): $5.00
- Smithfield Bacon 40 oz. (1 pack): $13.99
- Stromboli 14 oz. (1): $8.00
- Honeycrisp or Cosmic Crisp Apples (1 lb): $1.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika
- Olive oil or cooking oil
- Breadcrumbs and flour
- Egg
- Ketchup, ranch, mild barbecue sauce, cocktail sauce
- Butter and sour cream
- Pizza sauce for dipping
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Ground Round 85% Lean (3 lbs or more): $6.99/lb
- New York Strip Steak (Certified Angus Beef): $14.99/lb
- Gourmet Burgers (Black & Bleu, Spinach & Feta, Bacon & Cheddar): $3.00 each
- Chicken Breast Tenders (Sanderson Farms): $1.99/lb
- Top Round Roast (Certified Angus Beef): $7.99/lb
- Prime New York Strip Steak (Certified Angus Beef): $22.99/lb
- Cooked Shrimp (21/30 ct.): $9.99/lb
- Boston Butt: $2.49/lb
- Smithfield Bacon (40 Oz.): $13.99 each
- Land O' Frost Lunch Meat (9-16 Oz.): $5.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Lunch Meat (7-9 Oz.): $3.99 each
- Dietz & Watson Ham: $10.99/lb
- Chicken Night Dinner Deal: $11.99
Deli and prepared on sale:
- In-Store Made Sushi: $5.00 each
- Octagon Tray: $5.00 each
- Breakfast Special (Meat, Two Eggs, Biscuit & Gravy): $2.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Lunchables (2.27-4.5 Oz.): 2 for $4.00
- Party or Gourmet Cracker Mix: $9.99/lb
- 4 Piece Fried Chicken or Tenders (Event Feature): $5.00 each
- Spinach Dip: $5.99/lb
- Stromboli (14 Oz.): $8.00 each
- Fresh Brownies (Event Feature): $7.00 each
- Chicken Tender Sandwich & Fries (Event Feature): $7.00 each
Produce on sale:
- Red Seedless Grapes: $2.49/lb
- Red, White or Black Seedless Grapes (w/ coupon): $1.99/lb
- Tomatoes on the Vine: $1.99/lb
- Stew Mix: $3.99/lb
- Mirepoix or Trinity Mix: $4.99/lb
- Blackberries or Raspberries (6 Oz.): $3.99 each
- Cored Pineapple: $3.99 each
- Snackers: $5.00 each
- Honeycrisp or Cosmic Crisp Apples: $1.99/lb
- Jumbo Baking Potatoes (8 Lb.): $5.00 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese (8 Oz.): 2 for $5.00
- Yogurt Parfait (11 Oz.): 3 for $10.00
- Coffee Mate Creamer (14-32 Oz.): $2.49 each
- Starbucks Coffee Creamer (24-32 Oz.): $3.99 each
- Dairy Star Whipped Topping (13 Oz.): $4.49 each
- Food Club Whipped Topping (8 Oz.): $1.59 each
- Kraft Singles American (12 Oz.): 2 for $7.00
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Pumpkin Muffins: $3.99 each
- Pillsbury Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls (17.5 Oz.): $4.99 each
- Gourmet Pumpkin Cookies (4 Ct.): $5.00 each
- Pumpkin Roll: $7.99 each
- Fruit Half Pie (w/ coupon): $4.50 each
- Sweet Squares Cake Slices: $3.49 each
- French Bread: $3.00 each
- Gourmet Cookies (4 Ct.): $3.99 each
- Keebler Ready Pie Crust (4-6 Oz.): $2.99 each
- Bakery Fresh Brownies (Event Feature): $6.00 each
Pantry on sale:
- Tree Top Apple Juice (64 Oz.): 2 for $5.00
- Maxwell House Coffee (9.9-11.5 Oz.): $5.00 each
- Food Club Sugar (4 Lb.): 2 for $5.00
