Hi! Every week I round up the best grocery deals I see at Kroger, Aldi, Food Lion, and Sam’s Club so you don’t need to spend hours combing through ads.
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Kroger Deals This Week
Kroger has an app and a free loyalty program. You absolutely need it to get the sale price. Don’t shop at Kroger without it, or you’ll spend too much.
- Load digital coupons before you shop (use up to 5x per transaction)
- Buy 5 Save More: mix and match any 5 participating items
- Sales run Wednesday to Tuesday
- ★ means stock up price
Kroger Grocery Deals for May 20-26, 2026
- Smithfield bacon, 12-16oz $3.99
- select Nabisco crackers, 3-13.7 oz $1.99 (digital coupon)
- select Lay’s potato chips, 5-8oz $1.99 (digital coupon)
- Kraft salad dressing, 14-16oz $1.79 (digital coupon)
- Kroger ice cream, 48oz $1.99 (digital coupon)
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Aldi Weekly Ad
I’ve shopped at Aldi since before it was cool. Aldi has good prices and quality is on par with (or better than) any major store brand. Prices have crept up since 2022 like everywhere else, but Aldi is still worth it. If you’ve never shopped there and feel nervous, just ask me. I would be happy to walk you through it.
Aldi Grocery Deals for May 20-26, 2026
- ground beef, 5lb chub $3.49/lb★
- seedless cucumbers .89
- California mandarins, 3lb bag $2.99
- zucchini $1.19/lb
- graham crackers, 14.4oz box $1.99
- potato chips, 9.5oz $1.79
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My favorite things to buy at Aldi:
- Supreme pizza (take and bake) 16″ for around $8
- whole wheat sandwich bread for less than $2
- canned tuna
- cream cheese (when it’s $1.49)
Food Lion Weekly Deals
I’m still new to Food Lion but here’s what I know: sign up for the MVP program — same idea as Kroger, you need the card and the app.
When you get the monthly Shop & Earn email, click through to activate your offers. They’ll give you things like $2 off a $5 purchase in the breakfast aisle, and that money comes straight off your total at checkout. No hoops, no complicated planning. I’ve saved $8 before without even realizing I was doing it. You can do old-school super-shopper math — buy five of this between these dates — or you can just do what I do: click all the buttons, shop as usual, and occasionally watch a nice chunk disappear from your total at the register.
- Do activate the monthly Shop & Earn offers
- Do load any digital coupons before you shop
- Do ask for rainchecks if they are out of a sale item
- Food Lion accepts competitor coupons
- Sales run from Wednesday to Tuesday
- ★ means stock up price
Food Lion Grocery Deals for May 20-26, 2026
- 80% ground beef $4.49/lb★
- fresh chicken leg quarters $.79/lb
- snow crab cluster $8.99/lb (Friday through Monday only)
- Ball Park beef franks, 14-15oz $3.99
- pork baby back ribs $2.99/lb
- whole seedless watermelons $2.99
- fresh corn on the cob 4/$1
- broccoli crowns $1.69/lb
- red vine cluster tomatoes $1.49/lb
- vidalia sweet onions, 4lb bag 2/$6
- Coca-Cola and Sprite, select varieties, 12-pack cans 3/$12
- Pepsi products, select varieties, 16-16.9oz bottles, 4/$12
- Sweet Baby Rays bbq sauce, 18oz BOGO (works out to $1.64ea or .09 per oz)
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Sam’s Club Deals
Sam’s Club doesn’t have a traditional weekly ad. Prices are generally good all the time, with occasional markdowns called Instant Savings that last about a month. I include Sam’s here as a price check: if I notice something on sale at a grocery store that’s already cheaper at Sam’s, I’ll call it out.
My husband and I have had a Sam’s membership for a long time, and I’ve written about how it saves us money if you want the full picture.
Instant Savings
- Body Armor (works out to approx. .68 ea)
Things I consistently find at a good price at Sam’s:
- Rotiserrie chicken for under $5 (love!)
- Half n Half $1.87 (love this deal!)
- On the Border tortilla chips, 23.5oz $4.48 (link)
- Coleslaw mix
- Romaine lettuce, 6 heads
- Organic baby spinach, 1lb
- Spring mix salad
- Raw nuts (almonds, pecans, walnuts)
- Shredded or chunk cheese
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Printable Shopping List of this Week’s Grocery Deals
APNL Best Grocery Deals May 20-26, 2026
I hope that helps you shop the grocery sales this week. Sign up for emails if you want a weekly reminder to check these deals.
And I’d love to know: what deals are you most excited about this week, or what are you seeing at your local stores that I didn’t mention? Please share it in the comments. You might save the rest of us some money!
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My Methodology:
In my current city, I shop at Kroger, Food Lion, Aldi, Sam’s Club, and sometimes Walmart. That sounds like a lot, but I don’t hit all of them in one week — usually just two per trip unless everyone has amazing deals.
Most of my stores are close together, which makes this doable. I wouldn’t drive all over town to save 50 cents.
First, I look at the sale ads each Tuesday night and Wednesday morning. I’ll take note of who has the deals I’m most excited about. Then, I also know where to find the regular groceries I buy cheapest, like coffee and bread. Here are some examples:
Aldi and Walmart: 100% whole wheat bread for under $2, many produce items, canned tomatoes, tuna, flour, sugar, etc.
Kroger: Sales that beat Aldi prices, like cheese, ice cream, butter, eggs, etc. Also they have the beans and brown rice I can’t always get at Aldi.
Sam’s Club: Member’s Mark coffee, On the Border chips and Sam’s Club fresh salsa, organic baby spinach, six-pack Romaine lettuce (lasts forever), raw coleslaw mix, hummus, trash bags, frozen blueberries, carbonated water.
Food Lion: I’m still learning this store, but they sometimes have really good sales! It’s right by my house, but I keep on driving if something’s not on sale, because their regular prices are too high for me.
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