Sorry I wasn't able to make this week's meeting: I had a phenomenal migraine all afternoon and evening. Here, anyway, the week's information:
Fooducate this week offer a quick rundown on coconut water (better than Gatorade, not as good as tap water), suggest a method of portion control for homemade cookies, caution that the Jack-in-the-Box 1080-calorie “Bacon Shake” contains absolutely zero bacon, and analyze a new product with the extraordinary name “Nature's Path Love Crunch Premium Organic Granola”. Shorter NPLCPOG: it's “scrumptious”, has a great ingredients list, and every purchase benefits the Bite4Bite food bank program, but eat it as a snack: the nutrition information on the package is not based on the standard 55-gram serving for cereals, but on a 30-gram (just over a quarter-cup) serving.
Chow.com has an extraordinarily mixed batch of recipes for “Making a Healthy Snack”. The “Parmesan-Dill Popcorn” doesn't sound bad, and nor does a Banana Pudding made of yogurt, fresh banana, and honey. I can muster less enthusiasm for “Minted Lentils” (cooked green lentils tossed with olive oil, topped with Greek yogurt and fresh mint) or for the idea of spreading sourdough toast with a mixture of mashed sweet potato and Parmesan cheese. Summer Tomato offers tips on meal-planning without shopping lists (lists are handy, she admits, but not always of use at the farmer's market where you can't be sure what you'll find)
Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans eat too much salt? Biggest culprit, to my surprise, is bread. And hog farms all over the Midwest are blowing up. It has to do with a foam that builds up atop manure pits – possibly a product of a newly evolved species of bacteria! – and traps methane gas.
February 18th is Drink Wine Day! It's also National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day, a dish to which I will gladly drink any day of the year. (Mmmmm, flounder and crab.) The day after is National Chocolate Mint Day, to which even the non-aficionadi of seafood will subscribe. And the 16th is the anniversary of the repeal of Prohibition, in 1933.
And by 2013, all of Mars Company's candy bars are to be downsized to bring them under 250 calories. The current “king-size” bars will be replaced with bags of two or four smaller bars, which will make “sharing or saving a portion for later” easier. (The current Snickers bar is 280 calories; the “king-size” is a truly kingly 510.)
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
February 16th: National Almond Day; 1933, Prohibition repealed
February 17th: National Cafe au Lait Day, National Indian Pudding Day; Fornacalia (Roman feast of bread ovens); 1876, canned sardines sold in US for the first time
February 18th: Drink Wine Day, National Crab Stuffed Flounder Day; 1478, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, drowns in a butt of Malmsey which may be why this is Drink Wine Day
February 19th: National Chocolate Mint Day; 1847, survivors of the Donner party rescued; 1906, Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company founded by Will Keith Kellogg; 1913, Cracker Jack starts putting a prize in each box
February 20th: National Cherry Pie Day
February 21st: National Sticky Bun Day; 1931, Alka-Seltzer introduced
February 22nd: National Margarita Day
Albertson's:
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, whole in bag, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round steaks, boneless, family pack, $5.99/lb, buy 1 get 1 free
85/15 ground beef, $2.99/lb
Pork loin roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.88/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.99/lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Rockfish or Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Albertson's butter, $2.99
Voskos Greek yogurt, 10/$10
Shamrock Farms cottage cheese incl. Light, 16 oz tub, 2/$5
Tillamook cheeses, 9 oz block/shreds/slices, 2/$6
Deli: Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Healthy Choice steaming entrees (shelf-stable? frozen? it doesn't say), 5/$10
Birds Eye “Steamfresh” frozen veggies, 10-12 oz pkg, 2/$3
C&W frozen veggies, 12-16 oz pkg, 2/$3
Blue Bunny ice-cream novelties incl. “Sweet Freedom”, 6-20 ct, 2/$7
Red seedless grapes, 77¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Raspberries/blueberries/blackberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Fuji or Granny Smith apples, $1.29/lb
Whole pineapples, 99¢/lb
Clementine tangerines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Iceberg, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Collards/mustard greens/turnip greens/kale, 88¢/bunch
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Green or white asparagus, $2.99/lb
Bashas':
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Beef Black Angus t-bone steaks, $8.99/lb
Beef bottom round/chuck/crossrib roasts, boneless, buy 1 get 1 free
Beef top sirloin, $3.97/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $2.97/lb
Assorted pork chops, “1/5 loin” whatever that means, $2.49/lb
Sanderson Farms whole chickens, 67¢/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $2.99/lb
Catfish fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Mahi mahi fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Bashas' eggs, AA large, dozens, 88¢
Challenge butter, $2.88
Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz shreds, 2/$5
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz loaves, $2.19
Food Club instant oatmeal, 11-15 oz boxes, $1.99
Food Club tomato/vegetable/tomato-clam juices, 32-45 oz bottles, $1.99
Bertolli olive oil, 25 oz bottles, $5.99
Newman's Own pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Food Club pasta, 13-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Weight Watchers ice-cream novelties, $3.99
Navel oranges, 97¢/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, from Chile, $2.47/lb
Organic Gala apples, $1.69/lb
Vine OR Roma OR slicing tomatoes, 97¢/lb
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Green bell peppers, 2/$1
Dole or Taylor Farms bag salads, 2/$5
Food City:
Beef chuck steaks, bone in, value pack, $2.28/lb (roasts 1¢ higher … ??)
