Wren's bargain guide, week beginning June 26th:

Sorry about not making a flyer or blog entry last week – I was on another forced march ahem, fun summertime adventure and road trip with my housemate, to Idaho and back.  2500 miles in four days.

Cool stuff at Fooducate!  The Food Standards Agency (UK equivalent to the FDA) has mandated front-of-package nutrition labeling, with less-than-healthful items marked in red.  The best way to hydrate, besides drinking water, is to eat your fruits and veggies.  And, apropos, ten reasons to eat blueberries!

Darya Rose at Summer Tomato has ways to eat more probiotics, a guest post by Yoni Freedhoff on the perils of “nutritionism”, and 10 reasons you aren't losing weight.  And Marion Nestle at Food Politics reviews Darya's book, Foodist.

Recipes!  Chow.com has barbecue chicken eight ways, sauces thirty-three (including a triple-nightshade sauce involving tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers), how to grill Argentine style, mushroom and chile tacos, and a stack of refreshing nonalcoholic summer drinks.  Also a set of recipes for things to do with canned sardines which you should eat more of as they are very healthy.  Sprouted Kitchen has something they regrettably label a “veggie naan'wich”;  Smitten Kitchen has bowtie pasta with sugar snap peas, dressed with lemon and ricotta.  Simply Recipes has tilapia with a sundried-tomato-and-Parmesan crust, as well as a very appealing cucumber-grape salad.  And Snack Girl offers up tips for a healthier Fourth of July, an unexpected combination of watermelon and feta, and a slow-cooker corn chowder:  “I love my slow cooker because I 'set and forget'.  I love the forgetting part – it comes quite naturally to me.”

Tomorrow is National Orange Blossom Day, rather inexplicably as orange-blossom season ended sometime in April.  398 years ago tomorrow, the first tea was imported to the Western Hemisphere.  July 1st is the 60th anniversary of Cheez Whiz.  And with July we commence a whole raft of food days, weeks, and months, which I shall enumerate in next week's entry.




June 26th:  National Chocolate Pudding Day
June 27th:  National Orange Blossom Day, National Indian Pudding Day
June 28th:  National Tapioca Day, National Ceviche Day;  1887, Coca-Cola syrup patented; 
June 29th:  National Almond Buttercrunch Day
June 30th:  National Ice-Cream Soda Day;  1906, Congress passes the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act, and if you read Upton Sinclair's The Jungle you know why
July 1st:  National Gingersnap Day, National Creative Ice-Cream Flavors Day;  1916, Coca-Cola introduces the distinctive "hobble-skirt" bottle (easy to find by touch in a vat of ice-water);  1953, Cheez Whiz introduced
July 2nd:  National Anisette Day
July 3rd:  Eat Beans Day, National Chocolate Wafer Day;  1924, Clarence Birdseye founds the General Seafood Corporation, birth of the frozen-food industry;  1954, nearly nine years after World War II ends, rationing finally ends in Great Britain


Albertson's:

    Beef London broil, $2.97/lb
    Beef ribeye steak, bone in, family pack, $8.99/lb
    Beef top sirloin steak OR tri tip roast, $4.99/lb
    Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steak or roast, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
    93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb
    Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.59/lb
    Center cut pork chops, bone in, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
    Catfish/tilapia/swai fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
    Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
    Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
    Atlantic salmon fillets or steaks, farm raised, $6.99/lb
    Albertson's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
    Essential Everyday butter, $1.88
    Shamrock Farms milk, gallons, 2/$5
    Tillamook cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/shingle, 2/$6
    Kraft cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $3.49
    Deli:    Jennie-O “Oven Roasted” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
        USA Gold Virginia ham, $5.99/lb
        Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
        Charlie's Pride corned beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
        Charlie's Pride Provolone cheese, $5.99/lb
    Vlasic pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
    Crystal Light, 5-qt canister, 2/$5
    Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 2/$5
    Seedless watermelons, $1.77 ea
    Mangos, 2/$1
    Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
    Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
    Red cherries, $4.99/lb
    Cut up watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $3.99
    Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
    Sweet corn, 4 pk, $2.99


Bashas':

    Beef top sirloin, boneless, value pack, $3.88 (regular pack, $1/lb higher)
    Beef crossrib steak, $4.99/lb
    Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.49/lb
    Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.99/lb
    Pork loin roast, center cut, $2.49/lb
    Chicken breast OR leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
    Rockfish OR true cod fillets, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
    Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
    Challenge butter, $2.99
    Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$3
    Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 99¢
    Starkist chunk light tuna, 99¢
    Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 99¢
    Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
    Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
    Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 pk, $2.99
    Flav-R-Pac “Classic” frozen veggies, 12-16 oz bags, 99¢
    Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
    Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
    Yellow peaches or nectarines, apricots, red or black plums, $1.99/lb
    Vine tomatoes, regular or organic, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
    Zucchini OR grey squash, 99¢/lb
    Leaf lettuce, green or red, 99¢


Fry's:

    Beef top sirloin, boneless, $5.99/lb
    Beef flat iron steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
    80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb (3 lb chub)
    Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.49/lb
    Pork loin chops, center cut bone-in, family pack, $2.99/lb
    Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.19/lb
    Kroger ground turkey, 19 oz pkg, 2/$7
    Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
    Swordfish steaks OR mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
    Fry's milk, gallons, $1.89
    Bush's Best variety (non-baked) beans, 15-16 oz cans, 10/$10
    Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
    White or yellow nectarines, $1.99/lb
    Yellow peaches, 99¢/lb
    Cantaloupe OR honeydew melons, $1.88
    Organic green seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
    Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb


Safeway:

    Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
    Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.79/lb
    Beef top round steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
    Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
    80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
    90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
    Pork sirloin chops OR country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
    Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.99/lb
    Sanderson Farms chicken thighs OR drumsticks, bone in, $1.79/lb
    Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, value pack, $9.99/lb
    Swordfish steaks, bone in, wild caught, $9.99/lb
    Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
    Lucerne string cheeses, 13-16 oz pkg, $3.99
    Del Monte tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
    Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 5/$5
    Safeway Select pasta sauces,15-24 oz jars, 3/$5
    Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
    Safeway Kitchens “Steam” veggies, $1.79
    Morningstar Farms veggie burgers, 5-12 oz box, $2.99
    Red seedless watermelons, $2.99/lb
    Mangos, 2/$1
    Peaches OR nectarines, $1.99/lb
    Red cherries, $4.99/lb
    Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.99/lb
    Cantaloupes, AZ grown, 2/$5
    Red or black plums, $1.49/lb
    Sweet corn, white or yellow, 6/$2
    O Organics box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
    Safeway Farms grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 99¢
    Jumbo artichokes, $2.49


Sprouts:

    Beef rump roast OR stew meat, boneless, $4.99/lb
    93/7 ground sirloin, $4.99/lb
    Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
    Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
    Yellow peaches or nectarines, 49¢/lb
    Black plums, 49¢/lb
    Whole seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb
    Red cherries, $3.99/lb
    Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
    Apricots, 99¢/lb
    Organic white nectarines OR donut peaches, $1.99/lb
    Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
    Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
    Sweet corn, white, 2/$1
    Organic vine tomatoes, 4 lbs/$5
    Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
    Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb

Wren's bargain guide, week beginning June 12th:

If you have any Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend frozen berries in your freezer, contact Costco.  This product has been linked with close to ninety cases of Hepatitis A in eight states, including Arizona.  Townsend Farms has issued a recall:  the product in question is a 3lb bag labeled “Townsend Farms Organic Antioxidant Blend”, with the UPC code 078414 404448.  If you or anyone in your family have eaten them, the Centers for Disease Control strongly suggest you contact your local health department ( http://www.maricopa.gov/publichealth/ ) to find out if you need a vaccine.  Costco is offering free vaccination in their own pharmacies for people who've purchased the berries, or reimbursement if you prefer to get vaccinated elsewhere.

At Fooducate, there's a list of the top three reasons for food recalls (hep A isn't on the list), a note on Target's new “Simply Balanced” line of organic and natural foods, and an article about the biggest misconceptions about the Mediterranean diet.  (The biggest is that there is something that can be called THE Mediterranean diet.)  Darya Rose, at Summer Tomato, has a nice piece on decoding “menu-speak”.  (Look for such words as “roasted”, “seared”, “spiced”, or “ broiled”, she says;  avoid “melted”, “smothered”, “creamy”, “gooey”, or “glazed”.  One of her commentors has already added helpfully, “Then there’s “loaded” or “super”, which seems to mean there are a million ingredients, and two of them are cheese and bacon.”)

Recipes!  Chow.com has Salade Niçoise, chicken satay, Thai pickles, and a double helping of Father's Day “guy food” stereotypes:  a collection of “Beer and Beef Recipes” and another of “Manly Rib Recipes”.  Simply Recipes has, simply, “Shrimp and Grits”.  Okay, that's very ... Southern.  And Snack Girl has the healthiest oils (she recommends olive and canola, both on WW's Healthy Oils list), a six-PointsPlus-per-serving Oreo refrigerator pie, and how to make a burger out of a portabello mushroom.

Stone fruits are moving in, and the first Rainier cherries are in the shops.  Either it's too soon or this is not a good year for Rainiers, because I haven't found any sweet ones yet.

Next Tuesday is International Picnic Day.  We're looking at a solid week of 105°+ temperatures:  have your picnic indoors.  And tomorrow is my own personal holiday, Kitchen Klutzes of America Day.


June 12th:  International Cachaça Day, National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, National Jerky Day
June 13th:  Kitchen Klutzes of America Day;  feast of St Anthony of Padua, patron saint of swineherds, domestic animals, harvest, and the unfed
June 14th:  National Strawberry Shortcake Day
June 15th:  National Lobster Day, World Gin Day, Key West Conch Fritter Day (sadly conch is not easily available here), National Potatoe Day (this date in 1992, US Vice President Dan Quayle “corrected” a New Jersey student's correct spelling of “potato”)
June 16th:  National Fudge Day
June 17th:  Eat All Your Veggies Day, National Apple Strudel Day;  birthday (1903) of Ruth Graves Wakefield, inventor of the Toll House cookie
June 18th:  National Cherry Tart Day, International Picnic Day
June 19th:  National Dry Martini Day;  1941, General Mills introduces a new breakfast cereal, “Cheerioats” (not changed to “Cheerios” until 1945)



Albertson's:

    Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
    Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $7.99/lb
    Beef t-bone or New York steaks, bone in, family pack, $8.99/lb
    Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roast or family pack steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
    85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb
    93/7 ground beef, $2.97/lb
    Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, $2.99/lb
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.79/lb
    Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
    Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
    Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
    Catfish/tilapia/swai fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
    Shamrock Farms milk, gallons, 2/$5
    Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
    Wild Harvest organic butter, $3.99
    Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
    Essential Everyday cheeses, 8 oz chunk, $1.99
    Deli:    Jennie-O “honey smoked” or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
        Signature “double honey” ham, $5.99/lb
        Charlie's Pride Italian roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
        Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
        Dietz & Watson chicken breast varieties, $5.99/lb
        Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
    DaVinci pasta, 16 oz pkg, $1
    Nabisco Wheat Thins, 3 pk, $5.99
    Essential Everyday veggies OR tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
    Ranch Style beans, 15 oz cans, 88¢
    Raspberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
    “Midnight Beauty” black seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
    White nectarines OR “Great White” peaches, $2.79/lb
    Donut peaches, $2.99/lb
    Cantaloupes, 2/$5
    Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowls, $3.99
    Slicing tomatoes, $1.29/lb
    Organic grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, $2.49
    Sweet corn, 4 pk, $2.99
    Bok choy OR Nappa cabbage, 79¢/lb


Bashas':

    Beef Porterhouse/t-bone/ribeye/New York steaks, bone in, 50% off
    Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
    Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $6.99/lb (steaks, $9.99/lb)
    Ground beef sirloin, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.88/lb
    Pork shoulder steak OR country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
    Swordfish steaks, bone in, 6 oz portions, $4 ea
    Sockeye salmon portions, wild caught, 5 oz, $4.99
    Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
    Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
    Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bags, 3/$5
    Nature Valley granola bars, 6-9 oz boxes, 2/$5
    Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$4
    Bumble Bee solid white tuna, $1.99
    Whole seedless watermelons, 19¢/lb
    Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
    Raspberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
    Whole pineapples, 4/$5
    Seedless grapes, green or red, $1.99/lb
    Apricots, peaches, nectarines, red or black plums, $1.99/lb
    Organic Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
    Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
    Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
    Dole bag salads, buy 1 get 1 free
    Summer squashes (zucchini/yellow/grey), 99¢/lb


Fry's:

    Beef ribeye or NY strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $5.97/lb
    Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
    Beef top sirloin, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb
    85/15 ground beef, $2.79/lb (3 lb chub)
    Pork loin chops, center cut boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
    Kroger 85/15 ground turkey, 19 oz pkg, $2.99
    Quaker Chewy Granola bars, 6-8 ct, 2/$4
    Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
    Simple Truth organic butter, $3.99
    Kroger pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 87¢
    Simple Truth organic variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
    PopChips, 2/$4
    Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
    Red seedless grapes, 85¢/lb
    Yellow peaches, 99¢/lb
    Nectarines, $1.99/lb
    Mangoes, 88¢ ea
    Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
    Simple Truth organic box salads, 1 lb, $3.99
    Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
    Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
    Organic kale, 2 bunches/$4


Safeway:

    Beef back ribs, bone in, $1.29/lb
    Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
    Beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb (boneless, $1/lb higher)
    Beef chuck steak, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
    80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
    93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
    Pork sirloin country style ribs, boneless, value pack, $1.49/lb
    Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.99/lb
    Swordfish steaks, wild caught, bone in, $9.99/lb
    Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.89
    Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
    Bush's Best baked beans, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
    Bush's Best “Grillin'” beans, 21-22 oz cans, 2/$4
    Safeway Select olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
    Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, $1.99
    Red seedless watermelons, $4.88 ea
    Red cherries, $4.99/lb
    Peaches OR nectarines, $2.99/lb
    Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
    Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, 2/$5
    Blueberries, dry pint, $3.99
    Sweet corn, white or yellow, 5/$1
    Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
    Organic vine tomatoes, $2.99/lb
    Zucchini OR yellow squash, $1.29/lb


Sprouts:

    Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $9.99/lb
    Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
    93/7 ground beef sirloin, $4.99/lb
    Pork shoulder roast OR country-style ribs, boneless, $2.49/lb
    Pork loin roast or chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
    Pork or chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
    Chicken breast tenders, $2.99/lb
    Ground chicken OR turkey breast, $3.99/lb
    Kerrygold “Irish” butter, half pound, 2/$5
    California Olive Ranch olive oil, half litre bottles, $6.99
    Ethnic Gourmet frozen entrées, 2/$6
    Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
    Cantaloupes, 4/$5
    Seedless watermelons, 15¢/lb
    Blueberries, dry pint, 2/$4
    Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
    Green or red seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
    Apricots, yellow peaches or nectarines, red or black plums, $1.49
    Organic yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
    Organic vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
    Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
    Red or gold grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$4
    Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
   

Wren's bargain guide, week beginning June 5th:

Hi!  As of this week I'll be attending the 5:30 p.m. meeting rather than the 7:00.  I'm Wren, frustrate the hell out of poor Debi by my inability to keep my mouth shut, and every week go through the grocery flyers and type up everything I find that looks  to be both of a good price and healthy/WW-friendly/minimally processed.  I add various bits of information found on the Internet.  If my printer were working I would have printed this out as well and brought copies for everyone -- sorry.  Disclaimer:  NOT an official WW publication, only my hobby.

Lots at Fooducate, including surprising sources for calcium (sardines!  Well, yeah, you do eat the bones), making rather than buying bread crumbs, a proteiny salad of chickpeas and black beans, a far more complete than you'd ever wanted list of all the ingredients in a Big Mac, and a healthy and natural way to turn your fruit smoothies an alarming shade of pink.  Grist has information on Chapul's new line of cricket-based protein bars.  (Bear in mind that Americans' intake of protein in most cases exceeds requirement.)  And the New York Times has an editorial, “Breeding the Nutrition Out Of Our Food”.

