Ralphs · two people · Los Angeles
Ralphs meal plan for two people: five dinners for $26.99
Dinners only, $40 budget. Built from Ralphs' weekly ad in Los Angeles, CA. 3 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Ralphs' ad in Los Angeles, CA. On sale this week: shrimp, butter, chicken broth, beef broth, bouillon.
$1.61/servingkitchenswagger.com
$2.28/servingthemodernproper.com
$2.98/servingcafedelites.com
$3.28/servingkitchenswagger.com- $3.35/servingcafedelites.com
$2.70 a serving · $40 dinner budget for two people
Whole packs; $20.88 of leftovers carry to next week. Packs are bigger than one week of dinners for 2 people, so the first shop costs more than the dinners use. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Ralphs's ad, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 14 to Nov 10. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
This plan in Los Angeles: Ralphs and 11 other stores
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. Grocery Outlet is $0.44 cheaper for these dinners.
Grocery Outlet is cheapest in Los Angeles at $26.55, $3.69 less than El Super.
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 $29.14, 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 $47.87; the dinners use $26.99 of it. Sale items are marked.
Ralphs grocery list, Los Angeles (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Penne Alla Vodka, Garlic Butter Grilled Shrimp, Chicken Marsala, Beef and Broccoli, Garlic Parmesan Wings. Prices: Ralphs's ad, Los Angeles, CA, Oct 14 to Nov 10. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Seafood1 item
Produce9 items
Meat & Poultry3 items
Dairy & Eggs3 items
Canned & Dry4 items
Check your pantry (not priced): sesame oil, baking powder and soda, cornstarch, paprika, 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 Ralphs's ad prices for Los Angeles: five familiar dinners with a real photo for two people that use under $40, at most two per main protein, favoring dinners that use sale items. Cost counts only the amounts the recipes use. Items Ralphs does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Ralphs meal plan for two people?
Five dinners for two people for $26.99 in Los Angeles, built from Ralphs's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 3 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Ralphs 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, $26.99. At the register you buy whole packs, about $47.87 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Ralphs and Los Angeles and rebuild the list.
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