Short disclaimer: Not officially connected to or endorsed by Weight Watchers. Just my hobby.
From Fooducate: About two months ago, researchers released the results of a series of studies revealing that an antioxidant called “resveratrol” had a positive effect on metabolism. Now, it turns out that the data might have been cooked, massaged, or even faked. (Null results are boring: “We did a series of studies on reservatrol and it had very little effect” isn't an interesting news story.)
Chow.com has a recipe for making your own kimchi! Serious Eats has a very good piece on guacamole, how to make it, how not to make it (“Ever try pouring fancy balsamic vinegar into your guacamole? Or how roasting your avocado before mashing it? These are things I strongly advise against trying …”), and a few technical tips (“Perfectly ripe avocados are a pain in the a** to find”). And Summer Tomato has a sardonic article on “9 Surefire Ways to Sabotage Your Weight Loss” (pick an inconvenient diet, dramatically restrict your eating, start a hard workout regimen) and a great piece that will be doubly useful for us all, so much so that I'm going to bold it: “10 Tips for Eating Healthy On A Budget”!
The 20th of this month is both National Granola Bar Day and National Coffee Break Day, so have a granola bar with your coffee. The 23rd is National Pie Day, not to be confused with National Pi Day which is March 14th. One week from tonight is Burns Night, for which haggis is the traditional fare. I'm not sure such a thing as a Points-friendly haggis exists. And the 21st, this Saturday, is National Soup Swap Day!
January 18th: National Peking Duck Day
January 19th: National Popcorn Day
January 20th: National Buttercrunch Day, National Cheese Lovers' Day, National Coffee Break Day, National Granola Bar Day
January 21st: New England Clam Chowder Day
January 22nd: National Blonde Brownie Day, National Soup Swap Day
January 23rd: National Pie Day
January 24th: National Peanut Butter Day
January 25th: Burns Night, National Irish Coffee Day
Albertson's:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts or steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, butt or shank portion, $1.67/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $1.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's cheeses, “DeliStyle” slices, 8 oz, $2.99
Albertson's cheeses, 8 oz shreds, $1.99
Deli: Jennie-O “Deli Style” turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Viginia ham, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast beef/Italian beef/beef pastrami/corned beef, $6.99/lb
Stella Muenster/Provolone/natural Swiss/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
Hunt's tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 79¢
Maruchan ramen noodles, 5/$1
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuits), 12-16 oz big box, $3.49
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Jonagold apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Blueberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Sweet onions, 99¢/lb
Fresh spinach, 2 bunches/$1
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 69¢ ea
Nature Sweet Cherub OR Sunburst OR cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, buy 1 get 1 free
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $2.97/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, buy 1 get 1 free
“Assorted” pork chops, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, bone in, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Flav-R-Pac frozen veg, 1 lb bag, 4/$5
Gorton's Grilled Fillets/Salmon/Tilapia, 2/$6
Red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Pacific Rose apples, 97¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, $1.97/lb
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, from Chile, $2.77/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 97¢/lb
Iceberg, 97¢ ea
Italian squash, 97¢/lb
Eggplant, 97¢ ea
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Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.79/lb
Whole frying chickens, 59¢/lb
Navel oranges, 6 lbs/96¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.78/lb
85/15 ground beef, 3 lb chub, $9.99 (3.33/lb)
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork loin back ribs, $3.99/lb
Denmark ground pork, $3.99/lb
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
True cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.98
Kroger chunk light tuna, 68¢
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 5/$3
Bush's or S&W variety (not baked) beans, 88¢
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 88¢
Simply Potatoes, 20 oz bags, $1.88
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $1.68
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $4.98
Peaches OR nectarines, $1.48/lb
Pears, Anjou/Bosc/red/Concorde, 98¢/lb
Mangos, 98¢ ea
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Del Monte “Fruit Naturals”, 6-7 oz cups, 98¢
Roma tomatoes, 98¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.98/lb
Asparagus, green or white, $2.99/lb
Nature Sweet cherry or Sunburst (yellow) tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Dole or Fresh Selections, bag salads, 2/$3
Blooming plants in a pot, $8.99
Safeway:
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.29/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck steaks, thin sliced, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef top round roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
“Assorted” pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Jennie-O Turkey Store ground turkey patties, 1 lb pkg, $4.49
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Mahi Mahi fillets, wild caught, $13.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 8 oz, 2/$4
Bumble Bee solid or chunk white tuna, $1.29
Star olive oil, 25 oz bottles, buy 1 get 1 free
Eating Right veggie pasta, 12 oz boxes, 4/$5
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz, 3/$6
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5.6-6 oz boxes, buy 1 get 2 free
Opal apples, $1.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Red cherries, $4.99/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Iceberg, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef New York steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $1.99/lb
Farmer John spiral sliced whole or half ham OR Gold Wrap whole ham, 99¢/lb
First Street whole chickens, twin pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $5.99/lb
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 get 1 free
Sprouts:
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken thighs, value pack, $1.88/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Halibut fillets, wild caught, $12.99/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, 77¢
Apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Jazz, 88¢/lb
Organic apples: Braeburn or Cameo, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$5
Green or red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$4
Navel oranges OR Texas grapefruit, 49¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, OR iceberg, 88¢ ea
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Broccoli crowns, 99
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning January 11th
Hostess, a company that shipped 36,000,000 Twinkies last year (not including other items) and had sales in excess of two billion dollars, has just declared bankruptcy.
Per Fooducate, Kellogg's is introducing a new breakfast cereal, “Krave”. It's little hollow things with chocolate filling and possibly the most unappetizing ingredient list I've ever seen: “Chocolate Flavored Filling (sugar, soybean oil, skim milk, cocoa, chocolate, soy lecithin, palm oil, vanilla extract), sugar, whole grain oat flour, whole wheat flour, rice flour, oat fiber, corn bran, contains 2% or less of: brown sugar syrup, salt, palm oil, artificial flavor, mixed tocopherols for freshness, beta carotene for color, annatto color, BHT for freshness.” Notice how “sugar” gets billed twice?
All the foodblogs are emphasizing the New Year “I resolve to eat healthy” material. Chow.com's front page, for instance, is currently featuring homemade veggie chips (they actually look quite tasty … well, except maybe the kale chips), a warm salad of escarole and mushrooms, healthy-cooking pointers, whole-grain recipes, and “superfoods”. Even Serious Eats is doing bean soup. And Summer Tomato follows up last week's post on exercise with one on healthy snacking and another with the winning title, “How To Eat Healthy Without Being A Buzzkill”.
The calendar, however, is not very big on healthy eating. We've got National Fresh-Squeezed Juice Day on the 15th, and International Hot & Spicy Foods Day the day after, but this week also features Peking Duck Day, Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, Marzipan Day, and Hot Buttered Rum Day. It is, however, still Fat Free Living Month as well as National Slow Cooker Month, National Wheat Bread Month and National Oatmeal Month. And January 15th is also the 93rd anniversary of the Great Boston Molasses Flood.
January 11th: Hot Toddy Day, National Milk Day
January 12th: National Chicken Curry Day, National Marzipan Day
January 13th: National Peach Melba Day
January 14th: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15th: Strawberry Ice-Cream Day, National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day; 1919, Great Boston Molasses Flood
January 16th: National Fig Newton Day, International Hot & Spicy Foods Day
January 17th: Hot Buttered Rum Day
January 18th: Peking Duck Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, $1.67/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR drums, thighs, leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's cheeses, 8 oz chunk, $1.99
Dannon Activia OR Light & Fit yogurts, 4 pks, 2/$4
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast, $3.88/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli Italian beef/corned beef/ pastrami, $5.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.88
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$3
Hunt's tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$1
Starkist chunk light tuna, 79¢
Splenda, 14 oz OR 200 ct, $5.99
Kashi GoLean breakfast cereal, 14-15 oz boxes, 2/$7
Albertson's frozen strawberries, 16 oz bag or box, 2/$5
Red seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Pinata apples, $1.99/lb
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Cut up apples, 8 oz pkg, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.69/lb
Beef Black Angus top sirloin steak, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round or crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless,whole in bag, $1.87/lb, cut & wrapped free
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR leg quarters, 67¢/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
General Mills breakfast cereals, 2/$5
Fiber One bars OR Nature Valley granola bars, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 12-15 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $2.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Navel oranges, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, from Chile, $2.77/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.79/lb
Roma or large tomatoes, 77¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Spinach, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Organic cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Organic Roma tomtoes, 1.1 lb pkg, $2.99
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $2.17/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 67¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 5/99¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak or roast, bone in, vamily pack, 50% off
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin or “flat iron” steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Spiral sliced OR half hams, 99¢/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 50% off
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Challenge butter, 50% off
Kroger chunk light tuna, 68¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 50% off
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 50% off
Kroger tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 5/$1
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, 4/$5
Nature Valley granola bars, 6-12 ct, $2.99
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 6-28 oz pkgs, 50% off
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$3
Red cherries, $2.49/lb
Blood oranges OR Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea
Cantaloupe, $1.99/lb
Organic Ambrosia apples, $1.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99
Open Nature whole chickens, $1.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12 oz boxes OR Special K bars, 6 ct, $2.49
Ragu OR Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$4
Nature Sweet cherry or “Sunburst” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.89/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99 – buy 6 and get 1 Skinny Cow free!
