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Even if you can't get a whole chicken cut-up, buy a whole chicken anyway. It's not that dificult to figure how to cut it into sections. That will always be cheaper than buying pieces.
Another choice, if you have Winn-Dixie in the area: find a good used freezer (actually new ones aren't that expensive), and watch their adds. A lot of times they have bogo (buy one, get one free) and bogt (buy one, get two free). Stock up. If you're not sure how to cook the meat on sale, ask their butcher. Ours is very friendly, and even lets us know if a piece needs some serious marinating or not.
Read the adds, and check the sunday paper. Coupons are never an embarassment to use, if handled wisely.
Option - read your local paper, especially if they have a food section (usually on Thursday - can't say why). Check those ads. We have a couple of local (small-town?) markets that will have good deals. One recently posted t-bones for 3.99/lb. (reg. price 9.99/lb). Not a big buy, but it feels good to splurge and fire up the bbq, especially when corn's in season, w/a baking potato.
One final thing - check the recent posts on cheap meals. There's a world of food ideas there.
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