- Kraft Caramels (11 Oz.): $2.99 each
- Lindt Fall Truffles (5.1 Oz.): $6.99 each
- McCormick Finishing Sugar (3.43-3.81 Oz.): 2 for $6.00
- Luck's Beans (15 Oz.): 10 for $10.00
- Progresso Soup (18.5-19 Oz.): $1.99 each
- Betty Crocker Cake Mix (13.25-14.25 Oz.): $0.99 each
- Tennessee's Best Salsa, Jam or Chow Chow (16 Oz.): $5.99 each
- General Mills Cereal (20.6-27.2 Oz.): $3.99 each
- Chex Mix or Bugles (5.5-8.75 Oz.): $1.49 each
- Annie's Organic Fruit Snacks (3.9-7 Oz.): $2.99 each
- General Mill Cereal Bars (6.8-8.48 Oz.): $2.29 each
- Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks (4.5-8 Oz.): $1.99 each
- Old El Paso Dinner Kit (5.4-13.25 Oz.): $2.49 each
- Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits (25 Oz.): $2.49 each
- Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits (8 Ct.): $1.99 each
- Libby's Pumpkin (15 Oz.): $2.99 each
- Food Club Apple Cider (64 Oz., w/ coupon): $2.69 each
- Frito Lay Party Size Chips (8.125-18 Oz.): $5.00 each
- Entenmann's Donuts or Siete Tortillas/Potato Chips: 2 for $5.00
- Olive Garden Croutons (5 Oz.): 2 for $4.00
Frozen on sale:
- 12" Cheese or One-Topping Pizza/Calzone: $5.00 each
- Craw'n Flavor Ice Cream (48 Oz.): 2 for $5.00
- Smucker's Uncrustables: 2 for $5.00
- Screamin' Sicilian Pizza (13.3-26.9 Oz.): $5.00 each
- Eggo Family Size Waffles (24 Ct.): $5.00 each
- Food Club Shredded Cheese: $5.00 each
- Michelina's Entrees (4.5-9 Oz.): 5 for $5.00
- Birdseye Voila! (18-42 Oz.): $5.00 each
- Edward's Pie (24-36 Oz., w/ coupon): $5.99 each
- Kern's Pie (27 Oz.): $6.49 each
- Baskin Robbins Ice Cream (14 Oz.): $3.99 each
- Fast Food Fries (14-28 Oz.): $4.99 each
- White Castle Sliders (4-6 Ct.): $5.99 each
- Chick-Fil-A Waffle Chips (7 Oz.): $3.99 each
- Texas Roadhouse Dip (12 Oz.): $3.49 each
- Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls (14 Oz.): $5.99 each
- Texas Roadhouse Butter (7.35 Oz.): $4.29 each
- Blue Bell Ice Cream (64 Oz. or 12 Ct.): $5.99 each
- Fat Boy Novelties (4-9 Ct.): $2.99 each
- Hot Pockets (4 Ct.): $2.99 each
- Nestle Toll House Cookie Dough (14-16.5 Oz.): $2.99 each
- Yellowstone Meals (12-15 Oz.): $3.99 each
- DiGiorno Stuffed Crust Pizza (22.2-26.4 Oz.): $6.99 each
- DiGiorno Single Serve Pizza (8.5-10 Oz.): $2.99 each
- Stouffer's Meals (9-20 Oz.): $3.99 each
- Gerber Entrees (5.3-6.67 Oz.): 2 for $4.00
- Totino's Pizza Rolls (50 Ct.): $3.99 each
🛒 Estimated Shopping Cost
Based on sale prices for items in this plan
Some sale prices require the store's loyalty card or a clipped digital coupon. Check the flyer before you shop.
$55.92
for 2 people · $27.96 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Food City weekly sales flyer for the week of October 07, 2026. Flyers are sourced from store websites and weekly flyer aggregator sites. Actual prices may vary by location. Always verify prices at your local store. We are not affiliated with Food City.