Bargain guide, week beginning November 3rd

November is National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month – that’s you, Debi! Also Raisin Bread Month, a good combination. It’s several other things as well, most notably Good Nutrition Month, but also Georgia Pecan Month, National Pepper Month, National Pomegranate Month, Vegan Month, Fun With Fondue Month, and the year's third consecutive National Apple Month.

The 4th of this month, oddly, is National Candy Day – “oddly” because I’d have thought it came last Sunday. (The handout erroneously gave the 3rd as the date for Candy Day -- sorry.) This Friday, the 5th, is one of the year’s two separate National Doughnut Days. Next Tuesday, the 9th, is Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day, and also Harvey Wallbanger Day. One week from today is not National Cupcake Day – that’s next month – but very specifically National Vanilla Cupcake Day.

November 3rd: Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut day (there are at least two of these)
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day, Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day
November10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day

The Fooducate blog -- bookmark that -- is doing good series of articles on bread, what you're buying when you buy it, and how to buy it healthy. Part 1 (overview), Part 2 (whole grains), Part 3 (but what else are you getting?)-- there will be more, and you can find them from the main Fooducate page.



Albertson’s:

Beef London broil, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $6.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $6.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, 5 lbs or more, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted, family pack, $1.99/lb
Pork loin chops, center cut, bone in, family pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99
Milk, gallons, $1.77
Deli: Jennie-O turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Kretschmar honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard salami/Genoa salami/pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” veggies, 10-12 oz bag, 4/$5
PictSweet frozen veggies, 28 oz bag, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna, $1
Green Giant “specialty” veggies, 11-15 oz cans, $1
Da Vinci pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
Hunt’s spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Pineapples, $2.49 ea
Mangos, $1 ea
Red grapefruit, $1
Fresh Express bag salad, “Green & Crisp”, 12 oz, $1
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, $1/lb
Summer squashes, $1/lb
Yams OR sweet potatoes, $1/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Fresh spinach, $1/bunch
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea



Bashas’:

Beef roasts: crossrib/bottom round/chuck, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb (cut & wrapped free)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, buy 1 get 1 free
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Fresh clams, 2 lb bag, $5
Milk, gallons, $1.77
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Land O Lakes butter, $2.69
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Deli: Boar’s Head deluxe roast beef, $9.99/lb
Gold Swiss cheese, $7.49/lb
Tillamook Cheddar cheese, $5.99/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, $1.88
Food Club frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 5/$5
Pompeian olive oil, 16 oz bottle, $3.99
Nabisco 100 calorie pack, 2/$5
Dole whole pineapples, 88¢ ea
Red seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Red/Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 48¢/lb
Hass avocados, small, 4/$1
Red or Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb



Food City:

Beef bottom round steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless value pack, $2.69/b
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, 99¢/lb (steaks, $1.49/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, 99¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.49/lb
Granny Smith apples, 4 lbs/96¢
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 4 lbs/96¢
Mexican hard squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 3 lbs/99¢



Fry’s:

Boneless beef roasts: chuck, top/bottom/eye round, sirloin tip, crossrib –
buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb (regular pack $5.99/lb)
Beef chuck steak, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Pork loin back ribs, $2.97/lb
Honeysuckle turkey breast, 99¢/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Fry’s or Kroger canned veggies, 2/$1
Prego pasta sauces, 24 oz jar, $1.99
Del Monte whole pineapples, 2/$5
Bannaas, 49¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, $1/lb
Pears: Bartlett/D’Anjou/Red/Bosc, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Vine or large tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Dole bag salads “Just Lettuce”, “Classic Romaine”, “Greener Selection”, 88¢
Winter squashes, $1/lb
Organic “mini peeled” carrots, yellow or orange, 1 lb bag, 2/$3



Safeway:

Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $1.77/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef t-bone or New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Whole chickens, 69¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lbs, 39¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lbs, 89¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, regular or Italian, 1.25 lb pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $1.69
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Red Delicious apples, 2 lbs/$1
Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Texas Red grapefruit, 3/$1
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Cucumbers, 2/1
Leaf lettuces: green, red, Romaine, Boston Bibb, 99¢



Smart & Final:

Beef London Broil or top round roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.39/lb
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, $1.79


Sprouts:

Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $2.99/lb
“Super lean” ground sirloin, $3.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roasts or chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Sprouts olive oil, 1 ltr bottle, $6.99
Gala or Fuji apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 88¢
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢
Summer squashes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Spinach, 88¢/bunch
Leaf lettuces, green/red/Romaine, 88¢