Bargain guide, week beginning August 25th

Today is National Whisk(e)y Sour Day, please either designate a driver or celebrate this one at home! Or you can save it until this Sunday, the 29th, which some sources give for Whisk(e)y Sour Day.

Assuredly worth celebrating on the 29th is National More-Herbs-Less-Salt Day, a healthy way to season your food. Next Tuesday is Eat Outside Day, which given Arizona’s August climate may give an unintended meaning to the phrase “hot lunch”, and Trail Mix Day.

August 25th: Whiskey/Whisky Sour Day
August 26th: National Cherry Popsicle Day
August 27th: National Pot de Crème Day, Banana Lovers' Day
August 28th: National Cherry Turnover Day*
August 29th: More Herbs, Less Salt Day, alternate Whisky/Whiskey Sour Day, Chop Suey Day, Lemon Juice Day
August 30th: National Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 31st: Eat Outside Day, National Trail Mix Day
September 1st: National Cherry Popover Day*

* Yeah -- turnovers on the 28th, popovers on September 1st. I don't write the calendar.



Albertson’s:

Petite sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
92/8 ground beef, $4.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, family pack, $1.67/lb
Honeysuckle White ground turkey, 1.2 lb box, $1.99
Alaskan coho salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Shrimp: large (51/60 ct) cooked, or extra large (26/30 ct) raw, $4.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Dungeness crabs, wild caught, whole cooked, $4.99/lb
(Seafood Watch sustainable-seafood rating: “Best Choice”)
Beef or chicken kebabs, $6.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Al Fresco chicken sausage, 12 oz pkg, $3.98/lb
Deli: Jennie-O turkey pastrami or smoked turkey breast, $3.99/lb
Eckrich super lean ham, $3.99/lb
Deli Fresh Muenster, $3.99/lb
All Pepsi products incl. Diet, 12 packs, 4/$8.88
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jar, 2/$5
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Peaches, $1.49/lb
Mini watermelons, $2.99/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Bartlett pears, $1/lb
Cut up seedless watermelon, 2 lb bowl, $2.99
Cut up melons, 12 oz bowl, 2/$4
Cut up fruit salad, 2 lb bowl, $9.99
Cut up strawberries, 12 oz bowl, $2.99
Crunch Pack sliced apples, 14 oz bag, 2/$5
Fruitkebabs, 14 oz, $3.99
Veggiekebabs, 22 oz, $4.99
Cut up grilling veggies, 26 oz container, $4.99
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Summer squashes, $1/lb
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Fresh Express bag shredded lettuce (iceberg), $1
Slicing tomatoes, $1/lb
Jalapeño peppers, $1/lb
Green beans, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1
Mini carrots, 1 lb bag, $1
Earthbound Farms box salads, 1 lb spinach or “Spring Mix”, $4.99



Bashas’:

Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.77/lb (steak $1.99/lb)
Beef crossrib roast, $2.49/lb (steak $2.99/lb)
Beef stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef cube steaks, $3.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $3.49/lb
Boneless pork roast, center cut, $2.79/lb
Pork chops, center cut, boneless, $3.49/lb (value pack $2.99/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.79/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 47¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, $4.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Shrimp: 31/40 ct cooked OR 26/30 ct raw, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Deli: American Chef ham, original or low-sodium, $2.99/lb
Finlandia swiss cheese, regular or light, $6.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, half gallons only, 10/$10
StarKist chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
Jumbo peaches, $1.79/lb
Cantaloupe, 49¢/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, $1.29/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Hatch green chiles, 99¢/lb
Sweet corn, 2/$1



Food City:

Beef top sirloin steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, 99¢/lb
Hunt’s spaghetti sauces, 26 oz cans, 99¢
Food Club pasta, 1 lb pkg, 99¢
Avocados, 5/99¢
Peaches, 3 lbs/99¢
Plums, 3 lbs/99¢
Red Delicious apples, 59¢/lb
Mexican papaya, 59¢/lb
Jalapeño peppers, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican green onions, 3 bunches/99¢



