Big Y · a family of 4 · Boston
Big Y meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $48.99
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Big Y's flyer in Boston, MA. 5 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Big Y's ad in Boston, MA. On sale this week: heavy cream, ground beef, mushrooms, chicken breast, salmon fillets.
$2.16/servingkitchenswagger.com
$2.21/servingcookingclassy.com
$2.48/servingpinchofyum.com
$2.55/servingprimaverakitchen.com- $2.84/servingnatashaskitchen.com
$2.45 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $22.43 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Big Y's flyer, Boston, MA, Oct 22 to Nov 25. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
This plan in Boston: Big Y and 6 other stores
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. Market Basket is $0.09 cheaper for these dinners.
Market Basket is cheapest in Boston at $48.90, $11.58 less than Shaw's.
The same five dinners at each store. Items in the store's ad cost the ad price, sale or regular; items it does not list cost the typical price. At typical prices alone the plan is $55.77, so a store can come out above that. Stores with fewer than 2 sale items in this plan are left out.
Grocery list by aisle
Prices are for whole packs, so the trip is $71.42; the dinners use $48.99 of it. Sale items are marked.
Big Y grocery list, Boston (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Penne Alla Vodka, Stuffed Pepper Soup, Vegetarian Shepherd's Pie, Chicken Stroganoff, Brown Sugar Glazed Salmon. Prices: Big Y's flyer, Boston, MA, Oct 22 to Nov 25. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Seafood1 item
Produce10 items
Meat & Poultry2 items
Dairy & Eggs3 items
Frozen1 item
Canned & Dry5 items
Check your pantry (not priced): cooking spray, cornstarch, bay leaves, flour, mustard, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, brown sugar, wine.
Big Y plans in other cities
Big Y runs different ads by region, so prices and sale items change.
Big Y in Worcester, MA
Penne Alla Vodka · Patty Melt · Chicken Marsala · Garlic Butter Grilled Shrimp · Beef and Broccoli
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Big Y's ad prices for Boston: five familiar dinners with a real photo for a family of 4 that use under $75, at most two per main protein, favoring dinners that use sale items. Cost counts only the amounts the recipes use. Items Big Y does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Big Y meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $48.99 in Boston, built from Big Y's flyer read October 28, 2026. 5 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Big Y runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. This page also has Worcester. Open the planner to price it for your city.
Why is the shopping trip higher than the plan total?
The plan total counts only what the five dinners use, $48.99. At the register you buy whole packs, about $71.42 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Big Y and Boston and rebuild the list.
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