Tips for the week of June 3rd

If you run across any good bargains I’ve missed, please post them in comments.

Smart & Final and Bashas’ have good prices on strawberries. Make jam.
Yoplait yogurt is very low everywhere, I do not know why.
Friday, June 5th, is National Doughnut Day.



Albertson’s:

93/7 ground beef, “family pack”, $1.87/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $2.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast, $2.99/lb
Whole chickens, 89¢/lb
Swai OR tilapia fillets, $2.99/lb
Raw shrimp, 61-70 ct, $5.98/2 lb. bag
Raw shrimp, 26-30 ct, $9.98/2 lb. bag
Powerade inc. “Powerade Zero” (no calories), buy 10, get 5 free
Healthy Choice “Steamers”, 4/$10
Knudsen cottage cheese inc. lowfat, 16 oz, 2/$4
Yoplait yogurts inc. “Light”, 10/$4
Cantaloupes, 99¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, “large”, 99¢
Bing cherries, $3.99/lb
Yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
White nectarines, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Strawberries, 1 lb. box, 2/$5



Bashas’:

90/10 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Boneless bottom round steak, $3.99/lb
Boneless bottom round roast, $3.49/lb
Fresh Atlantic salmon fillets, farmed, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, $4.99/lb
Clams OR mussels, 2 lb bag, $6.00
Fresh oysters, $6.00/doz
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 1 free
Nature’s Own bread, 2/$4
Milk, store brand, $1.99/gal
Healthy Choice frozen dinners, $1.99
Yoplait, 10/$5
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$3
Cantaloupe, 25¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea.
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Apricots, $1.88/lb
Bing cherries, $2.99/lb
Watermelon, seeded or seedless, 33¢/lb
Avocados, 99¢
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Red Flame seedless grapes, $1.88/lb
Peaches, $1.88/lb



Food City:

Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
73/37 ground beef, 99¢/lb
Whole tilapia, $1.39/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.69/lb
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Extra large eggs, 20 ct, $1.99
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Cucumbers, 4/$1
Green bell peppers, 4/$1
Sweet corn, 3/99¢
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Iceberg, 69¢
Peaches OR nectarines, 99¢/lb
Avocados, 2/$1
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/$1
Dole “Classic Iceberg” bag salad, 2/$3
Mexican green onions, 3 bunches/99¢
Red or Golden Delicious apples, 69¢/lb



Fresh & Easy:

Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Yoplait, 6/$3
Van’s organic waffles, $1.99
Large eggs, dozen, $1.49
“Pirate’s Treasure” snack, $1.85
Knudsen Lowfat cottage cheese, 16 oz, $1.99
Bag salad, “baby leaf spring mix”, 2/$3
Peaches, 98¢/lb
“Green” pears (what variety? it doesn’t say), bag of 3, 98¢
Oranges, 2.5 lb bag, 98¢
Yellow onions, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Iceberg, $1.28



Fry’s:

Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Beef cross rib steak, family pack, $1.88/lb
Beef “Texas Broil” (shoulder), $2.99/lb
Top sirloin OR rib eye OR flat iron steak, $4.77/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Whole chickens, 88¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, $5.99/lb
Yoplait, 20/$10
Kroger butter, $1.88
Milk, store brand, $1.99
Country Crock margarine, $1.88/lb
Kroger frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 87¢
Vlasic pickles, $2.49
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$11
Bing cherries, $1.88/lb
Mangoes, 2/$1
Artichokes, $1
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Peaches OR nectarines OR black plums, $1.97/lb
Seedless grapes, red or green, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Vidalia onions, $1.00/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5



Pro’s Ranch Market:

See Notes at end.

Boneless beef clod steak (shoulder steak), $1.78/lb
Beef stew meat, lean, $1.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, $2.89/lb
Blue crabs, $2.98/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.98/lb
Whole carp, $1.68/lb
Special Value brand frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Mexican squash, 2 lbs/99¢
Peaches, 2 lbs/99¢
Jicama, 3 lbs/99¢
Celery, 2/99¢
Nopales (prickly-pear leaves with thorns removed), 4 lbs/99¢
Collard/mustard/turnip greens, 2 bunches/99¢
Carrots, 1 lb bag, 3/99¢



Rancho Grande:

Beef round tip steak, $1.79/lb
Bone-in chicken breast, 99¢/lb
80/20 ground beef, $1.89/lb
Beef flap meat (something like flank or skirt steak), $3.99/lb
Basa fillets, $2.79/lb
Mutton, $1.59/lb
Cucumbers, 10/$1
Papaya, 2 lbs/99¢
Mangos, 3/99¢
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Mexican green onions, 5 bunches/$1
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/99¢
Cabbage, 5 lbs/$1



Safeway:

Boneless round steak, $1.48/lb
Boneless beef round tip roast, $2.99/lb
Bone-in chicken breast, 88¢/lb
Lucerne milk, $1.99
SunChips or Baked Lay’s chips, 2/$6
Healthy Choice frozen dinners, $1.99
Eating Right (store brand) frozen dinners, 5/$10
Eating Right bag salads, $1.98
Bing cherries, $2.48/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.98
Cantaloupes, 2/$5
Whole seedless watermelon, $4.88
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Honeydew melons, 2/$6
Yellow onions, 3 lb bag, 2/$3
Carrot, 5 lb bag, 2.$4



Smart & Final:

Quaker granola bars, variety pack (48 ct), $10.49
Papetti “Better’n Eggs” or “All Whites”, 32 oz, $4.89
Strawberries, 4 lb box, $5.99
Cantaloupe, 5 lbs/$1
Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Sweet brown onions, 3 lb bag, $1.49



Sprouts:

Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Store brand cage free eggs, dozens, 2/$4
Buffaloburger, $4.99/lb
Buffalo chuck roast, $5.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, $2.99/lb
Beef rump roast, $3.99/lb
Bing cherries, $1.69/lb
Cantaloupe, 99¢ ea.
Spinach, 49¢/bunch
Yellow OR Italian squash, 99¢/lb
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Apricots, red plums, black plums, 2 lbs/$3
Blueberries, 18 oz box (!!), $4.99



Notes: I have been informed, but cannot personally attest, that the muddy flavor of carp can be eliminated by skinning it and removing the large bones. Nopales, when peeled and cut up, add an okra-like flavor and texture to soups and casseroles.