Bargain guide, week beginning February 23rd

Starting this week, Safeway is instituting its own system of shelf-tag nutrition labeling. Under the “SimpleNutrition” system, foods can be labeled with any of twenty-two different “benefit tags”, including “Made With Whole Grains”, “Good Source of Fiber”, “100% Juice”, and “Lean Protein”. (As the bloggers at Fooducate point out, Safeway’s intent is to sell foods, so there are no “Drawback Tags”: no food is going to be tagged, say, “Contains over 40% of your daily sodium” or “Good source of saturated fat”.)

Today is both National Banana Bread Day and National Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day. Call me unappreciative, but I’ve tried a number of different dog biscuits and have not found one that is an adequate substitute for banana bread. The 27th is National Strawberry Day (strawberries are PointsPlus-free) and National Kahlua Day (Kahlua most decidedly is not). March 1st is National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Day: I am not numbered among the peanut butter lovers, but if you are (and I know Debi is), enjoy.

February 23rd: National Banana Bread Day, Dog Biscuit Appreciation Day
February 24th: National Tortilla Chip Day
February 25th: National Clam Chowder Day, National Chocolate Covered Nuts Day
February 26th: National Pistachio Day
February 27th: National Strawberry Day, National Kahlua Day
February 28th: National Chocolate Souffle Day
March 1st: National Peanut Butter Lovers' Day, National Fruit Compote Day
March 2nd: National Banana Cream Pie Day



Albertson’s:

Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin chops, “assorted”, bone in, $2.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, family pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Alaskan cod, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Milk, gallons, $1.59 (limit 2) <-- Best price!
Albertson’s cheeses, 8 oz chunk, 2/$4
Deli: Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O honey smoked or “oven brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Kretschmar honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Kretschmar hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Charlie’s Pride roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami, $5.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, too many varieties to fit, $5.99/lb
Hunt’s spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Bumble Bee chunk light tuna, 69¢
Libby’s canned veggies, 79¢
Star “Ex-Virgin” olive oil (that’s what it SAYS!), 17 oz bottle, $3.99
Green Giant “Valley Fresh Steamers” frozen veggies, 12 oz pkg, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 3 lb bag, 99¢
Minneola tangelos, $1/lb
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Mangos, $1 ea
Red or Golden Delicious apples, $1/lb
Mixed cut up fruit, 2 lb bowl, $9.99
Bell peppers, red/yellow/orange, $1 ea
Asparagus, green or white, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns, $1/lb
“Sno White” cauliflower, $1/lb
Sweet onions, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb box, $4.99



Bashas’:

Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, twin pack, $1.98/lb
Beef sirloin tip/crossrib/bottom round steaks, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, $3.49/lb
Bashas’ chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 87¢/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 87¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds or 12 oz string, $2.77
Bashas’ cottage cheese incl. lowfat, 16 oz tub, $1.39
Promise OR Brummel & Brown OR I Can’t Believe, 8-16 oz pkgs, 2/$5
Libby’s canned veggies, 20/$10 (50¢ ea)
Gala or Red Delicious apples, 79¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.49 <-- Best price!
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Navel oranges, 79¢/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.89/lb
Red or black plums, $1.89/lb
Whole cantaloupe, 79¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.89/lb



Food City:

Top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $2.89/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, $1.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 49¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Flounder fillets, $2.49/lb
Value Time spread, 45 oz tub, $1.99
Cantaloupe, 3 lb/99¢
Mangos, 3/99¢
Pineapples, 2 lbs/98¢
Avocados, 5/99¢



Fry’s:

Beef t-bone or New York strip steaks, bone in, $5.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.77/lb
“Pork extravaganza”, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger ground turkey, (extra lean), 3 lb pkg, $6.99
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.59 <-- Best price!
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 5/$5
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 10/$5
Fry’s canned fruit, 10/$10
Bush’s beans, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges, 75¢/lb
Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Mangos, 99¢ ea
Vine or large tomatoes, $1.99/lb



Rancho Grande:

Boneless pork leg, family pack, $1.39/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Watermelon, 5 lbs/$1
Peaches, 49¢/lb



Safeway:

Rancher’s Reserve beef round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Rancher’s Reserve beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillet, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $4.99/lb
Safeway pasta sauce, 67 oz jar, 2/$7
Safeway Select olive oil, 17 oz jar, $5.49
Safeway apples, Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith/Red Delicious, 3 lb bag, 2/$6
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns, 88¢/lb
Eating Right bag veggies, 12 oz bag, $1.99



Smart & Final:

Beef top round roast or London broil, boneless, $2.49
Beef round whole sirloin tip, boneless, whole in bag, $2.79/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.69
Foster Farms mixed thighs and drumsticks pack, 99¢/lb
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb box, $2.49



Sprouts:

Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.97/lb
Beef New York steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breasts, value pack, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.97/lb
Atlantic haddock fillets, wild caught, $3.97/lb
Sprouts extra virgin olive oil, 33 oz bottle, $6.99
Cascadian Farms frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, $2.49
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.67/lb
Navel oranges OR “Rio Red” grapefruit, 49¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Whole cantaloupes, 99¢ ea
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Mangos, 49¢ ea
Whole pineapples, $1.99
Seedless red or black grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic apples, Jonagold/Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Organic broccoli, 2 lbs/$3
Organic butternut squash, 99¢/lb