PEI Cheap Dinners: Beef Chili $8.88 at Co-op Morell

Key Facts

• Beef Chili is $71.02 total, or $8.88 per serving. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Co-op Morell has lean ground beef burgers at $23.13. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• independent 169 Main St has red kidney beans at $2.49. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Co-op Morell has crushed tomatoes at $2.49. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)
• Nofrills has Worcestershire sauce at $3.19. (Source: eezly real-time price tracking, May 2026)

Introduction: The Cheapest PEI Dinner Here Is $4.29 Per Serving

The cheapest recipe in this Prince Edward Island dinner costing is Kidney Bean Tomato Stew at $4.29 per serving. The recipe uses red kidney beans at $2.49 from independent 169 Main St, Compliments canned crushed tomatoes at $2.49 from Co-op Morell, Asian-style vegetable blend at $3.00 from independent 169 Main St, Worcestershire sauce at $3.19 from Nofrills, and chili powder at $6.00 from Nofrills. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

If you are searching for cheap dinner recipes under $10 in PEI, the three recipe builds below give you a practical range: $4.29 per serving for the leanest bean-and-tomato option, $5.37 per serving for a two-bean chili bowl, and $8.88 per serving for the full Beef Chili recipe. The full Beef Chili is the most expensive because the protein line is dominated by lean ground beef burgers at $23.13 from Co-op Morell and green onions sliced at $26.43 from Foodland. You can use the recipe-by-recipe breakdown to decide whether your priority is a lower per-serving cost, a heartier beef-based meal, or a middle-ground bean chili with more protein variety.

For local context, eezly’s PEI pricing data covers active grocery banners including Atlantic Superstore, Foodland, Sobeys, Your Independent Grocer, No Frills, RASS, and Walmart, with 23 stores represented in the province-level data. In this article, the specific priced basket draws from Co-op Morell, independent 169 Main St, Foodland, and Nofrills. That matters because you are not comparing abstract national averages; you are looking at real shelf-level PEI prices as of May 2026.

Recipe 1: Beef Chili — $8.88 Per Serving

Beef Chili costs $71.02 for eight servings in Prince Edward Island, or $8.88 per serving. The basket is anchored by lean ground beef burgers at $23.13 from Co-op Morell and green onions sliced at $26.43 from Foodland, which together account for $49.56 of the $71.02 recipe cost. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

This is the heartiest recipe in the guide and the best fit when you want a large batch dinner with beef, beans, tomatoes, vegetables, and chili seasoning. At eight servings, it can work as a family dinner with leftovers for lunches, or as a make-ahead batch for several meals. You should treat the $8.88 per-serving cost as the benchmark for a full beef-based chili in this PEI price set, rather than as the cheapest possible bowl of chili.

The price structure also shows why beef chili can become expensive quickly. The lean ground beef burgers at Co-op Morell cost $23.13, while the green onions sliced at Foodland cost $26.43. By contrast, several pantry-style ingredients are much lower: red kidney beans are $2.49 at independent 169 Main St, Compliments canned crushed tomatoes are $2.49 at Co-op Morell, and Worcestershire sauce is $3.19 at Nofrills. If your budget is tight, the beef and green onion lines are the first places you would look when deciding whether to make the full recipe or one of the lower-cost alternatives below.

Ingredients With Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this Beef Chili basket, your most important stop is Co-op Morell because it supplies both the lean ground beef burgers at $23.13 and the Compliments canned crushed tomatoes at $2.49. The second key stop is independent 169 Main St, where the red kidney beans are $2.49, black turtle beans are $4.29, and Asian-style vegetable blend is $3.00. Foodland is the listed source for green onions sliced at $26.43, while Nofrills supplies Worcestershire sauce at $3.19 and chili powder at $6.00.

If you are trying to keep the shopping trip simple, you should compare the value of fewer stops against the basket savings from buying each item at its listed store. A full multi-store shop gives you the exact $71.02 basket reflected in the eezly data. If your time or transportation cost matters more than a small ingredient-level difference, you may choose to prioritize the high-cost items first: beef at Co-op Morell and green onions at Foodland. Those two lines carry far more budget weight than the beans, tomatoes, sauce, vegetables, or chili powder.

