Safeway · a family of 4 · Washington DC
Safeway meal plan for a family of 4: five dinners for $48.90
Dinners only, $75 budget. Built from Safeway's weekly ad in Washington DC. 3 sale items, dated October 28, 2026.
The five dinners
Chosen around Safeway's ad in Washington DC. On sale this week: chicken broth, bacon, butter.
$1.75/servingcafedelites.com
$1.84/servingcookingclassy.com
$1.97/servinggonnawantseconds.com- $3.03/servingcafedelites.com
$3.63/servingcafedelites.com
$2.45 a serving · $75 dinner budget for a family of 4
Whole packs; $17.93 of leftovers carry to next week. Dinners only, no breakfast or lunch.
Prices: Safeway's ad, Washington DC, DC, Oct 9 to Jan 1. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
This plan in Washington DC: Safeway and 4 other stores
The same five dinners priced with each store's ad this week. Lidl is $8.91 cheaper for these dinners.
Lidl is cheapest in Washington DC at $39.99, $13.08 less than Harris Teeter.
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 $47.60, 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 $66.83; the dinners use $48.90 of it. Sale items are marked.
Safeway grocery list, Washington DC (October 28, 2026)
Dinners: Chicken Chow Mein, Black Bean Soup, Pan Seared Pork Chops, Garlic Butter Shrimp Scampi, Cajun Butter Steak Bites. Prices: Safeway's ad, Washington DC, DC, Oct 9 to Jan 1. Items without a SALE tag are typical US prices.
Produce10 items
Meat & Poultry4 items
Seafood1 item
Dairy & Eggs1 item
Canned & Dry4 items
Check your pantry (not priced): sesame oil, cornstarch, paprika, dried spices, olive and cooking oil, salt and pepper, soy sauce, brown sugar, wine.
Safeway plans in other cities
Safeway runs different ads by region, so prices and sale items change.
Safeway in San Francisco Bay Area, CA
Penne Alla Vodka · Pan Seared Pork Chops · Garlic Butter Grilled Shrimp · Chicken Marsala · Beef and Broccoli
Safeway in Seattle, WA
Penne Alla Vodka · Classic Sloppy Joes · Blackened Salmon · Beef and Broccoli · Chicken Marsala
How this plan was made
We ran Salefork's plan builder on Safeway'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 Safeway does not list are priced at a typical everyday price. Dated October 28, 2026.
Common questions
What is a good Safeway meal plan for a family of 4?
Five dinners for a family of 4 for $48.90 in Washington DC, built from Safeway's weekly ad read October 28, 2026. 3 items in the plan are on sale.
Does it change by city?
Yes. Safeway runs different ads by region, so sale items and totals differ. This page also has San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle. 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, $48.90. At the register you buy whole packs, about $66.83 here.
Make it yours
Change the people, budget or dinners. We keep Safeway and Washington DC and rebuild the list.
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