Thanksgiving is this Thursday and I am already sick of the word “turkey”.
The 19th was National Caffeinated Carbonated Beverage Day, a good day to get caffeinated (my own choices are Diet Pepsi with a shot of lemon juice or Diet Mountain Dew). The 21st is National Gingerbread Day, and I’m sure a box of gingerbread mix made with a can of diet ginger ale would be a great combination.
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day
November 19th: Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
November 20th: Beaujolais Nouveau Day, National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
November 21st: National Gingerbread Day, National Stuffing Day (why now I do not know)
November 22nd: National Cashew Day
November 23rd: National Espresso Day (or possibly tomorrow -- my sources do not agree), Eat A Cranberry Day
November 24th: National Sardines Day, alternate National Espresso Day, National Use Even If Seal Is Broken Day (HIGHLY DISRECOMMENDED)
November 25th: National Parfait Day
If you run across any bargains I’ve missed please post them.
Albertson’s:
96/4 ground beef, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steak, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys, 43¢/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, $1.99/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 99¢/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, $1.69/lb
Li’l Butterball fresh turkeys, $1.99/lb
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 99¢/lb
Jennie-O fresh turkey breast, $1.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, $1.57/lb
Chef’s Net raw shrimp, 26-30 ct, $3.99/lb (2 lb bag)
5 oz lobster tails, $6.99 ea
Oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Kraft cheeses, 8-12 oz shreds/chunks/singles, $1.77
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 99¢/lb
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Broccoli, 99¢/lb
Rome or Granny Smith apples, 5/$5
Yams OR sweet potatoes OR baking potatoes, 5/$5
Radishes, 2 bunches/$1
Green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz bunch, 2/$5
Jumbo avocados, 2/$5
Fresh Express bag salads, $2.88
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Celery, 99¢
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Cherries (God only knows where they’re from), $6.99/lb
Raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, 4-6 oz box, $2.99
White OR yellow onions, 69¢/lb
Every color of bell peppers, 5/$5
Baby carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin/sirloin tip/bottom round/crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb (cut & wrapped free)
Cook’s smoked ham, shank portion, bone in, 99¢/lb (butt portion, $1.39/lb)
Hormel or Cook’s spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.99/lb
Norbest turkeys, up to 15 lbs, 40¢/lb with $25 purchase
29¢/lb with $50 purchase
free with $100 purchase
Butterball turkeys, $1.39/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
Fresh oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99/lb
Milk, $1.49
Eggs, extra large AA, dozen, $1.29
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 69¢
Wheat Thins & other Nabisco crackers, $1.88
Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing, $1.99
Cool Whip incl. Light, 8 oz tub, 10/$10
Tree Top “Trim” juices, 46 oz, $1.99
Country Crock spread, 30-45 oz tub, 2/$5
Kraft cheeses, 5-8 oz bars/shreds/crackercuts, $1.99
Coffee-Mate flavored liquid creamer incl. fat-free, $2.79/lb
Fresh green beans, $1.59/lb
Celery, 79¢/lb
Gala or Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Carrots, 16 oz bag, 49¢
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Yams, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Radishes, 59¢/bunch
Dole bag salads, 2.$5
Mixed fruit bowl, $2.79
Apio veggie tray, 2.5 lb, $9.99
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Food City:
Beef cross rib roast, boneless, 2.49/lb
Half shank ham, bone in, 98¢/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, 78¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 10-24 lbs, 39¢/lb
Cool Whip incl Light, 8 oz tub, 99¢
Stokeley canned veggies, 2/$1
Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing mix, 2/$3
Sweet potatoes OR yams, 3 lbs/99¢/lb
Avocados, 3/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/$1
Radishes, 3 bunches/99¢
Mexican green onions, 3 bunches/99¢
Cilantro, 4 bunches/$1
Cabbage, 4 lbs/$1
Bananas, 2 lbs/99¢
Dole bag salad, “Classic Iceberg”, 2/$3
Celery, 69¢
Kale/mustard/turnip/collard greens, 69¢
Fry’s:
Beef standing rib roast, $4.97/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $3.77/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $5.49/lb (small end $5.99/lb)
Beef bottom round roast, $2.99/lb
Beef eye of round roast, $3.99/lb
Cooked beef rib roast, $7.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Cook’s half ham, spiral sliced, $1.47/lb
Farmer John half ham, bone in, $1.27/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 37¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Eastern oysters, 8 oz jar, $6.99
Western oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Private Selection smoked salmon, 4 oz, $4.99
Kroger butter, 2/$3
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunks or shreds or 6 oz slices, 97¢
Cool Whip incl Light, 8 oz tub, 10/$10
Milk, $1.88
Best Foods mayonnaise incl Light, $2.47
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Laughing Cow cheese wedges incl. Light, $2.99
Store brand eggs, large AA, dozen, $1.98
Kroger frozen veggies or Pictsweet “Steamables”, 77¢
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Granny Smith/Rome/Cameo apples, $1/lb
Yams, 79¢/lb
Celery, 79¢
Ocean Spray cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$3
Fresh green beans, $1.79/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Cherry tomatoes, 2/$5
Bartlett or Bosc pears, $1/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, $2.29/lb
Green herbs, 2/3 oz, $1.89
Rancho Grande:
Beef flap meat, $2.99/lb
Beef shanks, $1.59/lb
Whole pork leg, 89¢/lb
Whole chickens, 79¢/lb
“Boneless chicken legs” (thighs?), 99¢/lb
Hickman’s eggs, medium, 20 ct, $1.99
Tomatoes, 5 lbs/$1
Bananas, 4 lbs/$1
Brown onions, 10 lbs/$10
Watermelon, 8 lbs/$1
Mexican papaya, 2 lbs/$1
Jicama, 2 lbs/$1
Oranges, 4 lbs/$1
Red Delicious apples, 3 lbs/99¢
Safeway:
Beef 7-bone pot roast, $1.49/lb
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck cross rib roast, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Safeway spiral sliced ham, bone in, whole or half, $1.77/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, $1.99/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 39¢/lb
Safeway fresh turkeys, 99¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 79¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Lucerne milk, $1.49/lb
Dole canned pineapple, 25 oz, 10/$10
Wheat Thins or other Nabisco crackers, $1.88/lb
Fresh Express or Eating Right bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 68¢/lb
Raspberries/blueberries/blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Fresh green beans, 12 oz bag, buy 1 get 1 free
Red globe grapes (seedy), $1.79/lb
Celery, 99¢
Beauregard yams, 89¢/lb
Red Delicious/Gala/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
First Street frozen turkeys, 10-23 lbs, 35¢/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 99¢/lb
Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing mix, 2/$3
Yams, 69¢/lb
Eat Smart veggie tray, 2.5 lb, $7.99
Sprouts:
“Extra lean” ground beef, $1.97/lb
Beef top round roast OR London broil, 50% off
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Fresh free range turkeys, $1.47/lb
Broccoli, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢
Yams, 88¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢
Pineapples, 97¢ ea
Seedless red or black grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Green peppers, 2/$1
Vine tomatoes, 2 lbs/$3
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
The weekly highly unofficial sheet of tips and bargains leavened with, God help you, whatever I find interesting
Jim and Alice -- welcome back, it's good to see you again!
Today is, to rectify my egregious misspelling in last week’s blog entry, National Sundae Day. Tomorrow is National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day. These are not to be taken as recommendations. The 14th is National Pickle Day, and this you may indeed take as a recommendation as most pickles (except possibly the sweet kind) are Points-free.
November 11th: National Sundae Day
November 12th: National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Guacamole Day, National Pickle Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Baklava Day, Homemade Bread Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day
For this entire week – November 11th thru the 17th – Albertson’s is offering a 10% discount to all military personnel, whether active-duty, reserve, or retired. (ID required.)
Quoting from the Fry’s flyer: “Fry’s will price-match our Jennie-O frozen turkey price to the lowest price offered by Safeway, Bashas’ or Albertson’s on a Grade A frozen turkey through Thanksgiving. If you find a lower price from those retailers listed, we will refund the difference when you present the receipt at your Fry’s store.”
Albertson’s:
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $1.88/lb
93/7 ground beef, $1.67/lb
Beef cross rib roast, $1.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, $2.49/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, in bag, $1.67/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free (regular $4.99/lb)
Hormel spiral-sliced ham, $1.57/lb
Cook’s ham, shank portion, bone in, 99¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, grade A, 43¢/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, boneless, $3.99/lb
Raw shrimp, 16-20 ct (huge!), $5.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Post Honey Bunches of Oats, $1.50 (must buy 4)
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5 (must buy 10)
O Organics olive oil (healthy), 16.9 oz bottle, $6.99
O Organics cooking spray, 5 oz can, $2.79
Fresh Express bag salads, “Green & Crisp” or “Romaine”, 5/$5
Yams OR sweet potatoes OR baking potatoes, 5 lbs/$5
Rome OR Granny Smith apples, 5/$5
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$5
Radishes, 2 bunches/$1
Green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz cluster, 2/$5
Jumbo avocados, 2/$5
Raspberrries/blackberries/blueberries, 4 oz box, $2.99
Baby carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Bell peppers, any color, 5/$5
White or yellow onions, 69¢/lb
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Bashas’:
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.38/lb
Beef boneless cross rib roast, value pack, $1.88/lb (steaks $2.99/lb)
Beef t-bone steak, value pack, $4.88.lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 mini hams, boneless, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Yellowfin tuna steaks, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Kraft mayonnaise incl. Light, $2.99
Pam cooking spray, 2/$5
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Lovin’ Scoopful ice-cream, 56 oz tub, $2.99
Food Club frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 5/$5
Iceberg, 79¢ ea
Red globe grapes, seedy but big, 79¢/lb
Apples: Jazz, Gala, Red Delicious, $1/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Watermelon, $1.99/lb
Large slicing tomatoes, $1.79/lb
Mexican green onions, 69¢
Conventional green onions, 50¢
Hass avocados, 99¢
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $1.89/lb
Beef cross rib roast, bonelsss, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 49¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Seedless watermelons, 15¢/lb (in November?!)
Mangos, 3/99¢
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Cilantro, 4 bunches/$1
Mexican green onions, 4 bunches/$1
Cabbage, 5 lbs/$1
Sweet potatoes OR yams, 2 lbs/$1
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/$1
Red Delicious apples, 2 lbs/$1
Avocados, 49¢ ea
Fresh & Easy:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Farmer John half ham, 77¢/lb
Smithfield ham, spiral sliced, $1.27/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkey, 37¢/lb
Store brand pita chips, 9 oz bag, $2.69
Store brand multigrain wheat crackers (water crackers), 10 oz box, $1.99
Store brand frozen veggies, 1 lb, 99¢
Store brand cheeses, 8 oz block or shreds, $1.99
Store brand butter, $1.99
Store brand bag salad, “Sunshine”, 98¢
Lemons, 1 lb bag, 98¢
Bell peppers, 2 pk, 98¢
Carrots, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Avocados, 98¢
Bananas, 19¢ ea
Apples-and-oranges bag (2 Gala, 2 Fuji, 2 navels), $2.98
Asparagus tips, 9 oz pkg, $3.68
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, $4.97/lb
Beef cross rib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb (steaks $3.29/lb)
Boneless half pork loin, whole in bag, $1.67/lb
Boston Butt pork roast, bone in, $1.47/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Whole chickens, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 43¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Store brand eggs, large AA, dozen, 97¢
Pepsi products including diet, 12 pk, $1.97
Ragu pasta sauce, $1.58
Country Crock spread incl. Light, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz block or shreds, $2.88
Nature’s Own bread, 2/$4
Filippo Berio olive oil, 17 oz bottle, $4.99
Land O Lakes butter, $1.99
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Apples: Delicious, Gala, Granny Smith, Fuji, Braeburn, Pink Lady, Cameo, Jonagold, $1/lb
Pears: Bartlett, D’Anjou, Red, Bosc, $1/lb (organic $1.29/lb)
Red or black seedless or red-globe seeded grapes, $1.99/lb
Winter squashes, $1/lb
Private Selection cut-and-bagged veggies, 2/$4
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Rancho Grande:
Beef flap meat, $2.99/lb (I looked it up: this is the obliquus internus abdominis muscle. Now won’t you feel smart in the supermarket this week?)