Fresh & Easy:

80/20 ground beef, $1.99/lb
Pork chops, assorted, $1.59/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Milk, gallons, $1.98
Farmers’ Gems eggs, AA large, 18 ct, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, 79¢/lb
Fresh & Easy bag salad “Sunshine”, 98¢
Bell peppers, 2 ct, 98¢
Yellow onions, 2 lb bag, 98¢
Iceberg, 98¢
Beefsteak tomatoes, 98¢
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Summer squashes, 2/$3
Yellow peaches or nectarines, 2 lb pkg, $1.98
Various prepared veggies (onions/carrots/cabbage/tomatoes/jalapeños/etc.), 2/$2



Fry’s:

93/7 ground beef, $1.88/lb (2 lb chub)
Beef chuck steak, boneless, family pack, $1.88/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb (regular pack, $5.88/lb)
Beef Texas broil, boneless, family pack, $3.29/lb
Boneless half pork loin, whole in bag, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, family pack, $2.79/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade steak, $2.39/lb
Whole frying chickens, 98¢/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $3.99/lb
All Pepsi product incl. Diet, 12 packs, 4/$9
Fry’s milk, half gallons only,10/$10
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$3
Vlasic pickles, “Spears” or “Stackers”, 16-24 oz jar, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$9
Whole cantaloupes, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.89/lb
Peaches, nectarines, plums, Saturn peaches, $1.79/lb
Whole honeydew melons, $2.99/lb
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 10/$10
Red or yellow bell peppers, 10/$10
Vine or large tomatoes, 10/$10
Sweet corn, 2/$1
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Green onions OR radishes, 2 bunches/$1
“Mini peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10
Hass avocados, regular or organic, 10/$10



Rancho Grande:

Beef flap meat, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef liver, $1.19/lb
Beef taco meat, $2.59/lb
Boneless pork (“trocitos de pierna de puerco sin hueso”), family pack, $1.59/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, $1.49/lb
Hickman’s eggs, AA medium, 5 dozen, $3.99
Seedless watermelon, 8 lbs/99¢
Cantaloupe, 4 lbs/99¢



Safeway:

Here is a link to a blog posting by Hideyo Satake, with an analysis of exactly what Safeway mean when they call steaks “restaurant cut”.
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, value pack, $1.59/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $6.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Pork shoulder ribs, county style, bone in, value pack, $1.29/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, $3.49/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Lamb shoulder blade chops, $4.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drums/leg quarters, $1.19/lb
Safeway ground turkey, $2.49/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Raw shrimp, 31/40 ct, $5.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Green Giant canned veggies, 75¢
Safeway canned fruit, 88¢
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz pkg, 89¢
Yellow peaches, 59¢/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Clementines, 5 lb box, $6.99
Whole cantaloupes, 2/$4
Sweet corn, 3/$1
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Sweet yellow onions, 99¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, “Green & Crisp” or spinach, 99¢
Green bell peppers, 2/$1



Smart & Final:

Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork loin baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street frozen boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag, $7.16 ($1.79/lb)
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $2.49
La Romanella olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $5.99
Iceberg, 2 pk, $1.49
Hass avocados, 4 ct, $1.99
Plums or pluots, 8 ct, $2.49



Sprouts:

All vitamins, supplements, health & beauty products, 25% off
Beef rump roast, $2.99/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork butt roast, $1.47/lb
Pork country style ribs, $1.47/lb
Frying chickens, whole or cut up, $1.39/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.47/lb
Rock Cornish game hens, twin pack, $1.47/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, $3.99/lb
Coho salmon, $6.99/lb
Mangos, 3/$1
Whole cantaloupes, 3/$1
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, 99¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 4 lbs/$1
Red or black plums or pluots, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Raspberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Yellow onions, 2 lbs/$1
Red or russet potatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious or Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Yellow or white peaches or nectarines, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Valencia oranges, 88¢/lb
Broccoli crowns, 88¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢ ea