Bargain guide, week beginning November 17 (and possibly the next as well)

This Friday, the 19th, is National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day, which I will celebrate with Diet Mountain Dew. The 20th is National Peanut Butter Fudge Day – come here, Debi, and cry on my shoulder. This week also features National Stuffing Day, National Cranberry Relish Day, and Eat A Cranberry Day.

November 17th: National Baklava Day, Homemade Bread Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day
November 19th: National Caffeinated Carbonated Beverage Day
November 20th: National Peanut Butter Fudge Day
November 21st: National Stuffing Day
November 22nd: National Cranberry Relish Day
November 23rd: Eat A Cranberry Day, National Cashew Day
November 24th: National Espresso Day, National Sardines Day
November 25th: National Parfait Day
November 26th: National Cake Day
November 27th: Bavarian Cream Pie Day
November 28th: National French Toast Day
November 29th: National Chocolates Day (not to be confused with National Chocolate Day), National Lemon Creme Pie Day, National Throw Out Your Leftovers Day
November 30th: National Mousse Day

Remember my mention last week of how the USDA is responsible for both promoting a healthy eating plan and helping Pizza Hut work out ways to put 40% more cheese on their pizzas? Well, over in the UK, their Department of Health has literally put fast-food and processed-food companies – including McDonald’s, Pizza Hut, and PepsiCo – directly in charge of writing government policy on obesity and diet-related illness. Insert analogy about wolves and henhouses here.

Heavy promotions this week include turkey, turkey, fresh green beans, turkey, bags of cranberries, turkey, turkey, sweet potatoes, turkey, stuffing mix, turkey, pumpkin pies, and ham.



Albertson’s:

This is sort of complicated:
Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys, 39¢/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, $1.39/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkey breast, $2.29/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, $1.39/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, $1.79/lb
Butterball “Li’l Butterball” young frozen turkeys, $1.69/lb
Butterball “Li’l Butterball young, fresh turkeys, $1.99/lb
Hormel spiral hams, bone in, $1.47/lb
Hormel Cure 81 ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Cook’s ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.19/lb (butt portion $1.39/lb

Beef petite sirloin, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom-round roast, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Whole cooked lobsters OR 4-oz lobster tails, $6.99
All Coca-Cola products, 12 pks, 4/$10 (must buy 4)
Milk, gallons, $1.67
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Blue Bonnet spread, 15 oz tub, 69¢
Smart Balance spread, 13-15 oz tub, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream, 16 oz tub, 2/$3
Deli: Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Kretschmar honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard salami/Genoa salami/pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Dietz & Watson chicken breast, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, eight varieties which will not fit on this line, $5.99/lb
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuit, etc), $1.77
Betty Crocker cake mixes for soda cake, 69¢ (must buy 5)
Quaker Chewy Granola bars, 2/$4
Del Monte canned veggies, 75¢
Vlasic pickle spears, 24 oz jar, 2/$5
Libby’s canned pumpkin, 15 oz can, 2/$4
Betty Crocker 80-calorie potatoes, 69¢
Albertson’s olives, 6 oz can, $1
Bruce’s yams, 29 oz can, $1
Stove Top stuffing, $1
Cool Whip, 8 oz tub, $1
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99 (5 lb box, $5.99)
Raspberries/blueberries/blackberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, $1.29/lb
Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Pineapples, $2.99 ea
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, $2.49
Russet potatoes, 5 lb bag, 49¢ (first bag only)
Green Line green beans, 12 oz bag, $2.99
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Mini carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
“Golden” yams OR sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms box salads, “Spring Mix”, “Herb”, or “Baby Spinach”, $4.99



Bashas’:

Norbest OR Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-16 lb hen or 16-24 lb tom, 39¢/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-16 lb hen or 16-20 lb tom, $1.49/lb
Beef top sirloin or sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb (steaks, $3.99/lb)
Beef bottom round OR chuck OR crossrib roasts, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef standing rib roast, large end, $5.99/lb
Cook’s smoked ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.17/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral sliced ham, $1.89/lb
Hormel Cure 81 boneless ham, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole roasting chickens, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fresh oysters, 8 oz jar, $2.99/lb
Coca-Cola products, 12 pks, $2.50 (must buy 4)
Milk, gallons, $1.67
Imperial spread, 45 oz tub, $2.69
Shamrock Farms sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.39
Bashas’ cottage cheese, 24 oz tub, $1.79
Simply Potatoes, 2/$5
Better’n Eggs, 14-16 oz carton, $2.99
Pirate’s Booty, 6-pack, $2.99
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$4
Tillamook cheddar cheese, medium or sharp, 2 lb block in wax, $7.99
Deli: Boar’s Head ham, $6.99/lb
Boar’s Head Muenster cheese, $6.99/lb
Classic chicken breast, $6.99/lb
Finlandia Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Ocean Spray cranberry sauce, 14 oz can, 99¢
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 67¢
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz bag, 5/$10
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 11-16 oz bag, 5/$10
Cool Whip, 8 oz tub, 99¢
Mrs Cubbison’s stuffing mix, 2/$4
Stove Top stuffing mix, 4/$5
Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix, $2.99
Princella yams, 29 oz can, 2/$3
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz can, $2.99
Libby’s canned veggies, 20/$10
Princella yams, 29 oz can, 2/$3
Vlasic pickle spears, 24 oz jar, 2/$5
Apples, Gala or Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes OR Red Globe seeded grapes, $1.99/lb
Ocean Spray cranberries, 12 o bag, $2.49
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 49¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 77¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Vine tomatoes, 77¢/lb (first 5 lbs)
Radishes OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Celery, 79¢
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Red or Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb



Food City:

Norbest or Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb, 39¢/lb
Beef for stew or tamales, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef top sirloin roast, $2.49/lb
Pork chops, sirloin cut, bone in, $1.49/lb
Half ham, shank portion, bone in, $1.29/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Oysters, 8 oz jar, $2.99
Libby’s or Stokely’s canned veggies, 2/$1
Cool Whip, 8 oz tub, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/$1
Cilantro OR green onions, 5 bunches/$1
Celery, 2/$1
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Sweet potatoes, Beauregard or red yams, 4 lbs/$1
Green bell peppers, 4/$1
Cucumbers, 5/$1
Mangos, 2/$1
Tomatillos, 2 lbs/$1



Fry’s:

Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 29¢/lb
Jennie-O fresh turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.29/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 59¢/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lbs, 99¢/lb
Butterball or Foster Farms fresh turkeys, $1.69/lb

Beef standing rib roast, bone in, $5.99/lb
Beef large end rib roast, bone in, $6.49/lb (small end, $6.99/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $3.77/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Cook’s spiral sliced half ham, $1.37/lb
Kroger boneless ham, whole or half, $2.79/lb
Hormel Cure 81 or Hillshire Farms spiral sliced ham, bone in, $2.79/lb
Cook’s smoked half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork crown roast, $4.99/lb
Cornish game hens, 22 oz, 2/$6
Ducklings, $2.69
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
6 oz lobster tails, $9.99
Pacific oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Atlantic oysters, 8 oz fresh can, $6.99
Jumbo scallops, $9.99/lb
Milk, gallons, $1.59
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 16 oz tub, 10/$10
Fry’s eggs, AA large, 18 ct, 2/3
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Country Crock spread, 45 oz tub, $1.99
Smart Balance spread, 12-16 oz tub, $1.99
Laughing Cow cheese wedges incl. Light, 2/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuit, Wheat Thins, etc), $1.88
Fry’s canned veggies, 20/$10
Vlasic pickles, 16-24 oz jar, 2/$4
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz can, $2.49
Oroweat or Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing, $1.99
Stove Top stuffing, 4/$5
PictSweet frozen veggies, 24-28 oz bag, 2/$5
Apples: Granny Smith, Rome, Cameo, $1/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Red or black seedless grapes OR Red Globe seeded grapes, $1.99/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Pineapples, $2.99 ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, $1/lb
Red or golden yams, 79¢/lb
Ocean Spray cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$3
Russet potatoes, 5 lb bag, 57¢ ea (first 4)
Celery, 79¢
Asparagus, green or white, $2.99/lb
Fresh green beans, $1.79/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Herbs in a 4” pot, $2.99



Rancho Grande:

Pork shoulder roast, twin pack, 99¢/lb
Pork chops, center cut, $1.89/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.89/lb
Chicken drumsticks, family pack, 49¢/lb
Fresh octopus, $1.99/lb (I do not eat anything that can look into a jar and open it)
El Garo tomato sauce (hot), 8 oz cans, 2/$1
Braeburn apples, 4 lbs/$1
Oranges OR tangerines, 4 lbs/99¢
Radishes or cilantro, 5 bunches/99¢
Cucumbers, 7/99¢



Safeway:

Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 39¢/lb
Safeway fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.29/lb
Beef chuck steak or crossrib roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef butt tender, boneless, whole in bag, $9.99/lb
Beef round tip roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork loin top roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
All Coca-Cola OR Pepsi-Cola OR 7-Up products, 12 packs, buy 2 get 2 free
Milk, gallons, $1.77
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuit, etc), 2/$4
Stove Top stuffing, 2/$3
Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing, 2/$5
Blueberries OR raspberries, 5.6-6 oz box, 2/$5
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Pineapples, $2.99 ea
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Russet potatoes, 10 lb bag, 97¢
GreenLine green beans, 12 oz bag, buy 1 get 1 free
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Beauregard yams, 89¢/lb
Broccoli, 99¢/lb
Celery, 99¢ ea
Eating Right “baby cut” carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Rosemary tree in 6” pot, $9.99



Smart & Final:

First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lbs, 39¢/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lbs, $1.19/lb
Beef New York steaks, bone in, $4.99/lb
Farmer John spiral cut half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
First Street frozen veggies, 2-2.5 lb bag, $2.99
La Romanella olive oil, 1 litre bottle, $5.99
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, $1.99
Apples, Gala or Granny Smith, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Red yams, 49¢/lb
Celery, 59¢ ea



Sprouts:

Free range turkey, $1.47/lb (fresh? frozen? It doesn’t say)
Free-range fresh turkey breast, $2.77/lb
Beef standing rib roast, $7.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, $2.77/lb
Pork loin chops or roasts, $1.99/lb
Spiral sliced ham, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, $1.99/lb
Chicken parmesan sausage, $2.99/lb
Salmon fillets, $7.99/lb
Atlantic haddock fillets, $4.99/lb
Sprouts eggs, AA large, dozen, 4/$5
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 49¢/lb
Pineapples, 2/$4
Blueberries, 4.4 oz box, 2/$4
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Radishes OR green onions, 49¢/bunch
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Yellow or white onions, 49¢/lb
Celery OR sweet corn OR green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Baby carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Winter squashes, 49¢/lb

Bargain guide, week beginning November 10th

This Friday is, I am informed, National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day. This Sunday, the 14th, is National Pickle Day – most pickles have a Points count of zero. Baklava, sadly, does not have such a count, but one week from today is nonetheless National Baklava Day. (I once made my own baklava. It occupies the kitchen for an entire day and no one else can do anything in there, not even make coffee.)

November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sundae Day
November 12th: National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Guacamole Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Baklava Day, Homemade Bread Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day

If you watched TV at all over this past summer, you’ll have noticed Domino’s Pizza’s “rebranding” effort: basically a self-deprecating announcement that “Yeah, everyone agrees that our pizza is rubbish, even we acknowledge that it’s rubbish, and now we want to hear your ideas of what we might do to make it better.” According to an article in the New York Times, or clickable at http://wwwrentips.blogspot.com – the primary change in Domino’s pizzas has been a massive increase in the amount of cheese on them … and this was paid for by a government handout. The Domino’s campaign – which cost $12 million – was created and financed by an organization called Dairy Management:

And Dairy Management, which has made cheese its cause, is not a private business consultant. It is a marketing creation of the United States Department of Agriculture – the same agency at the center of a federal anti-obesity drive that discourages over-consumption of some of the very foods Dairy Management is vigorously promoting.

Urged on by government warnings about saturated fat, Americans have been moving toward low-fat milk for decades, leaving a surplus of whole milk and milk fat. Yet the government, through Dairy Management, is engaged in an effort to find ways to get dairy back into Americans’ diets, primarily through cheese.

(Per capita consumption of cheese in the US has nearly tripled since 1970.)



Albertson’s:

Beef bottom round or crossrib roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Ground beef chuck (fat content not listed), 5 lbs or more, $1.88/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef chuck OR sirloin tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, 97¢/lb
Pork center loin chops, bone in, family pack, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, $1.47/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Tyson game hens, twin pack, 2/$6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Pepsi products: 12-packs of cans OR 6-packs of 16 oz bottles, 4/$10
Deli: All Dietz & Watson ham or turkey, $7.99/lb
Kretschmar Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 50¢ (buy 10)
Albertson’s cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.99
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$6
I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, 15 oz tub, 2/$4
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 12 oz bag, OR C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz, 2/$4
All Chicken of the Sea products, 33% off
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 jar, 2/$5 and 2 boxes of Barilla pasta free!
Libby’s canned veggies, 2/88¢
Clamato, 32 oz bottle, 2/$4
Apples: Gala, Braeburn, Fuji, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, Jazz, $1/lb
Raspberries/blackberries/blueberries, 4.4-6 oz box, $2.99
Fresh Express bag salads, “Premium Romaine” or “Green & Crisp”, 2/$3
Fresh Express bag spinach, 9 oz, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Asparagus, white or green, $2.99
Green bell peppers, 78¢ ea
Yams OR sweet potatoes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms box salad, spinach or “Spring Mix”, 1 lb, $4.99
Earthbound Farms “mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3



Bashas’:

Ground beef chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $1.77/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, $3.49/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, $6.99/lb
Pork spareribs, twin pack, 99¢/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb (steaks, $2.49/lb)
Cook’s ham, bone in, butt portion, $1.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan true cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, $4.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, 3/$10
Deli: Bashas’ roast beef top round, $6.99/lb
Stella baby-Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
Smart Balance spread, 15-16 oz pkg OR 7.5 oz twin pack, $2.49
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $1.97
Nature’s Own bread, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz box, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz can, 4/$5
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jar, 2/$4
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottle, $3.99
Bananas, 3 lbs/$1
Strawberries, 1 lb pkg, 2/$5
Blackberries or raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Apples: Gala, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Italian squash, 69¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5



Food City:

Beef chuck steaks, bone in, $1.99/lb (roast, $2.49/lb)
Beef tamale meat, boneless, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops or roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, 88¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz can, 4/$5
Red Delicious apples, 3 lbs/99¢
Guavas, 2 lbs/$3
Pineapples, 2 lbs/98¢
Jalapeño peppers, 4 lbs/96¢
Avocados, 4/99¢
Beauregard or red yams OR sweet potatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢



Fry’s:

Beef t-bone or bone-in ribeye steak, family pack, $4.77/lb
93-7 ground beef, $1.97/lb (2 lb chub)
Cook’s smoked half ham, bone in, $1.17/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 99¢/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
All Pepsi products, 12 packs, 4/$10
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.67
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozen, 99¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5

Campbell’s Select Harvest soups, $1.49 } 50¢ less
Green Giant “Steamers”, $1.49 }
Gatorade OR G2, 32 oz bottle, 99¢/lb } when you
Healthy Harvest pasta, $1.29 }
Smart Ones frozen entrées, $1.99/lb } buy 10

Fry’s canned veggies, 3/$1
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, $1/lb
Bartlett pears, $1/lb
Mangos, $1 ea
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Green or black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Raspberries OR blackberries, 4.4-6 oz box, 2/$5
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea



Rancho Grande:

Top sirloin steaks, family pack, $2.59/lb
Pork steaks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
Green prickly-pear fruits, 6/99¢
Mexican squash, 4 lbs/99¢
Tomatillos, 3 lbs/99¢
Cabbage, 4 lbs/99¢



Safeway:

Beef London broil, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless “restaurant cut”, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef eye or found roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 39¢/lb with $25 purchase
Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 89¢/lb with $25 purchase
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.99/lb (go to Fry’s)
Safeway ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, 2/$7
Safeway spiral-sliced ham, bone in, whole or half, $1.99/lb
Rockfish fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Lucerne butter, $1.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Campbell’s Select Harvest soups, 10/$10
Red seedless grapes, $1.79/lb
Texas Red grapefruit, 2 lbs/$1
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Fresh Express bag spinach or “Green & Crisp” salad, 99¢
Broccoli or cauliflower, 49¢/lb
Yellow onions, 99¢/lb
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb



Smart & Final:

Beef chuck steaks or roasts, boneless, $2.99/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs and drumstick, mixed pack, 99¢/lb
First Street canned veggies, 2/$1
C&W frozen veggies, 18-32 oz bag, $2.99
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99



Sprouts:

Beef porterhouse steaks, $5.99/lb
Beef rump roast or stew meat, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Frying chickens, whole or cut up, $1.39/lb
Sprouts cage-free eggs, AA large, dozen, $1.99
Sprouts pasta sauce, 24 oz jar, 2/$5
Quorn nuggets and patties, 7-12 oz pkg, $2.99
Cascadian Farms frozen veggies, 10 oz bag, $1.99
Apples: Fuji/Braeburn/Jonagold/Golden Delicious/Granny Smith/Cameo/Gala, 49¢/lb
“Rio Red” grapefruit, 4/$1
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Squashes, summer or winter varieties, 69¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 69¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red or gold bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cabbage, 49¢/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Baby carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Hass avocados, 88¢
Organic bananas, 88¢/lb
Organic leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Organic red or Jewel yams, 99¢/lb

Bargain guide, week beginning November 3rd

November is National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month – that’s you, Debi! Also Raisin Bread Month, a good combination. It’s several other things as well, most notably Good Nutrition Month, but also Georgia Pecan Month, National Pepper Month, National Pomegranate Month, Vegan Month, Fun With Fondue Month, and the year's third consecutive National Apple Month.

The 4th of this month, oddly, is National Candy Day – “oddly” because I’d have thought it came last Sunday. (The handout erroneously gave the 3rd as the date for Candy Day -- sorry.) This Friday, the 5th, is one of the year’s two separate National Doughnut Days. Next Tuesday, the 9th, is Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day, and also Harvey Wallbanger Day. One week from today is not National Cupcake Day – that’s next month – but very specifically National Vanilla Cupcake Day.

November 3rd: Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut day (there are at least two of these)
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day, Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day
November10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day

The Fooducate blog -- bookmark that -- is doing good series of articles on bread, what you're buying when you buy it, and how to buy it healthy. Part 1 (overview), Part 2 (whole grains), Part 3 (but what else are you getting?)-- there will be more, and you can find them from the main Fooducate page.



Albertson’s:

Beef London broil, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $6.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, 5 lbs or more, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, family pack, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, family pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99
Milk, gallons, $1.77
Deli: Jennie-O turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Kretschmar honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard salami/Genoa salami/pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 10-12 oz bag, 4/$5
PictSweet frozen veggies, 28 oz bag, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, $1
Green Giant “specialty” veggies, 11-15 oz cans, $1
Da Vinci pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
Hunt’s spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Pineapples, $2.49 ea
Mangos, $1 ea
Red grapefruit, $1
Fresh Express bag salad, “Green & Crisp”, 12 oz, $1
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1/lb
Summer squashes, $1/lb
Yams OR sweet potatoes, $1/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Fresh spinach, $1/bunch
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea



Bashas’:

Beef roasts: crossrib/bottom round/chuck, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb (cut & wrapped free)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Fresh clams, 2 lb bag, $5
Milk, gallons, $1.77
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Land O Lakes butter, $2.69
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Deli: Boar’s Head deluxe roast beef, $9.99/lb
Gold Swiss cheese, $7.49/lb
Tillamook Cheddar cheese, $5.99/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, $1.88
Food Club frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 5/$5
Pompeian olive oil, 16 oz bottle, $3.99
Nabisco 100 calorie pack, 2/$5
Dole whole pineapples, 88¢ ea
Red seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Red/Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 48¢/lb
Hass avocados, small, 4/$1
Red or Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb



Food City:

Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless value pack, $2.69/b
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, 99¢/lb (steaks, $1.49/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, 99¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.49/lb
Granny Smith apples, 4 lbs/96¢
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 4 lbs/96¢
Mexican hard squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 3 lbs/99¢



Fry’s:

Boneless beef roasts: chuck, top/bottom/eye round, sirloin tip, crossrib –
buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb (regular pack $5.99/lb)
Beef chuck steak, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Pork loin back ribs, $2.97/lb
Honeysuckle turkey breast, 99¢/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Fry’s or Kroger canned veggies, 2/$1
Prego pasta sauces, 24 oz jar, $1.99
Del Monte whole pineapples, 2/$5
Bannaas, 49¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, $1/lb
Pears: Bartlett/D’Anjou/Red/Bosc, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Dole bag salads “Just Lettuce”, “Classic Romaine”, “Greener Selection”, 88¢
Winter squashes, $1/lb
Organic “mini peeled” carrots, yellow or orange, 1 lb bag, 2/$3



Safeway:

Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $1.77/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef t-bone or New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Whole chickens, 69¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lbs, 39¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lbs, 89¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, regular or Italian, 1.25 lb pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $1.69
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Red Delicious apples, 2 lbs/$1
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Texas Red grapefruit, 3/$1
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Cucumbers, 2/1
Leaf lettuces: green, red, Romaine, Boston Bibb, 99¢



Smart & Final:

Beef London Broil or top round roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.39/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, $1.79


Sprouts:

Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
“Super lean” ground sirloin, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roasts or chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Sprouts olive oil, 1 ltr bottle, $6.99
Gala or Fuji apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Spinach, 88¢/bunch
Leaf lettuces, green/red/Romaine, 88¢