Beef stew mix, $1.69/lb
Chorizo, 2 lbs/$3
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Marinated game hens, $1.39/lb
Pork steak or roast, 99¢/lb
Raw shrimp, 26/30 ct, $3.99/lb
Small avocados, 4/$1
Yellow onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Bananas, 3 lbs/89¢/lb
Cucumbers, 6/99¢
Chayote squash, 6/99¢
Cabbage, 5 lbs/99¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Safeway:
Beef loin t-bone steak, $3.99/lb
Beef loin New York strip steak, $4.77/lb
Beef round steak, boneless, $1.47/lb
Beef round tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.49/lb (go to Bashas’ or Albertson’s)
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.49/lb
Store brand frozen turkeys, grade A, 8-24 lb, 43¢/lb ($25 min. purchase)
Jennie-O ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, 2/$7
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $5.77/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, fresh, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Lucerne butter, $1.49/lb
Betty Crocker cake mixes, 89¢
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jar, 2/$5
Store brand chunk light tuna, 79¢
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6
Navel oranges, 68¢/lb
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Black seedless OR red-globe seeded grapes, $1.79/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Pomegranates, $1.99
Celery, 99¢
Broccoli crowns, $1.29/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, $2.99/lb
First Street brand frozen turkey, 10-23 lbs, 10% off
Hebrew National hotdogs (incl low-fat? I don’t know), 2.5 lb pkg, $7.49
Hass avocados, 4 pk, $2.49
Ready Pack bag salad (iceberg w/ carrots and red cabbage), 3 lb bag, $1.99
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $5.97/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork roasts or chops, center loin, $1.99/lb
Whole chickens OR thighs OR drumsticks, 77¢/lb
Ground turkey breast, 99% fat free, $3.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, $5.97/lb
Raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, 5.6 oz box, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Fuji OR Braeburn apples, 77¢/lb
Bosc OR Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Red mangoes, 77¢/lb
Red Delicious apples, 77¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Today is, to rectify my egregious misspelling in last week’s blog entry, National Sundae Day. Tomorrow is National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day. These are not to be taken as recommendations. The 14th is National Pickle Day, and this you may indeed take as a recommendation as most pickles (except possibly the sweet kind) are Points-free.
November 11th: National Sundae Day
November 12th: National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Guacamole Day, National Pickle Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Baklava Day, Homemade Bread Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day
For this entire week – November 11th thru the 17th – Albertson’s is offering a 10% discount to all military personnel, whether active-duty, reserve, or retired. (ID required.)
Quoting from the Fry’s flyer: “Fry’s will price-match our Jennie-O frozen turkey price to the lowest price offered by Safeway, Bashas’ or Albertson’s on a Grade A frozen turkey through Thanksgiving. If you find a lower price from those retailers listed, we will refund the difference when you present the receipt at your Fry’s store.”
Albertson’s:
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $1.88/lb
93/7 ground beef, $1.67/lb
Beef cross rib roast, $1.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, $2.49/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, in bag, $1.67/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free (regular $4.99/lb)
Hormel spiral-sliced ham, $1.57/lb
Cook’s ham, shank portion, bone in, 99¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, grade A, 43¢/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, boneless, $3.99/lb
Raw shrimp, 16-20 ct (huge!), $5.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Post Honey Bunches of Oats, $1.50 (must buy 4)
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5 (must buy 10)
O Organics olive oil (healthy), 16.9 oz bottle, $6.99
O Organics cooking spray, 5 oz can, $2.79
Fresh Express bag salads, “Green & Crisp” or “Romaine”, 5/$5
Yams OR sweet potatoes OR baking potatoes, 5 lbs/$5
Rome OR Granny Smith apples, 5/$5
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$5
Radishes, 2 bunches/$1
Green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz cluster, 2/$5
Jumbo avocados, 2/$5
Raspberrries/blackberries/blueberries, 4 oz box, $2.99
Baby carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Bell peppers, any color, 5/$5
White or yellow onions, 69¢/lb
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Bashas’:
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.38/lb
Beef boneless cross rib roast, value pack, $1.88/lb (steaks $2.99/lb)
Beef t-bone steak, value pack, $4.88.lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Hormel Cure 81 mini hams, boneless, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Yellowfin tuna steaks, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Kraft mayonnaise incl. Light, $2.99
Pam cooking spray, 2/$5
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Lovin’ Scoopful ice-cream, 56 oz tub, $2.99
Food Club frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 5/$5
Iceberg, 79¢ ea
Red globe grapes, seedy but big, 79¢/lb
Apples: Jazz, Gala, Red Delicious, $1/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Watermelon, $1.99/lb
Large slicing tomatoes, $1.79/lb
Mexican green onions, 69¢
Conventional green onions, 50¢
Hass avocados, 99¢
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $1.89/lb
Beef cross rib roast, bonelsss, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 49¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Seedless watermelons, 15¢/lb (in November?!)
