Aldi
Beef mince 500 g
$6.49
Was $8.99
The week’s hero protein. Two dinners if you stretch with lentils.
Australia · Week of 18–24 September 2026
Stretch the shop.Keep the dinners good.
Weekly catalogues, a $71 dinner plan for four, and the Centrelink payments already sitting in myGov — the kitchen-table method, written for Australian prices.
Dinner plan
$71
Seven dinners, family of four, sales-led.
FTB Part A, child 0–12
$7,110
Max incl. supplement, 2026–27
This week’s dinners
$71
Four people, seven nights
Specials
24
Across 18–24 September 2026
This week
The prices worth leaving the house for
Aldi
Spaghetti 500 g
$0.85
Stack with the mince. Freeze a cooked tray for Thursday.
Woolworths
Chicken thigh fillets
$8.50/kg
Was $12.00
Macro or the house brand. Sheet-pan Sunday, wraps mid-week.
Woolworths
House brand 3 L milk
$3.60
Was $4.50
Scan Everyday Rewards. Fresh extra points this week in some states.
Meal of the week
Sheet-pan chicken & potatoes
One tray, almost no dishes. Pull leftover meat for Thursday wraps.
$13.40 · serves 4 · 45 min
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