Bargain guide, week beginning January 26th

Eating Bird Food, a healthy-eating blogger who is not a Weight Watchers member, gave a wonderfully positive review to the PointsPlus system and the new cookbook! She says that the cookbook offers “Around 500 recipes filled with nutritious and wholesome lean meats, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables so you’ll stay fuller, longer”, and likes the ingredient-swapping tips, measuring pointers, and nutritional information.

The latest from Consumerist: DiGiorno's is marketing a new combo pack, a single box containing frozen pizza and chocolate chip cookies. Not a combination that would have occurred to me, but de gustibus etc. Another combo pack will involve pizza and something called "Boneless Wyngz" {sic} {sic, sic, sic}. Also, Taco Bell is being sued by someone who claims their "ground beef" taco filling is only 36% meat.

This is the last week of January, so diet products are still fairly well promoted but are being swiftly displaced by large displays of red heart-shaped boxes.

January 26th: National Pistachio Day
January 27th: Chocolate Cake Day
January 28th: National Blueberry Pancake Day
January 29th: National Corn Chip Day
January 30th: National Croissant Day
January 31st: Brandy Alexander Day
February 1st: National Baked Alaska Day
February 2nd: Heavenly Hash Day



Albertson’s:

Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef t-bone roast, $3.29/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, 5 lbs or more, $2.19/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Cook’s ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.49/lb
Whole frying chickens OR drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Alaskan cod OR pollock fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia or swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Deli: Jennie-O turkey breast, several varieties, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O honey or baked ham off the bone, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh muenster cheese, $4.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride roast beef varieties, $5.99/lb
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $2.39
Barilla pasta sauce, 24 oz jars, 2/$5 and get 2 boxes of Barilla pasta free
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 39¢
Kellogg’s Special K cereals, $3.49 – buy 3, get a gallon of milk free
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Del Monte pineapples, $2.99 ea
Jonagold apples, $1.29/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Large tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Large cucumbers, 79¢ ea
Fresh Express “Salad Blends”, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms box salads, $2.99
Bok choy OR Nappa cabbage, 69¢/lb



Bashas’:

Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless, $1.97/lb (steaks, $2.99/lb)
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $5.99/lb
Beef top round roast, $3.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.69/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas’ milk, $1.69
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozen, 99¢
Daisy sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Nature’s Own bagels, 2/$3
Nature’s Own bread, $1.99
Bumble Bee solid or chunk white tuna, 99¢
Navel oranges, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Bing cherries, $4.99/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea



Food City:

Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb (steaks, $2.99/lb)
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, 97¢/lb
Whole frying chickens, 69¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.79/lb
Food Club canned fruit, 99¢
Valu Time canned whole tomatoes, 99¢
Pineapples, 3 lbs/99¢
Granny Smith apples, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 4/$1
Brown onions, 5 lbs/$1
Tomatillos OR Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Green bell peppers, 3/99¢



Fry’s:

Massive buy-10-participating items, get-$5-off sale
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, $4.77/lb
Beef ribeye steak, bone in, $5.97/lb
80/20 ground beef, $1.77/lb (3 lb chub)
Whole frying chickens, 57¢/lb
Alaska cod fillets, $4.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 44¢
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, $1.88
Red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Mangos, 77¢ ea
Del Monte pineapples, $2.99 ea
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Bing cherries, $3.99/lb
Grapefruit, 2/$1
Organic “mini peeled” carrots, yellow or orange, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Red bell peppers, $1 ea



Rancho Grande:

Beef chuck roll steak, boneless, $2.59/lb
Beef liver, 89¢/lb
Pork steak bone in, $1.69/lb
Chicken drumsticks, 59¢/lb
Hickman’s eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.89
San Marcos whole jalapeños, 2.6 oz can, 99¢
Ragu pasta sauce, 26 oz jars, 2/$3
Bananas, 2 lbs/99¢
Papayas, 2 lbs/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/99¢
Tomatillos, 3 lbs/99¢
Chayote squash, 6/99¢
(Trivia: In Australia chayote are used as an extender in apple pies.)



Safeway:

Beef loin t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.97/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef round tip roast, $3.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $1.99/lb
90/10 (value pack) or 93/7 ground beef, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, $5.99/lb
Lucerne yogurts, 10/$4
Lucerne sour cream incl Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$3
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Campbell’s Select Harvest soups, 99¢
Safeway diced tomatoes, 14 oz can, 79¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
Safeway Select olive oil (healthy!), 17 oz bottle, $4.99
Braeburn apples, 49¢/lb
Red grapefruit, 4/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Red bell peppers, 99¢
Eating Right “baby peeled” carrots, 1lb bag, 99¢



Smart & Final:

Chicken thighs or drumsticks, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street canned veggies, 2/$1
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $1.47



Sprouts:

All vitamins, supplements, health & beauty products, 25% off
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $1.97/lb
Chicken tenders, $1.97/lb
Whole or cut-up frying chickens, $1.39/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Pinova apples, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
“Rio Red” grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $2.99/lb
Nectarines, peaches, red or black plums, 2 lbs/$3
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Jonagold or Golden Delicious apples, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 99¢/lb
Bell peppers, red/gold/oranges, 88¢ ea
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Cabbage, 49¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb