By Jacob Elsayed, re-verified against official sources each morning
In short: Albertsons Companies banners (Vons, Pavilions, Safeway, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Albertsons) run $5 Friday: a Friday-only list of $5 items that regularly includes a $5 Zenshi sushi pack. Which banners show it, what the free for U account does, and where the list posts.
On Fridays, Albertsons Companies stores that run $5 Friday sell a short list of items at $5 for that day, and sushi is the prepared-food regular: the shopping sites for Vons, Pavilions, Safeway, Tom Thumb, Randalls and Albertsons all list a Zenshi 10-piece sushi pack at $5, in store only and available after 11 a.m., and Vons lists a "Pada Sushi Chef 5 Dollar Friday" item outright. The list appears in each banner's weekly ad and app. for U is one free loyalty account that works at every banner, and the ad's member prices need it.
$5 Friday is the same event across the Albertsons Companies banners, which is why the Safeway $5 Friday page and this one describe one program under different store names. The sushi counters are run by Zenshi (and at some Vons stores by Pada), which is why the $5 pack is a dedicated promo item rather than a markdown on a regular roll. For the other chains' sushi days, see the grocery sushi guide; today's verified Safeway and Albertsons listings are on the Safeway page.
Official sources checked (2026-10-19): vons.com · vons.com · pavilions.com · safeway.com · tomthumb.com · randalls.com · albertsons.com · vons.com.
DailyBite found the $5 sushi promo pack listed on the shopping sites of Vons, Pavilions, Safeway, Tom Thumb, Randalls and Albertsons, and Vons names a $5 Friday sushi item directly. Jewel-Osco, ACME and Shaw's belong to the same company and the same for U program, but their sites showed no $5 Friday item when checked, so treat those as unconfirmed.
For the ad's member prices, yes. for U is free, no purchase is required to join, and one account covers Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Tom Thumb, Randalls, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw's, Star Market, Carrs, Andronico's, Kings and Balducci's. Sign up in the app or at the register with a phone number.
The $5 promo pack is a standing item on the shopping sites, but each week's $5 Friday list is set by the division and published in the weekly ad. Check the ad or the app's deals section before you go.
Not confirmed. On the banners' shopping sites the hot 8-piece fried chicken lists at its regular price ($8.99 at albertsons.com). If it is on your division's $5 Friday list, the weekly ad will show it.
In the weekly ad on each banner's site and in its app, both updated every week. The $5 sushi is sold in store only, after 11 a.m., and is not available for delivery.
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