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken breast, bone in, 88¢/lb
Flounder fillets, $2.99/lb
Bosc pears, 2 lbs/98¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/99¢
Italian squash, 2 lbs/98¢
Fry's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.88/lb
Beef top sirloin OR flat iron steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
Pork half loin, boneless, $1.97/lb, sliced free
Kroger Value chicken leg quarters, 88¢/lb
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, $1.98
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, $1.77
Land O Lakes butter, $3.29
Oroweat wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
American Beauty pasta, 1 lb pkg, 4/$5
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Red/Golden Delicious, 77¢/lb
Cuties clementines, 3 lb bag, $3.79
Honey tangerines, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢
Vine tomatoes, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 99¢/lb
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine/butter, AZ grown, 99¢ ea
Green cabbage, AZ grown, 2 lbs/99¢/lb
Safeway:
Rancher's Reserve beef t-bone steaks, value pack, $5.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef London broil, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Rancher's Reserve thin cut beef crossrib OR bottom round steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Rancher's Reserve beef ribeye steak, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steak, bone in, value pack, $5.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $1.49/lb
Chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, value pack, 99¢/lb
Ahi tuna steaks, wild caught, $9.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Open Nature wide-pan breads, 2/$5
General Mills Fiber One cereals, 11-17 oz boxes, 4/$10
Kellogg's Special K cereals, 12-13 oz boxes, 4/$10
Special K crackers, 4-8 oz boxes, $2.49
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, 4/$10
Gorton's “Grilled Fillets”, $2.99
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Apples: Fuji, Braeburn, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Organic blueberries, 6 oz box, $2.99
Kiwifruit, 3/$1
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Bananas, 57¢/lb
D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, AZ grown, 88¢/lb
O Organics box salads, 2/$5
Organic Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Radishes OR cilantro OR green onions, 2 bunches/$1
Smart & Final:
Beef tri tip roast, trimmed, $3.99/lb
Pork tenderloin, $3.69/lb
First Street chicken leg quarters, value pack, 79¢/lb
First Street ground turkey, 3 lb pkg, $5.97 ($1.99/lb)
First Street eggs, AA large, dozens, 99¢
Nature's Own wide pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
First Street frozen veggies, 2-2.5 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Mini seedless watermelons, $2.99 ea
Salad tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
Sprouts organic OR cage free OR Omega-3 eggs, 30% off
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 4/$5
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 4/$5
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples, Braeburn/Fuji/Cameo, 88¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, 2/$5
Organic Cameo apples, 99¢/lb
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic Pink Lady apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Organic Bosc pears, 3 lb bag, $1.99
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Sweet corn, 49¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/yellow/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 8th
Per Fooducate, Wal-Mart is launching a new Front-Of-Pack nutrition labeling system: starting in the Spring, a small assortment of “Great Value” brand products will be decorated with the “Great For You” icon. (The ever-wary Fooducators point out that private-sector initiatives – like this one, or the Food Marketing Institute's “Facts Up Front” scheme, or cereal manufacturers' “Smart Choices” program – could enable food companies to deflect the FDA's efforts to mandate FOP labels based on Institute of Medicine recommendations: “Oh, that's not necessary, Mr/Ms FDA – we already have such labeling!”)
Chow.com has a selection of “Weeknight Dinners that Freeze Well”, including a tasty-looking split-pea-and-veggie soup made in the slow cooker, a fast vegetarian chili, and a vegetable soup recipe that actually includes as an ingredient “2 cups of whatever vegetables you happen to have in the house”.
In the news, UCSF's Robert Lustig quite seriously recommended that sugar should be subject to governmental controls, just as alcohol and tobacco are. (Even Marion Nestle, who strongly advocates food industry regulation, thinks this is going a bit far.)
Valentine's Day is next Tuesday, so this entire week features heavy promotions on anything red or pink, anything heart-shaped, anything with reputed aphrodisiac products, and chocolate.
February is Hot Breakfast Month, and researchers in England have found starting the day with a filling and relatively high-fat meal can boost your metabolism for the rest of the day, so bring on the eggs and sausage. This second week of February is both the Great American Pizza Bake – nutritionally very variable, depending on what you put on your pizza – and National Kraut and Frankfurter Week, which can be very good if you pick the reduced-fat franks. Tomorrow is National Bagels-and-Lox day, and also would be the 103rd birthday of Carmen Miranda, in whose memory eat fruit.
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day; feast of St. Meingold, patron of bakers
February 9th: Pizza Pie Day, National Bagels and Lox Day; 1894, Hershey's Chocolate Company formed as a subsidiary of Milton H. Hershey's Lancashire Caramel Company; 1909, Carmen Miranda born
February 10th: National Cream Cheese Brownie Day; 1944, birthday of Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet For a Small Planet
February 11th: National Peppermint Patty Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day; 1963, Julia Child's The French Chef premieres on TV
February 12th: National Plum Pudding Day; 1976, Red Dye No. 2 banned by the FDA, resulting in the 11-year vanishing of red M&Ms although they did not contain this dye
February 13th: National Tortellini Day
February 14th: National Cream Filled Chocolates Day; 1886, California oranges first shipped East by rail
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack, $6.77/lb)
Beef tenderloin steaks, boneless, $12.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole thing in a bag, $9.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Ground beef, 93/7, $3.29/lb
Pork tenderloin, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/LB
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Deli: All Dietz & Watson hams/turkey breast/roast beef/cheeses, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “super lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz bottles, 99¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Hunt's tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 79¢
Fresh Aisle olive oil, 16.9 oz bottle, $3.99 (healthy)
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, $2.99
Strawberries, 2 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.49
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb (steaks $1 higher(
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tillamook cheeses, 12 oz slices OR 1 lb chunk, $4.99
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
Strawberries, 6 oz pkg, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $2.49/lb
Red or black plums, $2.99/lb
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 2/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Earthbound Farms organic mixed baby kale, 5 oz box, $2.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Navel oranges, 6 lbs/96¢
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $9.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Denmark ground chicken, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 at $1.70, get 1 for 26¢ (the 1912 price)
Fry's milk, half gallons, buy 1 at $1.58, get 1 for 18¢
Kroger butter, buy 1 at $3.49, get 1 for 36¢
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$6
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Ro*tel tomatoes, 94¢
Kroger pasta sauces, 26 oz jars, 4/$5
Kroger pasta, 1 lb boxes, 10/$10
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 5/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.88
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct, 2/$4
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz, 2/$4
Ambrosia apples, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Conventional navel oranges, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Asparagus, $1/lb
Dole or Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Nature Sweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin, entire chunk of cow in a bag, $2.99, good luck
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $8.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 8 oz, 2/$6
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Blackberries or blueberries, small box, 2/$6
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, standard or organic, $1.49/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.69/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Safeway Farms or Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $3.49/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entreees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
5 oz lobster tails, wild caught, $5.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Cuties tangerines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Apples: Ambrosia, Fuji, Pink Lady, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Cameo, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, $2.99
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Orange or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Avocados, 88¢ ea
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $1.99
Organic leaf lettuce, green or red, $1.29 ea
Chow.com has a selection of “Weeknight Dinners that Freeze Well”, including a tasty-looking split-pea-and-veggie soup made in the slow cooker, a fast vegetarian chili, and a vegetable soup recipe that actually includes as an ingredient “2 cups of whatever vegetables you happen to have in the house”.
In the news, UCSF's Robert Lustig quite seriously recommended that sugar should be subject to governmental controls, just as alcohol and tobacco are. (Even Marion Nestle, who strongly advocates food industry regulation, thinks this is going a bit far.)
Valentine's Day is next Tuesday, so this entire week features heavy promotions on anything red or pink, anything heart-shaped, anything with reputed aphrodisiac products, and chocolate.
February is Hot Breakfast Month, and researchers in England have found starting the day with a filling and relatively high-fat meal can boost your metabolism for the rest of the day, so bring on the eggs and sausage. This second week of February is both the Great American Pizza Bake – nutritionally very variable, depending on what you put on your pizza – and National Kraut and Frankfurter Week, which can be very good if you pick the reduced-fat franks. Tomorrow is National Bagels-and-Lox day, and also would be the 103rd birthday of Carmen Miranda, in whose memory eat fruit.
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day; feast of St. Meingold, patron of bakers
February 9th: Pizza Pie Day, National Bagels and Lox Day; 1894, Hershey's Chocolate Company formed as a subsidiary of Milton H. Hershey's Lancashire Caramel Company; 1909, Carmen Miranda born
February 10th: National Cream Cheese Brownie Day; 1944, birthday of Frances Moore Lappe, author of Diet For a Small Planet
February 11th: National Peppermint Patty Day, Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day; 1963, Julia Child's The French Chef premieres on TV
February 12th: National Plum Pudding Day; 1976, Red Dye No. 2 banned by the FDA, resulting in the 11-year vanishing of red M&Ms although they did not contain this dye
February 13th: National Tortellini Day
February 14th: National Cream Filled Chocolates Day; 1886, California oranges first shipped East by rail
February 15th: International Gumdrop Day
Albertson's:
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.77/lb (regular pack, $6.77/lb)
Beef tenderloin steaks, boneless, $12.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole thing in a bag, $9.99/lb, cut & wrapped free
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Ground beef, 93/7, $3.29/lb
Pork tenderloin, whole in bag, $3.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $2.29/LB
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Albertson's milk, gallons, $1.57
Yoplait yogurts, 10/$5
Crystal Farms cheeses, 8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Deli: All Dietz & Watson hams/turkey breast/roast beef/cheeses, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O smoked turkey, $3.99/lb
Eckrich “super lean” ham, $3.99/lb
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz bottles, 99¢
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 99¢
Hunt's tomato sauce, 15 oz cans, 79¢
Fresh Aisle olive oil, 16.9 oz bottle, $3.99 (healthy)
Kellogg's Nutri-Grain bars, 8 ct, $2.99
Strawberries, 2 lb box, buy 1 get 1 free
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, 2/$5
Clementines, 3 lb bag, $4.99
Seedless grapes, green or red, $2.49
Asparagus, $2.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $1.99/lb
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$5
Earthbound Farms organic box salads, 1 lb, $4.99
Bashas':
Beef New York steak, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef chuck/crossrib/bottom round roasts, boneless, $3.99/lb (steaks $1 higher(
Ground beef chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.49/lb
Center cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $3.49/lb
Sanderson Farms chicken drums/thighs/leg quarters, 99¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Tillamook cheeses, 12 oz slices OR 1 lb chunk, $4.99
Nature's Own wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 4/$5
Del Monte pasta sauces, 26 oz cans, 4/$5
Strawberries, 6 oz pkg, 2/$3
Seedless grapes, green or red, from Chile, $1.99/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, $2.49/lb
Red or black plums, $2.99/lb
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 2/$1
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Earthbound Farms organic mixed baby kale, 5 oz box, $2.99
Food City:
Beef crossrib steaks, $2.27/lb (roast, $2.49/lb
Chicken thighs/drumsticks, bone in, 67¢/lb
Navel oranges, 6 lbs/96¢
Red seedless grapes, 2 lbs/$3
Tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Beef tenderloin, whole in bag, $9.99/lb
Beef t-bone steaks, $7.99/lb
Beef chuck roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
