14 Affordable BJ’S Breakfast Finds That’ll Start Your Day Right

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. So, when planning out your next meal, you may want to pack in some nutrients or explore more flavorful options to start your day on the right foot. 

Retail giants like BJ’s Wholesale Club are making bulk purchases for diverse meal options simple, and they have quite a few budget-friendly breakfast options to consider so you can stretch your grocery budget further.

We’ve curated 15 delicious and affordable BJ’s breakfast finds for your next shopping trip.

Editor’s note: Prices are subject to change and may vary by location.

Price: $6.49

BJ’s bakery aisles stock an insane amount of delicious pastries, desserts, breads, and other baked goods. If you haven’t picked up their maple pecan danishes, it’s time to try these affordable treasures. These brunch-friendly pastries come in a 6-pack box for about $1 each.

Price: $15.99

For just 30 cents per serving, you can enjoy the heart health benefits of nutrient-dense whole oats and spices. This 52-bag pack features the autumn-friendly flavors of cinnamon and spice, maple and brown sugar, and apples and cinnamon.

Price: $8.99

A quick and versatile breakfast option is a pre-cooked, brown-and-serve sausage link. They’re ready in just three minutes, so you can add these to breakfast bowls, burritos, skillets, platters, and more.

This 70-count helps you stock up for meal prep, with each link costing just 13 cents a piece.

Price: $10.99

Another fun, on-the-go protein option comes out to just 55 cents per serving. Jimmy Dean threw two breakfast favorites — pancakes and sausage — on a stick for a sweet breakfast option that almost no one could turn down.

Feel free to dip it in ketchup, syrup, cinnamon sugar, berry compote, or any other topping you would smother your pancakes in.

Price: $18.99

If you like an assortment of decent quality, buttery, flaky breakfast pastries at a decent price, then swing through BJ’s to pick up a mini mix breakfast platter. With mini blueberry and chocolate chip muffins, this platter is stacked with cinnamon whirl, raspberry, and custard Danish pastries made in-club.

Price: $5.99

If you have access to a toaster oven or air fryer, then hash brown patties can be quick, crispy, and incredibly tasty. Cavendish Farms sells a 20-pack that brings each patty to about thirty cents a piece. Bake up two as a snack and add an egg, cottage cheese, or pancakes and sausage on top for a full meal.

Price: $14.99

While Jimmy Dean breakfast items are a hit or miss, the croissant sandwiches — when toasted in an oven or air fryer — are particularly tasty. Each sandwich comes to about $1.25 a piece, making this a super affordable breakfast option even if you choose to go back for second and thirds.

Price: $7.99

Almond butter is the perfect accomplice to a whole-grain slice of toast with an assortment of jams and other toppings. Wellesley Farms makes an incredible almond butter that is dry roasted with sea salt in the formula. It’s tastier and more affordable than other options and comes out to about 30 cents per ounce.

Price: $10.99

A fluffy, flavorful spinach, tomatoes, onion, peppers, mozzarella, and egg white frittata can be the perfect start to your day. But they can be pretty involved to make. Cut your prep and cook time — and your budget — by grabbing these 70-calorie frittata bites, which are about $1 each.

Price: $9.99

Bite-sized items make for incredible snacks and on-the-go meals. These light, fluffy, and sweet pancake pieces are just fourteen cents per bite. Sprinkle cinnamon or powdered sugar on them, and drizzle a little melted butter before you pop them in your mouth for a truly delightful meal.

Price: $7.99

A really buttery, yummy, flaky croissant is normally quite expensive. Grab a twelve-pack of these 4.5-star breakfast pastries at BJ’s for just 67 cents each and toast them up for a delicate breakfast or dessert experience. They’re even great as buns for small deli sandwiches.

Price: $13.99

If you like smoothies, then you may want a smoothie bowl as the first meal of your day. 

Sambazon makes a great acai blend, and they sell a ready-made smoothie bowl at BJ’s. Grab an affordable 6-pack of acai and banana smoothie blend that can thaw naturally with coconut flakes to add to the top. Grab some granola, honey, and berries to dress it up if you’d like.

Price: $9.99

If you want a crispy, fluffy piece of battered toast, Wellesley Farms’ cinnamon french toast sticks are your solution. Throw them in the air fryer for about five minutes to get the perfect crunch to the edges without overcooking anything. At 18 cents per delicious stick, you can’t really beat the price.

Price: $10.99

If you're trying to pack protein into the early hours of your day, then dive into these frozen, protein-focused pancakes from Premier. Each pancake packs five grams of protein, has a quick microwave prep time, and comes out to about 46 cents each.

Price: $10.79

Wellesley Farms has a phenomenal recipe for chocolate chip granola bars, and they are less than twenty cents each. While not everyone is keen on them as breakfast items, they are perfect as part of breakfast or a supplemental snack, packed with more chips than other chewy, tasty brands.

BJ’s Wholesale Club is a great spot to scope out a variety of affordable grocery and lifestyle items. A great way to save more money is by checking out their weekly ads before heading to the store.