Giant Food · a family of 4 · Washington DC
Giant Food meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $47.68
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Giant Food's weekly ad in Washington DC. 7 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Giant Food's ad in Washington DC. On sale this week: butter, chicken breast, mushrooms, chicken broth, shrimp and more.
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$2.38 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $12.50 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Giant Food's ad, Washington DC, DC, Oct 23 to Dec 31. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Giant Food is the cheapest store for this plan in Washington DC
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week.
Giant Food is cheapest in Washington DC at $47.68, $17.57 less than Safeway.
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 $60.52, 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 $60.18; the dinners use $47.68 of it. Sale items are marked.
Giant Food grocery list, Washington DC (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Pan Seared Pork Chops, Chicken Marsala, Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi, Lemon Butter Garlic Salmon, Beef and Broccoli. Prices: Giant Food's ad, Washington DC, DC, Oct 23 to Dec 31. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Produce9 items
Meat & Poultry3 items
Seafood2 items
Dairy & Eggs2 items
Canned & Dry2 items
Check your pantry (not priced): sesame oil, cornstarch, dried dill, dried spices, flour, hot sauce, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, soy sauce, brown sugar, wine.
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Giant Food's ad prices for Washington DC: 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 Giant Food does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Giant Food meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $47.68 in Washington DC, built from Giant Food's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 7 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Giant Food runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. 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, $47.68. At the register you buy whole packs, about $60.18 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Giant Food and Washington DC and rebuild the list.
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