I hope you all had a wonderful holiday week! From Fooducate: after a decade of promoting “better-for-you” versions of their products, PepsiCo have announced an intent of focusing again on their “indulgent core businesses” – sodas and salty crunchy things, without a pretense that they're healthy. Chow.com has a video from Poppy Tooker (Louisiana Eats) on how to make “the perfect Jell-O shot”. Everyone else seems to be on vacation, nor can I blame them.
Biggest promotions this week are for party foods, no surprise, but we're also seeing a hint of next week's inevitable cascade of New Year's Resolution healthy-and-weight-loss promos, so this may be a good couple of weeks to stock up.
Today's National Chocolate Day! The day after tomorrow, the 30th, is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, which seems to be anticipating need by about two days. The 31st, of course, is National Champagne Day. January 1st is Apple Gifting Day, a nice healthy way to start the year, and the 4th is National Spaghetti Day.
December 28th: National Chocolate Day
December 29th: Pepper Pot Day
December 30th: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
December 31st: National Champagne Day
January 1st: National Bloody Mary Day, National Apple Gifting Day
January 2nd: National Cream Puff Day
January 3rd: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (This also given, inexplicably, as National Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day.)
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone or boneless top sirloin steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $4.99/lb
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4, buy 2 and get 2 boxes of Barilla pasta free
Kellogg's Special K bars, 6 ct, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
PictSweet frozen cut corn, 28 oz bags, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen meals or “Steamers”, 4/$10
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Sonya apples, $1.49/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone or top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.75/lb
Beef “Black Angus” New York strip steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms bone-in chicken breasts or leg quarters, 89¢/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or “deli slices”, 2/$5
Daisy cottage cheese incl. low-fat, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Nature's Own whole-wheat or honey-wheat bread, $1.79
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 2/$5, buy 2 and get a gallon of milk free
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Food Club olive oil, 3 liter (!!) bottle, $17.99
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz pkg, 2/$3
Gala/Fuji/Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett/Anjou/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Texas Red” grapefruit, 79¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 69¢ ea
Earthbound Farms organic mixed baby kale, 5 oz box, $2.99
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, 2/$6
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.47/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Seedless red grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Cilantro OR radishes OR green onions, 6 bunches/99¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef brisket for corning, point cut, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.29
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Libby's sauerkraut, 22 oz jars, $2.29
Kroger black-eyes peas, 15 oz cans, 89¢
PopChips, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Lean Pockets, 12 ct, $10/99
Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Mangoes, $1 ea
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 2/$1
“Cherub” grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $14.99/lb “weather permitting”
Swai fillets, farm rasied, $3.99/lb
Campbell's “Select Harvest” soups, 18 oz cans, 2/$3
Del Monte tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 4/$5
Swiss Miss hot cocoa, MAY include “Sensible Sweets”, 2/$4
Eating Right frozen entrees, 5/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Bing cherries, $4.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak or roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
First Street chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.79
Sprouts:
Beef steaks, New York/Porterhouse/t-bone/flank/“New York cut sirloin”, $7.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip steaks or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99/lb
Sprouts OR Sun Harvest beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic bananas, 67¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Green beans, 2 lbs/$3
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning December 21st
We made it into Wired! Good article in the current issue, also linked at my blog, covering the changes in the program from Points Classic to PointsPlus. Including the PointsPlus Secret Formula:
if that helps you any at all. Personally I found it more useful to buy the calculator.
At Fooducate, a piece on an experiment at Johns Hopkins. Hand-lettered signs were placed in convenience markets, next to the soft-drink coolers, and teenagers' buying habits were recorded. The sign warning that it would take 50 minutes of jogging to burn off the calories in one bottle of soda reduced purchase of sugary sodas by nearly 50%.
From Summer Tomato's links: A study has found that you eat less if the color of your food contrasts with the color of your plate: apparently the contrast makes the serving look larger. Some breakfast cereals have more sugar per serving than a Hostess Twinkie (Darya lists this one as “duh of the week”). And people who exercise actually crave less chocolate than people who sit!
Friday, the 23rd, is National Pfeffernüsse Day; the day after is National Eggnog Day. National Candy Cane Day is not until the 26th. The day after is National Fruit Cake Day, so there may still be time to get your Collin Street order in. And on December 23rd, 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation suppressing coffee houses, on the grounds that “idle and disaffected persons” as well as “many tradesmen and others, do herein misspend much of their time, which might and probably would be employed in and about their Lawful Calling and Affairs”, and that in such places “divers, false, malitious, and scandalous reports are devised and spread abroad to the Defamation of His Majesty's Government, and to the disturbance of the Peace and Quiet of the Realm”. Apparently Restoration England could not get along without coffee: the order was revoked sixteen days later.
December 21st: National Hamburger Day, California Kiwifruit Day
December 22nd: National Date Nut Bread Day
December 23rd: National Pfeffernüsse Day
December 24th: National Eggnog Day
December 25th: National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day, National Coffee Percolator Day (1865, patenting of the coffee percolator)
December 27th: National Fruit Cake Day
December 28th: Eat Vegetarian Day, National Chocolate Candy Day; 1886, patenting of the first successful dishwashing machine
Albertson's:
Beef New York strip roast, $3.77/lb
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef top/bottm round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck roasts, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, bone in, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
“Cuties” clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.75/lb
Various other beef roasts (too many to list), $3.99/lb
Beef filet mignon, $8.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced smoked ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Hormel boneless ham, whole OR half OR quarter sliced, $3.99/lb
Fresh leg of lamb, whole or half, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O or Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, $1.29/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Philadelphia cream cheese incl. Light, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.39
Nature's Own WhiteWheat bread, $1.49/lb
Food Club fruit, 11-20 oz cans, 10/$10
Libby's vegetables (except peas), 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Wheat Thins, $1.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
American Beauty lasagna or large shells, 12-16 oz boxes, $1.49
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 2/$5
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz or 4-pk corn on the cob, 2/$4
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.59/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, value pack, $2.19/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Libby's vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Red Diane, Beauregard, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, rolled and tied, oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.59/lb (steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Challenge butter, $2.99
Nabisco crackers (Wheat Thins or Triscuits), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.88
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Bird's Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges, 13 lb box (22-24 ct), $8.88
Apples: Cameo, Roma, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$6
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Celery, 79¢ ea
Red or yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Safeway whole or shank portion ham, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion, $1.19/lb)
Safeway spiral-sliced whole or half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, foil wrapped, $2.29/lb
Safeway Select boneless half ham, $3.79/lb
Hormel boneless half ham, $4.99/lb
Pork loin crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Open Nature “semi boneless” leg of lamb, $6.99/lb (boneless $1 higher)
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nabisco crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Chayote squashes, 2/$1
Sweet yellow onions, 96¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Farmer John spiral-sliced ham, bone in, whole or half, OR Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49
Red yams, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “presidential cut”, $5.99/lb
Beef rump roast, $3.99/lb
Sprouts gourmet spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, $9.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pineapples, 99¢ ea
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Braeburn or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocadoes, 77¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
if that helps you any at all. Personally I found it more useful to buy the calculator.
At Fooducate, a piece on an experiment at Johns Hopkins. Hand-lettered signs were placed in convenience markets, next to the soft-drink coolers, and teenagers' buying habits were recorded. The sign warning that it would take 50 minutes of jogging to burn off the calories in one bottle of soda reduced purchase of sugary sodas by nearly 50%.
From Summer Tomato's links: A study has found that you eat less if the color of your food contrasts with the color of your plate: apparently the contrast makes the serving look larger. Some breakfast cereals have more sugar per serving than a Hostess Twinkie (Darya lists this one as “duh of the week”). And people who exercise actually crave less chocolate than people who sit!
Friday, the 23rd, is National Pfeffernüsse Day; the day after is National Eggnog Day. National Candy Cane Day is not until the 26th. The day after is National Fruit Cake Day, so there may still be time to get your Collin Street order in. And on December 23rd, 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation suppressing coffee houses, on the grounds that “idle and disaffected persons” as well as “many tradesmen and others, do herein misspend much of their time, which might and probably would be employed in and about their Lawful Calling and Affairs”, and that in such places “divers, false, malitious, and scandalous reports are devised and spread abroad to the Defamation of His Majesty's Government, and to the disturbance of the Peace and Quiet of the Realm”. Apparently Restoration England could not get along without coffee: the order was revoked sixteen days later.
