THE DETAILS
Plain answers about the deals, the data, and what Dishcount can do.
Yes. Browsing deals and generating recipes are free. Recipe-generation limits apply to guests and signed-in users to help keep the service available. An account is optional; there is no paid upgrade required to save your favorites.
Kroger-family deals come from Kroger's API for your selected location. Other supported stores use extracted weekly-ad data. Data is cached, and refresh timing varies by retailer and source availability. Check offer dates, membership requirements and prices with your store.
Your ZIP helps find nearby stores and relevant deals. No street address is needed to start. Some ad-based deals are regional or national rather than specific to one store. See our privacy policy for details about location information and the services used to provide these results.
Choose an available store, your household size, a budget target and any dietary preferences on the planning card. Dishcount selects sale ingredients and generates five personalized meals. Guests start with four people and a $75 target; you can change both. The target is guidance, not a guaranteed checkout total. Basic pantry ingredients may be assumed to be on hand.
Yes, when another nearby supported store has deals available. Choose that store on the planning card. If no store has ready-to-use deals, browse the available stores to check for deals first. Kroger cart features require a connected Kroger account.
Enter your ZIP to check. Coverage includes Kroger-family stores and supported weekly-ad chains such as ALDI and Meijer, but availability varies by area and source. A nearby store may appear even when usable deals are unavailable. You can request a store through the Contact page.
No. Guests can browse deals, generate meals and build a shopping list on their device. A free account lets you save recipes and lists to your account, keep household and cooking preferences, and view your activity, estimated savings and badges.
We do our best to make recipes useful and prices accurate, but unfortunately we cannot guarantee either the final cost or a dietary match. Costs are estimates based on available deal data and ingredient assumptions, not a checkout quote. You can use Cheap Dinners This Week to compare current deal-built meal estimates, but still confirm store prices and offer conditions. Saved cooking preferences and the dietary choices for your current plan guide recipe generation. Review the ingredients, product labels and cooking instructions before using a recipe, especially if you have an allergy.