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Traverse City Grocery Deals This Week

April 5–11, 2026

If you’re grocery shopping this week and only going to one store, you’re probably spending more than you need to.

I went through the local ads so you don’t have to, and this week’s grocery savings are actually solid if you shop with a plan. Not every “sale” is worth your cart space, but a few deals are good enough to build your meals around.

The Best Grocery Deals This Week

These are the standout grocery buys across local stores right now:

Chicken breast — $1.99/lb at Northland Foods
Chicken drumsticks — $0.89/lb at Aldi
Pork sirloin chops — $1.99/lb at Save A Lot
Russet potatoes, 10 lb — $2.99 at Aldi
Pineapple — $1.79 at Aldi
Blackberries — $1.99 at Family Fare and Oleson’s

These are the kinds of prices that actually move the needle on your weekly total, especially if you build dinners around what is cheapest instead of shopping by habit.

Best Meat Deals

If protein is where your grocery budget disappears, this is where to be strategic this week.

Northland Foods is the strongest meat stop overall.
Their chicken breast at $1.99/lb is one of the best deals in town, and ground beef around $3.69/lb makes it a worthwhile stop if you are meal planning around basics.

Aldi has the cheapest protein on the board with drumsticks at $0.89/lb.
That is the budget play this week.

Save A Lot is your backup store for pork.
Pork sirloin chops at $1.99/lb and pork steaks around $2.19/lb are both strong enough to justify the stop if that is what your family will actually eat.

The biggest mistake this week is paying up for convenience meats. Pre-marinated and dressed-up meat is still overpriced almost everywhere. And once chicken creeps over $2.99/lb, it stops being a real deal.

Best Produce Deals

This week, Aldi clearly wins produce.

Their best buys include:

Russet potatoes, 10 lb — $2.99
Sweet potatoes — $0.59/lb
Pineapple — $1.79
Raspberries — $1.85

If you are trying to keep your grocery bill down, Aldi is where most of your cart should start.

Northland also has a few worth-noting produce deals, especially bell peppers at 4 for $4, along with solid tomato pricing.

Family Fare and Oleson’s both come through for blackberries at $1.99, which is one of the better premium produce deals this week. Their clementines at $3.49 are decent, but not especially rare.

What I would skip this week:
grapes over $2.99/lb and apples over $3.99. Those are not impressive enough to justify a buy unless you truly need them.

Pantry and Frozen Deals

This is the quiet savings category most people overlook, and it adds up fast.

Again, Aldi is doing the heavy lifting.

Best pantry and frozen buys this week:

Frozen vegetables — $0.95
Canned tomatoes — $0.85
Pasta sauce — $1.65

These are the kinds of items that make a grocery budget feel easier later in the week when dinner needs to happen fast and cheaply.

Family Fare has a few filler deals worth watching, including:

Frozen fries — 2 for $7
Jack’s pizza — 2 for $6

Useful, yes. Amazing, no. These are more “easy backup meal” deals than stock-up prices.

And as always:
2 for $X does not automatically mean cheaper.
The unit price still matters.

The Best Grocery Strategy This Week

This is not a one-store week.

The smartest grocery plan right now is a simple multi-store route:

Start at Aldi for produce, pantry staples, frozen basics, and a large chunk of your cart.
Go to Northland for chicken breast and ground beef.
Stop at Save A Lot if you want the pork deals.
Use Family Fare or Oleson’s only for specific sale items, especially blackberries.

That is where the real savings are. Not wandering one store and hoping the red tags mean something.

This Week’s Grocery Winners

If you only care about the true standouts, these are the five best grocery deals to build around:

Chicken breast — $1.99/lb
Chicken drumsticks — $0.89/lb
Russet potatoes, 10 lb — $2.99
Pineapple — $1.79
Pork sirloin chops — $1.99/lb

Final Take

This is a genuinely good grocery week for anyone willing to shop a little smarter.

The strongest savings are in protein, produce, and pantry staples, which means this is the kind of week where meal planning around sale prices can actually make a noticeable difference. Done right, this is the kind of grocery week that cuts the total fast.

If you want to save the most, do not shop by routine this week. Shop by price.