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, links or bulk, $2.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Turkey tenders OR ground turkey breast, $3.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, 750 ml (24 oz) bottle, $6.99
PopChips, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.69
Apples, Braeburn/Gala/Fuji, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb box, $2.99
Organic Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 99¢
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Grey or Italian squash, 99¢/lb
Per Fooducate, Kellogg's is introducing a new breakfast cereal, “Krave”. It's little hollow things with chocolate filling and possibly the most unappetizing ingredient list I've ever seen: “Chocolate Flavored Filling (sugar, soybean oil, skim milk, cocoa, chocolate, soy lecithin, palm oil, vanilla extract), sugar, whole grain oat flour, whole wheat flour, rice flour, oat fiber, corn bran, contains 2% or less of: brown sugar syrup, salt, palm oil, artificial flavor, mixed tocopherols for freshness, beta carotene for color, annatto color, BHT for freshness.” Notice how “sugar” gets billed twice?
All the foodblogs are emphasizing the New Year “I resolve to eat healthy” material. Chow.com's front page, for instance, is currently featuring homemade veggie chips (they actually look quite tasty … well, except maybe the kale chips), a warm salad of escarole and mushrooms, healthy-cooking pointers, whole-grain recipes, and “superfoods”. Even Serious Eats is doing bean soup. And Summer Tomato follows up last week's post on exercise with one on healthy snacking and another with the winning title, “How To Eat Healthy Without Being A Buzzkill”.
The calendar, however, is not very big on healthy eating. We've got National Fresh-Squeezed Juice Day on the 15th, and International Hot & Spicy Foods Day the day after, but this week also features Peking Duck Day, Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day, Marzipan Day, and Hot Buttered Rum Day. It is, however, still Fat Free Living Month as well as National Slow Cooker Month, National Wheat Bread Month and National Oatmeal Month. And January 15th is also the 93rd anniversary of the Great Boston Molasses Flood.
January 11th: Hot Toddy Day, National Milk Day
January 12th: National Chicken Curry Day, National Marzipan Day
January 13th: National Peach Melba Day
January 14th: National Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day
January 15th: Strawberry Ice-Cream Day, National Fresh Squeezed Juice Day; 1919, Great Boston Molasses Flood
January 16th: National Fig Newton Day, International Hot & Spicy Foods Day
January 17th: Hot Buttered Rum Day
January 18th: Peking Duck Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef crossrib or bottom round roasts, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, $1.67/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR drums, thighs, leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's cheeses, 8 oz chunk, $1.99
Dannon Activia OR Light & Fit yogurts, 4 pks, 2/$4
Deli: Jennie-O hickory smoked turkey breast, $3.88/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Margherita hard or Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $5.99/lb
Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli Italian beef/corned beef/ pastrami, $5.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.88
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, 2/$3
Hunt's tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 3/$1
Starkist chunk light tuna, 79¢
Splenda, 14 oz OR 200 ct, $5.99
Kashi GoLean breakfast cereal, 14-15 oz boxes, 2/$7
Albertson's frozen strawberries, 16 oz bag or box, 2/$5
Red seedless grapes, $1.49/lb
Navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Pinata apples, $1.99/lb
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99
Cut up apples, 8 oz pkg, $1.99
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $4.69/lb
Beef Black Angus top sirloin steak, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round or crossrib roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless,whole in bag, $1.87/lb, cut & wrapped free
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens OR leg quarters, 67¢/lb
True cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb “weather permitting”
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99
Food Club cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
General Mills breakfast cereals, 2/$5
Fiber One bars OR Nature Valley granola bars, 2/$5
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, 10/$10
Barilla pasta, 12-15 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, 6-12 ct, $2.88
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 97¢
Navel oranges, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Peaches OR nectarines, from Chile, $2.77/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.79/lb
Roma or large tomatoes, 77¢/lb
“Mini peeled” carrots, AZ grown, 1 lb bag, 99¢
Spinach, AZ grown, 99¢/bunch
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Organic cauliflower, $1.49/lb
Organic Roma tomtoes, 1.1 lb pkg, $2.99
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $2.17/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 67¢/lb
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 5/99¢
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak or roast, bone in, vamily pack, 50% off
Beef crossrib roast OR Texas broil, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin or “flat iron” steaks, boneless, $5.99/lb
Spiral sliced OR half hams, 99¢/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 50% off
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.79/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 20/$10
Challenge butter, 50% off
Kroger chunk light tuna, 68¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
American Beauty pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 50% off
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 50% off
Kroger tomato sauce, 8 oz cans, 5/$1
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, 4/$5
Nature Valley granola bars, 6-12 ct, $2.99
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz bags, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 6-28 oz pkgs, 50% off
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$3
Red cherries, $2.49/lb
Blood oranges OR Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $1.99/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea
Cantaloupe, $1.99/lb
Organic Ambrosia apples, $1.99/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Safeway:
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $5.47/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $2.99/lb
Safeway chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99
Open Nature whole chickens, $1.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12 oz boxes OR Special K bars, 6 ct, $2.49
Ragu OR Francesco Rinaldi pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Gala/Red Delicious/Fuji/Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$4
Nature Sweet cherry or “Sunburst” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.89/lb
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, 4/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.99 – buy 6 and get 1 Skinny Cow free!
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $3.99/lb
All pork or chicken sausage, links or bulk, $2.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.97/lb
Turkey tenders OR ground turkey breast, $3.99
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, 750 ml (24 oz) bottle, $6.99
PopChips, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 3 lbs/$1
Red cherries, $3.99/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.69
Apples, Braeburn/Gala/Fuji, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$4
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb box, $2.99
Organic Braeburn apples, 99¢/lb
Organic Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 99¢
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Grey or Italian squash, 99¢/lb
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning January 4th
To all our new and returning members: welcome! And a brief but important disclaimer: what you are reading is my hobby. I go through each week's supermarket sale flyers and type up what strikes me as being healthy, having a low PointsPlus count, or anything otherwise useful. Not every sale item or promoted item is in here: to the extent I can, I emphasize the “edges of the store”, the less processed items. The point in this case being that this blog, and the handout I give out at the meetings, are not in any way, shape, form or fashion official Weight Watchers publications. Not even remotely. Noop.
That said: Fooducate this week has a list of nine foods to eat in 2012, including sardines (they're cheaper than salmon, do not accumulate mercury in their bodies, and we're not going to run out anytime soon), nuts rather than salted-nut-mix, and homemade granola. They've also got a list of common drinks and their caffeine content – I was startled to learn that my morningly cup of tea has more caffeine than my can of Mountain Dew – and a head-to-head combat comparison between Hamburger Helper and Velveeta Cheesy Skillets. News flash: neither of them is precisely what could be called a nutritional bonanza.
Chow.com has dived head-first into the regular January-resolution thing: they've got healthy chicken recipes, healthy homemade energy bars, a selection of “recipes for healthy cooking”, how to roast vegetables, and a terrific visual guide to how much of various fruits or vegetables makes a serving! (32 grapes are one cup. So are four spears of asparagus – not nearly enough for me – or a quarter of a cauliflower.) Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, has a very useful list of tips for starting an exercise routine and sticking to it. And even Serious Eats, my favorite super-indulgent food blog, has “9 Light and Delicious Ways to Eat Fruit for Dessert”.
And still on the healthy-eating subject: January is National Oatmeal Month, National Prune Breakfast Month, Fiber Focus Month and National Wheat Bread Month. It's also National Soup Swap Month, so swap some good soup with a friend. This Friday is Bean Day – every reference I can find to this is loaded with baked-bean recipes although Bean Day is actually about finding a bean in the cake – and the day after is Fruitcake Toss Day. I do not invent these.
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
January 5th: National Whipped Cream Day
January 6th: Bean Day, National Shortbread Day
January 7th: National Tempura Day, Fruitcake Toss Day
January 8th: English Toffee Day
January 9th: National Apricot Day
January 10th: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
January 11th: Hot Toddy Day, National Milk Day
Albertson's:
Arrowhead water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, $3.99
Aquafina water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, 2/$7
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck/London broil/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.77/lb
Pork center loin roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Albertson's milk, half gallons only, $1
Albertson's cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $6.99
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella Provolone, Muenster, or Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Better Oats instant oatmeal, 5 ct, $1
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice cream, single serve cups, $1
Sunkist navel oranges, 3 lb bag, $1
Fuji apples, $1/lb
Texas grapefruit, $1/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, $4.49/lb (roast 50¢/lb higher)
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
Beef stew meat, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, value pack, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 8 oz manicotti/9 oz lasagne/16 oz wavy lasagne, 2/$3
Food Club honey, 12 oz squeeze bottle shaped like a bear, $2.99
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Food Club oatmeal, 42 oz round box, OR Food Club instant oats, 11-15 oz pkg, $1.99
Food Club cold cereal, 16 oz box, $1.99
Food Club granola bars, $1.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.88
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 16 oz bags, 3/$5
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.59/lb
Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Red cherries, $2.47/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Red grapefruit, 79¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.97
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Earthbound Farms mixed baby kales, 5 oz box, $2.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.38/lb (roast 11¢/lb – go figure)
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/96¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip entire thing, boneless, whole in bag, $4.97/lb, good luck
Angus beef chuck roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic slamon fillets, $6.99/lb
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Nature Valley granola bars, 6-12 ct, $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, $3.49
Kasha frozen entrees, $2.99
Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Lemons, AZ grown, 3/88¢
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $4.99
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Cauliflower, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, AZ grown, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.98/lb
Safeway:
Refreshe water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, 3/$10
Beef thin cut crossrib steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag, $6.68 ($1.67/lb)
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Dover Sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne butter, 2/$5
Lucerne sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Lucerne cottage cheese incl. Light, 32 oz tub, $3.69
Lucerne yogurts incl. Light, 6 pk of 6 oz cups, $2.59
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$6
Kraft cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or “Natural Slices”, 2/$6
Eating Right “sandwich slenders”, 2/$5
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Safeway Select olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $6.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.95
Buy any 5 Gorton's frozen seafood products, save $5!
Amy's “Light & Lean” frozen entrees, 2/$6
Birds Eye OR C&W frozen veg, 11-16 oz bags, buy 2 get 2 free
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-6 ct, $4.99
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 79¢ ea
Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Jazz apples, $1.49
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, $3.49/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey or turkey sausage, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.99
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
“Extra lean” ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Braeburn or Jonagold apples OR Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5 (organic, 2/$5)
That said: Fooducate this week has a list of nine foods to eat in 2012, including sardines (they're cheaper than salmon, do not accumulate mercury in their bodies, and we're not going to run out anytime soon), nuts rather than salted-nut-mix, and homemade granola. They've also got a list of common drinks and their caffeine content – I was startled to learn that my morningly cup of tea has more caffeine than my can of Mountain Dew – and a head-to-head combat comparison between Hamburger Helper and Velveeta Cheesy Skillets. News flash: neither of them is precisely what could be called a nutritional bonanza.
Chow.com has dived head-first into the regular January-resolution thing: they've got healthy chicken recipes, healthy homemade energy bars, a selection of “recipes for healthy cooking”, how to roast vegetables, and a terrific visual guide to how much of various fruits or vegetables makes a serving! (32 grapes are one cup. So are four spears of asparagus – not nearly enough for me – or a quarter of a cauliflower.) Darya Pino, at Summer Tomato, has a very useful list of tips for starting an exercise routine and sticking to it. And even Serious Eats, my favorite super-indulgent food blog, has “9 Light and Delicious Ways to Eat Fruit for Dessert”.
And still on the healthy-eating subject: January is National Oatmeal Month, National Prune Breakfast Month, Fiber Focus Month and National Wheat Bread Month. It's also National Soup Swap Month, so swap some good soup with a friend. This Friday is Bean Day – every reference I can find to this is loaded with baked-bean recipes although Bean Day is actually about finding a bean in the cake – and the day after is Fruitcake Toss Day. I do not invent these.
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
January 5th: National Whipped Cream Day
January 6th: Bean Day, National Shortbread Day
January 7th: National Tempura Day, Fruitcake Toss Day
January 8th: English Toffee Day
January 9th: National Apricot Day
January 10th: National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
January 11th: Hot Toddy Day, National Milk Day
Albertson's:
Arrowhead water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, $3.99
Aquafina water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, 2/$7
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, family pack, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck/London broil/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.77/lb
Pork center loin roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray pack chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $5.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Albertson's milk, half gallons only, $1
Albertson's cheeses, 2 lb shreds, $6.99
Deli: Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Stella Provolone, Muenster, or Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10 oz cans, $1
Chicken of the Sea chunk white tuna, $1
Better Oats instant oatmeal, 5 ct, $1
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veg, 10-12 oz pkg, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice cream, single serve cups, $1
Sunkist navel oranges, 3 lb bag, $1
Fuji apples, $1/lb
Texas grapefruit, $1/lb
Cut up pineapple, 20 oz bowl, $3.99
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, $1
Roma tomatoes, $1/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, $1 ea
Bashas':
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib steak, $4.49/lb (roast 50¢/lb higher)
Beef London broil, $4.99/lb
Beef stew meat, $4.49/lb
Pork shoulder steak, value pack, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Chicken of the Sea chunk light tuna, 69¢
Prego pasta sauces, 23-24 oz jars, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 8 oz manicotti/9 oz lasagne/16 oz wavy lasagne, 2/$3
Food Club honey, 12 oz squeeze bottle shaped like a bear, $2.99
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Food Club oatmeal, 42 oz round box, OR Food Club instant oats, 11-15 oz pkg, $1.99
Food Club cold cereal, 16 oz box, $1.99
Food Club granola bars, $1.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.88
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 16 oz bags, 3/$5
Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.59/lb
Minneola tangelos, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Red cherries, $2.47/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Red grapefruit, 79¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.97
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Earthbound Farms mixed baby kales, 5 oz box, $2.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.38/lb (roast 11¢/lb – go figure)
Beef short ribs, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Brown onions, 6 lbs/96¢
Cabbage, 3 lbs/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip entire thing, boneless, whole in bag, $4.97/lb, good luck
Angus beef chuck roast, boneless, $4.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $6.99/lb
Kroger boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.88/lb
Atlantic slamon fillets, $6.99/lb
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Nature Valley granola bars, 6-12 ct, $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Morningstar Farms frozen entrees, $3.49
Kasha frozen entrees, $2.99
Minneola tangelos, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Lemons, AZ grown, 3/88¢
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $4.99
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Cauliflower, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, AZ grown, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, $1.98/lb
Safeway:
Refreshe water, 24 pk of half-liter bottles, 3/$10
Beef thin cut crossrib steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $4.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, $4.49/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast, 4 lb bag, $6.68 ($1.67/lb)
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Dover Sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne butter, 2/$5
Lucerne sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Lucerne cottage cheese incl. Light, 32 oz tub, $3.69
Lucerne yogurts incl. Light, 6 pk of 6 oz cups, $2.59
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$6
Kraft cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or “Natural Slices”, 2/$6
Eating Right “sandwich slenders”, 2/$5
Ro*tel tomatoes, 10/$10
Safeway Select olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $6.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.95
Buy any 5 Gorton's frozen seafood products, save $5!
Amy's “Light & Lean” frozen entrees, 2/$6
Birds Eye OR C&W frozen veg, 11-16 oz bags, buy 2 get 2 free
Skinny Cow ice-cream novelties, 4-6 ct, $4.99
Red cherries, $2.99/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 79¢ ea
Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.99/lb
Jazz apples, $1.49
Smart & Final:
Beef chuck steak or roast, $3.49/lb
Jennie-O ground turkey or turkey sausage, 14-20 oz pkg, 2/$6
First Street cheeses, 2 lb chunk, $4.99
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
All vitamins and body care products, 25% off
“Extra lean” ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $4.99/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Braeburn or Jonagold apples OR Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5 (organic, 2/$5)
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning December 28th
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday week! From Fooducate: after a decade of promoting “better-for-you” versions of their products, PepsiCo have announced an intent of focusing again on their “indulgent core businesses” – sodas and salty crunchy things, without a pretense that they're healthy. Chow.com has a video from Poppy Tooker (Louisiana Eats) on how to make “the perfect Jell-O shot”. Everyone else seems to be on vacation, nor can I blame them.
Biggest promotions this week are for party foods, no surprise, but we're also seeing a hint of next week's inevitable cascade of New Year's Resolution healthy-and-weight-loss promos, so this may be a good couple of weeks to stock up.
Today's National Chocolate Day! The day after tomorrow, the 30th, is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, which seems to be anticipating need by about two days. The 31st, of course, is National Champagne Day. January 1st is Apple Gifting Day, a nice healthy way to start the year, and the 4th is National Spaghetti Day.
December 28th: National Chocolate Day
December 29th: Pepper Pot Day
December 30th: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
December 31st: National Champagne Day
January 1st: National Bloody Mary Day, National Apple Gifting Day
January 2nd: National Cream Puff Day
January 3rd: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (This also given, inexplicably, as National Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day.)
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone or boneless top sirloin steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $4.99/lb
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4, buy 2 and get 2 boxes of Barilla pasta free
Kellogg's Special K bars, 6 ct, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
PictSweet frozen cut corn, 28 oz bags, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen meals or “Steamers”, 4/$10
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Sonya apples, $1.49/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone or top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.75/lb
Beef “Black Angus” New York strip steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms bone-in chicken breasts or leg quarters, 89¢/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or “deli slices”, 2/$5
Daisy cottage cheese incl. low-fat, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Nature's Own whole-wheat or honey-wheat bread, $1.79
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 2/$5, buy 2 and get a gallon of milk free
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Food Club olive oil, 3 liter (!!) bottle, $17.99
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz pkg, 2/$3
Gala/Fuji/Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett/Anjou/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Texas Red” grapefruit, 79¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 69¢ ea
Earthbound Farms organic mixed baby kale, 5 oz box, $2.99
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, 2/$6
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.47/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Seedless red grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Cilantro OR radishes OR green onions, 6 bunches/99¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef brisket for corning, point cut, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.29
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Libby's sauerkraut, 22 oz jars, $2.29
Kroger black-eyes peas, 15 oz cans, 89¢
PopChips, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Lean Pockets, 12 ct, $10/99
Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Mangoes, $1 ea
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 2/$1
“Cherub” grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $14.99/lb “weather permitting”
Swai fillets, farm rasied, $3.99/lb
Campbell's “Select Harvest” soups, 18 oz cans, 2/$3
Del Monte tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 4/$5
Swiss Miss hot cocoa, MAY include “Sensible Sweets”, 2/$4
Eating Right frozen entrees, 5/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Bing cherries, $4.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak or roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
First Street chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.79
Sprouts:
Beef steaks, New York/Porterhouse/t-bone/flank/“New York cut sirloin”, $7.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip steaks or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99/lb
Sprouts OR Sun Harvest beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic bananas, 67¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Green beans, 2 lbs/$3
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Biggest promotions this week are for party foods, no surprise, but we're also seeing a hint of next week's inevitable cascade of New Year's Resolution healthy-and-weight-loss promos, so this may be a good couple of weeks to stock up.
Today's National Chocolate Day! The day after tomorrow, the 30th, is National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, which seems to be anticipating need by about two days. The 31st, of course, is National Champagne Day. January 1st is Apple Gifting Day, a nice healthy way to start the year, and the 4th is National Spaghetti Day.
December 28th: National Chocolate Day
December 29th: Pepper Pot Day
December 30th: National Bicarbonate of Soda Day
December 31st: National Champagne Day
January 1st: National Bloody Mary Day, National Apple Gifting Day
January 2nd: National Cream Puff Day
January 3rd: National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day (This also given, inexplicably, as National Chocolate-Filled Cherry Day.)
January 4th: National Spaghetti Day
Albertson's:
Beef t-bone or boneless top sirloin steaks, family pack, $4.77/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.57/lb
Yoplait yogurts incl. Light, 10/$5
Albertson's sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 4/$5
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh Provolone/Muenster/pepperjack/mild Cheddar cheeses, $4.99/lb
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4, buy 2 and get 2 boxes of Barilla pasta free
Kellogg's Special K bars, 6 ct, 2/$5
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
PictSweet frozen cut corn, 28 oz bags, 2/$5
Healthy Choice frozen meals or “Steamers”, 4/$10
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 99¢
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Sonya apples, $1.49/lb
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 5 oz, $2.99
Bashas':
Beef t-bone or top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.75/lb
Beef “Black Angus” New York strip steak, boneless, $7.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, bone in, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms bone-in chicken breasts or leg quarters, 89¢/lb
Basa fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Sargento cheeses, 6-8 oz shreds or “deli slices”, 2/$5
Daisy cottage cheese incl. low-fat, 16 oz tub, $1.99
Nature's Own whole-wheat or honey-wheat bread, $1.79
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 2/$5, buy 2 and get a gallon of milk free
Star olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $3.99
Pompeian olive oil, 24 oz bottles, $5.99
Food Club olive oil, 3 liter (!!) bottle, $17.99
Lean Pockets, 5/$10
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz pkg, 2/$3
Gala/Fuji/Red Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett/Anjou/Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Texas Red” grapefruit, 79¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 69¢ ea
Earthbound Farms organic mixed baby kale, 5 oz box, $2.99
Full Circle organic box salads, 5 oz, 2/$6
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb (roast 2¢/lb higher)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.47/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Seedless red grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Kiwifruit, 6/99¢
Cilantro OR radishes OR green onions, 6 bunches/99¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef brisket for corning, point cut, $2.49/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.99/lb
All Foster Farms chicken, buy 1 get 1 free
Sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$4
Kroger cottage cheese OR sour cream incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.29
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Libby's sauerkraut, 22 oz jars, $2.29
Kroger black-eyes peas, 15 oz cans, 89¢
PopChips, 2/$4
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Lean Pockets, 12 ct, $10/99
Cara Cara navel oranges, $1.49/lb
Mangoes, $1 ea
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Navel oranges, $1/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 2/$1
“Cherub” grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork top loin roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, $2.49
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 99¢/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $14.99/lb “weather permitting”
Swai fillets, farm rasied, $3.99/lb
Campbell's “Select Harvest” soups, 18 oz cans, 2/$3
Del Monte tomatoes, 14-15 oz cans, 10/$10
Bush's variety (non-baked) beans, 4/$5
Swiss Miss hot cocoa, MAY include “Sensible Sweets”, 2/$4
Eating Right frozen entrees, 5/$10
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
“Texas Ruby Red” grapefruit, 2/$1
Bing cherries, $4.99/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye steak or roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.49/lb
First Street chicken breast/thighs/drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.79
Sprouts:
Beef steaks, New York/Porterhouse/t-bone/flank/“New York cut sirloin”, $7.99/lb
Beef sirloin tip steaks or roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops or roast, center cut, boneless, $3.99/lb
Sprouts olive oil, 1 liter bottle, $6.99/lb
Sprouts OR Sun Harvest beans, 15-16 oz cans, 99¢
Gala apples, 88¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 88¢/lb
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic bananas, 67¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 49¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 49¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$3
Green beans, 2 lbs/$3
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning December 21st
We made it into Wired! Good article in the current issue, also linked at my blog, covering the changes in the program from Points Classic to PointsPlus. Including the PointsPlus Secret Formula:
if that helps you any at all. Personally I found it more useful to buy the calculator.
At Fooducate, a piece on an experiment at Johns Hopkins. Hand-lettered signs were placed in convenience markets, next to the soft-drink coolers, and teenagers' buying habits were recorded. The sign warning that it would take 50 minutes of jogging to burn off the calories in one bottle of soda reduced purchase of sugary sodas by nearly 50%.
From Summer Tomato's links: A study has found that you eat less if the color of your food contrasts with the color of your plate: apparently the contrast makes the serving look larger. Some breakfast cereals have more sugar per serving than a Hostess Twinkie (Darya lists this one as “duh of the week”). And people who exercise actually crave less chocolate than people who sit!
Friday, the 23rd, is National Pfeffernüsse Day; the day after is National Eggnog Day. National Candy Cane Day is not until the 26th. The day after is National Fruit Cake Day, so there may still be time to get your Collin Street order in. And on December 23rd, 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation suppressing coffee houses, on the grounds that “idle and disaffected persons” as well as “many tradesmen and others, do herein misspend much of their time, which might and probably would be employed in and about their Lawful Calling and Affairs”, and that in such places “divers, false, malitious, and scandalous reports are devised and spread abroad to the Defamation of His Majesty's Government, and to the disturbance of the Peace and Quiet of the Realm”. Apparently Restoration England could not get along without coffee: the order was revoked sixteen days later.
December 21st: National Hamburger Day, California Kiwifruit Day
December 22nd: National Date Nut Bread Day
December 23rd: National Pfeffernüsse Day
December 24th: National Eggnog Day
December 25th: National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day, National Coffee Percolator Day (1865, patenting of the coffee percolator)
December 27th: National Fruit Cake Day
December 28th: Eat Vegetarian Day, National Chocolate Candy Day; 1886, patenting of the first successful dishwashing machine
Albertson's:
Beef New York strip roast, $3.77/lb
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef top/bottm round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck roasts, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, bone in, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
“Cuties” clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.75/lb
Various other beef roasts (too many to list), $3.99/lb
Beef filet mignon, $8.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced smoked ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Hormel boneless ham, whole OR half OR quarter sliced, $3.99/lb
Fresh leg of lamb, whole or half, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O or Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, $1.29/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Philadelphia cream cheese incl. Light, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.39
Nature's Own WhiteWheat bread, $1.49/lb
Food Club fruit, 11-20 oz cans, 10/$10
Libby's vegetables (except peas), 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Wheat Thins, $1.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
American Beauty lasagna or large shells, 12-16 oz boxes, $1.49
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 2/$5
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz or 4-pk corn on the cob, 2/$4
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.59/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, value pack, $2.19/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Libby's vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Red Diane, Beauregard, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, rolled and tied, oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.59/lb (steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Challenge butter, $2.99
Nabisco crackers (Wheat Thins or Triscuits), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.88
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Bird's Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges, 13 lb box (22-24 ct), $8.88
Apples: Cameo, Roma, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$6
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Celery, 79¢ ea
Red or yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Safeway whole or shank portion ham, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion, $1.19/lb)
Safeway spiral-sliced whole or half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, foil wrapped, $2.29/lb
Safeway Select boneless half ham, $3.79/lb
Hormel boneless half ham, $4.99/lb
Pork loin crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Open Nature “semi boneless” leg of lamb, $6.99/lb (boneless $1 higher)
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nabisco crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Chayote squashes, 2/$1
Sweet yellow onions, 96¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Farmer John spiral-sliced ham, bone in, whole or half, OR Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49
Red yams, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “presidential cut”, $5.99/lb
Beef rump roast, $3.99/lb
Sprouts gourmet spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, $9.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pineapples, 99¢ ea
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Braeburn or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocadoes, 77¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
if that helps you any at all. Personally I found it more useful to buy the calculator.
At Fooducate, a piece on an experiment at Johns Hopkins. Hand-lettered signs were placed in convenience markets, next to the soft-drink coolers, and teenagers' buying habits were recorded. The sign warning that it would take 50 minutes of jogging to burn off the calories in one bottle of soda reduced purchase of sugary sodas by nearly 50%.
From Summer Tomato's links: A study has found that you eat less if the color of your food contrasts with the color of your plate: apparently the contrast makes the serving look larger. Some breakfast cereals have more sugar per serving than a Hostess Twinkie (Darya lists this one as “duh of the week”). And people who exercise actually crave less chocolate than people who sit!
Friday, the 23rd, is National Pfeffernüsse Day; the day after is National Eggnog Day. National Candy Cane Day is not until the 26th. The day after is National Fruit Cake Day, so there may still be time to get your Collin Street order in. And on December 23rd, 1675, King Charles II of England issued a proclamation suppressing coffee houses, on the grounds that “idle and disaffected persons” as well as “many tradesmen and others, do herein misspend much of their time, which might and probably would be employed in and about their Lawful Calling and Affairs”, and that in such places “divers, false, malitious, and scandalous reports are devised and spread abroad to the Defamation of His Majesty's Government, and to the disturbance of the Peace and Quiet of the Realm”. Apparently Restoration England could not get along without coffee: the order was revoked sixteen days later.
December 21st: National Hamburger Day, California Kiwifruit Day
December 22nd: National Date Nut Bread Day
December 23rd: National Pfeffernüsse Day
December 24th: National Eggnog Day
December 25th: National Pumpkin Pie Day
December 26th: National Candy Cane Day, National Coffee Percolator Day (1865, patenting of the coffee percolator)
December 27th: National Fruit Cake Day
December 28th: Eat Vegetarian Day, National Chocolate Candy Day; 1886, patenting of the first successful dishwashing machine
Albertson's:
Beef New York strip roast, $3.77/lb
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef top/bottm round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck roasts, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Honeysuckle White turkey breast, bone in, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 77¢
“Cuties” clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, $2.99/lb
Broccoli or cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $6.75/lb
Various other beef roasts (too many to list), $3.99/lb
Beef filet mignon, $8.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.99/lb
Pork crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced smoked ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Hormel boneless ham, whole OR half OR quarter sliced, $3.99/lb
Fresh leg of lamb, whole or half, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O or Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, $1.29/lb
Bashas' milk, gallons, $1.57
Philadelphia cream cheese incl. Light, 8 oz bar, 2/$4
Food Club cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 5/$10
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tub, $2.39
Nature's Own WhiteWheat bread, $1.49/lb
Food Club fruit, 11-20 oz cans, 10/$10
Libby's vegetables (except peas), 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Wheat Thins, $1.99
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
American Beauty lasagna or large shells, 12-16 oz boxes, $1.49
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 2/$5
Flav-R-Pack frozen veggies, 1 lb bag, 77¢
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz or 4-pk corn on the cob, 2/$4
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$3
Whole pineapples, 97¢ ea
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.59/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$5
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, value pack, $2.19/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tamale meat, boneless, value pack, $1.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, value pack, $1.69/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 59¢/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb
Pollock fillets, $1.99/lb
Libby's vegetables, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢/lb
Cucumbers, 4/99¢
Yams: Golden Sweet, Red Diane, Beauregard, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.97/lb
Beef whole standing rib roast, bone in, rolled and tied, oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.59/lb (steaks, family pack, $4.97/lb
Cook's spiral-sliced or half ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Challenge butter, $2.99
Nabisco crackers (Wheat Thins or Triscuits), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.88
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Bird's Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
Navel oranges, 13 lb box (22-24 ct), $8.88
Apples: Cameo, Roma, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Blackberries or blueberries, 6 oz box, 2/$6
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Celery, 79¢ ea
Red or yellow bell peppers, $1 ea
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Safeway whole or shank portion ham, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion, $1.19/lb)
Safeway spiral-sliced whole or half ham, bone in, $1.79/lb
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, foil wrapped, $2.29/lb
Safeway Select boneless half ham, $3.79/lb
Hormel boneless half ham, $4.99/lb
Pork loin crown roast, bone in, $2.99/lb
Open Nature “semi boneless” leg of lamb, $6.99/lb (boneless $1 higher)
Safeway Select fresh turkeys, 10-24 lb, $1.49/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $5.99/lb
Nabisco crackers, 5-10 oz boxes, buy 1 get 1 free
Green Giant frozen veggies, 7-10 oz boxes, 2/$4
Navel oranges, 8 lb bag, $4.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Chayote squashes, 2/$1
Sweet yellow onions, 96¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, $4.99/lb
Farmer John spiral-sliced ham, bone in, whole or half, OR Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49
Red yams, 3 lbs/99¢
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, “presidential cut”, $5.99/lb
Beef rump roast, $3.99/lb
Sprouts gourmet spiral-sliced ham, $1.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, $9.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.29/lb
Pineapples, 99¢ ea
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Braeburn or Granny Smith apples, 99¢/lb
Bartlett or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Hass avocadoes, 77¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, dry pint, 2/$5
Organic butternut squash, 79¢/lb
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning December 14th
Once again, this week's biggest promotions are on baking supplies, party trays, birds ranging from the sizable to the humungous, and extraordinarily large sections of kine and swine.
At Fooducate: a great and ultra-simple recipe for roasted acorn squash (squashes, a bit of butter, a sprinkling of brown sugar: PointsPlus count of only 4 per serving)! Also, in the news: the Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission are working together to crack down on sellers of HCG diet products.
Chow.com offers an analysis of how it happened that turducken – “an ungodly Frankenbird, a multifowl mash-up with turd in the name” – came to be seen as trendy (Shorter chow.com: “Heck if we know.”), and a decidedly not suitable for workplace viewing video of Vegan Black Metal Chef's Christmas Yule Log Cake.
Serious Eats recommends a recipe for homemade Three Musketeers bars, as well as a report on what happens if you go to Cold Stone Creamery and order an ice-cream with every single mix-in they offer. (“Not something I'd shell $28.90 for again.”) And now that none of us are even slightly hungry any more, Summer Tomato offers “10 Tips for Healthy Entertaining”.
The day after tomorrow is both National Eat What You Want Day and National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, for the benefit of those of us who will indeed eat anything if it's dipped in chocolate. Sunday, the 18th, is National Roast Suckling Pig Day DO NOT GOOGLE FOR PICTURES OF THIS IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER AS IT WILL MAKE YOU CRY AS IT DID ME. For a healthier and less emotionally wrenching option, the 19th is National Oatmeal Muffin Day. Add some chopped apple and they will be delicious.
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
December 15th: National Lemon Cupcake Day
December 16th: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day
December 18th: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19th: National Oatmeal Muffin Day, National Hard Candy Day
December 20th: National Fried Shrimp Day, National Sangria Day
December 21st: Kiwifruit Day (in California), National Hamburger Day
This date in 1968, Marvin Gaye's “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” hit #1 on the charts. (Every person reading this is now seeing dancing raisins.) The 17th will be the 168th anniversary of the publication of A Christmas Carol.
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, WHOLE, bone in, $4.49/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin roast, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Other boneless beef roasts: bottom/top round, sirloin tip, chuck, London broil, crossrib, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Cook's ham, shank portion, bone in, $1.29/lb (butt portion, $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Albertson's whole boneless hams, $3.79/lb (half ham, still boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.59/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Tillamook or Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Many Dietz & Watson lunchmeats and cheeses, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast or Italian beef OR “signature” turkey breast, $6.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz pkg, 77¢
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Barilla lasagne noodles, 8-16 oz boxes, 2/$4
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole Del Monte pineapples, 99¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Other beef roasts: top sirloin, sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, crossrib, chuck, rump, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.87/lb
Pork roasts: crown loin, shoulder, $2.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced smoked hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral ham, $1.99/lb
Other Hormel boneless hams: whole, half, quarter sliced, quarter sliced w/brown sugar, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, whole or half, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, 10-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bags, 77¢
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.29/lb)
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red or Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, $1.39/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Cucumbers, 6/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/88¢
Fry's:
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, $4.97/lb, good luck
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, tied and oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.49/lb
Cook's half or spiral-sliced hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Pork crown roast OR rack of pork, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Simple Truth “cage free” brown or white eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Kraft cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.79
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $2.99
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.99
Kroger pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 13 lb box, $8.88 (68¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Apples: Cameo, Rome, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Red grapefruit, 8 lb bag, $4.99
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, $3.99 and get a box of Sunburst cherry tomatoes free
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Safeway hams, whole or shank portion, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion $1.19/lb)
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Open Nature leg of lamb, “semi boneless”, $6.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar or tub, 2/$4
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Barilla lasagne, 8-16 oz box, 2/$4
Mt. Olive pickles, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free, still PointsPlus free
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Open Nature wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
English cucumbers, 10/$10
“Mayan Sweet” yellow onions, 89¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Farmer John spiral-sliced hams, whole or half, $1.47 (with $25 minimum purchase)
Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb (with $25 minimum purchase)
Farmer John pork shoulder picnic roast, bone in, $1.29/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 99¢/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 79¢/lb
First Street butter, $1.99
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢ ea
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49 ea
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, "presidential cut", $5.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
"Extra lean" ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham (boneless? bone in? It doesn't say), $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, boneless, $1.99/lb
Turkey breast, bone in, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Chicken sausage, sweet or hot, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sprouts eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Muir Glen organic tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
Sprouts extra virgin olive oil (healthy!), 500 ml bottles, $5.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn or Fuji, 88¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett or Bosc, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Pineapples, $1.99 ea
"Rio Red" grapefruits, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Bell peppers, red/gold/orange, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes: Italian, yellow, Mexican, 88¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
At Fooducate: a great and ultra-simple recipe for roasted acorn squash (squashes, a bit of butter, a sprinkling of brown sugar: PointsPlus count of only 4 per serving)! Also, in the news: the Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission are working together to crack down on sellers of HCG diet products.
Chow.com offers an analysis of how it happened that turducken – “an ungodly Frankenbird, a multifowl mash-up with turd in the name” – came to be seen as trendy (Shorter chow.com: “Heck if we know.”), and a decidedly not suitable for workplace viewing video of Vegan Black Metal Chef's Christmas Yule Log Cake.
Serious Eats recommends a recipe for homemade Three Musketeers bars, as well as a report on what happens if you go to Cold Stone Creamery and order an ice-cream with every single mix-in they offer. (“Not something I'd shell $28.90 for again.”) And now that none of us are even slightly hungry any more, Summer Tomato offers “10 Tips for Healthy Entertaining”.
The day after tomorrow is both National Eat What You Want Day and National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, for the benefit of those of us who will indeed eat anything if it's dipped in chocolate. Sunday, the 18th, is National Roast Suckling Pig Day DO NOT GOOGLE FOR PICTURES OF THIS IF YOU ARE AN ANIMAL LOVER AS IT WILL MAKE YOU CRY AS IT DID ME. For a healthier and less emotionally wrenching option, the 19th is National Oatmeal Muffin Day. Add some chopped apple and they will be delicious.
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
December 15th: National Lemon Cupcake Day
December 16th: National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
December 17th: National Maple Syrup Day
December 18th: National Roast Suckling Pig Day
December 19th: National Oatmeal Muffin Day, National Hard Candy Day
December 20th: National Fried Shrimp Day, National Sangria Day
December 21st: Kiwifruit Day (in California), National Hamburger Day
This date in 1968, Marvin Gaye's “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” hit #1 on the charts. (Every person reading this is now seeing dancing raisins.) The 17th will be the 168th anniversary of the publication of A Christmas Carol.
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, large end, bone in, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, WHOLE, bone in, $4.49/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef petite sirloin roast, boneless, $7.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Other boneless beef roasts: bottom/top round, sirloin tip, chuck, London broil, crossrib, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
93/7 ground beef, $2.69/lb
Hormel spiral ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Cook's ham, shank portion, bone in, $1.29/lb (butt portion, $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 hams, boneless, whole or half, $3.99/lb
Albertson's whole boneless hams, $3.79/lb (half ham, still boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, bone in, $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle White fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.59/lb
Butterball fresh turkeys, 10-22 lbs, $1.99/lb
Albertson's butter, $1.99
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Tillamook or Sargento cheeses, 8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Deli: Many Dietz & Watson lunchmeats and cheeses, $7.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $5.99/lb
Shannon's Deli roast or Italian beef OR “signature” turkey breast, $6.99/lb
PictSweet frozen veggies, 14-16 oz pkg, 77¢
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Barilla lasagne noodles, 8-16 oz boxes, 2/$4
Cuties clementines, 5 lb box, $2.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Whole Del Monte pineapples, 99¢/lb
Gala or Granny Smith apples, $1.49/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, 14 oz pkg, 2/$5
Bashas':
Beef standing rib roast, large end, $3.75/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Other beef roasts: top sirloin, sirloin tip, top/bottom/eye round, crossrib, chuck, rump, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $4.87/lb
Pork roasts: crown loin, shoulder, $2.99/lb
Cook's spiral sliced smoked hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel spiral ham, $1.99/lb
Other Hormel boneless hams: whole, half, quarter sliced, quarter sliced w/brown sugar, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, whole or half, $6.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Butterball fresh turkeys, tom or hen, $1.79/lb
Norbest frozen turkeys, tom or hen, 10-24 lb, 99¢/lb
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Bertolli pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
C&W or Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-16 oz pkg, 2/$4
Flav-R-Pac frozen veggies, 1 lb bags, 77¢
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb (organic, $1.29/lb)
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Slicing tomatoes, 79¢/lb
Fresh green beans, 85¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red or Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Pork sirloin roast, bone in, $1.39/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 3/99¢
Cucumbers, 6/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/88¢
Fry's:
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, $4.97/lb, good luck
Beef whole damn standing rib roast, bone in, tied and oven ready, $5.97/lb
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.97/lb
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck or bottom round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $3.49/lb
Cook's half or spiral-sliced hams, bone in, $1.37/lb
Hormel Cure 81 spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.99/lb
Private Selection spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.69/lb
Pork crown roast OR rack of pork, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O OR Private Selection frozen turkeys, 10-20 lb, 89¢/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.88
Simple Truth “cage free” brown or white eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, $1.88
Kraft cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, $2.79
Kroger butter, 2/$5
Challenge butter, $2.99
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar, 2/$3
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 5/$3
Best Foods mayonnaise incl. Light, 30 oz jars, $3.99
Kroger pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Kroger frozen veggies, 9-12 oz pkg, 10/$10
Navel oranges, 13 lb box, $8.88 (68¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, 99¢ ea
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Apples: Cameo, Rome, Granny Smith, 99¢/lb
Red grapefruit, 8 lb bag, $4.99
Red or gold yams, 99¢/lb
Nature Sweet cherry tomatoes, 10 oz box, $3.99 and get a box of Sunburst cherry tomatoes free
Safeway:
Beef ribeye roast, bone in, whole in bag, $4.77/lb
Beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $10.99/lb
Safeway hams, whole or shank portion, bone in, 99¢/lb (rump portion $1.19/lb)
Safeway Select spiral-sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Open Nature leg of lamb, “semi boneless”, $6.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Lucerne cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$5
Philadelphia cream cheese, 8 oz bar or tub, 2/$4
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Barilla lasagne, 8-16 oz box, 2/$4
Mt. Olive pickles, 24 oz jars, buy 1 get 1 free, still PointsPlus free
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Open Nature wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Cranberries, 12 oz bag, 2/$5
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
English cucumbers, 10/$10
“Mayan Sweet” yellow onions, 89¢/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Beauregard yams, 99¢/lb
Smart & Final:
Farmer John spiral-sliced hams, whole or half, $1.47 (with $25 minimum purchase)
Gold Wrap whole hams, $1.47/lb (with $25 minimum purchase)
Farmer John pork shoulder picnic roast, bone in, $1.29/lb
First Street frozen turkeys, 12-22 lb, 99¢/lb
Zacky Farms fresh turkeys, 12-20 lb, $1.49/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 79¢/lb
First Street butter, $1.99
Del Monte veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢ ea
Navel oranges, 5 lb bag, $1.95 (39¢/lb)
Whole pineapples, $1.49 ea
Sprouts:
Beef standing rib roast, "presidential cut", $5.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, boneless, $8.99/lb
"Extra lean" ground beef, value pack, $3.79/lb
Sprouts spiral sliced ham (boneless? bone in? It doesn't say), $1.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, boneless, $1.99/lb
Turkey breast, bone in, whole or half, $2.99/lb
Chicken sausage, sweet or hot, bulk or links, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Sprouts eggs, AA large, dozens, 2/$3
Muir Glen organic tomatoes, 28 oz cans, 2/$4
Sprouts extra virgin olive oil (healthy!), 500 ml bottles, $5.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn or Fuji, 88¢/lb
Pears: Bartlett or Bosc, 88¢/lb
Organic Fuji apples, 99¢/lb
Pineapples, $1.99 ea
"Rio Red" grapefruits, 3/$1
Roma tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Bell peppers, red/gold/orange, 88¢ ea
Summer squashes: Italian, yellow, Mexican, 88¢/lb
Cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Eggplants, 88¢ ea
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Bargain guide, week beginning December 7th
I must be brief as I'm short on time. Heavy promotions this week on baking supplies and the larger slabs of meat – and, blessedly, fruit and veggie trays.
At Fooducate Andy Bellatti has a fascinating article based on the notion of, in his phrase, “calling off the war on obesity”: “Obesity is too abstract of an 'enemy'.... . What, exactly, does victory look like? A population that is of normal weight? While there are certainly some medical and health risks that accompany obesity, it is possible to be at a 'healthy weight' while subsisting on minimally nutritious foods.” Chow.com has recipes for “an epic Christmas feast”, for “crazy-easy Christmas cookies”, and for some homemade fruitcakes if you're not ordering from Collin Street Bakery which I heartily recommend.
Serious Eats has how to cook a crown roast of pork as well as taste tests for instant mashed potatoes and various brands of eggnog, and Summer Tomato has six tips on how to make desserts worth their caloric cost. (“Resist the piles of cookies, brownies and candies set out around the house. If you do choose to eat one, do not make light of it. Sit down with a chair, table and napkin and enjoy every bite.”)
Next Tuesday, the 13th, is for absolutely no reason I've been able to determine National Ice Cream And Violins Day, so settle in with Itzakh Perlman and Bunny Tracks if it so please you:
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day
December 8th: National Brownie Day
December 9th: National Pastry Day, Apple Pie Day
December 10th: National Lager Day
December 11th: National Noodle-Ring Day
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day, National Gingerbread House Day
December 13th: National Cocoa Day
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, ENTIRE DAMN THING, $4.49/lb (this is an entire region of a cow)
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef roasts: bottom/top round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $1.99/lb
Rack of pork, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 whole or half ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, bone in, $7.99/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Albertson's cream cheese incl. Reduced-fat, 8 oz blocks, 4/$5
Challenge butter, 2/$6
Imperial spread, 1 lb quarters, $1
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef OR beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Hunt's pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
PictSweet “Deluxe Sides”, 2 ct or 6-7 oz pkg, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $1
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Spinach, 2 bunches/$1
Banana squash, 49¢/lb
Organic carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Cut up fruit tray, $14.99
Cut up veggie tray, $9.99
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, $3.99
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork center cut chops, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Pork loin, bone in, 99¢/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless?, $3.49/lb
Swordfish steaks, $7.99/lb
Cod loins, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.88
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
General Mills cereals incl. all Fiber One, 2/$7
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Del Monte canned fruits or veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, 97¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.77
Pears: Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, 97¢/lb
Texas red grapefruit, 87¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian or yellow squashes, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 97¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.47/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.49/lb
Food City eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.97
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 10/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak (family pack) or roast, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.20/lb (3 lb chub)
Kroger corned beef brisket flats, $3.49/lb
Entire selection of fresh pork, 50% off
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz bars, 4/$5
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 2/$5
PopChips, 2/$4
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauce, 26 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.97
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bag or 4 ct, $1.79
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Apples: Ambrosia, HoneyCrisp, Pink Lady, Sonya, $1.99/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, $2.49/lb
Pears: Anjou, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Private Selection “mini peeled”, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Private Selection bag salads, 2/$6
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef New York strip roast, boneless, $6.99/lbfs
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7/99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Safeway Select spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted” bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
“French-style” rack of lamb, $13.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb (whole leg quarters, 89¢/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $12.99/lb “weather permitting”
Safeway canned veggies (except peas), 11-15 oz cans, $1.09
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per serving!
Apples: Red Delicious, Gala, Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, 10 lbs/$10
Mangos, 10/$10
Vine tomatoes, $1.28/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Iceberg, 10/$10
Celery, 10/$10
Avocados, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 69¢/lb
Eat Smart veggie tray w/ dip, 4 lbs, $9.99
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Sprouts:
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $1.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Sprouts Omega-3 eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Sprouts butter, $2.99
Whole pineapples, from Costa Rica, 99¢ ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Large cucumbers, 3/$1
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Iceberg, 77¢ ea
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 2 lbs/$3
At Fooducate Andy Bellatti has a fascinating article based on the notion of, in his phrase, “calling off the war on obesity”: “Obesity is too abstract of an 'enemy'.... . What, exactly, does victory look like? A population that is of normal weight? While there are certainly some medical and health risks that accompany obesity, it is possible to be at a 'healthy weight' while subsisting on minimally nutritious foods.” Chow.com has recipes for “an epic Christmas feast”, for “crazy-easy Christmas cookies”, and for some homemade fruitcakes if you're not ordering from Collin Street Bakery which I heartily recommend.
Serious Eats has how to cook a crown roast of pork as well as taste tests for instant mashed potatoes and various brands of eggnog, and Summer Tomato has six tips on how to make desserts worth their caloric cost. (“Resist the piles of cookies, brownies and candies set out around the house. If you do choose to eat one, do not make light of it. Sit down with a chair, table and napkin and enjoy every bite.”)
Next Tuesday, the 13th, is for absolutely no reason I've been able to determine National Ice Cream And Violins Day, so settle in with Itzakh Perlman and Bunny Tracks if it so please you:
December 7th: National Cotton Candy Day
December 8th: National Brownie Day
December 9th: National Pastry Day, Apple Pie Day
December 10th: National Lager Day
December 11th: National Noodle-Ring Day
December 12th: National Ambrosia Day, National Gingerbread House Day
December 13th: National Cocoa Day
December 14th: National Bouillabaisse Day
Albertson's:
Beef rib roast, bone in, large end, $3.97/lb (small end, $4.99/lb)
Beef rib roast, boneless, $6.99/lb
Beef rib roast, bone in, ENTIRE DAMN THING, $4.49/lb (this is an entire region of a cow)
Beef New York strip roast, bone in, $3.77/lb
Beef roasts: bottom/top round, London broil, sirloin tip, crossrib, chuck, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1
93/7 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, center cut, bone in, $2.99/lb
Pork picnic roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
Pork shoulder roast, $1.99/lb
Rack of pork, bone in, $2.99/lb
Hormel spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.47/lb
Cook's ham, bone in, shank portion, $1.29/lb (butt portion $1.49/lb)
Hormel Cure 81 whole or half ham, boneless, $3.99/lb
Leg of lamb, bone in, $7.99/lb
Unbranded boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast or tenders, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.88/lb
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Albertson's cream cheese incl. Reduced-fat, 8 oz blocks, 4/$5
Challenge butter, 2/$6
Imperial spread, 1 lb quarters, $1
Deli: USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Jennie-O deli turkey breast, $4.99/lb
Deli Fresh cheeses, $4.99/lb
Shannon's Deli corned beef OR beef pastrami, $4.99/lb
Hunt's diced tomatoes, 14 oz cans, $1
Hunt's pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, $1
Libby's veggies, 14-15 oz cans, 69¢
DaVinci pasta, 1 lb pkg, $1
PictSweet “Deluxe Sides”, 2 ct or 6-7 oz pkg, $1
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $1
Bananas, 39¢/lb
Blackberries, 6 oz box, $1
HoneyCrisp apples, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
“Cuties” clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Spinach, 2 bunches/$1
Banana squash, 49¢/lb
Organic carrots, 1 lb bag, 88¢
Cut up fruit tray, $14.99
Cut up veggie tray, $9.99
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Beef crossrib or bottom round roast, $3.99
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.69/lb
Pork center cut chops, boneless, value pack, $3.47/lb
Pork loin, bone in, 99¢/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless?, $3.49/lb
Swordfish steaks, $7.99/lb
Cod loins, wild caught, $4.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Tillamook cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.88
Bashas' sour cream OR cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, $1.49
General Mills cereals incl. all Fiber One, 2/$7
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz box, 10/$10
Classico pasta sauces, 8-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Del Monte canned fruits or veggies, 13-15 oz cans, 10/$10
S&W tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 10/$10
PictSweet frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bags, 3/$5
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, 97¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $2.77
Pears: Bartlett, Anjou, Bosc, 97¢/lb
Texas red grapefruit, 87¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 97¢ ea
Italian or yellow squashes, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Red bell peppers, 97¢/lb
Cucumbers, 2/$1
Food City:
Beef chuck steak, bone in, value pack, $1.97/lb
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.47/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.49/lb
Food City eggs, AA large, 18 ct, $1.97
Cantaloupe, 3 lbs/99¢
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Cucumbers, 10/99¢
Italian squash, 3 lbs/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steak (family pack) or roast, $4.97/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
85/15 ground beef, $3.20/lb (3 lb chub)
Kroger corned beef brisket flats, $3.49/lb
Entire selection of fresh pork, 50% off
Cook's spiral sliced ham, bone in, $1.37/lb
Foster Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Foster Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.99/lb
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, bone in, 88¢/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Kroger cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $1.99
Kroger cream cheese, 8 oz bars, 4/$5
Nature's Own bread, $1.99
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 2/$5
PopChips, 2/$4
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Hunt's pasta sauce, 26 oz cans, 10/$10
Kroger veggies, 11-15 oz cans, 2/$1
Kroger fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.97
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz bag or 4 ct, $1.79
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz bags, 3/$5
Apples: Ambrosia, HoneyCrisp, Pink Lady, Sonya, $1.99/lb
Mangoes, 99¢ ea
Red seedless or red globe (seedy) grapes, $2.49/lb
Pears: Anjou, red, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Yellow or zucchini squash, 99¢/lb
Private Selection “mini peeled”, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Private Selection bag salads, 2/$6
Vine tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, 2/$3
Safeway:
Beef New York strip roast, boneless, $6.99/lbfs
Beef chuck 7-bone pot roast, $2.29/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $7/99/lb
Beef chuck crossrib roast, boneless, $3.89/lb
Beef bottom round roast, $4.49/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Safeway Select spiral sliced half ham, bone in, $2.29/lb
Pork loin chops, “assorted” bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
“French-style” rack of lamb, $13.99/lb
Chicken thighs or drumsticks, bone in, value pack, 99¢/lb (whole leg quarters, 89¢/lb)
Jennie-O Turkey Store lean ground turkey breast, 20 oz pkg, $5.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $8.99/lb
Albacore tuna steaks, wild caught, $12.99/lb “weather permitting”
Safeway canned veggies (except peas), 11-15 oz cans, $1.09
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, 2/$6, still only 2 Points per serving!
Apples: Red Delicious, Gala, Granny Smith, 75¢/lb
Navel oranges, 10 lbs/$10
Mangos, 10/$10
Vine tomatoes, $1.28/lb
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Iceberg, 10/$10
Celery, 10/$10
Avocados, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, bone in, value pack, 69¢/lb
Eat Smart veggie tray w/ dip, 4 lbs, $9.99
Seedless red grapes, 2 lb pkg, $1.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Sprouts:
Pork loin roast, center cut, boneless, $1.99/lb
Haddock fillets, wild caught, $3.99/lb
Sprouts Omega-3 eggs, grade A large, dozens, 2/$5
Sprouts butter, $2.99
Whole pineapples, from Costa Rica, 99¢ ea
Fuji or Braeburn apples, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Delicious apples, 99¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 3/$1
Large cucumbers, 3/$1
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Iceberg, 77¢ ea
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Vine tomatoes, 2 lbs/$3
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