December 21st: National Hamburger Day, California Kiwifruit Day
December 22nd: National Date Nut Bread Day
December 23rd: National Pfeffernüsse Day
December 24th: National Eggnog Day
December 25th: National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day, National Coffee Percolator Day (1865, patenting of the coffee percolator)
December 27th: National Fruit Cake Day
December 28th: Eat Vegetarian Day, National Chocolate Candy Day; 1886, patenting of the first successful dishwashing machine
Albertson's:
Beef New York strip roast, $3.77/lb
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef top/bottm round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck roasts, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, bone in, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
“Cuties” clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.75/lb
Various other beef roasts (too many to list), $3.99/lb
Beef filet mignon, $8.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced smoked ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Hormel boneless ham, whole OR half OR quarter sliced, $3.99/lb
Fresh leg of lamb, whole or half, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O or Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, $1.29/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Philadelphia cream cheese incl. Light, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.39
Nature's Own WhiteWheat bread, $1.49/lb
Food Club fruit, 11-20 oz cans, 10/$10
Libby's vegetables (except peas), 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Wheat Thins, $1.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
American Beauty lasagna or large shells, 12-16 oz boxes, $1.49
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 2/$5
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz or 4-pk corn on the cob, 2/$4
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.59/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, value pack, $2.19/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Libby's vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Red Diane, Beauregard, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, rolled and tied, oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.59/lb (steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Challenge butter, $2.99
Nabisco crackers (Wheat Thins or Triscuits), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.88
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Bird's Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges, 13 lb box (22-24 ct), $8.88
Apples: Cameo, Roma, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$6
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Celery, 79¢ ea
Red or yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Safeway whole or shank portion ham, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion, $1.19/lb)
Safeway spiral-sliced whole or half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, foil wrapped, $2.29/lb
Safeway Select boneless half ham, $3.79/lb
Hormel boneless half ham, $4.99/lb
Pork loin crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Open Nature “semi boneless” leg of lamb, $6.99/lb (boneless $1 higher)
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nabisco crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Chayote squashes, 2/$1
Sweet yellow onions, 96¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Farmer John spiral-sliced ham, bone in, whole or half, OR Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49
Red yams, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “presidential cut”, $5.99/lb
Beef rump roast, $3.99/lb
Sprouts gourmet spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, $9.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pineapples, 99¢ ea
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Braeburn or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocadoes, 77¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning December 14th
Once again, this week's biggest promotions are on baking supplies, party trays, birds ranging from the sizable to the humungous, and extraordinarily large sections of kine and swine.
At Fooducate: a great and ultra-simple recipe for roasted acorn squash (squashes, a bit of butter, a sprinkling of brown sugar: PointsPlus count of only 4 per serving)! Also, in the news: the Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission are working together to crack down on sellers of HCG diet products.
Chow.com offers an analysis of how it happened that turducken – “an ungodly Frankenbird, a multifowl mash-up with turd in the name” – came to be seen as trendy (Shorter chow.com: “Heck if we know.”), and a decidedly not suitable for workplace viewing video of Vegan Black Metal Chef's Christmas Yule Log Cake.
Serious Eats recommends a recipe for homemade Three Musketeers bars, as well as a report on what happens if you go to Cold Stone Creamery and order an ice-cream with every single mix-in they offer. (“Not something I'd shell $28.90 for again.”) And now that none of us are even slightly hungry any more, Summer Tomato offers “10 Tips for Healthy Entertaining”.
The day after tomorrow is both National Eat What You Want Day and National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, for the benefit of those of us who will indeed eat anything if it's dipped in chocolate. Sunday, the 18th, is National Roast Suckling Pig Day DO NOT GOOGLE FOR PICTURES OF THIS IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER AS IT WILL MAKE YOU CRY AS IT DID ME. For a healthier and less emotionally wrenching option, the 19th is National Oatmeal Muffin Day. Add some chopped apple and they will be delicious.
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
December 15th: National Lemon Cupcake Day
December 16th: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day
December 18th: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19th: National Oatmeal Muffin Day, National Hard Candy Day
December 20th: National Fried Shrimp Day, National Sangria Day
December 21st: Kiwifruit Day (in California), National Hamburger Day
This date in 1968, Marvin Gaye's “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” hit #1 on the charts. (Every person reading this is now seeing dancing raisins.) The 17th will be the 168th anniversary of the publication of A Christmas Carol.
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, WHOLE, bone in, $4.49/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin roast, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Other boneless beef roasts: bottom/top round, sirloin tip, chuck, London broil, crossrib, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Cook's ham, shank portion, bone in, $1.29/lb (butt portion, $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Albertson's whole boneless hams, $3.79/lb (half ham, still boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.59/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Tillamook or Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Many Dietz & Watson lunchmeats and cheeses, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast or Italian beef OR “signature” turkey breast, $6.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz pkg, 77¢
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Barilla lasagne noodles, 8-16 oz boxes, 2/$4
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole Del Monte pineapples, 99¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Other beef roasts: top sirloin, sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, crossrib, chuck, rump, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.87/lb
Pork roasts: crown loin, shoulder, $2.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced smoked hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral ham, $1.99/lb
Other Hormel boneless hams: whole, half, quarter sliced, quarter sliced w/brown sugar, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, whole or half, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, 10-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bags, 77¢
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.29/lb)
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red or Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, $1.39/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Cucumbers, 6/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/88¢
Fry's:
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, $4.97/lb, good luck
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, tied and oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.49/lb
Cook's half or spiral-sliced hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Pork crown roast OR rack of pork, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Simple Truth “cage free” brown or white eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Kraft cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.79
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $2.99
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.99
Kroger pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 13 lb box, $8.88 (68¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Apples: Cameo, Rome, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Red grapefruit, 8 lb bag, $4.99
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, $3.99 and get a box of Sunburst cherry tomatoes free
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Safeway hams, whole or shank portion, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion $1.19/lb)
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Open Nature leg of lamb, “semi boneless”, $6.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar or tub, 2/$4
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Barilla lasagne, 8-16 oz box, 2/$4
Mt. Olive pickles, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free, still PointsPlus free
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Open Nature wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
English cucumbers, 10/$10
“Mayan Sweet” yellow onions, 89¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Farmer John spiral-sliced hams, whole or half, $1.47 (with $25 minimum purchase)
Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb (with $25 minimum purchase)
Farmer John pork shoulder picnic roast, bone in, $1.29/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 99¢/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 79¢/lb
First Street butter, $1.99
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢ ea
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49 ea
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, "presidential cut", $5.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
"Extra lean" ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham (boneless? bone in? It doesn't say), $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, boneless, $1.99/lb
Turkey breast, bone in, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Chicken sausage, sweet or hot, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sprouts eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Muir Glen organic tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
Sprouts extra virgin olive oil (healthy!), 500 ml bottles, $5.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn or Fuji, 88¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett or Bosc, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Pineapples, $1.99 ea
"Rio Red" grapefruits, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Bell peppers, red/gold/orange, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes: Italian, yellow, Mexican, 88¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
At Fooducate: a great and ultra-simple recipe for roasted acorn squash (squashes, a bit of butter, a sprinkling of brown sugar: PointsPlus count of only 4 per serving)! Also, in the news: the Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission are working together to crack down on sellers of HCG diet products.
Chow.com offers an analysis of how it happened that turducken – “an ungodly Frankenbird, a multifowl mash-up with turd in the name” – came to be seen as trendy (Shorter chow.com: “Heck if we know.”), and a decidedly not suitable for workplace viewing video of Vegan Black Metal Chef's Christmas Yule Log Cake.
Serious Eats recommends a recipe for homemade Three Musketeers bars, as well as a report on what happens if you go to Cold Stone Creamery and order an ice-cream with every single mix-in they offer. (“Not something I'd shell $28.90 for again.”) And now that none of us are even slightly hungry any more, Summer Tomato offers “10 Tips for Healthy Entertaining”.
The day after tomorrow is both National Eat What You Want Day and National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, for the benefit of those of us who will indeed eat anything if it's dipped in chocolate. Sunday, the 18th, is National Roast Suckling Pig Day DO NOT GOOGLE FOR PICTURES OF THIS IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER AS IT WILL MAKE YOU CRY AS IT DID ME. For a healthier and less emotionally wrenching option, the 19th is National Oatmeal Muffin Day. Add some chopped apple and they will be delicious.
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
December 15th: National Lemon Cupcake Day
December 16th: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day
December 18th: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19th: National Oatmeal Muffin Day, National Hard Candy Day
December 20th: National Fried Shrimp Day, National Sangria Day
December 21st: Kiwifruit Day (in California), National Hamburger Day
This date in 1968, Marvin Gaye's “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” hit #1 on the charts. (Every person reading this is now seeing dancing raisins.) The 17th will be the 168th anniversary of the publication of A Christmas Carol.
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, WHOLE, bone in, $4.49/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin roast, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Other boneless beef roasts: bottom/top round, sirloin tip, chuck, London broil, crossrib, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Cook's ham, shank portion, bone in, $1.29/lb (butt portion, $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Albertson's whole boneless hams, $3.79/lb (half ham, still boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.59/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Tillamook or Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Many Dietz & Watson lunchmeats and cheeses, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast or Italian beef OR “signature” turkey breast, $6.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz pkg, 77¢
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Barilla lasagne noodles, 8-16 oz boxes, 2/$4
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole Del Monte pineapples, 99¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Other beef roasts: top sirloin, sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, crossrib, chuck, rump, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.87/lb
Pork roasts: crown loin, shoulder, $2.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced smoked hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral ham, $1.99/lb
Other Hormel boneless hams: whole, half, quarter sliced, quarter sliced w/brown sugar, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, whole or half, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, 10-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bags, 77¢
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.29/lb)
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red or Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, $1.39/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Cucumbers, 6/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/88¢
Fry's:
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, $4.97/lb, good luck
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, tied and oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.49/lb
Cook's half or spiral-sliced hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Pork crown roast OR rack of pork, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Simple Truth “cage free” brown or white eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Kraft cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.79
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $2.99
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.99
Kroger pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 13 lb box, $8.88 (68¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Apples: Cameo, Rome, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Red grapefruit, 8 lb bag, $4.99
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, $3.99 and get a box of Sunburst cherry tomatoes free
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Safeway hams, whole or shank portion, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion $1.19/lb)
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Open Nature leg of lamb, “semi boneless”, $6.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar or tub, 2/$4
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Barilla lasagne, 8-16 oz box, 2/$4
Mt. Olive pickles, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free, still PointsPlus free
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Open Nature wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
English cucumbers, 10/$10
“Mayan Sweet” yellow onions, 89¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Farmer John spiral-sliced hams, whole or half, $1.47 (with $25 minimum purchase)
Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb (with $25 minimum purchase)
Farmer John pork shoulder picnic roast, bone in, $1.29/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 99¢/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 79¢/lb
First Street butter, $1.99
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢ ea
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49 ea
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, "presidential cut", $5.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
"Extra lean" ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham (boneless? bone in? It doesn't say), $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, boneless, $1.99/lb
Turkey breast, bone in, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Chicken sausage, sweet or hot, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sprouts eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Muir Glen organic tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
Sprouts extra virgin olive oil (healthy!), 500 ml bottles, $5.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn or Fuji, 88¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett or Bosc, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Pineapples, $1.99 ea
"Rio Red" grapefruits, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Bell peppers, red/gold/orange, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes: Italian, yellow, Mexican, 88¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning December 7th
I must be brief as I'm short on time. Heavy promotions this week on baking supplies and the larger slabs of meat – and, blessedly, fruit and veggie trays.
At Fooducate Andy Bellatti has a fascinating article based on the notion of, in his phrase, “calling off the war on obesity”: “Obesity is too abstract of an 'enemy'.... . What, exactly, does victory look like? A population that is of normal weight? While there are certainly some medical and health risks that accompany obesity, it is possible to be at a 'healthy weight' while subsisting on minimally nutritious foods.” Chow.com has recipes for “an epic Christmas feast”, for “crazy-easy Christmas cookies”, and for some homemade fruitcakes if you're not ordering from Collin Street Bakery which I heartily recommend.
Serious Eats has how to cook a crown roast of pork as well as taste tests for instant mashed potatoes and various brands of eggnog, and Summer Tomato has six tips on how to make desserts worth their caloric cost. (“Resist the piles of cookies, brownies and candies set out around the house. If you do choose to eat one, do not make light of it. Sit down with a chair, table and napkin and enjoy every bite.”)
Next Tuesday, the 13th, is for absolutely no reason I've been able to determine National Ice Cream And Violins Day, so settle in with Itzakh Perlman and Bunny Tracks if it so please you:
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day
December 8th: National Brownie Day
December 9th: National Pastry Day, Apple Pie Day
December 10th: National Lager Day
December 11th: National Noodle-Ring Day
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day, National Gingerbread House Day
December 13th: National Cocoa Day
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, ENTIRE DAMN THING, $4.49/lb (this is an entire region of a cow)
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef roasts: bottom/top round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $1.99/lb
Rack of pork, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 whole or half ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, bone in, $7.99/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Albertson's cream cheese incl. Reduced-fat, 8 oz blocks, 4/$5
Challenge butter, 2/$6
Imperial spread, 1 lb quarters, $1
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef OR beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Hunt's pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
PictSweet “Deluxe Sides”, 2 ct or 6-7 oz pkg, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $1
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Spinach, 2 bunches/$1
Banana squash, 49¢/lb
Organic carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Cut up fruit tray, $14.99
Cut up veggie tray, $9.99
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, $3.99
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork center cut chops, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Pork loin, bone in, 99¢/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless?, $3.49/lb
Swordfish steaks, $7.99/lb
Cod loins, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.88
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
General Mills cereals incl. all Fiber One, 2/$7
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Del Monte canned fruits or veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, 97¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.77
Pears: Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, 97¢/lb
Texas red grapefruit, 87¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian or yellow squashes, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 97¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.47/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.49/lb
Food City eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.97
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 10/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak (family pack) or roast, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.20/lb (3 lb chub)
Kroger corned beef brisket flats, $3.49/lb
Entire selection of fresh pork, 50% off
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz bars, 4/$5
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 2/$5
PopChips, 2/$4
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauce, 26 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.97
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bag or 4 ct, $1.79
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Apples: Ambrosia, HoneyCrisp, Pink Lady, Sonya, $1.99/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, $2.49/lb
Pears: Anjou, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Private Selection “mini peeled”, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Private Selection bag salads, 2/$6
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef New York strip roast, boneless, $6.99/lbfs
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7/99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Safeway Select spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted” bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
“French-style” rack of lamb, $13.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb (whole leg quarters, 89¢/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $12.99/lb “weather permitting”
Safeway canned veggies (except peas), 11-15 oz cans, $1.09
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per serving!
Apples: Red Delicious, Gala, Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, 10 lbs/$10
Mangos, 10/$10
Vine tomatoes, $1.28/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Iceberg, 10/$10
Celery, 10/$10
Avocados, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 69¢/lb
Eat Smart veggie tray w/ dip, 4 lbs, $9.99
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Sprouts:
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $1.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Sprouts Omega-3 eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Sprouts butter, $2.99
Whole pineapples, from Costa Rica, 99¢ ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Large cucumbers, 3/$1
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Iceberg, 77¢ ea
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 2 lbs/$3
At Fooducate Andy Bellatti has a fascinating article based on the notion of, in his phrase, “calling off the war on obesity”: “Obesity is too abstract of an 'enemy'.... . What, exactly, does victory look like? A population that is of normal weight? While there are certainly some medical and health risks that accompany obesity, it is possible to be at a 'healthy weight' while subsisting on minimally nutritious foods.” Chow.com has recipes for “an epic Christmas feast”, for “crazy-easy Christmas cookies”, and for some homemade fruitcakes if you're not ordering from Collin Street Bakery which I heartily recommend.
Serious Eats has how to cook a crown roast of pork as well as taste tests for instant mashed potatoes and various brands of eggnog, and Summer Tomato has six tips on how to make desserts worth their caloric cost. (“Resist the piles of cookies, brownies and candies set out around the house. If you do choose to eat one, do not make light of it. Sit down with a chair, table and napkin and enjoy every bite.”)
Next Tuesday, the 13th, is for absolutely no reason I've been able to determine National Ice Cream And Violins Day, so settle in with Itzakh Perlman and Bunny Tracks if it so please you:
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day
December 8th: National Brownie Day
December 9th: National Pastry Day, Apple Pie Day
December 10th: National Lager Day
December 11th: National Noodle-Ring Day
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day, National Gingerbread House Day
December 13th: National Cocoa Day
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, ENTIRE DAMN THING, $4.49/lb (this is an entire region of a cow)
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef roasts: bottom/top round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $1.99/lb
Rack of pork, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 whole or half ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, bone in, $7.99/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Albertson's cream cheese incl. Reduced-fat, 8 oz blocks, 4/$5
Challenge butter, 2/$6
Imperial spread, 1 lb quarters, $1
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef OR beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Hunt's pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
PictSweet “Deluxe Sides”, 2 ct or 6-7 oz pkg, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $1
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Spinach, 2 bunches/$1
Banana squash, 49¢/lb
Organic carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Cut up fruit tray, $14.99
Cut up veggie tray, $9.99
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, $3.99
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork center cut chops, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Pork loin, bone in, 99¢/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless?, $3.49/lb
Swordfish steaks, $7.99/lb
Cod loins, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.88
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
General Mills cereals incl. all Fiber One, 2/$7
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Del Monte canned fruits or veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, 97¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.77
Pears: Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, 97¢/lb
Texas red grapefruit, 87¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian or yellow squashes, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 97¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.47/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.49/lb
Food City eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.97
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 10/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak (family pack) or roast, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.20/lb (3 lb chub)
Kroger corned beef brisket flats, $3.49/lb
Entire selection of fresh pork, 50% off
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz bars, 4/$5
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 2/$5
PopChips, 2/$4
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauce, 26 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.97
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bag or 4 ct, $1.79
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Apples: Ambrosia, HoneyCrisp, Pink Lady, Sonya, $1.99/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, $2.49/lb
Pears: Anjou, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Private Selection “mini peeled”, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Private Selection bag salads, 2/$6
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef New York strip roast, boneless, $6.99/lbfs
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7/99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Safeway Select spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted” bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
“French-style” rack of lamb, $13.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb (whole leg quarters, 89¢/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $12.99/lb “weather permitting”
Safeway canned veggies (except peas), 11-15 oz cans, $1.09
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per serving!
