Piggly Wiggly Standard Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: Since you're shopping at Piggly Wiggly this week, I built the plan around what's on sale, with a different protein each night so dinners never feel repetitive: catfish nuggets on Monday, pork steaks on Tuesday, ground turkey on Wednesday, chicken breast on Thursday, and smoked sausage on Friday. Monday's catfish nuggets are only $3.98 for 2 lbs, and the Martha White Cornbread Mix at $0.89 makes an easy side. Pick up both Mama Socorro's Chili Seasoning packs for $3.00 and both Barilla pastas for $4.00, since Wednesday's skillet and Friday's pasta each use one and the pairs are priced as deals. The Dole Coleslaw Mix, the Whole White Mushrooms, and the Tomatoes on the Vine are the fresh touches that keep the meals from feeling heavy, and most nights land in the 30 to 40 minute range, with Tuesday's roasted potatoes taking a bit longer at 50.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Pan-Fried Catfish Nuggets with Coleslaw and Cornbread
Description: Catfish nuggets are pan-fried until golden in a little cooking oil and served with crisp Dole Coleslaw Mix. Martha White Cornbread Mix is baked as a warm side.
Sale items used: Fresh Frozen Catfish Nuggets, Dole Coleslaw Mix, Martha White Cornbread Mix
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs catfish nuggets, 1 Dole Coleslaw Mix bag, 1 Martha White Cornbread Mix box. Dress slaw with pantry mayonnaise and vinegar. Cornbread uses pantry egg and milk.
Recipes:
- Catfish Nuggets (Easy & Less Mess)
- Crispy Catfish Nuggets {Cornmeal Breading}
- Fried Catfish Nuggets
Tuesday
Meal: Skillet Pork Steaks with Mushroom Gravy and Roasted Potatoes
Description: Fresh Pork Steaks are seared in a skillet, then simmered in McCormick Brown Gravy with Whole White Mushrooms. Idaho Russet Potatoes are cubed and roasted in the oven alongside.
Sale items used: Fresh Pork Steaks, McCormick Brown Gravy, Whole White Mushrooms, Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes
Prep time: 50 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs pork steaks, 1 McCormick Brown Gravy packet, 2 Whole White Mushrooms packs (use 1 pack, the pair is the sale pack), 2 Idaho Russet Potatoes bags is not needed; buy 1 sale pair (2 for $5.00).
Recipes:
- Pork Steak with Mushroom Gravy
- Instant Pot Pork Shoulder Steaks with Mushrooms, Potatoes and Gravy
- Pork Steak and Gravy with Potatoes
Wednesday
Meal: Ground Turkey Chili-Spiced Rice Skillet
Description: Butterball ground turkey is browned with Mama Socorro's Chili Seasoning and Red Gold Tomato Sauce, then simmered with Zatarain's Rice Dinners. Topped with Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks.
Sale items used: Butterball 85% Lean Ground Turkey Chub, Mama Socorro's Chili Seasoning, Red Gold Tomato Sauce, Zatarain's Rice Dinners, Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 1 turkey chub (assumed 1 lb), 1 Mama Socorro's Chili Seasoning pack from the 2 for $3.00 deal (buy the pair), 3 Red Gold Tomato Sauce cans, 1 Zatarain's Rice Dinners box, 1 Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks.
Recipes:
- Chili Skillet with Ground Turkey
- Tex-Mex Ground Turkey and Rice Skillet Recipe
- 30 Minute Turkey Taco Rice Skillet
Thursday
Meal: Sheet-Pan BBQ Chicken Breast with Tomatoes on the Vine and Onions
Description: Sanderson Farms chicken breast is brushed with Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce and baked on a sheet pan with sliced yellow onions. Fresh Tomatoes on the Vine are served sliced alongside.
Sale items used: Sanderson Farms Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce, Medium Yellow Onions, Tomatoes on the Vine
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lbs chicken breast, 1 Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce bottle, 1 lb Medium Yellow Onions, 1 lb Tomatoes on the Vine.
Recipes:
- Chicken with Roasted Tomato and Red Onion
- Sheet Pan Barbecue Chicken Dinner
- Sheet Pan BBQ Chicken and Vegetables
Friday
Meal: Smoked Sausage and Pasta Skillet with Libby's Vegetables
Description: Sliced Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage is browned, then tossed with Barilla Better for You Pasta and Libby's Vegetables. A little pantry butter and garlic finish the dish.
Sale items used: Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage, Barilla Better for You Pasta, Libby's Vegetables
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1 smoked sausage package, 1 Barilla Better for You Pasta box (from the 2 for $4.00 deal, buy 2 and use 1), 1 Libby's Vegetables can (5 for $5.00 deal, buy 1 at $1.00).
Recipes:
- Skillet Pasta with Sausage
- CHEESY SMOKED SAUSAGE PASTA SKILLET
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Frozen Catfish Nuggets (2 lbs): $3.98
- Dole Coleslaw Mix (x1): $1.29
- Martha White Cornbread Mix (x1): $0.89
- Fresh Pork Steaks (2 lbs): $4.38
- McCormick Brown Gravy (x1): $0.69
- Whole White Mushrooms (x2 packs): $3.00
- Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes (x2 bags): $5.00
- Butterball 85% Lean Ground Turkey Chub (x1): $3.99
- Mama Socorro's Chili Seasoning (x2): $3.00
- Red Gold Tomato Sauce (x3): $2.00
- Zatarain's Rice Dinners (x1): $1.99
- Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks (x1): $1.49
- Sanderson Farms Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (1.5 lbs): $5.24
- Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce (x1): $3.99
- Medium Yellow Onions (1 lb): $0.89
- Tomatoes on the Vine (1 lb): $1.49
- Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage (x1): $4.99
- Barilla Better for You Pasta (x2): $4.00
- Libby's Vegetables (x1): $1.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Cooking oil, salt, pepper, mayonnaise, vinegar, eggs, milk, butter, garlic
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets: $4.99 each
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Top Round Roast: $5.99/lb
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Family Pack Boneless Beef New York Strip Steaks: $13.99/lb
- Kentucky Legend Sliced Bacon: $3.99 each
- Sanderson Farms Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast: $3.49/lb
- Fresh Whole Boston Butt Pork Roast: $1.79/lb
- Country Style Pork Ribs: $2.39/lb
- Fresh Pork Steaks: $2.19/lb
- Boneless Beef Cube Steaks: $6.99/lb
- Boneless Beef Top Round Steaks: $6.49/lb
- 85% Lean Fresh Ground Round: $5.99/lb
- Butterball 85% Lean Ground Turkey Chub: $3.99 each
- Tyson Individually Fresh Frozen Chicken Wing Sections: $4.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Family Size Deli Shaved Lunch Meats: $4.99 each
- Wampler Farms Pork Sausage Rolls, Patties, Links or Taco Meat: 2 for $7.00
- Smithfield Smoked Sliced Quarter Hams: $7.99 each
- Hormel Fresh Roast Beef or Beef Tips Entrées: $8.99 each
- Hormel Fresh Pork, Turkey or Meat Loaf Entrées: $6.99 each
- Carolina Pride Fresh Pork Sausage Rolls: $2.99 each
- Hormel Fresh Side Dishes: $3.99 each
- Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage: $4.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Stack Pack Bologna or Cotto Salami: 2 for $5.00
- Hillshire Farm Cocktail Smokies: $3.99 each
- Sea Best Fresh Frozen Tilapia Fillets: $3.99 each
- Fresh Frozen Catfish Nuggets: $1.99/lb
- Sea Best Frozen Fully Cooked Shrimp: $4.99 each
- Gorton's Frozen Breaded Fish Fillets or Sticks: $5.99 each
- Sea Best Fresh Frozen Boneless Cod Fillets: $9.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Deli Sub Kits: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Basic Lunchables: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Delimex Taquitos: BOGO, $9.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Sliced Bacon Mega Pack: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Land O'Frost Premium Sliced Lunch Meat: $5.99 each
