Cheap dinner ideas from Kroger deals
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How to turn this week’s Kroger sale into dinners that cost a few dollars a serving, with the proteins, produce, and pantry items Penny Meals found on sale.
Five cheap dinners to build from any week’s sale
- Sheet-pan dinner. A marked-down protein (sausage, chicken thighs, or pork chops) roasted on one pan with whatever vegetable is on sale. One pan, about 40 minutes.
- Rice or grain bowl. Cheap rice or a bag of grains, a sale protein or a can of beans, and a fresh or frozen vegetable. Top with any sauce you already have.
- Pasta night. A box of pasta, a jar of sauce or canned tomatoes, and whichever meat or vegetable is cheapest this week. It feeds four for a few dollars.
- Soup or chili. Canned beans and tomatoes with ground meat or vegetables on sale. Makes enough for a second dinner.
- Breakfast for dinner. Eggs, bread or tortillas, and a sale vegetable or potatoes. The cheapest dinner most weeks.
Recipes built from Kroger deals
Dinners Penny Meals wrote from Kroger sale prices, with what each ingredient cost that week.
- Tomato Lentil Soup with Spinach ($1.13 a serving)
- Bacon and egg toast ($1.17 a serving)
- Spinach and Cheese Frittata ($1.22 a serving)
- Eggs and bacon breakfast sandwich ($1.23 a serving)
- Herb-roasted chicken wings with roasted potatoes and broccoli ($1.66 a serving)
- Baked Fish with Frozen Vegetables and Tomato Sauce ($1.67 a serving)
- Pork Chops with Tomato Sauce and Broccoli ($1.69 a serving)
- Bagel and eggs with sausage ($1.86 a serving)
Kroger tips
- Weekly ad meat plus a digital coupon is often the cheapest protein in town that week.
- Kroger-brand pasta, rice, and canned goods go on sale in rotation. Stock up on the week they drop.
- A Manager’s Special on bakery bread or tortillas turns into sandwiches, tacos, or a strata the same night.
This week’s building blocks at Kroger
Proteins on sale
Foster Farms Fresh & Natural Chicken Thighs
1 lb · Fry’s, Phoenix, AZ
$0.99$2.99Save $2/lbFoster Farms Fresh & Natural Chicken Drumsticks
1 lb · Fry’s, Phoenix, AZ
$0.99$2.99Save $2/lbFoster Farms Fresh & Natural Whole Young Chicken
1 lb · Fry’s, Phoenix, AZ
$0.99$2.99Save $2/lbPERDUE® Fresh Chicken Thighs
1 lb · Kroger, Nashville, TN
$0.99$2.99Save $2/lb
Produce on sale
Large Cosmic Crisp® Apple – Each
1 lb · Kroger, Houston, TX
$0.99$2.49Save $1.50/lbLarge SweeTango Apple - Each
1 lb · Fry’s, Phoenix, AZ
$0.99$2.49Save $1.50/lbMedium Fresh Navel Oranges- Each
1 each · Harris Teeter, Washington, DC
$0.50$1.19Save $0.69Large Pink Lady® Apple – Each
1 lb · Kroger, Houston, TX
$0.99$1.99Save $1/lb
Pantry, dairy and frozen
Franz® Extra Crisp English Muffins
6 ct / 13 oz · Smith’s, Salt Lake City, UT
$1.00$2.99Save $1.99Duncan Hines Signature Perfectly Moist Carrot Cake Mix
15.25 oz · QFC, Seattle, WA
$1.50$3.99Save $2.49Green Giant Simply Steam Sauced Broccoli Cauliflower Carrots & Cheese Sauce
8 oz · Ralphs, Los Angeles, CA
$1.00$2.49Save $1.49Green Giant Simply Steam Garden Vegetable Medley
8 oz · Ralphs, Los Angeles, CA
$1.00$2.49Save $1.49
A sample of the markdowns Penny Meals found, checked October 22, 2026. Prices change during the week and differ by store. The app shows the current list for your own stores.
When to shop
New Kroger deals: Wednesday. Shop early in the day for Manager’s Specials, and load digital coupons before you go, since they only apply to the card that clipped them.
Read more about how Kroger markdowns work.
Kroger deals by city
- Ralphs deals in Los Angeles, CA
- Mariano’s deals in Chicago, IL
- Kroger deals in Houston, TX
- Fry’s deals in Phoenix, AZ
- Ralphs deals in San Diego, CA
- Kroger deals in Dallas, TX
- Kroger deals in Columbus, OH
- Harris Teeter deals in Charlotte, NC
- Kroger deals in Indianapolis, IN
- King Soopers deals in Denver, CO
- Harris Teeter deals in Washington, DC
- Kroger deals in Nashville, TN
- Kroger deals in Atlanta, GA
- Kroger deals in Detroit, MI
- Smith’s deals in Las Vegas, NV
- QFC deals in Seattle, WA
- Harris Teeter deals in Raleigh, NC
- Foods Co deals in San Francisco, CA
- Foods Co deals in Sacramento, CA
- Fred Meyer deals in Portland, OR
- Smith’s deals in Salt Lake City, UT
- Kroger deals in Cincinnati, OH
- Kroger deals in Louisville, KY
- Kroger deals in Memphis, TN
- Metro Market deals in Milwaukee, WI
- Harris Teeter deals in Baltimore, MD
- Kroger deals in Richmond, VA
- Harris Teeter deals in Virginia Beach, VA
- Smith’s deals in Albuquerque, NM
- Fry’s deals in Tucson, AZ
- Foods Co deals in Fresno, CA
- Baker’s deals in Omaha, NE
- Kroger deals in Knoxville, TN
- Harris Teeter deals in Greenville, SC
- Kroger deals in Columbia, SC
- Kroger deals in Savannah, GA
- Kroger deals in Lexington, KY
- Kroger deals in Dayton, OH
- Kroger deals in Toledo, OH
- Kroger deals in Little Rock, AR
- Kroger deals in Huntsville, AL
- Dillons deals in Wichita, KS
- Fred Meyer deals in Spokane, WA
- King Soopers deals in Colorado Springs, CO
- Food 4 Less deals in Riverside, CA
- Harris Teeter deals in Durham, NC
- Harris Teeter deals in Greensboro, NC
- Harris Teeter deals in Winston-Salem, NC
- Pick ’n Save deals in Madison, WI
- Kroger deals in Jackson, MS
Dinner ideas from other stores
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