Guide for July 29

School is starting very soon, so for the benefit of anyone who may be having to pack lunches for child or spouse or self, I heartily recommend http://lunchinabox.net – a website devoted to the fine (but surprisingly simple and quickly prepared!) art of the bento, or Japanese box lunch.

Today is National Cheese Sacrifice Purchase Day and I still have no idea what that means. Friday is National Jump for Jelly Beans Day: it takes twelve Jelly Bellys to make one Point. Next Monday, August 3rd, is Grab Some Nuts Day. Tuesday, the 4th, is National Lasagne Day – Nature’s most perfect food!

Jim and Alice -- where is your Asian grocery? I'd love to know.



Prices good only through this Sunday:

Safeway:

Nature’s Own bread and rolls, $1.29


Target and SuperTarget:

Crystal Light, box of 14 singles: $1.97
Crystal Light, 12-qt tube: $2.97



Prices good through next Tuesday:

Albertson’s:

Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef chuck/shoulder/bottom round steak or roast, boneless, 1.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, 5 lbs or more, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, 97¢/lb
Split chicken breast, 77¢/lb
Store brand cheeses, 8 oz block or bag, $1.99
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Bing cherries, $2.99/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Honeydew melon, 39¢/lb
Carrots, 2 lb bag, 99¢
Red bell peppers, 99¢
Earthbound Farms box salads, $2.99



Bashas’:

80/20 ground beef, $1.77/lb
Boneless cross rib roast, $2.39/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, 99¢/lb
Whole chickens, buy 1 get 1 free
Split whole chicken, 99¢/lb
True cod fillets, Alaskan, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna steaks, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Pillsbury cakes mixes (for soda cake), 10/$10
StarKist chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Betty Crocker “80 Cal” potatoes, 10/$10
Sweet corn, 5/$1
Fresh green beans, $1/lb
Bartlett pears, $1/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.79/lb
Plums OR pluots, $1.29/lb
Green bell peppers, 69¢ ea
Strawberries, 2 lb box, $3.99
Cantaloupes OR honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Dole bagged “Caesar salad kit”, incl. low-calorie, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb



Food City:

Beef bottom round steak, boneless, $1.49/lb
Beef sirloin steak, boneless, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, 99¢/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Watermelon, 10¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Plums OR peaches OR nectarines, 88¢/lb
Mexican green onions, 3 bunches/99¢
Chayote squash, 3/99¢
Bartlett pears, 69¢/lb



Fresh & Easy:

Whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Store brand cheese, 8 oz block or bag, $1.47
Seedless red or green grapes, 4 lb box, $4.96
Store brand bag salad, “herb”, $1.49
Yellow onions, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Peaches, 1 lb bag, 98¢
Mangoes, 98¢ ea.
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 98¢



Fry’s:

93/7 ground beef, $1.77/lb
Half pork loin, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49/lb
Store brand milk, all varieties, $1.37
(99¢ if you spend $50, which is frighteningly easy to do)
Store branch cheese, 6-8 oz. block or bag, 99¢
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets” (2 Points each, whole box 4), 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cantaloupes, $1 ea.
Sweet corn, 3/99¢
Peaches/nectarines/plums/pluots, $1.79/lb
Bing cherries, $1.99/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Seedless grapes, red/green/black, $1.79
Broccoli OR cauliflower, $1/lb
Walla Walla onions, $1/lb



Rancho Grande:

Beef shoulder “clod” steak or roast, $2.19/lb
Whole chickens, 99¢/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Beef liver, 49¢/lb
Whole seeded watermelon, 12¢/lb
Chayote squash, 4/99¢/lb
Mexican green onions, 4 bunches/99¢
Red or green grapes, 89¢/lb
Green apples, 3 lbs/99¢



Safeway:

Beef bottom round roast or steaks, $1.77/lb
93/7 ground beef, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, 99¢/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Lucerne milk, $1.57
Yoplait yogurt incl. Light, 60¢ (when you buy 10)
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.99
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Dreyer’s fruit bars, 2/$7
Sweet corn, 5/$1
Whole seedless watermelons, $1.99 ea
Apricots, 1 lb box, $1.98
Walla Walla onions, 79¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Bing cherries, $2.99/lb
Bananas, 59¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Jazz apples, $1.49/lb



Smart & Final:

Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Honeydew melons, 4 lbs/$1
Yellow or white peaches, 8 ct, $2.49
Bing cherries, 2 lb box, $3.99
Ready Pac bag salad, “Spring Mix,” 1 lb bag, $3.99



Sprouts:

Sirloin steaks, $2.99/lb
Whole chickens, $1.39/lb
Pineapples, 97¢/lb
Pink Lady apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Peaches, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelon, 15¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green or red, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Bing cherries, $1.99/lb
Hass avocados, 4/$5
Walla Walla onions, 69¢/lb