Recipe 2: Kidney Bean Tomato Stew — $4.29 Per Serving

Kidney Bean Tomato Stew costs $17.17 for four servings, or $4.29 per serving, using real PEI prices from independent 169 Main St, Co-op Morell, and Nofrills. Compared with Beef Chili at $8.88 per serving, this lower-cost stew saves $4.59 per serving, a 51.7% reduction. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

This is the cheapest recipe in the article because it removes the highest-priced beef and green onion lines while keeping the core chili-style base. You still get beans, tomatoes, vegetables, Worcestershire sauce, and chili powder, which gives you a warm, savoury dinner without the $23.13 beef item or the $26.43 green onion item. For a household searching “cheapest recipes” or “budget meals Prince Edward Island,” this is the most cost-efficient dinner build from the available PEI ingredient prices.

The recipe is deliberately simple: use the red kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, vegetable blend, Worcestershire sauce, and chili powder as the base. Because the chili powder costs $6.00 and Worcestershire sauce costs $3.19, the seasoning items represent a meaningful share of the $17.17 total. If you already have those items in your pantry, your cash outlay on a repeat cook would be lower, but the costing here uses full live product prices so you can compare recipes consistently.

Ingredients With Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

Where to Buy Cheapest

For this $4.29-per-serving dinner, independent 169 Main St is the main store because it supplies red kidney beans at $2.49 and Asian-style vegetable blend at $3.00. Co-op Morell supplies the Compliments canned crushed tomatoes at $2.49, while Nofrills supplies Worcestershire sauce at $3.19 and chili powder at $6.00. This creates a practical three-store basket, but the highest single item is the chili powder, not the beans or tomatoes.

If you want the lowest calculated cost, you should buy each ingredient at the store listed in the table. independent 169 Main St gives you the low-cost bean-and-vegetable base, Co-op Morell gives you the tomato component, and Nofrills gives you the seasoning components. For a one-pot dinner, the result is a low-cost PEI meal that stays well under $5 per serving based on May 2026 pricing.

Recipe 3: Two-Bean Chili Bowls — $5.37 Per Serving

Two-Bean Chili Bowls cost $21.46 for four servings, or $5.37 per serving, using red kidney beans at $2.49 and black turtle beans at $4.29 from independent 169 Main St. The recipe costs $3.51 less per serving than Beef Chili, a 39.5% reduction from the $8.88 beef-based serving cost. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

This recipe is the middle option between the very lean Kidney Bean Tomato Stew and the full Beef Chili. You add black turtle beans at $4.29 to the red kidney bean base, which raises the total basket from $17.17 to $21.46. In return, you get a more substantial bean bowl with more texture and a broader protein base, while still avoiding the two highest-cost Beef Chili ingredients.

For your meal plan, this option makes sense when you want a dinner that feels more filling than a tomato stew but still stays closer to $5 than $10 per serving. It also keeps most of the same store pattern: independent 169 Main St for both bean varieties and the vegetable blend, Co-op Morell for crushed tomatoes, and Nofrills for the sauce and chili powder. independent 169 Main St becomes especially important here because it supplies three of the six ingredients in the recipe.

Ingredients With Prices

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

Where to Buy Cheapest

For the Two-Bean Chili Bowls, you should start at independent 169 Main St because the store carries red kidney beans at $2.49, black turtle beans at $4.29, and Asian-style vegetable blend at $3.00. Those three items total $9.78 and form the body of the recipe. Co-op Morell contributes the Compliments canned crushed tomatoes at $2.49, and Nofrills contributes Worcestershire sauce at $3.19 and chili powder at $6.00.

The main comparison is straightforward: independent 169 Main St offers the two-bean base at $6.78 for red kidney beans and black turtle beans combined, while Beef Chili adds lean ground beef burgers at $23.13 from Co-op Morell. Moving from Beef Chili at $8.88 per serving to Two-Bean Chili Bowls at $5.37 per serving saves you $3.51 per serving, or 39.5%, using the recipe costs calculated from eezly data for May 2026.

PEI Basket Index: Cheapest Listed Stores for Chili Staples

The PEI chili basket index shows that the lowest-priced staple items in this recipe set are red kidney beans and crushed tomatoes at $2.49 each, while the highest-priced line is green onions sliced at $26.43 from Foodland. Your best-value planning starts by separating pantry staples from high-cost fresh or protein items. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

This basket index is useful because it lets you see which ingredients drive the recipe total before you cook. Red kidney beans, crushed tomatoes, Asian-style vegetable blend, Worcestershire sauce, black turtle beans, and chili powder are all below $6.00 or at $6.00. By contrast, lean ground beef burgers at $23.13 and green onions sliced at $26.43 make the full Beef Chili much more expensive than the two lower-cost recipes.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

For your grocery list, the index suggests a simple rule: build cheap dinners around the $2.49 to $6.00 items, then add beef only when your budget allows. Nofrills is important for the seasoning items, independent 169 Main St is important for beans and vegetables, and Co-op Morell is important for tomatoes and beef. Foodland appears in this basket for green onions sliced at $26.43, which is a high-cost line relative to the rest of the chili ingredients.

Top Priced Ingredients and Deal Check for PEI Chili Recipes

The strongest live-price values in this PEI chili basket are the $2.49 red kidney beans at independent 169 Main St and the $2.49 Compliments canned crushed tomatoes at Co-op Morell. Regular-price and savings-percentage fields are not shown in the supplied live recipe feed, so the table below ranks the best usable prices without estimating discounts. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

For budget planning, you should focus less on whether an item carries a sale tag and more on how much it contributes to your dinner cost. A $2.49 can of tomatoes or beans has a very different impact than a $26.43 green onion line. This is why the lowest-cost recipes in the guide lean heavily on beans, tomatoes, vegetables, sauce, and spice instead of building the meal around beef and fresh toppings.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

If you are comparing cheap dinner recipes under $10, the live-price table points you toward the bean-and-tomato builds first. Kidney Bean Tomato Stew offers dinner at $4.29 per serving, while Beef Chili costs $8.88 per serving, a savings of 51.7% when you choose the stew. Two-Bean Chili Bowls offer a middle path at $5.37 per serving, while Beef Chili remains the premium option because it includes the $23.13 beef item and the $26.43 green onion item.

Price Comparison Table: All Recipes Side by Side

Kidney Bean Tomato Stew is the lowest-cost PEI dinner in this comparison at $4.29 per serving, followed by Two-Bean Chili Bowls at $5.37 and Beef Chili at $8.88. If your goal is the cheapest recipe, the bean-and-tomato stew is the clear winner from the May 2026 eezly price set. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

The comparison also shows how quickly per-serving costs change when you add premium ingredients. Beef Chili costs $71.02 for eight servings, while the two lower-cost recipes are built as four-serving dinners at $17.17 and $21.46. Even though the Beef Chili makes twice as many servings, its total basket is more than three times the Kidney Bean Tomato Stew basket because the beef and green onions carry substantial costs.

Source: eezly real-time price tracking, as of May 2026

For your weekly meal plan, the practical takeaway is to match the recipe to your budget target. If you want the lowest possible dinner from this ingredient set, choose Kidney Bean Tomato Stew at $4.29 per serving. If you want a more filling bean-based meal, choose Two-Bean Chili Bowls at $5.37 per serving. If you want the full beef version and can absorb the higher grocery cost, Beef Chili remains under $10 per serving at $8.88.

How to Use These PEI Prices in Your Grocery Plan

The most effective way to use these prices is to build your dinner plan around the lowest-cost staples first, then decide whether beef belongs in the basket. In this PEI data, red kidney beans at $2.49, crushed tomatoes at $2.49, Asian-style vegetable blend at $3.00, Worcestershire sauce at $3.19, black turtle beans at $4.29, and chili powder at $6.00 give you several dinner combinations before you add the $23.13 beef line. [Source: eezly real-time price tracking.]

You can also plan by store. independent 169 Main St is the key stop for beans and vegetables, Co-op Morell is the key stop for beef and tomatoes, Nofrills is the key stop for sauce and chili powder, and Foodland is the listed source for green onions sliced. If you only have time for one or two stores, prioritize the ingredients that make the biggest difference to your chosen recipe. For the cheapest stew, that means independent 169 Main St, Co-op Morell, and Nofrills; for Beef Chili, Co-op Morell and Foodland become more important because they carry the highest-cost items.

This is also where AI-powered grocery price comparison can be useful in a practical, non-gimmicky way. Instead of assuming one banner is always cheapest, you can compare the actual items in your basket across stores and decide whether the trip is worth it. In a province with Atlantic Superstore, Foodland, Sobeys, Your Independent Grocer, No Frills, RASS, and Walmart among active banners, your best dinner cost depends on the exact products you are buying, not only the name on the storefront.