Bargain guide, week beginning October 13th

Tomorrow, October 14th, is National Chocolate Covered Insects Day. This is one chocolate treat I will voluntarily pass up, but if you really want some (it is after all October) you can order them online from Candy Warehouse, Candy Favorites, Educational Innovations, Science Bob, or Amazon.com.

The day after is National Chicken Cacciatore Day, a delicious dish and very easy to adapt to WW (take skinless chicken parts, brown them, throw in a can of tomatoes, every Italian vegetable you can think of plus some more garlic and red wine, simmer for half an hour). The 17th is, for absolutely no reason I can discern, Four Prunes Day. As with the chocolate covered insects, you can have mine.

The 20th, a week from today, is National Brandied Fruit Day, which is not nearly enough lead time. Get it started this week and you’ll have a nice topping for cake or ice-cream by next Brandied Fruit Day.

And according to Marion Nestle at Food Politics, the Institute of Medicine has just released its first analysis (PDF file) of Front-Of-Package labeling – “those little spots, check marks, and tokens that are all over food packages these days and that are supposed to indicate that the product is especially healthy for you”, as she explains.



Albertson’s:

Ground chuck (fat content not listed), 5 lbs or more, $1.59/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef round steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, 97¢/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, family pack, $3.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters/whole fryers, 88¢/lb
Honeysuckle White ground turkey, 93/7, 1 lb pkg, $1.99
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $3.77/lb
Thresher shark or Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Deli: Dietz & Watson London broil OR peppered eye round, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey or ham, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh mild Cheddar/Colby/Co-jack/pepperjack/Provolone, $5.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, half gallons, 88¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 2/$5
Albertson’s chunk chicken, 10 oz can, $1.99
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottle, $4.99
Gala apples, $1/lb
Pears, Red/Bartlett/Bosc/Anjou, $1/lb
Cut up melon, 12 oz cup, $1
Broccoli crowns, $1/lb
Cauliflower, $1 ea
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Large tomatoes, $1/lb
Large English cucumbers, $1 ea
Yams OR sweet potatoes, $1/lb
Summer squashes, $1/lb
Winter squashes, 88¢/lb
Fresh spinach, $1/bunch
Carrots, 2 lb bag, $1



Bashas’:

Beef cross rib roast, boneless, $1.77/lb (steaks, $2.99/lb)
Beef t-bone/porterhouse/ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $6.99/lb
Ground sirloin (no fat content listed), value pack, $1.97/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, $1.77/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Walleyed pike fillets, $9.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, half gallons only, 99¢
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, $2.69
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 12-16 oz bag, 5/$5
Progresso soups incl. Light, 4/$5
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottle, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 99¢
Seedless red grapes, 77¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 48¢/lb
Raspberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cucumbers, 69¢ ea



Food City:

Beef chuck steak, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb (roast, $2.49/lb)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, $1.29/lb
Red Delicious apples, 3 lbs/99¢
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 4/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢



Fresh & Easy:

Beef sirloin tip steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, $1.59/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
93/7 ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, $3.73 ($2.99/lb)
Milk, gallons, $1.98
Fresh & Easy butter, 2/$5
Fresh & Easy cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Fresh & Easy chunk light tuna, 63¢
Bananas, 19¢ ea
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $1.47
Green bell peppers, 2 ct, 98¢
Lemonsanlimes, 1 lb bag, 98¢
Baby peeled carrots, 1 lb bag, 98¢
Hard squashes, $1.99 ea



Fry’s:

Beef New York strip/ribeye/t-bone steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $3.29/lb
Pork loin back ribs, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $4.99/lb
All Foster Farms fresh chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
Keta salmon, wild caught, $3.97/lb
True cod, $6.99/lb
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozen, 84¢
Fry’s pasta, 1 lb box, 10/$10
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-26 oz jar, $1.67
Red seedless grapes, 89¢/lb
Pears, Bartlett/D’Anjou/Red/Bosc, 74¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Delicious/Granny Smith, $1/lb
Asian pears, $1 ea
Peaches, $1.49/lb
Organic “mini peeled” carrots, yellow or orange, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Asparagus, green or white, $2.99/lb
Winter squashes, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5



Safeway:

80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.29/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $1.99/lb
90/10 ground sirloin, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.59/lb
Beef loin t-bone steak, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drums/leg quarters, value pack, $1.29/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Lucerne cottage cheese incl. Light, 32 oz tub, $2.99
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 4/$19
Nabisco 100 calorie packs, 2/$5
Fiber One cereal, 14-17 oz box, 2/$5
Cantaloupes, 2/$4
Bananas, 49 value pack,
Honeycrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, 99¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Cucumbers, 79¢ ea



Smart & Final:

Beef chuck steaks & roasts, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 1.25 lb pkg, 2/$5
Jennie-O turkey burgers, 3 lb frozen pkg, $4.99
First Street frozen veggies, 2-2.5 lb bag, $1.99
Apples, Gala or Granny Smith, 3 lb bag, $1.49
Seedless black grapes, 2 lb box, $1.99
Tomatoes, 6 ct, 99¢



Sprouts:

Beef New York steak, $4.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, $1.47/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
All chicken sausage varieties, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
VitaTops muffin tops, 8 oz box, $3.99
Ancient Harvest quinoa pasta, 25% off
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Black or red plums, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.69/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Winter squashes, 49¢/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea