Bargain guide, week beginning May 18th

The 20th, this Friday, is National Pick Strawberries Day. I don’t know of any place in our area where you can do that unless you planted them yourself, but they’re in season and the day after is National Strawberries And Cream Day. One week from today is both National Brown Bag It Day and National Wine Day, an interesting combination which calls up unfortunate images of drinking wine out of a brown paper bag.

Fooducate has a link to a terrific New York Times article about foods being marketed as “healthy”, and whether this is really about food and health, or about marketing. “Take the average American supermarket – 50,000 products give or take a few. Notice how ALL OF THEM are somehow labeled good for you. If it’s high in fat – it will boast low sugar. If it’s super sugary – it’s low fat. Full of artificial colors and sweeteners? No worries, it’s a perfect low calorie treat. Overly processed? No problem, pump it up with added vitamins and minerals. If all these foods are so healthy, how come we are all getting so fat and sick?”

May 18th: National Cheese Soufflé Day
May 19th: National Devil's Food Cake Day
May 20th: National Quiche Lorraine Day, National Pick Strawberries Day
May 21st: National Strawberries & Cream Day
May 22nd: National Vanilla Pudding Day
May 23rd: National Taffy Day
May 24th: National Escargot Day
May 25th: National Brown Bag It Day, National Wine Day (do not confuse with National Drink Wine Day, which is in February)



Albertson’s:

Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb (steaks in family pack)
Beef bottom round roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.19/lb (5 lbs or more)
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Honeysuckle White 85/15 ground turkey, 1.2 lb pkg, $3.49
Thresher shark, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Crystal Farms All Whites (egg whites in a milk carton), 16 oz, 2/$5
Deli: All Dietz & Watson ham/turkey breast/cheese/roast beef, $6.99/lb
Kretschmar Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Provolone or Muenster cheese, $4.99/lb
Nature’s Own 100%-whole-wheat bread, $2.19
Del Monte tomatoes or veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Lean Pockets, $1.49
Bing cherries, $3.99/lb
Apricots, $2.99/lb
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, regular or organic, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Whole cantaloupes, $1 ea
Cut up cantaloupe, 24 oz bowl, $2.99
Cut up watermelon, 32 oz bowl, $3.99
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Fruitkebabs, 14 oz, $3.99 ea
Cut up strawberries, 20 oz bowl, $4.99
Cut up mixed fruit, 32 oz bowl, $9.99
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 69¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, $1.29



Bashas’:

Prices good only Friday, Saturday, and Sunday:

Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $1.99/lb
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb

Prices good now through next Tuesday:

Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb (regular pack or roast, $3.99/lb)
Beef crossrib steaks or roast, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, family pack, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 88¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds or slices, 2/$5
Bashas’ cottage cheese incl. low-fat, 24 oz tub, $1.99
Barilla pasta sauce, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-26 oz jars, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Food Club tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 69¢
Strawberries, 1 lb pkg, $1.99
Blackberries/raspberries/blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$3
Seedless watermelon, 29¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 49¢/lb
Whole honeydew melons, 59¢/lb
Apples, Gala or Red/Golden Delicious, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 3/$1
Eggplant, 99¢ ea



Food City:

Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 99¢/lb
Chicken thighs, bone in, 79¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Tilapia fillets, $2.69/lb
Del Monte spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, 79¢
Watermelon, seeded or seedless, 12¢/lb
Mangos, 3/99¢
Pink Lady apples, 2 lbs/98¢
Pineapples, 2 lbs/98¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢



Fry’s:

Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $5.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
Pork chops, “assorted”, bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast $1.88/lb
Whole chickens, 94¢/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Yoplait yogurts, 40¢
Kroger butter, $2.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Bing cherries, $2.47/lb
Gala OR Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
White peaches, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Vidalia onions, 99¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Seedless cucumbers, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Zucchini OR yellow squash, 99¢/lb



Rancho Grande:

Beef chuck roll steak or roast, boneless, $2.59/lb
Assorted pork chops, $1.29/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Oranges, 9 lbs/99¢



Safeway:

Beef round steak, boneless, value pack, $1.67/lb
Beef round tip roast, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Whole pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Safeway chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Steelhead fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Dairy Glen milk, $1.79
Lucerne butter, 2/$6
Lucerne yogurts, 10/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$11
Bush’s beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Ragu pasta, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3
Del Monte fruit cups, 4pk, 2/$5
Nutri-Grain bars, 2/$5
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets”, $3.99
Whole cantaloupes, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges, 48¢/lb
Mangos OR “Champagne” mangos, 10/$10
“Extra large” green bell peppers, 2/$1
English cucumbers, AZ grown, 10/$10
Iceberg, 10/$10
Vidalia onions, 10 lbs/$10
Zuchini OR yellow squash, 10 lbs/$10
Eating Right “baby peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 10/$10



Smart & Final:

Beef brisket, whole in bag, untrimmed, $1.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 69¢/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag, $8.99
First Street wide-pan bread incl. whole-wheat, 24 oz loaves, $1.77
La Romanelle organic pasta, 16 oz pkg, 4/$5
Blueberries, 18 oz box, $4.99
Large Roma tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Green Italian squash, 5 ct, $1.99



Sprouts:

“Super lean” ground beef (fat content not listed), $3.99/lb
Beef brisket flat OR London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork loin roast or chops, boneless, center cut, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breasts, $1.97/lb
Chicken sausage, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Pirate’s Booty, 25% off
Cantaloupe OR honeydew OR whole seedless watermelons, 99¢ each
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Blueberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$4
Red or Ataulfo mangos, 77¢ ea
Bing cherries, $3.99/lb
Gala or Pink Lady apples, 99¢/lb
D’Anjou pears, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.49/lb)
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$4
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $1.99
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Summer squashes, 77¢/lb
Organic Italian squash, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Cabbage, 49¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $1.99