Bargains

Bargain guide, week of August 19th

Stone fruits are still good. Blueberries are the best they will be all season: make muffins.

The 22nd is National Spumoni Day, which is cooling and refreshing but not low in Points, and also National Eat A Peach Day which is all three. Next Tuesday, the 25th, is National Whiskey Sour Day (or arguably National Whisky Sour Day).

August 19th: National Potato Day, National Hot & Spicy Food Day
August 20th: Lemonade Day, National Chocolate Pecan Pie Day
August 21st: National Pecan Torte Day
August 22nd: Eat A Peach Day, National Spumoni Day
August 23rd: National Sponge Cake Day
August 24th: National Peach Pie Day
August 25th: National Whisk(e)y Sour Day, National Waffle Day, National Banana Split Day
August 26th: National Cherry Popsicle Day



Albertson’s:

Ground beef, 93/7, $1.77/lb
Beef chuck roast or steak, boneless, $1.99/lb
Beef round steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Extra large (26-30 ct) raw shrimp, $4.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Jumbo (16-20 ct) raw shrimp, $5.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Albertson’s cheese, 8 oz chunk or shreds, 97¢
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.99
Cantaloupes, 5/$5
Large tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Berries, $2.99
Avocados, 99¢ ea.
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Seedless grapes, red or green, $1.99/lb
Green beans, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, $2.88
Bananas, 69¢/lb



Bashas’:

Beef cross rib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 77¢/lb
90/10 ground beef, “value pack”, $1.77/lb
Milk, $1.39
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Nature’s Own bread or rolls, 2/$4
Food Club butter, $1.99/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 4/$10
Gorton’s Grilled Fillets, 2/$7 (2 Points each, 4 for the whole box)
Nectarines, 79¢/lb
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 33¢ ea
Cantaloupes or honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Plums or pluots, $1.49/lb
Peaches, $1.79/lb
Red bell peppers, 69¢ ea



Fresh & Easy:

Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Alaskan salmon, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Triscuit, $2.10
Milk, $1.99
Large eggs, AA, dozen, $1.25
“Baja Classic” tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Iceberg, 98¢ ea.
Cucumbers, 2 pk, 98¢
Cantaloupe, whole, 98¢
Store brand “Sunshine” bag salad , 98¢
Peaches or nectarines, 2 lb pkg, $1.98



Food City:

Beef chuck steak, boneless, $1.79/lb (roast, $1.99/lb)
Pork shoulder steaks, bone in, 79¢/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 49¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Food Club pasta, 89¢/lb
Food Club olive oil, 17 oz bottle, $2.99
Cantaloupe, 4 lbs/$1
Bananas, 33¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 4/$1
Seedless grapes, red or green, 99¢/lb
Plums/peaches/nectarines, 88¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 6/96¢
Carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/88¢
Yams, 2 lbs/$1
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/$1
Iceberg, 79¢
Lemons, 79¢/lb


Fry’s:

Beef cross rib steak, boneless, $1.88/lb
Ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.49
Coho salmon, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Nature’s Bounty or Nature Made vitamins, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Peaches, 67¢/lb
Pluots, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢/lb
(How come “tomatoes” has an e but “avocados” doesn’t?)
Bing cherries, $2.99/lb
Nectarines or plums, $1.79/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Dole “Classic Iceberg” bag salad, $1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Radishes or green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Iceberg, $1
Walla Walla onions, $1/lb
Kroger “mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, $1



Rancho Grande:

Beef steak (no more information than that), $1.99/lb
Beef shanks, $1.49/lb
“Cut-up pork” (honest, that’s what it says), $1.29/lb
Beef liver, 59¢/lb
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 6/99¢
Radishes or green onions, 4 bunches/$1
Cantaloupe, 4 lbs/99¢
Watermelon, seeded, 6 lbs/99¢
Romaine lettuce, 2/89¢
Nopales (cactus pads), 3 lbs/99¢



Safeway:

Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, 99¢/lb
Yoplait yogurt incl. Light, 50¢
Eating Right frozen dinners, 5/$10
Broccoli crowns, 79¢/lb
Peaches, 39¢/lb
Cantaloupes, 99¢ ea.
Walla Walla onions, 69¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.49
Blueberries, pint box, $2.49
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Bananas, 59¢/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea.
Heirloom tomatoes, $3.99 (you may be able to save the seeds for next year)
Cucumbers, 2/$1



Smart & Final:

Beef brisket, $1.89/lb
Gardenburgers, 12 ct, $7.99
Avocados, 4 ct, $2.99
Salad tomatoes, 89¢/lb
Plums, 8 ct, $2.49
Cantaloupe, 19¢/lb



Sprouts:

“Extra lean” ground beef, $1.99/lb
Beef cross rib roast, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin, roast or chops, $1.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Ground turkey breast, $3.99/lb
Roasted veggie-chips (bulk), $5.99/lb
Pirate’s Booty, bag of six single-servings (3 Points each), 2/$6
Seedless grapes, red/green/black, 69¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Plums or pluots, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢/lb
Yellow or Italian squash, 99¢/lb
Mexican papayas, 88¢/lb
Broccoli, 99¢/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea.
Bell peppers, red or gold, 77¢ ea.