Recipes!  It's blueberry season, and Chow.com has seventeen fresh-blueberry recipes.  Also bell peppers stuffed with feta cheese, easy beef kebabs, and a lightened-and-herbed potato salad recipe (shallot-and-Dijon vinaigrette instead of mayonnaise).  Smitten Kitchen has another and very different potato salad (this one involves lobster), homemade Sangria with so much fresh fruit floating in it it must qualify as a dessert (fruit is free!  Freeeee!), and a Greek salad.  Sprouted Kitchen has salmon kebabs.  Simply Recipes provides a Mediterranean chicken salad, chipotle-salsa baked chicken (the illustration's a bit disturbing, but really it's only four ounces of cheese for six servings), and a Mexican shrimp cocktail.  And Snack Girl has soft-boiled eggs with toast soldiers, superfast salmon, and – all blessings on her – emergency solutions for when you NEED a sweet but have only 3 PointsPlus left.

The new crop of red grapes is in.  The new crop of red grapes is ubiquitous, omnipresent, inescapable.

This is June, rather inexplicably National Turkey Lovers' Month.  Also National Seafood Month, National Soul Food Month, National Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Month, and National Iced Tea Month.  This Sunday is National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day, incorporating both fruit and vegetable.  And the 11th is National German Chocolate Cake Day.  DYK of the week:  German chocolate cake is not German.  It originated on the back of a package of German's brand baking chocolate.


June 5th:  National Gingerbread Day
June 6th:  National Applesauce Cake Day
June 7th:  National Chocolate Ice-Cream Day
June 8th:  National Jelly Doughnut Day, World Oceans Day
June 9th:  National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day
June 10th:  National Herbs and Spices Day, National Black Cow Day
June 11th:  National German Chocolate Cake Day
June 12th:  National Peanut Butter Cookie Day, International Cachaça Day




Albertson's:

    Beef t-bone or ribeye steaks, boneless or bone in, 50% off
    Beef London broil, boneless, $2.97/lb
    Beef top sirloin steaks OR tri tip roast, $4.99/lb
    Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roast or family pack steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
    Center cut pork chops, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
    80/20 ground beef, $2.29/lb (3 lbs or more)
    Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (identical item only)
    Tilapia OR swai fillets, $2.99/lb
    Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.79
    Yoplait yogurts, 20/$10
    Chobani Greek-style yogurt, 6 oz, $1
    Challenge butter, 2/$5
    I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spread, 15 oz tubs, 2/$5
    Eggland's Best eggs, Grade A extra large, dozens, 2/$4
    Deli:    Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
        USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
        Charlie's Pride regular or Italian roast beef, corned beef, pastrami, $6.99/lb
        Stella Swiss cheese, $6.99/lb
        Stella Muenster or Provolone cheeses, $4.99/lb
    Bush's baked or “Grillin'” beans, 21-28 oz cans, $1.99
    Wild Harvest organic olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $4.99
    Essential Everyday pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
    Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 99¢
    Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
    Healthy Choice “Baked” or “Café Steamers” entrées, 5/$10
    Smart Ones “Classic Favorites” entrées, $1.99
    Red seedless grapes, 85¢/lb
    Cut up watermelon or pineapple, 20-32 oz bowls, $3.99
    Mangos, 2/$1
    Peaches, $2.99/lb
    Whole cantaloupes, 2/$5
    Plumcots “Flavorosa” (I haven't tried that one), $3.99/lb
    Grape tomatoes, 12 oz boxes, 2/$3
    Red bell peppers, 2/$1
    Purple potatoes, $1.49/lb
    Mini cucumbers, 2 lb box, $4.99


Bashas':

    Beef top sirloin steak OR London broil, value pack, $3.77/lb
    Beef top round steak, $4.49/lb
    Beef crossrib steak or roast, $4.99/lb
    Ground beef chuck, value pack, $3.49/lb
    “Assorted” pork chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
    Thin cut pork chops, $3.99/lb
    Center cut pork roast, $2.99/lb
    Chicken breasts or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
    Rockfish fillets, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
    Cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
    Corvina sea bass fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
    Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/cubelets, $1.88
    Smart Balance spread, 15 oz tubs or 7.5 oz twin pack, $2.99
    Shamrock Farms sour cream, 24 oz tubs, $2.29
    Deli:    Boar's Head London broil, $9.99/lb
        Boar's Head “Deluxe” ham, $7.99/lb
        Boar's Head cracked-pepper turkey, $8.99/lb
        Boar's Head buffalo chicken, $8.49/lb
        Tillamook medium or sharp Cheddar OR pepperjack, $7.99/lb
    Nature's Own bread, 20 oz long loaves, $2.29
    PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 2/$3
    Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$11
    Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb (organic, $1.99/lb)
    Cantaloupes, 25¢/lb
    Mangos, 2/$1 (organic, 10/$10)
    Apricots, peaches, red or black plums, $1.99/lb
    Seedless watermelon, 3 lbs/99¢
    Vine tomatoes, regular or organic, $1.99/lb (organic are AZ grown)
    Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea


Fry's:

    Beef NY strip steaks, bone in, family pack, 50% off
    Beef flat iron steaks, boneless, $6.99/lb
    Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
    93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb (2 lb chub)
    Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.49/lb
    Kroger 99/1 ground turkey breast, 19 oz pkg, $4.99
    Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
    Corvina fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
    Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
    Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 3/$5
    Oroweat bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$6
    Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 6/$12
    Rainier cherries (! ! !), $4.99/lb
    Red cherries, $3.49/lb
    Blueberries, 8 oz box, buy 1 get 1 free
    Cantaloupes, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
    Honeydew melons, AZ grown, 2/$4
    Yellow peaches, 99¢/lb
    Mini seedless watermelons, AZ grown, 2/$3
    Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
    Sweet corn, 3/99¢/lb
    Hothouse English cucumbers, AZ grown, 99¢ ea


Safeway:

    Beef chuck steak or pot roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
    Beef NY strip steak, bone in, value pack, $6.99/lb
    Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
    Beef round tip steak or roast, value pack, $3.99/lb
    Beef tip strips for stirfry, $3.99/lb
    Beef chuck crossrib steaks, thin cut boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
    90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
    Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
    Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, $2.49/lb
    Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
    Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 99¢/lb
    Safeway Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
    Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, value pack, $8.99/lb
    Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
    Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
    Land O Lakes butter, 2/$6
    Open Nature bread, 24 oz wide-pan loaves, 2/$5
    Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$3
    Bush's baked beans, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
    S&W variety (non-baked) beans, 15 oz cans, 5/$5
    Healthy Choice “Baked” frozen entrées, 5/$10
    Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
    Red cherries, $4.99/lb
    Mini seedless watermelons, buy 1 get 1 free
    “Tuscan-style” cantaloupe, buy 1 get 1 free
    Sweet corn, white or bicolor, 5/$2
    Nature Sweet cherub tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$6
    Large hothouse tomatoes, $1.89/lb
    Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1.29 ea
    Tomatillos OR jalapeños, 99¢/lb


Sprouts:

    Buffalo Stampede:  they've got bison meat in stock.  Prices start at $7.99/lb for ground bison (buffaloburger) and go up from there.  Asymptotically.
    Beef sirloin tip steaks, $4.49/lb
    Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $10.99/lb
    85/15 ground beef, value pack, $4.49/lb
    Many (all?  They're not very clear) beef or pork roasts, 50% off
    Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.99/lb
    Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
    Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
    Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $16.99/lb
    Seedless red grapes, 88¢/lb
    Jumbo cantaloupes, 88¢ ea
    Whole seedless watermelons, 4 lbs/$1
    Yellow peaches or nectarines, $1.48/lb
    Red or black plums, $1.48/lb
    Apricots, $1.48/lb
    Organic vine tomatoes, $1.49/lb
    Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
    Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea