Chow.com explains how to make a Thanksgiving dinner for eight for just over a hundred dollars! And their cost estimate is based on “the highest nonsale prices we could find at a Safeway in San Francisco”, which has some of the grocery highest prices in the country. They've also got a very useful series of videos on how to cope with Thanksgiving cooking disasters: underdone turkey, piecrust dough that's glued itself to the counter, sweet potato casserole on fire ...
Darya at Summer Tomato highly recommends a new pedometer, the Up from Jawbone. It's a combination wristband and iPhone (sadly, not iPod) app that tracks steps, meals (it requires you to photograph your meal and also asks you, two hours later, whether you're still satisfied), and just about everything … except Points.
Darya also has a delicious-looking recipe headlined, “How to make Brussels sprouts that aren't gross”. She suggests that the smaller they are the less bitter they are, recommends halving and blanching them to take out what bitterness there is, balances the remaining bitterness with an acid, and adds, “Oh, and did I mention bacon?”
This Saturday, the 12th, is variously reported as “Nation Pizza With the Works Day” and “National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)”. Monday is National Guacamole Day – it's easy to make, but if you buy it do not buy the kind in a plastic tub because it is made out of everything that is NOT avocados. And, importantly, the 15th is National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day.
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
November 10th: National Vanilla Cupcake Day
November 11th: National Sundae Day
November 12th: National Pizza With Everything Day (Except Anchovies)
November 13th: National Indian Pudding Day
November 14th: National Pickle Day, National Guacamole Day
November 15th: National Raisin Bran Day, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day
November 16th: National Fast Food Day
Albertson's:
Free frozen turkey (10-14 lbs) with $100 purchase OR they will price-match Honeysuckle White frozen turkeys to Bashas', Fry's, or Safeway.
93/7 ground beef, $2.29/lb
Beef shoulder/London broil/bottom round roasts or steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.59/lb (butt portion, $1.79/lb)
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White frozen turkey breast, $1.99/lb
Tyson game hens, twin pack, $6
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson turkey, ham, chicken breast, cheeses, $7.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Provolone/Muenster/baby Swiss, $5.99/lb
Albertson's cream cheese incl Light, 8 oz brick, $1
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 8 oz tub, $1
Land O Lakes butter, 2/$7
Hunt's spaghetti sauce, 26 oz cans, $1
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb box, $1
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Nature's Own honey wheat bread, $1.99
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, $1
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns, 69¢/lb
Roma tomtotes, 99¢/lb
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef chuck roast, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $3.49/lb
Beef sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Pork tenderloin, $4.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Yellowfin tuna, $5.99/lb
Rainbow trout fillets, $6.99/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Bashas' sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Challenge butter, $2.88
Nature's Own bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99/lb
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Pomegranates, $1.88 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.88/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Cucumbers, 2/88¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef tamale meat (for some reason this is illustrated with a roast), value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or steaks, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef stew meat, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, whole in bag, 99¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Beauregard, Red Diane, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.77/b
Beef crossrib roast, $3.79/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Cook's smoked half ham, butt or shank, $1.27/lb
All Foster Farms fresh chicken products, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, $1.29/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, 3/$5
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Libby's pumpkin, 15 oz cans, $1.99
Kroger or Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-12 oz pkg, 10/$190
Cantaloupes, $1.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Raspberries or blackberries, 6 oz box, 2/$5
Navel oranges, US grown, 88¢/lb
Gala or Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.68/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 96¢/lb
Dole OR Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef London broil steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, $2.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Safeway spiral sliced smoked half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 99¢/lb (leg quarters, 69¢/lb)
Alaskan keta salmon, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99
Lucerne yogurts, 6 pk, $2.49
Kellogg's Raisin Bran, 20 oz box, 2/$5
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.69
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruits, 2/$1
Fuji/Gala/Red Delicious apples, 5 lb bag, $4.99
Hass avocados, 2/$1
O Organics box salads, 2/$4
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10/$10
Jumbo yellow onions, 2/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.69/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey and sausage products, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.49
Bananas, 49¢/lb
Apples, Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Red Delicious, 8 ct, $2.99
Sprouts:
Center cut pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, $1.49/lb
Lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Blackberries, 5 oz box, 88¢
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Navel oranges, US grown, 77¢/lb
Apples, Red/Golden Delicious or Fuji, 99¢/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.29/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢/lb
Summer (yellow/zucchini) or winter (acorn/butternut/spaghetti) squashes, 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning November 2nd
With Halloween over, the TURKEY PROMOTIONS have started along with equally ardent promotions for baking supplies and ingredients.
At Fooducate there's a great entry about exactly what's in fat-free salad dressings, why they're not worth the money, and why they actually negatively impact the nutritional value of the salad. (Vitamins A, D, E, and K – all significantly present in salad makings – are fat-soluble, not water-soluble, so using a fat-free dressing makes them less available for your system.)
At Chow.com, Harold McGee debunks the idea of searing meat to “seal in the juices”. (It doesn't. But, as he points out, it makes it taste much better.) Their advice columnist treats the question of $6/lb free-range “heritage” turkeys vs. brine-injected 69¢/lb mass-market turkeys. (The first category definitely have more flavor, but may have to be soaked in brine in your refrigerator for two days before cooking. Some people, especially older people, don't even like them: one woman who raises heritage turkeys herself says the taste reminds her mother-in-law of “the horrible old mutton they were forced to eat” during World War II. Also there's the whole $6/lb thing.)
Welcome to November: National Pepper Month (I can't tell whether that's black pepper or capsicum peppers), National Georgia Pecan Month, National Pomegranate Month (sadly those in my back yard are not quite ripe yet), National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month (Y HALO THAR DEBI), and the third and final consecutive National Apple Month. This Friday is National Doughnut Day. For some reason National Doughnut Day is also in July. I am not responsible for this. The 8th is both National Cappuccino Day and National Harvey Wallbanger Day. Do not attempt to use the one to counter the effects of the other. The day after is both Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day and National Scrapple Day. I suppose the two could be combined by a creative and inventive and sufficiently determined cook.
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or family-pack steaks, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's cream cheese including reduced-fat, 8 oz pkg, 4/$5
Weight Watchers yogurt, 2/$1
Deli: Jennie/O smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb (2 lb limit)
Jennie-O honey-smoked OR oven brown turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 8-12 ct, OR 42 oz round box, $2.49
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, $1
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 67¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or value-pack steaks, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Food Club cream cheese, 8 oz pkg, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, $2.99j
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 2/$5
PopChips, 3 oz bag, $1.99
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $1.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb (steaks 20¢ higher)
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Red Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.59 (3.20/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Kroger Value boneless-skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Kroger Cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢/lb
Green Giant (7-10) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Organic romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef top round London broil, $4.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Safeway spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase)
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb (with $25/lb)
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Pantry Essentials butter, $3.49
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway Select olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99
Safeway Select pasta, 16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Apples: Red Delicious/Gala/Braeburn/Fuji/Granny Smith, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
O Organics “baby peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 87¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Challenge butter, $3.49
Salad tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steak, $3.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken OR pork OR chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, #2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.97/lb
Fresh "free-range" turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Braeburn/Fuji/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.29/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 2 lbs/$5
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Organic Italian squash, $1.29/lb
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
At Fooducate there's a great entry about exactly what's in fat-free salad dressings, why they're not worth the money, and why they actually negatively impact the nutritional value of the salad. (Vitamins A, D, E, and K – all significantly present in salad makings – are fat-soluble, not water-soluble, so using a fat-free dressing makes them less available for your system.)
At Chow.com, Harold McGee debunks the idea of searing meat to “seal in the juices”. (It doesn't. But, as he points out, it makes it taste much better.) Their advice columnist treats the question of $6/lb free-range “heritage” turkeys vs. brine-injected 69¢/lb mass-market turkeys. (The first category definitely have more flavor, but may have to be soaked in brine in your refrigerator for two days before cooking. Some people, especially older people, don't even like them: one woman who raises heritage turkeys herself says the taste reminds her mother-in-law of “the horrible old mutton they were forced to eat” during World War II. Also there's the whole $6/lb thing.)
Welcome to November: National Pepper Month (I can't tell whether that's black pepper or capsicum peppers), National Georgia Pecan Month, National Pomegranate Month (sadly those in my back yard are not quite ripe yet), National Peanut Butter Lovers' Month (Y HALO THAR DEBI), and the third and final consecutive National Apple Month. This Friday is National Doughnut Day. For some reason National Doughnut Day is also in July. I am not responsible for this. The 8th is both National Cappuccino Day and National Harvey Wallbanger Day. Do not attempt to use the one to counter the effects of the other. The day after is both Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day and National Scrapple Day. I suppose the two could be combined by a creative and inventive and sufficiently determined cook.
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
November 3rd: National Sandwich Day
November 4th: National Candy Day
November 5th: National Doughnut Day
November 6th: National Nachos Day
November 7th: Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
November 8th: National Harvey Wallbanger Day, National Cappuccino Day
November 9th: National Scrapple Day, Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or family-pack steaks, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin chops, assorted bone in, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's cream cheese including reduced-fat, 8 oz pkg, 4/$5
Weight Watchers yogurt, 2/$1
Deli: Jennie/O smoked turkey breast, $2.99/lb (2 lb limit)
Jennie-O honey-smoked OR oven brown turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/corned beef/pastrami, $5.99/lb
Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 8-12 ct, OR 42 oz round box, $2.49
Libby's canned veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
Albertson's frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, $1
Apples: Gala, Red/Golden Delicious, 67¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz thing, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 99¢/lb
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast or value-pack steaks, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.67/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Food Club cream cheese, 8 oz pkg, 2/$3
Hunt's tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 4/$5
Ro*Tel tomatoes, 4/$5
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, $2.99j
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 2/$5
PopChips, 3 oz bag, $1.99
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Pomegranates, $1.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, $1.19/lb
Brown onions, 2 lbs/$1
Winter squashes, 99¢/lb
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Food City:
Beef chuck steaks or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.79/lb (steaks 20¢ higher)
Chicken breast, bone in, $1.29/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Red Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef chuck steak or roast, boneless, $3.79/lb
80/20 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.59 (3.20/lb)
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.49/lb
Kroger Value boneless-skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $1.77/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Kroger Cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
StarKist chunk light tuna, 69¢/lb
Green Giant (7-10) OR Kroger (9-12 oz) frozen veg, 10/$10
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.98/lb (organic, $2.49/lb)
Apples, Gala/Fuji/Cameo/Rome/Granny Smith/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Organic romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $6.99/lb
Beef top round London broil, $4.49/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $2.29/lb
Safeway spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, value pack, 99¢/lb
Safeway frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 59¢/lb (with $25 purchase)
Honeysuckle frozen turkeys, 8-24 lb, 99¢/lb (with $25/lb)
Butterball frozen turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen milk, gallons, $1.57
Pantry Essentials butter, $3.49
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway Select olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99
Safeway Select pasta, 16 oz boxes, 2/$3
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 5/$10
Apples: Red Delicious/Gala/Braeburn/Fuji/Granny Smith, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
O Organics “baby peeled” carrots, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Large tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$3
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken thighs OR drumsticks, 87¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.49
Challenge butter, $3.49
Salad tomatoes, 69¢/lb
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steak, $3.97/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steaks, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops OR rack of pork, $2.99/lb
Ground chicken OR pork OR chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, #2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.97/lb
Fresh "free-range" turkey breast, $2.99/lb
Sprouts frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Braeburn/Fuji/Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.29/lb
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Pomegranates, 2/$4
Tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Asparagus, 2 lbs/$5
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Summer squashes, 99¢/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $2.99
Organic Italian squash, $1.29/lb
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning October 26th
At Chow.com they've got a collection of “recipes for using up leftover chicken”, but they strike me also as good ways of dealing with that WW staple, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast. There's a chicken taco salad that looks tasty, as well as a Japanese soup that's heavy on the napa cabbage. And in the forums, there's a very serious discussion of whether the different “sections” of a single candy-corn have different flavors.
At Fooducate.com there's a ruthless analysis of Kraft's new “Milk & Granola” bars, which according to the label have “the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk”. They also have 10 grams of sugar per bar – that's 2.5 teaspoons. (You can also get the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk by, you know, drinking milk. What an idea.)
And at Summer Tomato there's a very useful piece on how to prevent, um, gaseousness caused by eating large quantities of vegetables. (Take small bites and chew them well.)
Tomorrow is American Beer Day, not to be confused with National Beer Day which is April 7th or Drink Beer Day which is September 28th. The day after tomorrow is National Chocolate Day and also National Wild Foods Day – don't look like that, if you've ever eaten a blackberry off a bush or caught a fish and eaten it, you've eaten wild food. The 30th is National Candy-Corn Day, and the day after is of course Trick Or Treat For UNICEF Day.
October 26th: National Mincemeat Pie Day
October 27th: National Potato Day, American Beer Day
October 28th: National Chocolate Day, National Wild Foods Day
October 29th: National Oatmeal Day, National Pancake Day
October 30th: National Candy Corn Day, Buy A Doughnut Day
October 31st: Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day, National Candy Apple Day
November 1st: National Fried Clams Day (CLAAAAMMMMMS), National Vinegar Day
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
Albertson's:
93/7 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round/crossrib/chuck steaks or roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, buy one get one free (same item only)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Knudsen “Cottage Doubles”, 10/$10
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own 100% whole wheat bread, 2/$4
General Mills breakfast cereals, 8-12 oz boxes, $1.49 (must buy 4)
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$4
Nature Sweet cherry/grape/yellow grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Bashas':
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, value pack, $4.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Cook's ham steak, bone in, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own whole-wheat or honey-wheat bread, $2.19
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, $/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.87/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.99
Red seedless grapes, 87¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Winter squashes, 89¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 69¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Golden Sweet/Beauregarde/Red Diane yams, 2 lbs/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Large tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Fry's:
HoneyCrisp apples, 88¢/lb, THURSDAY EVENING ONLY.
Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, sirloin tip, boneless, buy one get one free
Pork loin, boneless, $1.97/lb
Private Selection pork loin chops, bone in, “all natural”, $5.99/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $2.99/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $2.99
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 13-24 oz jars, $2.99
Kellogg's Special K or Fiber Plus bars, 5-10 ct, $2.79
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10/12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Apples: Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bosc/Bartlett/Red Bartlett/Anjou, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 96¢/lb
Private Selection organic box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, “restaurant cut”, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken leg quarters, 89¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Near East rice or couscous, 5-10 oz boxes, 2/$6
Healthy Choice soups, 14 oz microwavable bowls, 2/$4
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith apples, $1.48/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 8-12 oz, 10/$10
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10 lbs/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.29/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Red Delicious or Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Ready Pac Caesar salad, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Sprouts:
All vitamins, all body-care products, 25% off
Beef porterhouse steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.97/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $1.97/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Whole OR cut up chickens, “all natural”, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, boneless, $6.99/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Valencia oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Cameo/Gala/Jonathan apples, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.69/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Eggplant, 97¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian/yellow/Mexican squash, 77¢/lb
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
At Fooducate.com there's a ruthless analysis of Kraft's new “Milk & Granola” bars, which according to the label have “the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk”. They also have 10 grams of sugar per bar – that's 2.5 teaspoons. (You can also get the calcium of an 8oz glass of milk by, you know, drinking milk. What an idea.)
And at Summer Tomato there's a very useful piece on how to prevent, um, gaseousness caused by eating large quantities of vegetables. (Take small bites and chew them well.)
Tomorrow is American Beer Day, not to be confused with National Beer Day which is April 7th or Drink Beer Day which is September 28th. The day after tomorrow is National Chocolate Day and also National Wild Foods Day – don't look like that, if you've ever eaten a blackberry off a bush or caught a fish and eaten it, you've eaten wild food. The 30th is National Candy-Corn Day, and the day after is of course Trick Or Treat For UNICEF Day.
October 26th: National Mincemeat Pie Day
October 27th: National Potato Day, American Beer Day
October 28th: National Chocolate Day, National Wild Foods Day
October 29th: National Oatmeal Day, National Pancake Day
October 30th: National Candy Corn Day, Buy A Doughnut Day
October 31st: Trick or Treat for UNICEF Day, National Candy Apple Day
November 1st: National Fried Clams Day (CLAAAAMMMMMS), National Vinegar Day
November 2nd: National Deviled Egg Day
Albertson's:
93/7 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef bottom round/crossrib/chuck steaks or roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, buy one get one free (same item only)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Knudsen “Cottage Doubles”, 10/$10
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian roast beef, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own 100% whole wheat bread, 2/$4
General Mills breakfast cereals, 8-12 oz boxes, $1.49 (must buy 4)
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Gala/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$4
Nature Sweet cherry/grape/yellow grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $2.99
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Bashas':
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, value pack, $4.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, $3.49/lb
Cook's ham steak, bone in, $3.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Nature's Own whole-wheat or honey-wheat bread, $2.19
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, $/$5
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.87/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.99
Red seedless grapes, 87¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 87¢/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Winter squashes, 89¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.69/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Whole frying chickens, 69¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Golden Sweet/Beauregarde/Red Diane yams, 2 lbs/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Large tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Cucumbers, 9/99¢
Fry's:
HoneyCrisp apples, 88¢/lb, THURSDAY EVENING ONLY.
Beef roasts: top/bottom/eye round, chuck, shoulder, sirloin tip, boneless, buy one get one free
Pork loin, boneless, $1.97/lb
Private Selection pork loin chops, bone in, “all natural”, $5.99/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenderloins, $2.99/lb
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $2.99
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $2.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 13-24 oz jars, $2.99
Kellogg's Special K or Fiber Plus bars, 5-10 ct, $2.79
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10/12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Apples: Fuji/Granny Smith/Gala/Delicious, 99¢/lb
Pears: Bosc/Bartlett/Red Bartlett/Anjou, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Red/orange/yellow bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 96¢/lb
Private Selection organic box salads, 5-9 oz, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steak, “restaurant cut”, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck steak, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs/drumsticks, 99¢/lb
Safeway chicken leg quarters, 89¢/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, color added, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.99
Near East rice or couscous, 5-10 oz boxes, 2/$6
Healthy Choice soups, 14 oz microwavable bowls, 2/$4
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith apples, $1.48/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Fresh Express bag salads, 8-12 oz, 10/$10
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Zucchini or yellow squash, 10 lbs/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $4.29/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.77/lb
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Red Delicious or Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Honeydew melons, 3 lbs/99¢
Ready Pac Caesar salad, 2 lb bag, $3.99
Sprouts:
All vitamins, all body-care products, 25% off
Beef porterhouse steak, bone in, $7.99/lb
Beef rump roast, boneless, $2.97/lb
“Extra lean” ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Pork shoulder roast OR country style ribs, boneless, $1.97/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast, boneless, $1.97/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Whole OR cut up chickens, “all natural”, $1.49/lb
Tilapia fillets, boneless, $6.99/lb
Pacific salmon fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Valencia oranges, 77¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Cameo/Gala/Jonathan apples, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Organic HoneyCrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, $1.69/lb
Organic Red Delicious apples, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Eggplant, 97¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian/yellow/Mexican squash, 77¢/lb
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
Thursday, October 20, 2011
BAGGED-SALAD RECALL EXTENDS TO ARIZONA
According to MSNBC.com, more than 3000 cases of bagged salad products from Taylor Farms have been recalled in fourteen states and Puerto Rico, for possible salmonella contamination. Arizona is one of the states. The recalled items have "best-by" dates from October 18th through the 21st:
They were marketed under the brand names Fresh Selections, HEB, Marketside and Taylor Farms and included bags of Romaine Blend, Asian Salad, Caesar Salad and Spring Mix items.
If you have any such items in your house, please discard them at once. This is a precautionary recall: no illnesses have been reported.
More information can be found at the FDA's website.
They were marketed under the brand names Fresh Selections, HEB, Marketside and Taylor Farms and included bags of Romaine Blend, Asian Salad, Caesar Salad and Spring Mix items.
If you have any such items in your house, please discard them at once. This is a precautionary recall: no illnesses have been reported.
More information can be found at the FDA's website.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning October 19th
MSNBC reports, as if fully expecting us to be astonished at this information, that grocery prices are rising. Beef prices are up 10% over the past year, pork prices 7.5%. As if to compensate, they offer an article with tips on less-expensive protein sources, including beans-and-rice (a more complete protein than beans alone), eggs, dairy, quinoa, and just eating less meat.
At Chow.com there’s a collection of pumpkin recipes, including a roasted-pumpkin soup that looks quite tasty and has a PointsPlus count of 5 per serving. (Chow.com is also reaching a bit, featuring a recipe for homemade Pixy Stix in such traditional flavors as “black sesame”, “chile tamarind”, and “spruce tip”.)
I also found an interesting piece at Alternet (yeah, I know, but give me a chance) exploring the question, why do we eat – or why are we so commonly persuaded that we should eat – three meals a day? (For much of Western history, “breakfast” was a snack – perhaps bread and beer or watered wine – to literally break one's fast and tide the eater over until dinner, the big midday meal.) The article comes to no real conclusion, just recommending that you go with whichever system – two meals, three meals, three-meals-three-snacks – works for you, while remembering that the food industry makes its profits by persuading you that you’re hungry whether you are or not.
At Summer Tomato, Darya Pino offers “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”.
Tomorrow, October 20th, is National Brandied Fruit Day – unfortunately it is far too late to start in time, because brandied fruit takes at least a month, but you can still start it for next year. The 23rd is National Canning Day and the birthday of Nicholas Appert, who invented the canning process; the 25th is National Greasy Foods Day, to be honored in the breach rather than the observance. The 25th also commemorates the introduction, in 1955, of the first microwave oven for home use. It was from Tappan and cost $1,295, which would be $10,424.05 today. One hardly imagines it was an instant success.
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day; birthday (1962) of Evander Holyfield, whose ear was to serve Mike Tyson as an hors d'oeurve in 1997; anniversary of the first (1917) making of Salvation Army doughnuts
October 20th: National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st: Caramel Apple Day, National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
October 22nd: National Nut Day (not to be confused with Grab Some Nuts Day, on August 3rd); birthday (1896) of Charles Glen King, discoverer of Vitamin C
October 23rd: National Boston Cream Pie Day, National Canning Day; birthday of Nicholas Appert (in 1749, 1750, or 1752)
October 24th: National Bologna Day, Feast of Good & Plenty
October 25th: World Pasta Day, National Greasy Foods Day
October 26th: National Pumpkin Day, National Pretzel Day, National Mince Meat Pie Day; birthday (1854) of C. W. Post, inventor of Postum, Grape-Nuts, and Post Toasties
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye (bone in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Whole frying chickens, 67¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sea scallops, farm raised, 10-20 ct, $7.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Yoplait yogurts incl Light, 10/$5
Land O Lakes butter, $3.49
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, $1 or free with 10 Yoplait yogurts
Deli: Shannon’s roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Browned” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita salami or pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Albertson’s pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 4/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries OR raspberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, Bosc, red, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Cut up veggies, 20 oz bags, $2.99
Bashas’: I love you, Eddie, but I wish you’d start listing the fat content of ground beef again, and consistently revealing whether beef cuts are bone-in or boneless.
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Farmland pork shoulder roast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozen, 99¢
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $2.99
Campbell’s “Select Harvest” soups, $1.39
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 2/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 2/$5
Large HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith apples, snack size, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/88¢
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Gala apples, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/99¢
Avocados, 4/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Jalapeño peppers, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.49
Marinated pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.49/lb
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger butter, $2.47
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger tomatoes OR tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Quaker instant oatmeal, 2/$5
Green Giant “ValleyFresh Steamers”, 11-12 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Jumbo HoneyCrisp or Ambrosia apples, $1/lb (!!)
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Pomegranates, $1 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Raspberries, 6 oz box, $1.88
Dole bag salads, $1 ea
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 59¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef London broil steak, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.29/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Green Giant canned veggies, 4 pk of 14-15 oz cans, $3.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per fillet
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Bartlett/Comice/red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Apple pears, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Every imaginable color of bell peppers, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef flap meat, boneless, $3.97/lb
Farmer John pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
First Street pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.69
Braeburn apples, 69¢/lb
Pumpkins, $2.99 ea (carving or cooking? It doesn’t say)
Broccoli florets, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef tri tip/skirt/top sirloin, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Delicious, 88¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Ruby Red grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 88¢/lb
Jewel or Garnet yams, 88¢/lb
Broccoli, 88¢/lb
At Chow.com there’s a collection of pumpkin recipes, including a roasted-pumpkin soup that looks quite tasty and has a PointsPlus count of 5 per serving. (Chow.com is also reaching a bit, featuring a recipe for homemade Pixy Stix in such traditional flavors as “black sesame”, “chile tamarind”, and “spruce tip”.)
I also found an interesting piece at Alternet (yeah, I know, but give me a chance) exploring the question, why do we eat – or why are we so commonly persuaded that we should eat – three meals a day? (For much of Western history, “breakfast” was a snack – perhaps bread and beer or watered wine – to literally break one's fast and tide the eater over until dinner, the big midday meal.) The article comes to no real conclusion, just recommending that you go with whichever system – two meals, three meals, three-meals-three-snacks – works for you, while remembering that the food industry makes its profits by persuading you that you’re hungry whether you are or not.
At Summer Tomato, Darya Pino offers “10 Simple Ways to Eat Less Without Noticing”.
Tomorrow, October 20th, is National Brandied Fruit Day – unfortunately it is far too late to start in time, because brandied fruit takes at least a month, but you can still start it for next year. The 23rd is National Canning Day and the birthday of Nicholas Appert, who invented the canning process; the 25th is National Greasy Foods Day, to be honored in the breach rather than the observance. The 25th also commemorates the introduction, in 1955, of the first microwave oven for home use. It was from Tappan and cost $1,295, which would be $10,424.05 today. One hardly imagines it was an instant success.
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day; birthday (1962) of Evander Holyfield, whose ear was to serve Mike Tyson as an hors d'oeurve in 1997; anniversary of the first (1917) making of Salvation Army doughnuts
October 20th: National Brandied Fruit Day
October 21st: Caramel Apple Day, National Pumpkin Cheesecake Day
October 22nd: National Nut Day (not to be confused with Grab Some Nuts Day, on August 3rd); birthday (1896) of Charles Glen King, discoverer of Vitamin C
October 23rd: National Boston Cream Pie Day, National Canning Day; birthday of Nicholas Appert (in 1749, 1750, or 1752)
October 24th: National Bologna Day, Feast of Good & Plenty
October 25th: World Pasta Day, National Greasy Foods Day
October 26th: National Pumpkin Day, National Pretzel Day, National Mince Meat Pie Day; birthday (1854) of C. W. Post, inventor of Postum, Grape-Nuts, and Post Toasties
Albertson’s:
Beef ribeye (bone in) or top sirloin (boneless) steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef tri tip roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Whole frying chickens, 67¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sea scallops, farm raised, 10-20 ct, $7.99/lb (2 lb bag)
Yoplait yogurts incl Light, 10/$5
Land O Lakes butter, $3.49
Albertson’s eggs, AA large, dozens, $1 or free with 10 Yoplait yogurts
Deli: Shannon’s roast beef/corned beef/beef pastrami/Italian beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Provolone or Muenster cheeses, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Browned” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita salami or pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Hunt’s pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Albertson’s pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 4/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Blackberries OR raspberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, Bosc, red, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Cut up veggies, 20 oz bags, $2.99
Bashas’: I love you, Eddie, but I wish you’d start listing the fat content of ground beef again, and consistently revealing whether beef cuts are bone-in or boneless.
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, $3.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Farmland pork shoulder roast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Sanderson Farms whole frying chickens, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozen, 99¢
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $2.99
Campbell’s “Select Harvest” soups, $1.39
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Pictsweet frozen veg, 10-12 oz bags, 2/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrées, 2/$5
Large HoneyCrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Red seedless or Red Globe (seedy) grapes, 88¢/lb
Gala/Red Delicious/Granny Smith apples, snack size, 88¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, AZ grown, $1.88
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/88¢
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Country style pork ribs, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb (10 lb bag)
Tilapia fillets, $2.49/lb
Gala apples, 77¢/lb
Pomegranates, 2/99¢
Avocados, 4/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Jalapeño peppers, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $2.49
Marinated pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.49/lb
Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Jennie-O frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 59¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Fry’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Kroger butter, $2.47
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger tomatoes OR tomato sauce, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Quaker instant oatmeal, 2/$5
Green Giant “ValleyFresh Steamers”, 11-12 oz bags, buy 1 get 1 free
Jumbo HoneyCrisp or Ambrosia apples, $1/lb (!!)
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Pomegranates, $1 ea
Seedless grapes, green/red/black, $1.88/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99 ea
Raspberries, 6 oz box, $1.88
Dole bag salads, $1 ea
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 59¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef London broil steak, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
Beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.29/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, $1.69/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Green Giant canned veggies, 4 pk of 14-15 oz cans, $3.99
Healthy Choice frozen entrées, 5/$10
Gorton’s “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per fillet
Navel oranges, 77¢/lb
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Bartlett/Comice/red/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Apple pears, 10/$10
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Every imaginable color of bell peppers, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef flap meat, boneless, $3.97/lb
Farmer John pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 79¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey franks, 3 lb pkg, $3.99
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $5.49
First Street pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.69
Braeburn apples, 69¢/lb
Pumpkins, $2.99 ea (carving or cooking? It doesn’t say)
Broccoli florets, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Sprouts:
Beef tri tip/skirt/top sirloin, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Jonagold, Jonathan, Delicious, 88¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Whole cantaloupes, 4/$5
Honeydew melons, 49¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Ruby Red grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Winter squashes, 88¢/lb
Jewel or Garnet yams, 88¢/lb
Broccoli, 88¢/lb
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning October 12th
Happy Birthday to Jean Nidetch, founder of Weight Watchers!
News: From Fooducate, a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine (forty thousand women, tracked over a quarter-century) has found that “multivitamins consumed by older women do not increase lifespan”. I’ll probably keep taking mine anyway, though.
Chow.com has a recipe for a Halloween-party punch that actually glows under a blacklight. Yes, without poisoning you. It’s a grownup punch, not for kids, involving Cointreau, pisco, pineapple juice, and (the critical ingredient) quinine water. And if you fill rubber gloves with tonic water and freeze them, you get frozen glowing ice hands to float in your punchbowl, how cool is that?
Per Consumerist.com, the heat and drought of this past summer have wrought a lot of damage on peanut crops: the price of peanuts has gone from $450/ton to $1150/ton (the print version said "$1250" -- that was a typo), and peanut butter is certain to reflect that rise. Jif is preparing for a wholesale price rise of 30% in November.
Darya, at Summer Tomato, has an entertaining post about what we’re eating and how much of it comes directly from the Matrix: “Twinkies and McNuggets are engineered. They do not come from the earth and are not food.”
The 14th, the day after tomorrow, is Chocolate Covered Insects Day NO THANKS YOU CAN HAVE MINE NO HONESTLY. The day after is both National Chicken Cacciatore Day and National Roast Pheasant Day, and of course the 16th is World Food Day – I hope you brought your Lose For Good donations! The 18th is National Chocolate Cupcake Day, and the 42nd anniversary of the banning of cyclamate in the US. (For good or ill it’s still available without restriction in the UK and most European countries.)
October 12th: National Gumbo Day
October 13th: National Yorkshire Pudding Day
October 14th: National Chocolate Covered Insects Day
October 15th: National Chicken Cacciatore Day, National Roast Pheasant Day
October 16th: World Food Day, National Liqueur Day, National Oatmeal Day
October 17th: National Pasta Day, National Four Prunes Day
October 18th: National Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day
Albertson’s:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef for stew, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground bef, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $4.77/lb
Tilapia/swai/cod/pollock fillets, $4.99/lb
Deli: Dietz & Watson Black Forest ham, $6.99/lb
Dietz & Watson honey turkey breast, $6.99/lb
Dietz & Watson chicken parmesan, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O “Blue Ribbon” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3 – buy 2, get 1 Barilla pasta free
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 79¢
Bear Creek soup mixes, 9-12 oz packets, $3.49
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Brussels sprouts, 99¢/lb
Bashas’:
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, $6.27/lb
Farmland assorted pork chops, $1.77/lb
Farmland center cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $299/lb
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunks/shreds/cubes, 5/$10
Honeycrisp apples, 99¢/lb (first 4 lbs)
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.97/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.97
Sweet corn, 4/$1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.97/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.48/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 68¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Cucumbers, 3/99¢
Tomatillos, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, 50% off
Beef top round London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless pork loin whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $3.88/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kroger tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 10/$10
Idahoan flavored mashed potatoes, 4 oz packets, 10/$10
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits or Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $2.29
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, 5 lb bag, $3.99
Pie pumpkins, 99¢ ea
Carving pumpkins, $4.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Winter squashes (acorn/butternut/spaghetti), 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, “restaurant cut”, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck pot roast, $1.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.99/lb
Lucerne spreadable butter, 15 oz tub, $3.49
Lucerne Greek yogurt, 6 oz, 89¢
Fruit Newtons incl. fat free, 2/$5
Bertolli pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$6
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Nabisco 100 calorie packs, 2/$5
SnackWell cookies, 2/$5
Quaker Oats, 42 oz round box, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
O Organics frozen vegetables, 16 oz bags, 3/$6
Honeycrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Green seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
O Organics box salads, 5-7 oz, buy 1 get 1 free
O Organics romaine hearts, 3 ct, 2/$6
Smart & Final (“Grand Re-Opening!”):
Beef tri-tip roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.97/lb
Beef chuck steaks or roasts, boneless, $2.99/lb
Foster Farms bone-in chicken breast, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 80¢
Kellogg’s Fiber Plus bars, 20 ct, $9.99
Fiber One bars, 20 ct, $9.99
First Street frozen veg, 2-2.5 lb bags, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $199/lb
White onions, 5 lb bag, $1
Chiquita bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef chuck roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roasts, boneless center cut, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Fresh “free range” turkeys, $1.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith/Jonagold/Jonathan/Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Organic Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3 (organic, $2.49/lb
Valencia oranges, 77¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Summer squashes (Italian, yellow, Mexican), 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Radishes/cilantro/green onions, 49¢/bunch
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Celery, 77¢ ea
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
Organic broccoli, $1.49/lb
Organic red yams, $1.49/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99 ea
News: From Fooducate, a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine (forty thousand women, tracked over a quarter-century) has found that “multivitamins consumed by older women do not increase lifespan”. I’ll probably keep taking mine anyway, though.
Chow.com has a recipe for a Halloween-party punch that actually glows under a blacklight. Yes, without poisoning you. It’s a grownup punch, not for kids, involving Cointreau, pisco, pineapple juice, and (the critical ingredient) quinine water. And if you fill rubber gloves with tonic water and freeze them, you get frozen glowing ice hands to float in your punchbowl, how cool is that?
Per Consumerist.com, the heat and drought of this past summer have wrought a lot of damage on peanut crops: the price of peanuts has gone from $450/ton to $1150/ton (the print version said "$1250" -- that was a typo), and peanut butter is certain to reflect that rise. Jif is preparing for a wholesale price rise of 30% in November.
Darya, at Summer Tomato, has an entertaining post about what we’re eating and how much of it comes directly from the Matrix: “Twinkies and McNuggets are engineered. They do not come from the earth and are not food.”
The 14th, the day after tomorrow, is Chocolate Covered Insects Day NO THANKS YOU CAN HAVE MINE NO HONESTLY. The day after is both National Chicken Cacciatore Day and National Roast Pheasant Day, and of course the 16th is World Food Day – I hope you brought your Lose For Good donations! The 18th is National Chocolate Cupcake Day, and the 42nd anniversary of the banning of cyclamate in the US. (For good or ill it’s still available without restriction in the UK and most European countries.)
October 12th: National Gumbo Day
October 13th: National Yorkshire Pudding Day
October 14th: National Chocolate Covered Insects Day
October 15th: National Chicken Cacciatore Day, National Roast Pheasant Day
October 16th: World Food Day, National Liqueur Day, National Oatmeal Day
October 17th: National Pasta Day, National Four Prunes Day
October 18th: National Chocolate Cupcake Day
October 19th: National Seafood Bisque Day
Albertson’s:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef for stew, boneless, $4.99/lb
85/15 ground bef, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.49
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $4.77/lb
Tilapia/swai/cod/pollock fillets, $4.99/lb
Deli: Dietz & Watson Black Forest ham, $6.99/lb
Dietz & Watson honey turkey breast, $6.99/lb
Dietz & Watson chicken parmesan, $6.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O “Blue Ribbon” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Albertson’s milk, gallons, $1.57
Ragu pasta sauce, 16-24 oz jars, 2/$3 – buy 2, get 1 Barilla pasta free
Libby’s veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 99¢
Hunt’s tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 79¢
Bear Creek soup mixes, 9-12 oz packets, $3.49
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Peaches, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Brussels sprouts, 99¢/lb
Bashas’:
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.77/lb
Beef porterhouse steaks, $6.27/lb
Farmland assorted pork chops, $1.77/lb
Farmland center cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb “weather permitting”
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $299/lb
Bashas’ eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunks/shreds/cubes, 5/$10
Honeycrisp apples, 99¢/lb (first 4 lbs)
Bartlett pears, 99¢/lb
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith/Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.97/lb
Whole cantaloupes, $1.97
Sweet corn, 4/$1
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.97/lb
Food City:
Beef crossrib steak or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.48/lb
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 68¢/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Bartlett pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Mexican grey squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Cucumbers, 3/99¢
Tomatillos, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry’s:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, 50% off
Beef top round London broil, boneless, $3.99/lb
Boneless pork loin whole in bag, $1.97/lb
Keta salmon fillets, wild caught, $3.88/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Fry’s eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 get 1 free
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79
Kroger tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Dole pineapple, 20 oz cans, 10/$10
Idahoan flavored mashed potatoes, 4 oz packets, 10/$10
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits or Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $2.29
Red seedless grapes, 75¢/lb
Honeycrisp apples, $1.88/lb
Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Gala apples, 5 lb bag, $3.99
Pie pumpkins, 99¢ ea
Carving pumpkins, $4.99 ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Winter squashes (acorn/butternut/spaghetti), 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Red or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, “restaurant cut”, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef 7-bone chuck pot roast, $1.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
80/20 ground beef, value pack, $1.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.79/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, $1.29/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, buy 1 get 1 free
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 1 lb chunk or shreds, $3.99/lb
Lucerne spreadable butter, 15 oz tub, $3.49
Lucerne Greek yogurt, 6 oz, 89¢
Fruit Newtons incl. fat free, 2/$5
Bertolli pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$6
Safeway Select pasta sauce, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Safeway pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Nabisco 100 calorie packs, 2/$5
SnackWell cookies, 2/$5
Quaker Oats, 42 oz round box, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrées, 4/$10
O Organics frozen vegetables, 16 oz bags, 3/$6
Honeycrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Green seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Red or black seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.29/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
O Organics box salads, 5-7 oz, buy 1 get 1 free
O Organics romaine hearts, 3 ct, 2/$6
Smart & Final (“Grand Re-Opening!”):
Beef tri-tip roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.97/lb
Beef chuck steaks or roasts, boneless, $2.99/lb
Foster Farms bone-in chicken breast, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 80¢
Kellogg’s Fiber Plus bars, 20 ct, $9.99
Fiber One bars, 20 ct, $9.99
First Street frozen veg, 2-2.5 lb bags, $1.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $199/lb
White onions, 5 lb bag, $1
Chiquita bananas, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef chuck roast or steak, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roasts, boneless center cut, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Fresh “free range” turkeys, $1.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Fuji/Gala/Granny Smith/Jonagold/Jonathan/Delicious apples, 69¢/lb
Bartlett pears, 77¢/lb
Whole seedless watermelons, 3 lbs/$1
Organic Honeycrisp apples, $2.49/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3 (organic, $2.49/lb
Valencia oranges, 77¢/lb
Organic Bartlett pears, $1.49/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.49/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 77¢ ea
Summer squashes (Italian, yellow, Mexican), 77¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 3/$1
Radishes/cilantro/green onions, 49¢/bunch
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Cauliflower, 77¢/lb
Celery, 77¢ ea
Organic butternut squash, 77¢/lb
Organic broccoli, $1.49/lb
Organic red yams, $1.49/lb
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, $2.99 ea
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
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
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
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