El Super · a family of 4 · Los Angeles
El Super meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $48.19
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from El Super's weekly ad in Los Angeles, CA. 5 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around El Super's ad in Los Angeles, CA. On sale this week: shrimp, parsley, chicken breast, onions, beef steak and more.
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$2.41 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $10.38 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: El Super's ad, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 28 to Nov 3. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
El Super is the cheapest store for this plan in Los Angeles
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week.
El Super is cheapest in Los Angeles at $48.19, $16.16 less than Aldi.
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 $57.95, 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 $58.57; the dinners use $48.19 of it. Sale items are marked.
El Super grocery list, Los Angeles (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Pan Seared Pork Chops, Shrimp Scampi, Chicken Stroganoff, Cajun Butter Steak Bites, Italian Sausage and Peppers. Prices: El Super's ad, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 28 to Nov 3. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Seafood1 item
Produce7 items
Bakery1 item
Meat & Poultry4 items
Dairy & Eggs2 items
Canned & Dry2 items
Check your pantry (not priced): cooking spray, cornstarch, paprika, dried spices, mustard, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, brown sugar, wine.
El Super plans in other cities
El Super runs different ads by region, so prices and sale items change.
El Super in Phoenix, AZ
Pan Seared Pork Chops · Classic Sloppy Joes · Chicken Marsala · Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi · Beef and Broccoli
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on El Super's ad prices for Los Angeles: 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 El Super does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good El Super meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $48.19 in Los Angeles, built from El Super's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 5 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. El Super runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. This page also has Phoenix. 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, $48.19. At the register you buy whole packs, about $58.57 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep El Super and Los Angeles and rebuild the list.
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