Bargain guide, week beginning December 1st

I'm grabbing a few minutes away from Operation Cover-To-Cover to update the blog: welcome to December, which is National Fruit Cake Month and National Egg Nog Month. There honestly is such a thing as edible – even delicious – fruit cake, and it comes from Collin Street Bakery. The 5th is National Prohibition Repeal Day – I’ll gladly drink to that.

Donna Currie, at Serious Eats, is currently working on what she’s calling a Sourdough-Starter-Along: a day-by-day project to make her own sourdough starter.

I should probably mention that neither the weekly handout nor this blog are remotely in any way, shape, form, or fashion an official Weight Watchers production. Mine and mine alone.

December 1st: National Pie Day, Eat a Red Apple Day
December 2nd: National Fritters Day
December 3rd: National Apple Pie Day
December 4th: National Cookie Day
December 5th: National Repeal Day, National Sachertorte Day
December 6th: National Gazpacho Day, Microwave Oven Day
December 7th: National Chocolate Brownie Day
December 8th: National Cotton Candy Day



Albertson’s:

Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib or sirloin tip roast, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, 97¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs/drumsticks, family pack, 99¢/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.59 (limit 2 but there are many Albertson’s stores)
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.99
Kraft cheeses, 8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99/lb
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Kretschmar Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Dietz & Watson, various lunchmeats & cheeses, $6.99/lb
All Pepsi products incl. Diet, 12 packs, 3/$10
Smart Ones frozen entrées, $1.99 when you buy 4 participating items
PictSweet frozen veggies, 28 oz bag, 2/$5
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Mangos, $1 ea
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Red or Golden Delicious apples, $1/lb
Pears, Bartlett/Anjou/Red/Bosc, $1/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Red bell peppers, $1 ea
Carrots, 2 lb bag, $1
English cucumbers, $1 ea
Zucchini OR yellow squash OR grey squash, $1/lb
Sweet onions, $1/lb
Eggplant, $1 ea
Collard greens/Mustard greens/Turnip greens, $1/bundle
Earthbound Farms “Spring Mix” or “Baby Spinach”, 1 lb box, $4.99
Earthbound Farms hearts of romaine, 3 pk (12 oz), 2/$5



Bashas’:

Quadruple coupons all week
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $3.97/lb
Boneless beef roasts: chuck, bottom round, crossrib, sirloin tip, $3.49/lb
Beef porterhouse steak, $5.47/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $1.97/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb (steaks, $2.49/lb)
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, buy 1 get 1 free
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, gallons, $1.99
Yoplait yogurts, 40¢ ea (must buy 10)
Brummel & Brown spread, 15 oz tub, $1.99
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.69
Deli: Tillamook cheddar cheese, medium or sharp, $5.99/lb
Boar’s Head roast beef, $9.99/lb
Horseradish cheddar cheese, $7.99/lb
Progresso canned soups incl. Light, 10/$10
Kellogg’s cereals or NutriGrain bars, 2/$5
Pop Chips, 3 oz bag, $1.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jar, 2/$5
Food Club pasta, 16 oz pkg (whole wheat 13.5 oz), 89¢
Flav-R-Pack “Quick’n’Easy Combos” veggies, 1 lb bag, 3/$5
Red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Pink grapefruit, 59¢ ea
Tangerines, $1.29/lb
Bananas, 48¢/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$4
Cucumbers, 2/$1



Food City:

Beef crossrib steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef for tamales, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Clamato, 32 oz bottle, $1.99/lb
Fuji apples, 3 lbs/99¢
Pink grapefruit, 4/$1
Limes, 2 lbs/$1
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 5 lbs/$1
Dole bag salad “Classic Iceberg”, 99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Mexican hard squash, 3 lbs/99¢



Fry’s:

Beef roasts: various boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Beef t-bone steak, family pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack $5.77/lb, Angus $7.99/lb)
Half pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.77/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pck, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Fry’s milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $1.39 when you buy 10 participating items
Mangos, 2/$1
Clementines, 5 lb box, $3.88
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Pears, Bartlett/D’Anjou/Bosc, $1/lb
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.99/lb
Apples: Gala, Delicious, Granny Smith, $1/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Stone pine tree in a 6” pot, $9.99



Rancho Grande:

Beef shank, $1.89/lb
Assorted pork chops, family pack, 99¢/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, family pack, 99¢/lb
Oranges, 6 lbs/99¢/lb



Safeway:

80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.49/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $1.77/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken thighs or drumsticks, 99¢/lb (Sanderson Farms, $1.69/lb)
Safeway ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, 2/$6
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breasts, $1.99/lb
Dairy Glen milk, gallons $1.67
Lucerne eggs, AA large, dozen, 99¢
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Eating Right frozen entrées, 5/$10
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz box, $1
Nabisco 100-calorie packs, 2/$5
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jar, buy 1 get 1 free
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz har, $1.99
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottle, $5.99
Mangos, 3/$5
Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Broccoli crowns, $1.49/lb
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
O Organics box salads, $3.49
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Hass avocados, 2/$1



Smart & Final:

Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Foster farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, family pack, 99¢/lb
Kraft cheeses, 16 oz shreds, double pack, $6.99
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red Delicious, 8 pk, $2.99
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $2.99
Mixed bell peppers, 4 pk, $2.99



Sprouts:

“Super lean” ground sirloin, $3.99/lb
Beef New York steak, $4.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $1.49/lb
Pork baby back ribs, $3.99/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sprouts pasta sauces, 24 oz jar, 2/$5
Sprouts butter, 2/$6
Cascadian Farms frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$4
Red or black seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Gala or Fuji apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Italian or yellow squash, 69v
Baby carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Red or green leaf lettuce OR bunch spinach, 88¢ ea.
Red bell peppers, 69¢ ea.
Eggplant, 69¢ ea.
Cucumbers, 49¢
Green bell peppers, 49¢