Bargain guide, week beginning October 5th

Don’t forget to bring your food contributions to next week’s meeting!


From Fooducate.com: Denmark has instituted the world’s first tax on fatty foods! Effective immediately, all foods with a saturated fat content of 2.3% or higher will be taxed at a rate of 8¢ per ounce. Discuss! Good? Bad? (Denmark’s obesity rate is only 10%: in the US it’s 30%). Fooducate also has – clickable at the blog – an excellent history of food and nutrition labeling in the US. Did you know that the first standards for packaged-food content weren’t passed until 1939? And they only applied to canned tomatoes and tomato paste?

At Chow.com there’s a good video on how to roast vegetables. The trick is to spread them out, oil them (there’s a way to work in one of your healthy oils), and get the oven HOT: “anything lower than 500 degrees Fahrenheit is baking, not roasting.” And appropriately, at Summer Tomato there’s an article about roasting delicata squash!

This second week in October is National School Lunch Week and National Beer Week – THESE TWO ARE NOT TO BE REGARDED AS COMPATIBLE – as well as National Food Bank Week. This Sunday, the 9th, is Moldy Cheese Day – both the intentional and the unintentional sorts, I imagine. And one week from today is Jean Nidetch’s birthday!

October 5th: National Apple Betty Day
October 6th: National Noodle Day
October 7th: National Frappe Day
October 8th: National Fluffernutter Day, National Pierogi Day
October 9th: Moldy Cheese Day
October 10th: National Angel Food Cake Day
October 11th: National Sausage Pizza Day
October 12th: National Gumbo Day



Albertson’s:

Beef ribeye (bone-in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork loin chops, bone in, $4.29/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, family pack, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Pollock fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Albertson’s cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds, 50% off
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Albertson’s butter, 2/$5
Albertson’s sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
General Mills breakfast cereals, 9-12 oz boxes, $1.99
Del Monte tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$2
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Pompeian olive-canola oil blend (also healthy!), 48 oz bottles, $5.99
Hot/Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $2.99/lb
Apple pears, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb



Bashas’:

Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib/top round/bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork shoulder steak, value pack, $2.99/lb
Center cut pork roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken breast or leg quarters, bone in, 89¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99/lb
Bashas’ sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
Blue Diamond Almond Breeze almond milk, 64 oz cartons, $2.88
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99/lb
Hot/Lean/Croissant Pockets, 5/$10
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 87¢ ea
Gala apples, 87¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 87¢/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $1.97/lb
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.97/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Small Hass avocados, 2/$1
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 87¢ ea
Dole bag salads, $2.50



Food City:

Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, $1.99/lb
Food City eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.97
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/96¢
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea



Fry’s:

Beef roasts: bottom/top/eye round, sirloin tip, chuck, shoulder, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/lb
Whole pork shoulder, whole in bag, $1.59/lb
Foster Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 97¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Land O Lakes butter, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, both incl Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$3
Kroger frozen veggies, 8-12 oz bags, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 77¢/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $1.49/lb
Yellow peaches OR black plums, $1.98/lb
Asian pears, 10/$10
Vine or hothouse tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb



Safeway:

Beef loin t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder country style ribs, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.29/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey patties, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, $4.99/lb
Lucerne butter, $2.99
Splenda, 400 ct, $12.99
Fiber One cereal, 11-17 oz boxes, $2.99
Healthy Choice “Fresh Mixers” (shelf stable entrées), 2/$6
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 5/$10
Open Nature frozen entrées, $2.99
Eating Right frozen veggies, 12 oz bags, 2/$5
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets” fish, 2/$6
Honeycrisp apples, $2.49
Green seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 49¢/lb
Yellow peaches, $1.99/lb
Del Monte “Fruit Naturals”, 8 oz cups, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes OR tomatillos OR jalapeño peppers, 99¢/lb



Smart & Final:

Beef New York steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 69¢/lb
Foster Farms chicken franks, 3 lb pkg, $2.99
Iceberg, 2 ct, $1.49
Red Delicious OR Granny Smith apples, 3 lb pkg, $2.49
Tomatoes, 6 ct, $1.49



Sprouts:

Beef New York steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, fat content not listed, value pack, $3.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roasts OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99
Organic Fuji apples, $1.49/lb
Organic D’Anjou pears, $1.49/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Jonathan apples, 88¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Red or Jewel yams, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Celery, 88¢ ea
Broccoli crowns, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 4 lbs/$5
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1