Apples: Red Delicious, Gala, Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, 10 lbs/$10
Mangos, 10/$10
Vine tomatoes, $1.28/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Iceberg, 10/$10
Celery, 10/$10
Avocados, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 69¢/lb
Eat Smart veggie tray w/ dip, 4 lbs, $9.99
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Sprouts:
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $1.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Sprouts Omega-3 eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Sprouts butter, $2.99
Whole pineapples, from Costa Rica, 99¢ ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Large cucumbers, 3/$1
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Iceberg, 77¢ ea
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 2 lbs/$3
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning November 30th
Chow.com, this week, has a recipe for what they describe as “the turducken of cheese balls”. It's a four-pound monstrosity involving a core of “washed-rind semifirm cheese”, a layer of peppered cream cheese, a layer of Spanish sausage, a layer of Manchego, a layer of chopped dried figs, a layer of Emmentaler, a layer of parsley and chives, a layer of cheddar, a layer of chopped Asian pears, a layer of bleu cheese, a layer of walnuts, a layer of goat cheese, and a layer of mixed almonds, pecans, and bacon. They've also got an article describing one cook's attempt to follow a recipe for stuffing a turkey with Twinkies. “The house smelled exactly how you would imagine a house with Twinkie-stuffed poultry in the oven would smell: like a turkey being roasted in a cupcake-scented Yankee Candle.”
From Darya Pino at Summer Tomato, a set of tips on how to eat healthy while traveling. She recommends Mexican restaurants if you're in an airport (“you can almost always get beans, rice, and some kind of vegetable”), with “high-end salads” as a second choice.
And Fooducate suggests an addition to Black Friday and Small-Business Saturday and Cyber Monday: Whole Foods Wednesday! (Did you know that the US is a net importer of fruits and vegetables?)
Will it surprise you to learn that December is both National Eggnog Month and National Fruitcake Month? The 1st is both National Pie Day and Eat a Red Apple Day, and the 3rd is National Apple Pie Day.
November 30th: National Mousse Day
December 1st: National Pie Day, Eat a Red Apple Day
December 2nd: National Fritters Day
December 3rd: National Apple Pie Day
December 4th: National Cookie Day
December 5th: Repeal Day, National Sachertorte Day
December 6th: National Gazpacho Day, Microwave Oven Day
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef shoulder roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tubs, 10/$10
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order ham, turkey breast, chicken breast, cheese, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Maruchan ramen noodles, 5/$1
“Cuties” clementines (tangerines), 5 lb box, $2.99
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.57/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.57/lb
Beef top sirloin, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless?, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Boneless pork chops, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $6.99
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.39
Honeycrisp apples, 88¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.48/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.18/lb
Cucumbers, 58¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb (steaks 20¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $2.39/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.49/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz shreds, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian (green) squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Fry's:
Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye of round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder, all 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Entire pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.59/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, family pack, $2.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts incl. Fat-free, 20/$10
Deli: Private Selection ham, $6.99/lb
Kroger American cheese, $3.99/lb
Oroweat bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes/sauce/paste, 12-15 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Progresso soups incl Light (the WW kind!), 3/$4
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct corn, $1.79
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, or seedy Red Globe, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.49
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, “restaurant cut”, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF bag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 12 oz, $3.49
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.99/lb
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 2 get 1 free
Kellogg's Fiber Plus bars, 5 ct, 2/$5
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Zucchini, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Tomatillos OR jalapeno peppers, 99¢/lb
Yellow onions, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Farmer John pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag IQF, $7.95 ($1.99/lb)
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), value pack, $2.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $7.99/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 77¢/lb
“Ruby Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Fuji, Jonagold, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 77¢
Whole pineapples, 2/$3
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Red or green bell peppers, 3/$1
From Darya Pino at Summer Tomato, a set of tips on how to eat healthy while traveling. She recommends Mexican restaurants if you're in an airport (“you can almost always get beans, rice, and some kind of vegetable”), with “high-end salads” as a second choice.
And Fooducate suggests an addition to Black Friday and Small-Business Saturday and Cyber Monday: Whole Foods Wednesday! (Did you know that the US is a net importer of fruits and vegetables?)
Will it surprise you to learn that December is both National Eggnog Month and National Fruitcake Month? The 1st is both National Pie Day and Eat a Red Apple Day, and the 3rd is National Apple Pie Day.
November 30th: National Mousse Day
December 1st: National Pie Day, Eat a Red Apple Day
December 2nd: National Fritters Day
December 3rd: National Apple Pie Day
December 4th: National Cookie Day
December 5th: Repeal Day, National Sachertorte Day
December 6th: National Gazpacho Day, Microwave Oven Day
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef shoulder roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tubs, 10/$10
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order ham, turkey breast, chicken breast, cheese, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $6.99/lb
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Maruchan ramen noodles, 5/$1
“Cuties” clementines (tangerines), 5 lb box, $2.99
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.57/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.57/lb
Beef top sirloin, $6.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless?, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Boneless pork chops, value pack, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $6.99
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.39
Honeycrisp apples, 88¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.48/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.18/lb
Cucumbers, 58¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb (steaks 20¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $2.39/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.49/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz shreds, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian (green) squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 4/99¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Fry's:
Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye of round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder, all 50% off
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Entire pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.59/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, family pack, $2.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 98¢/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Yoplait yogurts incl. Fat-free, 20/$10
Deli: Private Selection ham, $6.99/lb
Kroger American cheese, $3.99/lb
Oroweat bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes/sauce/paste, 12-15 oz cans, 88¢
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Progresso soups incl Light (the WW kind!), 3/$4
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct corn, $1.79
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, or seedy Red Globe, $1.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.49
Bartlett or Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, “restaurant cut”, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb IQF bag, $7.96 ($1.99/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $4.99
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.99/lb
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 12 oz, $3.49
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.99/lb
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, buy 2 get 1 free
Kellogg's Fiber Plus bars, 5 ct, 2/$5
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Zucchini, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Tomatillos OR jalapeno peppers, 99¢/lb
Yellow onions, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Farmer John pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag IQF, $7.95 ($1.99/lb)
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef New York steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), value pack, $2.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $7.99/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 77¢/lb
“Ruby Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Apples: Braeburn, Cameo, Fuji, Jonagold, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 77¢
Whole pineapples, 2/$3
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Italian or yellow squash, 88¢/lb
Red or green bell peppers, 3/$1
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Bargain guide, fortnight beginnirng November 16th
The intense promotions have definitely begun: turkeys, other birds, turkeys, hams, beef roasts, turkeys. And of course every other item appertaining to Thanksgiving dinner. Shopping tip: remind yourself that “huge stack of something at the end of an aisle” does not necessarily mean “bargain”.
Not much in the food blog world this week: apparently everyone's too busy shopping and making pies, or something. Fooducate explores the difference between broth and stock (broth is made from meat only, stock from meat and bones both, so stock has the stronger flavor); and a study in Denmark has found that “while adding butter to your diet does increase bad cholesterol levels, cheese does not.” (Truth in advertising: the study was sponsored by the Danish dairy industry.) For the benefit of the vegetarians at the Thanksgiving table, Chow.com offers a stack of vegetarian recipes including one for stuffing served in an acorn squash – that looks tasty and I'm not even a vegetarian.
And, in the vein of our common interest here, I quote Darya Pino of Summer Tomato:
Tomorrow is National Homemade Bread Day (this can be healthy) and National Baklava Day (not so much); the 19th is National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day (yahoo, good old Mountain Dew).
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Homemade Bread Day, National Baklava Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day,
November 19th: National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
November 20th: National Nouveau Beaujolais Day, National Peanut Butter Fudge Day (now there's a combination)
November 21st: National Gingerbread Day, National Stuffing Day
November 22nd: National Cashew Day, National Cranberry Relish Day
November 23rd: National Espresso Day, Eat a Cranberry Day
There may not be a handout next week, as most groceries do not print one the day before Thanksgiving.
Albertson's:
Albertson's is still price-matching Honeysuckle White turkeys at Bashas', Fry's, and Safeway.