Mangos, 3/99¢
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Cilantro, 4 bunches/$1
Mexican green onions, 4 bunches/$1
Cabbage, 5 lbs/$1
Sweet potatoes OR yams, 2 lbs/$1
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/$1
Red Delicious apples, 2 lbs/$1
Avocados, 49¢ ea
Fresh & Easy:
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Farmer John half ham, 77¢/lb
Smithfield ham, spiral sliced, $1.27/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkey, 37¢/lb
Store brand pita chips, 9 oz bag, $2.69
Store brand multigrain wheat crackers (water crackers), 10 oz box, $1.99
Store brand frozen veggies, 1 lb, 99¢
Store brand cheeses, 8 oz block or shreds, $1.99
Store brand butter, $1.99
Store brand bag salad, “Sunshine”, 98¢
Lemons, 1 lb bag, 98¢
Bell peppers, 2 pk, 98¢
Carrots, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Avocados, 98¢
Bananas, 19¢ ea
Apples-and-oranges bag (2 Gala, 2 Fuji, 2 navels), $2.98
Asparagus tips, 9 oz pkg, $3.68
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, $4.97/lb
Beef cross rib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb (steaks $3.29/lb)
Boneless half pork loin, whole in bag, $1.67/lb
Boston Butt pork roast, bone in, $1.47/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Whole chickens, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 43¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Smart Ones frozen entrees, 5/$10
Store brand eggs, large AA, dozen, 97¢
Pepsi products including diet, 12 pk, $1.97
Ragu pasta sauce, $1.58
Country Crock spread incl. Light, $1.99
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz block or shreds, $2.88
Nature’s Own bread, 2/$4
Filippo Berio olive oil, 17 oz bottle, $4.99
Land O Lakes butter, $1.99
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Apples: Delicious, Gala, Granny Smith, Fuji, Braeburn, Pink Lady, Cameo, Jonagold, $1/lb
Pears: Bartlett, D’Anjou, Red, Bosc, $1/lb (organic $1.29/lb)
Red or black seedless or red-globe seeded grapes, $1.99/lb
Winter squashes, $1/lb
Private Selection cut-and-bagged veggies, 2/$4
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Rancho Grande:
Beef flap meat, $2.99/lb (I looked it up: this is the obliquus internus abdominis muscle. Now won’t you feel smart in the supermarket this week?)
Beef stew mix, $1.69/lb
Chorizo, 2 lbs/$3
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Marinated game hens, $1.39/lb
Pork steak or roast, 99¢/lb
Raw shrimp, 26/30 ct, $3.99/lb
Small avocados, 4/$1
Yellow onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Bananas, 3 lbs/89¢/lb
Cucumbers, 6/99¢
Chayote squash, 6/99¢
Cabbage, 5 lbs/99¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Safeway:
Beef loin t-bone steak, $3.99/lb
Beef loin New York strip steak, $4.77/lb
Beef round steak, boneless, $1.47/lb
Beef round tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.49/lb (go to Bashas’ or Albertson’s)
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.49/lb
Store brand frozen turkeys, grade A, 8-24 lb, 43¢/lb ($25 min. purchase)
Jennie-O ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, 2/$7
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $5.77/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, fresh, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Lucerne butter, $1.49/lb
Betty Crocker cake mixes, 89¢
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jar, 2/$5
Store brand chunk light tuna, 79¢
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6
Navel oranges, 68¢/lb
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Black seedless OR red-globe seeded grapes, $1.79/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Pomegranates, $1.99
Celery, 99¢
Broccoli crowns, $1.29/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, $2.99/lb
First Street brand frozen turkey, 10-23 lbs, 10% off
Hebrew National hotdogs (incl low-fat? I don’t know), 2.5 lb pkg, $7.49
Hass avocados, 4 pk, $2.49
Ready Pack bag salad (iceberg w/ carrots and red cabbage), 3 lb bag, $1.99
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $5.97/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork roasts or chops, center loin, $1.99/lb
Whole chickens OR thighs OR drumsticks, 77¢/lb
Ground turkey breast, 99% fat free, $3.99/lb
Coho salmon fillets, $5.97/lb
Raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, 5.6 oz box, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Fuji OR Braeburn apples, 77¢/lb
Bosc OR Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Red mangoes, 77¢/lb
Red Delicious apples, 77¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Thursday, November 5, 2009
List of various healthy/low-calorie/low-Points/low price bargain opportunities (with tips and irrelevant trivia), week of November 4th
The very first of the new crop of navel oranges are in, heralding the Annual Southwestern Citrus Inundation. Within a few months you will not be able to enter a retail establishment without having citrus fruits fling themselves at your head.
Today is National Candy Day. Why National Candy Day comes four days after Halloween is a mystery. Tomorrow is Guy Fawkes Night – “Remember, remember the Fifth of November!” Sunday is National Harvey Wallbanger Day. I do not have enough imagination to make up such items as these:
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Cappuccino Day, National Harvey Wallbanger Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sunday Day
Albertson’s has the first free turkeys of the year: this week only, if you spend $100 at a single transaction you can get a free turkey up to 15 lbs. (You may need a coupon, but it’s on the front page of the flyer which is available at the door.) Starting this week, in fact, turkeys, whole hams, and anything used for baking will be either on sale or heavily promoted in every store you step into.
If you’re thinking of deep-frying a turkey this year: A three-ounce serving of oven-roasted turkey breast contains 125 calories and 1.8 grams of fat, with a Points count of 3. Three ounces of deep-fried turkey breast contains 335 calories and 21 grams of fat, for a Points total of 8.
If you run across any good bargains I’ve missed, there’s a whole empty Comments box down there just waiting.
Albertson’s:
93/7 ground beef (5 lbs or more), $1.67/lb
Petite sirloin steaks, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef cross rib roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Whole pork loins, boneless, in bag, $1.57/lb
Pork sirloin or centercut chops, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Raw shrimp, 26-30 ct, $4.99/lb (2 lb. bag)
Store brand eggs, large AA, dozen, 5/$5
Knudsen “Cottage Doubles”, 5/$5
Sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 5/$5
Green Giant boil-in-bag veggies or “Steamers”, 5/$5
Athens brand phyllo (they misspell it “fillo”) dough, $3.49
(Make your own baklava: there are recipes online. It is very time-consuming, very laborious and very effective at helping you to not want to look at baklava for the rest of the season.)
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 40% off regular
Roma tomatoes, 5 lbs/$5
Fresh Express bag salad “Iceberg Garden”, 5/$5
Bartlett OR Anjou OR Red OR Bosc pears, 5 lbs/$5
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$5
Red/Golden Delicious apples, 5 lbs/$5
Leaf lettuce, red/green/Romaine, 5/$5
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 5/$5
Hass avocados, 5/$5
Carrots, 2 lb bag, 5/$5
Mini bananas, 12 oz cluster, 99¢
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $1.99/lb (roast $2.49/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast/tenders, buy 1 get 1 free
Farmland pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb (cut & wrapped free)
Milk, $1.57
Store brand eggs, large AA, dozen, 99¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Apples (they look like Red Delicious), schoolboy size, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Slicing tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Brown onions, 49¢/lb
Carrots 1 lb bag, 2/$1
Italian or yellow squash, 89¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Chicken thighs, 39¢/lb (5 lb bag)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 99¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.49/lb
Iceberg, 2/$1
Tomatillos, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 4 lbs/$1
Chayote squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 49¢ ea
Carrots, 1 lb bag, 3/99¢
Bananas, 2 lbs/$1
Asian pears, 2/$1
Dole bag salad, “Classic Iceberg”, 2/$3
Fresh & Easy:
80/20 ground beef, $1.49/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 37¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Butter, store brand, $1.99
Lean Pockets, $1.59
Store brand bag salad, “Classic Green”, 98¢
Iceberg, 98¢
Green bell peppers, 2 pk 98¢
Yellow onions, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Apples, 3 pk, 98¢
Fry’s:
Beef roasts: chuck/bottom rnd/sirloin tip/eye round/cross rib, all buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone steaks, “family pack”, $3.77/lb
93/7 ground beef, $1.97/lb (2 lb chub)
Pork loin rib chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Whole chickens, 88¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb (no – go to Albertson’s)
Jennie-O turkeys, 47¢/lb
Milk, $1.47
Store brand butter, $1.88
Navel oranges, 47¢/lb
Blueberries OR blackberries, 4.4 to 6 oz punnet, 2/$3
Pears: Bartlett, D’Anjou, Red, Bosc, $1/lb
Bananas, 59¢/lb
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, $1/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Hass avocados, regular or organic, $1
Zucchini or yellow squash, $1/lb
Veggie trays, $5.99 and up (and up, and up, and up)
LiteHouse veggie dip, 15.5 oz tub, $2.99
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Rancho Grande:
Top sirloin steak or roast, $2.29/lb
Beef tripe (I could have done without the description “beef guts”), 89¢/lb
Center cut pork chops, $1.49/lb
Cut-up pork meat, $1.69/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.19/lb
Jicama, 3 lbs/99¢
Small avocados, 4/99¢
Green tomatillos, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Nopales (cactus pads), 1.5 lb bag, $1.89
Safeway:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef round tiproast, boneless, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.69/lb (go to Fry’s or Fresh & Easy)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb (go to Albertson’s)
Store brand turkeys, 8-24 lb, 43¢/lb } with minimum $25
HoneySuckle turkeys, 8-24 lb, 79¢/lb } purchase, limit 2
Raw shrimp, 21-25 count, shell on, $5.99/lb
Milk, $1.49
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 50¢ ea
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99
Green Giant “Steamers” frozen veggies, 3/$5
Lucerne “Natural” cheeses, 8 oz slices, $2.49
Progresso Light soups, 4/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 59¢
Red seedless grapes, 78¢/lb
Pomagranates, 99¢ ea
Honeycrisp apples, $1.99
Hass avocados, 99¢
Eating Right “baby-cut” carrots, 1 lb bag, buy 1 get 1 free
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
Farmer John pork tenderloin, $2.49/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, $1.25-lb pkg, $2.99
Lean Pockets, 12 pk, $8.99
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $1.49
Sweet brown onions, 3 lb bag, $1.59
Ready-Pac bag salad, “Spring Mix”, 1 lb, $3.99
Sprouts:
Beef “New York cut sirloin” (no idea!), $4.99/lb
Sirloin tip steaks or roasts, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, $1.97/lb
Whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.97/lb
Whole turkey breast, $1.97/lb
Chicken sausage, w/ apple or basil, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Raw shrimp, PEELED & deveined, 21-25 ct, $6.99/lb
Hass avocados, 3/$1
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, red/green/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious, 88¢/lb
Cauliflower, 99¢ ea.
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Today is National Candy Day. Why National Candy Day comes four days after Halloween is a mystery. Tomorrow is Guy Fawkes Night – “Remember, remember the Fifth of November!” Sunday is National Harvey Wallbanger Day. I do not have enough imagination to make up such items as these:
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Cappuccino Day, National Harvey Wallbanger Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold & Pungent Day
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sunday Day
Albertson’s has the first free turkeys of the year: this week only, if you spend $100 at a single transaction you can get a free turkey up to 15 lbs. (You may need a coupon, but it’s on the front page of the flyer which is available at the door.) Starting this week, in fact, turkeys, whole hams, and anything used for baking will be either on sale or heavily promoted in every store you step into.
If you’re thinking of deep-frying a turkey this year: A three-ounce serving of oven-roasted turkey breast contains 125 calories and 1.8 grams of fat, with a Points count of 3. Three ounces of deep-fried turkey breast contains 335 calories and 21 grams of fat, for a Points total of 8.
If you run across any good bargains I’ve missed, there’s a whole empty Comments box down there just waiting.
Albertson’s:
93/7 ground beef (5 lbs or more), $1.67/lb
Petite sirloin steaks, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef cross rib roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Whole pork loins, boneless, in bag, $1.57/lb
Pork sirloin or centercut chops, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Raw shrimp, 26-30 ct, $4.99/lb (2 lb. bag)
Store brand eggs, large AA, dozen, 5/$5
Knudsen “Cottage Doubles”, 5/$5
Sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 5/$5
Green Giant boil-in-bag veggies or “Steamers”, 5/$5
Athens brand phyllo (they misspell it “fillo”) dough, $3.49
(Make your own baklava: there are recipes online. It is very time-consuming, very laborious and very effective at helping you to not want to look at baklava for the rest of the season.)
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 40% off regular
Roma tomatoes, 5 lbs/$5
Fresh Express bag salad “Iceberg Garden”, 5/$5
Bartlett OR Anjou OR Red OR Bosc pears, 5 lbs/$5
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$5
Red/Golden Delicious apples, 5 lbs/$5
Leaf lettuce, red/green/Romaine, 5/$5
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 5/$5
Hass avocados, 5/$5
Carrots, 2 lb bag, 5/$5
Mini bananas, 12 oz cluster, 99¢
Bashas’:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $1.99/lb (roast $2.49/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast/tenders, buy 1 get 1 free
Farmland pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb (cut & wrapped free)
Milk, $1.57
Store brand eggs, large AA, dozen, 99¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.97
Apples (they look like Red Delicious), schoolboy size, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Slicing tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Brown onions, 49¢/lb
Carrots 1 lb bag, 2/$1
Italian or yellow squash, 89¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Chicken thighs, 39¢/lb (5 lb bag)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 99¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.49/lb
Iceberg, 2/$1
Tomatillos, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 4 lbs/$1
Chayote squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 49¢ ea
Carrots, 1 lb bag, 3/99¢
Bananas, 2 lbs/$1
Asian pears, 2/$1
Dole bag salad, “Classic Iceberg”, 2/$3
Fresh & Easy:
80/20 ground beef, $1.49/lb
Beef New York steaks, boneless, family pack, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 37¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Butter, store brand, $1.99
Lean Pockets, $1.59
Store brand bag salad, “Classic Green”, 98¢
Iceberg, 98¢
Green bell peppers, 2 pk 98¢
Yellow onions, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Apples, 3 pk, 98¢
Fry’s:
Beef roasts: chuck/bottom rnd/sirloin tip/eye round/cross rib, all buy 1 get 1 free
Beef t-bone steaks, “family pack”, $3.77/lb
93/7 ground beef, $1.97/lb (2 lb chub)
Pork loin rib chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Whole chickens, 88¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb (no – go to Albertson’s)
Jennie-O turkeys, 47¢/lb
Milk, $1.47
Store brand butter, $1.88
Navel oranges, 47¢/lb
Blueberries OR blackberries, 4.4 to 6 oz punnet, 2/$3
Pears: Bartlett, D’Anjou, Red, Bosc, $1/lb
Bananas, 59¢/lb
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, $1/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Hass avocados, regular or organic, $1
Zucchini or yellow squash, $1/lb
Veggie trays, $5.99 and up (and up, and up, and up)
LiteHouse veggie dip, 15.5 oz tub, $2.99
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Rancho Grande:
Top sirloin steak or roast, $2.29/lb
Beef tripe (I could have done without the description “beef guts”), 89¢/lb
Center cut pork chops, $1.49/lb
Cut-up pork meat, $1.69/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, $2.19/lb
Jicama, 3 lbs/99¢
Small avocados, 4/99¢
Green tomatillos, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Nopales (cactus pads), 1.5 lb bag, $1.89
Safeway:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef round tiproast, boneless, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.69/lb (go to Fry’s or Fresh & Easy)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb (go to Albertson’s)
Store brand turkeys, 8-24 lb, 43¢/lb } with minimum $25
HoneySuckle turkeys, 8-24 lb, 79¢/lb } purchase, limit 2
Raw shrimp, 21-25 count, shell on, $5.99/lb
Milk, $1.49
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 50¢ ea
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99
Green Giant “Steamers” frozen veggies, 3/$5
Lucerne “Natural” cheeses, 8 oz slices, $2.49
Progresso Light soups, 4/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 59¢
Red seedless grapes, 78¢/lb
Pomagranates, 99¢ ea
Honeycrisp apples, $1.99
Hass avocados, 99¢
Eating Right “baby-cut” carrots, 1 lb bag, buy 1 get 1 free
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Smart & Final:
Farmer John pork tenderloin, $2.49/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, $1.25-lb pkg, $2.99
Lean Pockets, 12 pk, $8.99
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $1.49
Sweet brown onions, 3 lb bag, $1.59
Ready-Pac bag salad, “Spring Mix”, 1 lb, $3.99
Sprouts:
Beef “New York cut sirloin” (no idea!), $4.99/lb
Sirloin tip steaks or roasts, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, $1.97/lb
Whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.97/lb
Whole turkey breast, $1.97/lb
Chicken sausage, w/ apple or basil, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $6.99/lb
Raw shrimp, PEELED & deveined, 21-25 ct, $6.99/lb
Hass avocados, 3/$1
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, red/green/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious, 88¢/lb
Cauliflower, 99¢ ea.
Cucumbers, 2/$1
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