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
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