Beef rib roast, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, butt portion, $1.37/lb
Country Ribbon smoked ham, boneless, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork center cut loin chops, bone in, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, 5-7 lb frozen, $1.47/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.59/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.89/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” frozen turkeys, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” fresh turkeys, $2.19/lb
Western oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Albertson's cottage cheese incl low-fat, 16 oz tubs, $1.79
Deli: Many lunch meats and cheeses, $5.99/lb
General Mills “Chex” breakfast cereals, 12-14 oz boxes, 3/$5 (must buy 3)
Post breakfast cereals, 13-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Vlasic pickles, 16-46 oz jars, 2/$5, still Points-free!
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
Green Giant “Steamers” or boil-in-bag veg, 4/$5, buy 4 get a dozen eggs free!
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
“Cuties” tangerines, 5 lb box, $5.99
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz, $3.99
Nature Sweet Cherub/Sunburst/cherry tomatoes, 10 oz round boxes, $2.99
Yams OR sweet potatoes, 79¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin or sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Whole pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.27/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced ham, bone in, $1.89/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Hormel quarter sliced hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase: limit 1)
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Fresh oysters, 8 oz jar, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Dole canned fruit, various sizes, 10/$10
Libby's canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $2.99
Pop Chips, 3 oz bag, $1.88
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Gala or Granny Smith apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Vine or Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 88¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Full Circle organic box salads, $3.49
Hass avocados, 2/$1
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Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.19/lb
Beef tamale meat, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 59¢/lb
Fuji apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Carrots, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb (steaks $4.77)
Whole standing rib eye roast, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Cook's smoked spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.87/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection turkeys (fresh? Frozen? It doesn't say), 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Foster Farms fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.29/lb
Pacific oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Atlantic oysters, 8 oz fresh can, $5.99
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz block, 2/$3
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
PictSweet (14-16 oz) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) OR Green Giant (7-10 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Gala/Granny Smith/Rome apples, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Red or gold yams, 79¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb with $25 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 16 lb maximum, FREE with $100 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 24 lb maximum, FREE with $150 purchase.
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb with $25 purchase
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.49
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$5
Quaker chewy granola bars, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Safeway frozen veggies, 24-32 oz bags, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” OR C&W frozen veggies, 11-16 oz bags, $1.99
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Eating Right “baby peeled” carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.39/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 47¢/lb
First Street chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Farmer John spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
First Street canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
C&W frozen veg, 28-32 oz bags, $2.99
Navel oranges, 39¢/lb (5 lb bag)
Sprouts:
All ground beef/pork/chicken/turkey, 30% off
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Natural Choice standing rib roast, $7.99/lb
Sprouts spiral-sliced ham, $2.49/lb
Sprouts fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Fresh “free-range” turkey breast, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$4
Sprouts frozen beg, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $2.49
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.27/lb
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 49¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Not much in the food blog world this week: apparently everyone's too busy shopping and making pies, or something. Fooducate explores the difference between broth and stock (broth is made from meat only, stock from meat and bones both, so stock has the stronger flavor); and a study in Denmark has found that “while adding butter to your diet does increase bad cholesterol levels, cheese does not.” (Truth in advertising: the study was sponsored by the Danish dairy industry.) For the benefit of the vegetarians at the Thanksgiving table, Chow.com offers a stack of vegetarian recipes including one for stuffing served in an acorn squash – that looks tasty and I'm not even a vegetarian.
And, in the vein of our common interest here, I quote Darya Pino of Summer Tomato:
Overeating is certainly a possibility when food anxiety is a constant force in your life, but Thanksgiving is a perfect opportunity to start getting over it. Really. It may seem counterintuitive that such a food-forward holiday can be stress free, but let’s not forget that the real point of Thanksgiving isn’t turkey or pie, but being thankful.
[ ... ]
If you care about your health and want to keep your eating under control on Thanksgiving, why not focus your attention on strengthening relationships and spending time with the people you care about? Instead of worrying about yourself and what you want to accomplish, ask people about themselves and discuss mutual interests.
Let food be part of the celebration, but not the purpose of your day.
Tomorrow is National Homemade Bread Day (this can be healthy) and National Baklava Day (not so much); the 19th is National Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day (yahoo, good old Mountain Dew).
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
November 17th: National Homemade Bread Day, National Baklava Day
November 18th: National Vichyssoise Day,
November 19th: National Carbonated Beverage with Caffeine Day
November 20th: National Nouveau Beaujolais Day, National Peanut Butter Fudge Day (now there's a combination)
November 21st: National Gingerbread Day, National Stuffing Day
November 22nd: National Cashew Day, National Cranberry Relish Day
November 23rd: National Espresso Day, Eat a Cranberry Day
There may not be a handout next week, as most groceries do not print one the day before Thanksgiving.
Albertson's:
Albertson's is still price-matching Honeysuckle White turkeys at Bashas', Fry's, and Safeway.
Beef rib roast, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced hams, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, butt portion, $1.37/lb
Country Ribbon smoked ham, boneless, $2.49/lb
Hormel Cure 81 ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, bone in, $1.99/lb
Pork center cut loin chops, bone in, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, 5-7 lb frozen, $1.47/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.59/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.89/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” frozen turkeys, $1.99/lb
Butterball “Li'l Butterball” fresh turkeys, $2.19/lb
Western oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Challenge butter, 2/$5
Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Albertson's cottage cheese incl low-fat, 16 oz tubs, $1.79
Deli: Many lunch meats and cheeses, $5.99/lb
General Mills “Chex” breakfast cereals, 12-14 oz boxes, 3/$5 (must buy 3)
Post breakfast cereals, 13-24 oz boxes, 2/$5
Vlasic pickles, 16-46 oz jars, 2/$5, still Points-free!
Del Monte veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 79¢
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
Green Giant “Steamers” or boil-in-bag veg, 4/$5, buy 4 get a dozen eggs free!
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
“Cuties” tangerines, 5 lb box, $5.99
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz, $3.99
Nature Sweet Cherub/Sunburst/cherry tomatoes, 10 oz round boxes, $2.99
Yams OR sweet potatoes, 79¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $7.99/lb
Beef top sirloin or sirloin tip roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck (fat content not listed), value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Whole pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.27/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced ham, bone in, $1.89/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $2.49/lb
Hormel quarter sliced hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase: limit 1)
Foster Farms or Jennie-O fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Fresh oysters, 8 oz jar, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Food Club cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Dole canned fruit, various sizes, 10/$10
Libby's canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Pam cooking spray, 5-6 oz cans, $2.99
Pop Chips, 3 oz bag, $1.88
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Gala or Granny Smith apples, snack size, 99¢/lb
Vine or Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 88¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Full Circle organic box salads, $3.49
Hass avocados, 2/$1
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Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.19/lb
Beef tamale meat, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cook's half ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, 59¢/lb
Fuji apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Carrots, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb (steaks $4.77)
Whole standing rib eye roast, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef tenderloin roast, whole in bag, $12.99/lb
Cook's smoked spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.87/lb
Private Selection spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection turkeys (fresh? Frozen? It doesn't say), 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Foster Farms fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.69/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.99/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10/20 lb, $1.29/lb
Pacific oysters, 8 oz jar, $3.99
Atlantic oysters, 8 oz fresh can, $5.99
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz block, 2/$3
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz block, 10/$10
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
PictSweet (14-16 oz) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) OR Green Giant (7-10 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Gala/Granny Smith/Rome apples, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Red or gold yams, 79¢/lb
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb with $25 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 16 lb maximum, FREE with $100 purchase.
Safeway frozen turkeys, 24 lb maximum, FREE with $150 purchase.
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb with $25 purchase
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 8-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $4.49
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$5
Quaker chewy granola bars, 2/$4
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Safeway frozen veggies, 24-32 oz bags, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” OR C&W frozen veggies, 11-16 oz bags, $1.99
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Eating Right “baby peeled” carrots, 2 lb bag, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.39/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 47¢/lb
First Street chicken breasts/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Farmer John spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $1.99/lb
First Street canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
C&W frozen veg, 28-32 oz bags, $2.99
Navel oranges, 39¢/lb (5 lb bag)
Sprouts:
All ground beef/pork/chicken/turkey, 30% off
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
Natural Choice standing rib roast, $7.99/lb
Sprouts spiral-sliced ham, $2.49/lb
Sprouts fresh turkeys, $1.49/lb
Fresh “free-range” turkey breast, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sprouts frozen fruit, 12 oz bags, 2/$4
Sprouts frozen beg, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $2.49
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.27/lb
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 49¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning November 9th
Chow.com explains how to make a Thanksgiving dinner for eight for just over a hundred dollars! And their cost estimate is based on “the highest nonsale prices we could find at a Safeway in San Francisco”, which has some of the grocery highest prices in the country. They've also got a very useful series of videos on how to cope with Thanksgiving cooking disasters: underdone turkey, piecrust dough that's glued itself to the counter, sweet potato casserole on fire ...
Darya at Summer Tomato highly recommends a new pedometer, the Up from Jawbone. It's a combination wristband and iPhone (sadly, not iPod) app that tracks steps, meals (it requires you to photograph your meal and also asks you, two hours later, whether you're still satisfied), and just about everything … except Points.
Darya also has a delicious-looking recipe headlined, “How to make Brussels sprouts that aren't gross”. She suggests that the smaller they are the less bitter they are, recommends halving and blanching them to take out what bitterness there is, balances the remaining bitterness with an acid, and adds, “Oh, and did I mention bacon?”
This Saturday, the 12th, is variously reported as “Nation Pizza With the Works Day” and “National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)”. Monday is National Guacamole Day – it's easy to make, but if you buy it do not buy the kind in a plastic tub because it is made out of everything that is NOT avocados. And, importantly, the 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
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
Albertson's:
Free frozen turkey (10-14 lbs) with $100 purchase OR they will price-match Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys to Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway.
93/7 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef shoulder/London broil/bottom round roasts or steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.59/lb (butt portion, $1.79/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.99/lb
Tyson game hens, twin pack, $6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey, ham, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Albertson's cream cheese incl Light, 8 oz brick, $1
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tub, $1
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$7
Hunt's spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb box, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 69¢/lb
Roma tomtotes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna, $5.99/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Challenge butter, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, $1.88 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/88¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef tamale meat (for some reason this is illustrated with a roast), value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Beauregard, Red Diane, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/b
Beef crossrib roast, $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Cook's smoked half ham, butt or shank, $1.27/lb
All Foster Farms fresh chicken products, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger or Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-12 oz pkg, 10/$190
Cantaloupes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Navel oranges, US grown, 88¢/lb
Gala or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef London broil steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced smoked half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 99¢/lb (leg quarters, 69¢/lb)
Alaskan keta salmon, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne yogurts, 6 pk, $2.49
Kellogg's Raisin Bran, 20 oz box, 2/$5
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.69
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruits, 2/$1
Fuji/Gala/Red Delicious apples, 5 lb bag, $4.99
Hass avocados, 2/$1
O Organics box salads, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10/$10
Jumbo yellow onions, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey and sausage products, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Red Delicious, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Blackberries, 5 oz box, 88¢
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, US grown, 77¢/lb
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious or Fuji, 99¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢/lb
Summer (yellow/zucchini) or winter (acorn/butternut/spaghetti) squashes, 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Darya at Summer Tomato highly recommends a new pedometer, the Up from Jawbone. It's a combination wristband and iPhone (sadly, not iPod) app that tracks steps, meals (it requires you to photograph your meal and also asks you, two hours later, whether you're still satisfied), and just about everything … except Points.
Darya also has a delicious-looking recipe headlined, “How to make Brussels sprouts that aren't gross”. She suggests that the smaller they are the less bitter they are, recommends halving and blanching them to take out what bitterness there is, balances the remaining bitterness with an acid, and adds, “Oh, and did I mention bacon?”
This Saturday, the 12th, is variously reported as “Nation Pizza With the Works Day” and “National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)”. Monday is National Guacamole Day – it's easy to make, but if you buy it do not buy the kind in a plastic tub because it is made out of everything that is NOT avocados. And, importantly, the 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
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
Albertson's:
Free frozen turkey (10-14 lbs) with $100 purchase OR they will price-match Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys to Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway.
93/7 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef shoulder/London broil/bottom round roasts or steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.59/lb (butt portion, $1.79/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.99/lb
Tyson game hens, twin pack, $6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey, ham, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Albertson's cream cheese incl Light, 8 oz brick, $1
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tub, $1
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$7
Hunt's spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb box, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 69¢/lb
Roma tomtotes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna, $5.99/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Challenge butter, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, $1.88 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/88¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef tamale meat (for some reason this is illustrated with a roast), value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Beauregard, Red Diane, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/b
Beef crossrib roast, $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Cook's smoked half ham, butt or shank, $1.27/lb
All Foster Farms fresh chicken products, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger or Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-12 oz pkg, 10/$190
Cantaloupes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Navel oranges, US grown, 88¢/lb
Gala or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef London broil steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced smoked half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 99¢/lb (leg quarters, 69¢/lb)
Alaskan keta salmon, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne yogurts, 6 pk, $2.49
Kellogg's Raisin Bran, 20 oz box, 2/$5
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.69
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruits, 2/$1
Fuji/Gala/Red Delicious apples, 5 lb bag, $4.99
Hass avocados, 2/$1
O Organics box salads, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10/$10
Jumbo yellow onions, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey and sausage products, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Red Delicious, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Blackberries, 5 oz box, 88¢
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, US grown, 77¢/lb
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious or Fuji, 99¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢/lb
Summer (yellow/zucchini) or winter (acorn/butternut/spaghetti) squashes, 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning November 2nd
With Halloween over, the TURKEY PROMOTIONS have started along with equally ardent promotions for baking supplies and ingredients.
At Fooducate there's a great entry about exactly what's in fat-free salad dressings, why they're not worth the money, and why they actually negatively impact the nutritional value of the salad. (Vitamins A, D, E, and K – all significantly present in salad makings – are fat-soluble, not water-soluble, so using a fat-free dressing makes them less available for your system.)
At Chow.com, Harold McGee debunks the idea of searing meat to “seal in the juices”. (It doesn't. But, as he points out, it makes it taste much better.) Their advice columnist treats the question of $6/lb free-range “heritage” turkeys vs. brine-injected 69¢/lb mass-market turkeys. (The first category definitely have more flavor, but may have to be soaked in brine in your refrigerator for two days before cooking. Some people, especially older people, don't even like them: one woman who raises heritage turkeys herself says the taste reminds her mother-in-law of “the horrible old mutton they were forced to eat” during World War II. Also there's the whole $6/lb thing.)
Welcome to November: National Pepper Month (I can't tell whether that's black pepper or capsicum peppers), National Georgia Pecan Month, National Pomegranate Month (sadly those in my back yard are not quite ripe yet), National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month (Y HALO THAR DEBI), and the third and final consecutive National Apple Month. This Friday is National Doughnut Day. For some reason National Doughnut Day is also in July. I am not responsible for this. The 8th is both National Cappuccino Day and National Harvey Wallbanger Day. Do not attempt to use the one to counter the effects of the other. The day after is both Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day and National Scrapple Day. I suppose the two could be combined by a creative and inventive and sufficiently determined cook.
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
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 Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or family-pack steaks, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's cream cheese including reduced-fat, 8 oz pkg, 4/$5
Weight Watchers yogurt, 2/$1
Deli: Jennie/O smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb (2 lb limit)
Jennie-O honey-smoked OR oven brown turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 8-12 ct, OR 42 oz round box, $2.49
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, $1
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 67¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or value-pack steaks, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Food Club cream cheese, 8 oz pkg, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, $2.99j
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 2/$5
PopChips, 3 oz bag, $1.99
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $1.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb (steaks 20¢ higher)
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Red Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.59 (3.20/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Kroger Value boneless-skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Kroger Cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢/lb
Green Giant (7-10) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Organic romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef top round London broil, $4.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Safeway spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase)
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb (with $25/lb)
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Pantry Essentials butter, $3.49
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway Select olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99
Safeway Select pasta, 16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Apples: Red Delicious/Gala/Braeburn/Fuji/Granny Smith, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
O Organics “baby peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 87¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Challenge butter, $3.49
Salad tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steak, $3.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken OR pork OR chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, #2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.97/lb
Fresh "free-range" turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Braeburn/Fuji/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.29/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 2 lbs/$5
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Organic Italian squash, $1.29/lb
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
At Fooducate there's a great entry about exactly what's in fat-free salad dressings, why they're not worth the money, and why they actually negatively impact the nutritional value of the salad. (Vitamins A, D, E, and K – all significantly present in salad makings – are fat-soluble, not water-soluble, so using a fat-free dressing makes them less available for your system.)
At Chow.com, Harold McGee debunks the idea of searing meat to “seal in the juices”. (It doesn't. But, as he points out, it makes it taste much better.) Their advice columnist treats the question of $6/lb free-range “heritage” turkeys vs. brine-injected 69¢/lb mass-market turkeys. (The first category definitely have more flavor, but may have to be soaked in brine in your refrigerator for two days before cooking. Some people, especially older people, don't even like them: one woman who raises heritage turkeys herself says the taste reminds her mother-in-law of “the horrible old mutton they were forced to eat” during World War II. Also there's the whole $6/lb thing.)
Welcome to November: National Pepper Month (I can't tell whether that's black pepper or capsicum peppers), National Georgia Pecan Month, National Pomegranate Month (sadly those in my back yard are not quite ripe yet), National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month (Y HALO THAR DEBI), and the third and final consecutive National Apple Month. This Friday is National Doughnut Day. For some reason National Doughnut Day is also in July. I am not responsible for this. The 8th is both National Cappuccino Day and National Harvey Wallbanger Day. Do not attempt to use the one to counter the effects of the other. The day after is both Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day and National Scrapple Day. I suppose the two could be combined by a creative and inventive and sufficiently determined cook.
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
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 Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or family-pack steaks, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's cream cheese including reduced-fat, 8 oz pkg, 4/$5
Weight Watchers yogurt, 2/$1
Deli: Jennie/O smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb (2 lb limit)
Jennie-O honey-smoked OR oven brown turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 8-12 ct, OR 42 oz round box, $2.49
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, $1
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 67¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or value-pack steaks, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Food Club cream cheese, 8 oz pkg, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, $2.99j
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 2/$5
PopChips, 3 oz bag, $1.99
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $1.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb (steaks 20¢ higher)
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Red Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.59 (3.20/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Kroger Value boneless-skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Kroger Cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢/lb
Green Giant (7-10) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Organic romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef top round London broil, $4.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Safeway spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase)
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb (with $25/lb)
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Pantry Essentials butter, $3.49
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway Select olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99
Safeway Select pasta, 16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Apples: Red Delicious/Gala/Braeburn/Fuji/Granny Smith, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
O Organics “baby peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 87¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Challenge butter, $3.49
Salad tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steak, $3.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken OR pork OR chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, #2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.97/lb
Fresh "free-range" turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Braeburn/Fuji/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.29/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 2 lbs/$5
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Organic Italian squash, $1.29/lb
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning October 26th
At Chow.com they've got a collection of “recipes for using up leftover chicken”, but they strike me also as good ways of dealing with that WW staple, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast. There's a chicken taco salad that looks tasty, as well as a Japanese soup that's heavy on the napa cabbage. And in the forums, there's a very serious discussion of whether the different “sections” of a single candy-corn have different flavors.
At Fooducate.com there's a ruthless analysis of Kraft's new “Milk & Granola” bars, which according to the label have “the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk”. They also have 10 grams of sugar per bar – that's 2.5 teaspoons. (You can also get the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk by, you know, drinking milk. What an idea.)
And at Summer Tomato there's a very useful piece on how to prevent, um, gaseousness caused by eating large quantities of vegetables. (Take small bites and chew them well.)
Tomorrow is American Beer Day, not to be confused with National Beer Day which is April 7th or Drink Beer Day which is September 28th. The day after tomorrow is National Chocolate Day and also National Wild Foods Day – don't look like that, if you've ever eaten a blackberry off a bush or caught a fish and eaten it, you've eaten wild food. The 30th is National Candy-Corn Day, and the day after is of course Trick Or Treat For UNICEF Day.
October 26th: National Mincemeat Pie Day
October 27th: National Potato Day, American Beer Day
October 28th: National Chocolate Day, National Wild Foods Day
October 29th: National Oatmeal Day, National Pancake Day
October 30th: National Candy Corn Day, Buy A Doughnut Day
October 31st: Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day, National Candy Apple Day
November 1st: National Fried Clams Day (CLAAAAMMMMMS), National Vinegar Day
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
Albertson's:
93/7 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round/crossrib/chuck steaks or roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, buy one get one free (same item only)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Knudsen “Cottage Doubles”, 10/$10
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own 100% whole wheat bread, 2/$4
General Mills breakfast cereals, 8-12 oz boxes, $1.49 (must buy 4)
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$4
Nature Sweet cherry/grape/yellow grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Bashas':
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, value pack, $4.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Cook's ham steak, bone in, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own whole-wheat or honey-wheat bread, $2.19
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, $/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.87/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.99
Red seedless grapes, 87¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Winter squashes, 89¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 69¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Golden Sweet/Beauregarde/Red Diane yams, 2 lbs/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Large tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Fry's:
HoneyCrisp apples, 88¢/lb, THURSDAY EVENING ONLY.
Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, sirloin tip, boneless, buy one get one free
Pork loin, boneless, $1.97/lb
Private Selection pork loin chops, bone in, “all natural”, $5.99/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $2.99/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $2.99
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 13-24 oz jars, $2.99
Kellogg's Special K or Fiber Plus bars, 5-10 ct, $2.79
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10/12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Apples: Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bosc/Bartlett/Red Bartlett/Anjou, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 96¢/lb
Private Selection organic box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, “restaurant cut”, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken leg quarters, 89¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Near East rice or couscous, 5-10 oz boxes, 2/$6
Healthy Choice soups, 14 oz microwavable bowls, 2/$4
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith apples, $1.48/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 8-12 oz, 10/$10
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10 lbs/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.29/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Red Delicious or Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Ready Pac Caesar salad, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Sprouts:
All vitamins, all body-care products, 25% off
Beef porterhouse steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.97/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $1.97/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Whole OR cut up chickens, “all natural”, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, boneless, $6.99/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Valencia oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Cameo/Gala/Jonathan apples, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.69/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Eggplant, 97¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian/yellow/Mexican squash, 77¢/lb
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
At Fooducate.com there's a ruthless analysis of Kraft's new “Milk & Granola” bars, which according to the label have “the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk”. They also have 10 grams of sugar per bar – that's 2.5 teaspoons. (You can also get the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk by, you know, drinking milk. What an idea.)
And at Summer Tomato there's a very useful piece on how to prevent, um, gaseousness caused by eating large quantities of vegetables. (Take small bites and chew them well.)
Tomorrow is American Beer Day, not to be confused with National Beer Day which is April 7th or Drink Beer Day which is September 28th. The day after tomorrow is National Chocolate Day and also National Wild Foods Day – don't look like that, if you've ever eaten a blackberry off a bush or caught a fish and eaten it, you've eaten wild food. The 30th is National Candy-Corn Day, and the day after is of course Trick Or Treat For UNICEF Day.
October 26th: National Mincemeat Pie Day
October 27th: National Potato Day, American Beer Day
October 28th: National Chocolate Day, National Wild Foods Day
October 29th: National Oatmeal Day, National Pancake Day
October 30th: National Candy Corn Day, Buy A Doughnut Day
October 31st: Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day, National Candy Apple Day
November 1st: National Fried Clams Day (CLAAAAMMMMMS), National Vinegar Day
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
Albertson's:
93/7 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round/crossrib/chuck steaks or roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, buy one get one free (same item only)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Knudsen “Cottage Doubles”, 10/$10
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own 100% whole wheat bread, 2/$4
General Mills breakfast cereals, 8-12 oz boxes, $1.49 (must buy 4)
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$4
Nature Sweet cherry/grape/yellow grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Bashas':
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, value pack, $4.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Cook's ham steak, bone in, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own whole-wheat or honey-wheat bread, $2.19
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, $/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.87/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.99
Red seedless grapes, 87¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Winter squashes, 89¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 69¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Golden Sweet/Beauregarde/Red Diane yams, 2 lbs/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Large tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Fry's:
HoneyCrisp apples, 88¢/lb, THURSDAY EVENING ONLY.
Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, sirloin tip, boneless, buy one get one free
Pork loin, boneless, $1.97/lb
Private Selection pork loin chops, bone in, “all natural”, $5.99/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $2.99/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $2.99
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 13-24 oz jars, $2.99
Kellogg's Special K or Fiber Plus bars, 5-10 ct, $2.79
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10/12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Apples: Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bosc/Bartlett/Red Bartlett/Anjou, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 96¢/lb
Private Selection organic box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, “restaurant cut”, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken leg quarters, 89¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Near East rice or couscous, 5-10 oz boxes, 2/$6
Healthy Choice soups, 14 oz microwavable bowls, 2/$4
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith apples, $1.48/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 8-12 oz, 10/$10
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10 lbs/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.29/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Red Delicious or Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Ready Pac Caesar salad, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Sprouts:
All vitamins, all body-care products, 25% off
Beef porterhouse steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.97/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $1.97/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Whole OR cut up chickens, “all natural”, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, boneless, $6.99/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Valencia oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Cameo/Gala/Jonathan apples, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.69/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Eggplant, 97¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian/yellow/Mexican squash, 77¢/lb
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
Thursday, October 20, 2011
BAGGED-SALAD RECALL EXTENDS TO ARIZONA
According to MSNBC.com, more than 3000 cases of bagged salad products from Taylor Farms have been recalled in fourteen states and Puerto Rico, for possible salmonella contamination. Arizona is one of the states. The recalled items have "best-by" dates from October 18th through the 21st:
They were marketed under the brand names Fresh Selections, HEB, Marketside and Taylor Farms and included bags of Romaine Blend, Asian Salad, Caesar Salad and Spring Mix items.
If you have any such items in your house, please discard them at once. This is a precautionary recall: no illnesses have been reported.
More information can be found at the FDA's website.
They were marketed under the brand names Fresh Selections, HEB, Marketside and Taylor Farms and included bags of Romaine Blend, Asian Salad, Caesar Salad and Spring Mix items.
If you have any such items in your house, please discard them at once. This is a precautionary recall: no illnesses have been reported.
More information can be found at the FDA's website.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning October 19th
MSNBC reports, as if fully expecting us to be astonished at this information, that grocery prices are rising. Beef prices are up 10% over the past year, pork prices 7.5%. As if to compensate, they offer an article with tips on less-expensive protein sources, including beans-and-rice (a more complete protein than beans alone), eggs, dairy, quinoa, and just eating less meat.
At Chow.com there’s a collection of pumpkin recipes, including a roasted-pumpkin soup that looks quite tasty and has a PointsPlus count of 5 per serving. (Chow.com is also reaching a bit, featuring a recipe for homemade Pixy Stix in such traditional flavors as “black sesame”, “chile tamarind”, and “spruce tip”.)
I also found an interesting piece at Alternet (yeah, I know, but give me a chance) exploring the question, why do we eat – or why are we so commonly persuaded that we should eat – three meals a day? (For much of Western history, “breakfast” was a snack – perhaps bread and beer or watered wine – to literally break one's fast and tide the eater over until dinner, the big midday meal.) The article comes to no real conclusion, just recommending that you go with whichever system – two meals, three meals, three-meals-three-snacks – works for you, while remembering that the food industry makes its profits by persuading you that you’re hungry whether you are or not.
At Summer Tomato, Darya Pino offers “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”.
Tomorrow, October 20th, is National Brandied Fruit Day – unfortunately it is far too late to start in time, because brandied fruit takes at least a month, but you can still start it for next year. The 23rd is National Canning Day and the birthday of Nicholas Appert, who invented the canning process; the 25th is National Greasy Foods Day, to be honored in the breach rather than the observance. The 25th also commemorates the introduction, in 1955, of the first microwave oven for home use. It was from Tappan and cost $1,295, which would be $10,424.05 today. One hardly imagines it was an instant success.
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day; birthday (1962) of Evander Holyfield, whose ear was to serve Mike Tyson as an hors d'oeurve in 1997; anniversary of the first (1917) making of Salvation Army doughnuts
October 20th: National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st: Caramel Apple Day, National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
October 22nd: National Nut Day (not to be confused with Grab Some Nuts Day, on August 3rd); birthday (1896) of Charles Glen King, discoverer of Vitamin C
October 23rd: National Boston Cream Pie Day, National Canning Day; birthday of Nicholas Appert (in 1749, 1750, or 1752)
October 24th: National Bologna Day, Feast of Good & Plenty
October 25th: World Pasta Day, National Greasy Foods Day
October 26th: National Pumpkin Day, National Pretzel Day, National Mince Meat Pie Day; birthday (1854) of C. W. Post, inventor of Postum, Grape-Nuts, and Post Toasties
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye (bone in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Whole frying chickens, 67¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sea scallops, farm raised, 10-20 ct, $7.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Yoplait yogurts incl Light, 10/$5
Land O Lakes butter, $3.49
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, $1 or free with 10 Yoplait yogurts
Deli: Shannon’s roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Browned” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita salami or pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Albertson’s pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 4/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries OR raspberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, Bosc, red, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Cut up veggies, 20 oz bags, $2.99
Bashas’: I love you, Eddie, but I wish you’d start listing the fat content of ground beef again, and consistently revealing whether beef cuts are bone-in or boneless.
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Farmland pork shoulder roast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozen, 99¢
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $2.99
Campbell’s “Select Harvest” soups, $1.39
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 2/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 2/$5
Large HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith apples, snack size, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/88¢
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Gala apples, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/99¢
Avocados, 4/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Jalapeño peppers, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.49
Marinated pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.49/lb
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger butter, $2.47
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger tomatoes OR tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Quaker instant oatmeal, 2/$5
Green Giant “ValleyFresh Steamers”, 11-12 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Jumbo HoneyCrisp or Ambrosia apples, $1/lb (!!)
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Pomegranates, $1 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Raspberries, 6 oz box, $1.88
Dole bag salads, $1 ea
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 59¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef London broil steak, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.29/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Green Giant canned veggies, 4 pk of 14-15 oz cans, $3.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per fillet
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Bartlett/Comice/red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Apple pears, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Every imaginable color of bell peppers, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef flap meat, boneless, $3.97/lb
Farmer John pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
First Street pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.69
Braeburn apples, 69¢/lb
Pumpkins, $2.99 ea (carving or cooking? It doesn’t say)
Broccoli florets, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef tri tip/skirt/top sirloin, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Delicious, 88¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Ruby Red grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 88¢/lb
Jewel or Garnet yams, 88¢/lb
Broccoli, 88¢/lb
At Chow.com there’s a collection of pumpkin recipes, including a roasted-pumpkin soup that looks quite tasty and has a PointsPlus count of 5 per serving. (Chow.com is also reaching a bit, featuring a recipe for homemade Pixy Stix in such traditional flavors as “black sesame”, “chile tamarind”, and “spruce tip”.)
I also found an interesting piece at Alternet (yeah, I know, but give me a chance) exploring the question, why do we eat – or why are we so commonly persuaded that we should eat – three meals a day? (For much of Western history, “breakfast” was a snack – perhaps bread and beer or watered wine – to literally break one's fast and tide the eater over until dinner, the big midday meal.) The article comes to no real conclusion, just recommending that you go with whichever system – two meals, three meals, three-meals-three-snacks – works for you, while remembering that the food industry makes its profits by persuading you that you’re hungry whether you are or not.
At Summer Tomato, Darya Pino offers “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”.
Tomorrow, October 20th, is National Brandied Fruit Day – unfortunately it is far too late to start in time, because brandied fruit takes at least a month, but you can still start it for next year. The 23rd is National Canning Day and the birthday of Nicholas Appert, who invented the canning process; the 25th is National Greasy Foods Day, to be honored in the breach rather than the observance. The 25th also commemorates the introduction, in 1955, of the first microwave oven for home use. It was from Tappan and cost $1,295, which would be $10,424.05 today. One hardly imagines it was an instant success.
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day; birthday (1962) of Evander Holyfield, whose ear was to serve Mike Tyson as an hors d'oeurve in 1997; anniversary of the first (1917) making of Salvation Army doughnuts
October 20th: National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st: Caramel Apple Day, National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
October 22nd: National Nut Day (not to be confused with Grab Some Nuts Day, on August 3rd); birthday (1896) of Charles Glen King, discoverer of Vitamin C
October 23rd: National Boston Cream Pie Day, National Canning Day; birthday of Nicholas Appert (in 1749, 1750, or 1752)
October 24th: National Bologna Day, Feast of Good & Plenty
October 25th: World Pasta Day, National Greasy Foods Day
October 26th: National Pumpkin Day, National Pretzel Day, National Mince Meat Pie Day; birthday (1854) of C. W. Post, inventor of Postum, Grape-Nuts, and Post Toasties
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye (bone in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Whole frying chickens, 67¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sea scallops, farm raised, 10-20 ct, $7.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Yoplait yogurts incl Light, 10/$5
Land O Lakes butter, $3.49
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, $1 or free with 10 Yoplait yogurts
Deli: Shannon’s roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Browned” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita salami or pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Albertson’s pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 4/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries OR raspberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, Bosc, red, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Cut up veggies, 20 oz bags, $2.99
Bashas’: I love you, Eddie, but I wish you’d start listing the fat content of ground beef again, and consistently revealing whether beef cuts are bone-in or boneless.
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Farmland pork shoulder roast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozen, 99¢
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $2.99
Campbell’s “Select Harvest” soups, $1.39
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 2/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 2/$5
Large HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith apples, snack size, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/88¢
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Gala apples, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/99¢
Avocados, 4/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Jalapeño peppers, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.49
Marinated pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.49/lb
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger butter, $2.47
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger tomatoes OR tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Quaker instant oatmeal, 2/$5
Green Giant “ValleyFresh Steamers”, 11-12 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Jumbo HoneyCrisp or Ambrosia apples, $1/lb (!!)
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Pomegranates, $1 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Raspberries, 6 oz box, $1.88
Dole bag salads, $1 ea
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 59¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef London broil steak, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.29/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Green Giant canned veggies, 4 pk of 14-15 oz cans, $3.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per fillet
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Bartlett/Comice/red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Apple pears, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Every imaginable color of bell peppers, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef flap meat, boneless, $3.97/lb
Farmer John pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
First Street pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.69
Braeburn apples, 69¢/lb
Pumpkins, $2.99 ea (carving or cooking? It doesn’t say)
Broccoli florets, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef tri tip/skirt/top sirloin, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Delicious, 88¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Ruby Red grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 88¢/lb
Jewel or Garnet yams, 88¢/lb
Broccoli, 88¢/lb
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