- Jimmy Dean Fresh Breakfast Biscuits, Burritos, Muffins, Griddlecakes, Roll Ups or Hashbrowns: $5.99 each
- Tyson Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken: $6.99 each
- Mrs. Paul's or Van de Kamp's Frozen Breaded Fish Fillets or Sticks: $4.99 each
- Kretschmar Roast Beef (sliced to order): $12.99/lb
- Kretschmar Baby Swiss Cheese (sliced to order): $7.99/lb
- Kretschmar Smoked Ham (sliced to order): $5.49/lb
- Tyson Boneless Wings: $4.99/lb
- Old Wisconsin Party Trays: $12.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Kretschmar Cheese Platters: $6.99 each
- Better Butter Gourmet Butter: 2 for $5.00
- Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps: $2.99 each
- Zumbapica Forritos: $6.49 each
- Zumbapica Zumbafiesta: $14.99 each
- Zumbapica Forritos Rim Dip: $5.99 each
Produce on sale:
- Red Seedless Grapes: $1.89/lb
- Tomatoes on the Vine: $1.49/lb
- Bartlett, Bosc or Anjou Washington Pears: $1.49/lb
- Michigan Apples: 2 for $7.00
- Medium Yellow Onions: $0.89/lb
- Taylor Farms Large Veggie Tray: $8.99 each
- Whole White Mushrooms: 2 for $3.00
- Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes: 2 for $5.00
- Pomegranates: $1.69 each
- Dole Coleslaw Mix: $1.29 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese: 2 for $3.00
- Kraft Natural Slices: 2 for $5.00
- Kraft Protein Sticks: $3.59 each
- Kraft Cracker Cuts or Cubes: $2.99 each
- Florida's Natural Orange Juice: $4.49 each
- Blue Bonnet Margarine Quarters: $2.79 each
- International Delight Creamer or Cold Foam: $4.49 each
- Planet Oat Milk or Creamer: $2.99 each
- Texas Roadhouse Spreads: $3.49 each
- Lactaid Creamer or Milk: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Coffee Creamer: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Ricotta Cheese: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Cream Cheese: $1.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Wonder Cupcakes or Cinnamon Rolls: $3.99 each
- Wonder Danish Pastries: $1.99 each
- Pepperidge Farm Garlic or Cheese Bread: $3.29 each
- Mary B's Frozen Biscuits or Dumplings: $3.49 each
- James Skinner Gourmet Cinnamon Rolls: $5.99 each
- Café Valley Mini Cupcakes: $3.49 each
- Sweet P's Frosted Sugar Cookies: $3.99 each
- Reese's Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake: $17.99 each
Pantry on sale:
- Bertolli Pasta or Alfredo Sauce: 2 for $6.00
- SpaghettiOs Pasta: 4 for $5.00
- No Yolks, Ronco, Mueller's, Creamette or Light N Fluffy Egg Noodles: 2 for $4.00
- Kraft or Velveeta Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese: 2 for $4.00
- Kraft Blue Box Macaroni & Cheese or Spirals: $3.99 each
- Maruchan Ramen: 2 for $7.00
- Maruchan Ramen Souper: $1.79 each
- Barilla Better for You Pasta: 2 for $4.00
- Pace Salsa or Picante Sauce: 2 for $5.00
- Ocean Spray Cran-Grape Juice: $2.79 each
- V8 Splash Juice: 2 for $4.00
- Swanson Broth: 2 for $3.00
- V8 Juice: $2.99 each
- Wendy's Chili with Beans: $4.49 each
- Wendy's Chili No Beans: $4.99 each
- Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce: $3.99 each
- Zatarain's Rice Dinners: $1.99 each
- Maxwell House or Gevalia K Cups: $6.99 each
- Hidden Valley Salad Dressing: $4.99 each
- Vlasic Sauerkraut: $2.99 each
- Libby's Vegetables: 5 for $5.00
- Heinz Ketchup: BOGO, $5.49 each
- Capri-Sun Pouches: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Kraft American Singles Twin Pack: BOGO, $4.49 each
- Kraft Restaurant Macaroni & Cheese: $2.99 each
- StarKist Lunch to Go, Smart Bowls or Pouches: 2 for $3.00
- Chicken of the Sea Solid White Tuna: $1.79 each
- Gevalia Ground Coffee: $7.99 each
- Ken's Salad Dressing: $4.79 each
- Red Gold Ketchup: $1.99 each
- Red Gold Tomato Sauce: 3 for $2.00
- Sunflour Flour or Sunflower Corn Meal: $3.99 each
- Slap Ya Mama Buffalo Sauce: $3.49 each
- Sunflower Quick Grits: $1.29 each
- Carbone Pasta or Alfredo Sauce: $6.99 each
- Pringles Party Stacks: $2.99 each
- Ritz Toasted Chips: $3.99 each
- McCormick Brown Gravy: $0.69 each
- Jiffy Pancake Mix: $2.49 each
- Crisco Cooking Sprays: $2.99 each
- Keebler Sandwich Crackers: $2.99 each
- McCormick Country Gravy: 4 for $5.00
- McCormick Assorted Gravy Mix: 2 for $3.00
- Betty Crocker Premium Dessert or Baking Mixes: $2.99 each
- Kraft Caramels or Caramel Bits: 2 for $5.00
- Capri-Sun Juice Pouches: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Syrup: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Flour: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Trail Mix: $6.49 each
- Best Choice Pie Shell: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Cobbler: $6.99 each
- Best Choice Aluminum Foil: $1.99 each
- Best Choice Deluxe Mixed Nuts: $4.99 each
- Best Choice Mixed Nuts or Whole Cashews: $5.49 each
- Best Choice Cooking Spray: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Potatoes: $1.69 each
- Best Choice Gelatin or Pudding: $1.99 each
- Best Choice Canned Fruit: $1.99 each
- Nabisco Family Size Chips Ahoy, Oreos or Snack Crackers: $4.99 each
- Nutri Grain, Special K or Rice Krispies Treats: $2.99 each
- Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks Value Pack: $4.49 each
- Dot's Pretzels or Reese's Filled Pretzels: 2 for $12.00
- Splash Refreshers: $2.49 each
- Crystal Baking Sugar: $2.99 each
- Zesta Crackers: $2.99 each
- Chips Ahoy Cookies: $2.99 each
- Little Debbie Family Packs: $2.69 each
- Wesson Cooking Oil: $2.99 each
- Martha White Cornbread Mix: $0.89 each
- Mott's Applesauce: $2.99 each
- Hershey's Assorted Snack Size Candy Party Bag: $13.99 each
- SunnyD Punch: $8.99 each
- Turkey Hill Tea: $1.99 each
- Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks: $1.49 each
- Maxwell House Original or Decaf Coffee: $10.99 each
- General Mills Cheerios: 2 for $5.00
- Post Honey Bunch of Oats or Raisin Bran Cereal: $2.99 each
- Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Shakes & Go: $2.99 each
- Starbucks Coffee: $5.99 each
- Frutas Selectas Cranberry or Pomegranate Juice: 2 for $4.00
- Mama Socorro's Chili Seasoning: 2 for $3.00
Frozen on sale:
- Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes, Hash Browns or Tater Tots: $3.99 each
- Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes or Tater Tots: BOGO, $5.49 each
- DiGiorno Pizza: 2 for $9.00
- TGI Fridays Frozen Appetizers: BOGO, $4.99 each
- Pillsbury Cookies, Pizza Dough, Filled Crescents or Pull Apart Bread: $3.49 each
- Red Baron Single Serve Pizza: $3.99 each
- Tai Pei Single Serve Entrées: $2.99 each
- Marie Callender's Layered Shepherd's Pie: $3.79 each
- Super Pretzel Soft Pretzel Bites: 2 for $7.00
- Eggo Thick & Fluffy Waffles, Pancakes or French Toast Sticks: $2.99 each
- Bagel Bites Rolled Pizza: $4.99 each
- Tai Pei Potstickers: $6.49 each
- Birds Eye Premium Vegetables: 2 for $6.00
- Deliza Frozen Eclairs: $5.99 each
- Hola Churros: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Frozen Vegetables: 4 for $5.00
- Bagel Bites Pizza Bagels: $7.99 each
- Banquet Classics Dinners: $1.79 each
- Rana Pasta: $5.99 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.
$53.30
for 4 people · $13.32 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Piggly Wiggly weekly sales flyer for the week of October 21, 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 Piggly Wiggly.