Kroger Value boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.87/lb
Denmark ground chicken, 1 lb pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Fry's eggs, AA large, dozens, buy 1 at $1.70, get 1 for 26¢ (the 1912 price)
Fry's milk, half gallons, buy 1 at $1.58, get 1 for 18¢
Kroger butter, buy 1 at $3.49, get 1 for 36¢
Kraft or Sargento cheeses, 5-8 oz chunk or shreds, 2/$6
Kroger cheeses, 12-16 oz chunk or shreds, $2.99
Ro*tel tomatoes, 94¢
Kroger pasta sauces, 26 oz jars, 4/$5
Kroger pasta, 1 lb boxes, 10/$10
Kroger tomatoes, 14 oz cans, 5/$3
Smart Ones frozen entrees, $1.88
Birds Eye frozen veggies, 10-12 oz or 4 ct, 2/$4
C&W frozen veggies, 14-16 oz, 2/$4
Ambrosia apples, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Conventional navel oranges, 99¢/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 3/99¢
Asparagus, $1/lb
Dole or Fresh Selections bag salads, 2/$5
Nature Sweet “Cherub” tomatoes, 10 oz box, 2/$5
Safeway:
Beef top sirloin, entire chunk of cow in a bag, $2.99, good luck
Beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $8.99/lb
Beef New York strip steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $4.99/lb
Beef chuck pot roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork loin, boneless, whole in bag, $1.99/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, boneless, whole in bag, $1.87/lb
Pork top loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Swai fillets, farm raised, $3.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Lucerne “Natural Slices” cheeses, 8 oz, 2/$6
Lucerne cheeses, 2 lb chunk or shreds, $6.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$6
Blackberries or blueberries, small box, 2/$6
Gala/Fuji/Granny Smith apples, standard or organic, $1.49/lb
Whole pineapples, $2.99
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Tomatoes, $1.69/lb
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 2/$3
Safeway Farms or Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Smart & Final:
Beef top sirloin steak, boneless, $3.49/lb
First Street boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $1.97/lb
First Street cheeses, 1 lb chunk, $2.99
Lean Cuisine frozen entreees, $1.99
Navel oranges, 5 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $5.99/lb
5 oz lobster tails, wild caught, $5.99 ea
Strawberries, 1 lb box, 2/$3
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
D'Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Cuties tangerines, 5 lb box, $4.99
Apples: Ambrosia, Fuji, Pink Lady, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Cameo, Red Delicious, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 2 lbs/$1
Organic Valencia oranges, 4 lb bag, $2.99
Organic D'Anjou pears, 99¢/lb
Organic kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, $1.99
Tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢ ea
Asparagus, 97¢/lb
Grape tomatoes, dry pint, 4/$5
Broccoli crowns, 99¢/lb
Orange or yellow bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Cucumbers, 3/$1
Avocados, 88¢ ea
Organic Romaine hearts, 3 pk, $1.99
Organic leaf lettuce, green or red, $1.29 ea
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning February 1st
At Fooducate, in preparation for The Caloric Event Of The Year coming up this Sunday, they have three recipes for snacks that are tasty, healthy, and (important) easy to make! There's one for “Crispy Chickpeas” (drain and rinse a can of chickpeas, roll them in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a teaspoon of cumin; bake on a cookie sheet for 20 minutes at 400°, stir, bake another 20 minutes. 4 servings, each with a Healthy Oil!), one for a mango-black-bean salsa (link at the blog), and one with the self-explanatory title “Salsamole” (equal parts guacamole and salsa, with a shot of lime juice and a bit of cilantro).
Chow.com has a series of “Dips For Any Chip”: some not quite PointsPlus-friendly (an artichoke dip made with Gruyere), some far better (salsa variants, Greek-yogurt-and-mint, a hummus made of white beans and edamame). Serious Eats has a stack of guacamole variants, ranging from roasted garlic to the improbable bleu-cheese-and-bacon. (I love bleu cheese, I love bacon. In guacamole … no.) And Summer Tomato explores how to break your sugar addiction!
Per Consumerist: beef prices are UP and likely to rise further, due partly to drought in the Plains states, partly to rising corn prices. Ground beef may rise another 4-5% this year. Turkeyburgers, anyone?
This is February. February is Berry Fresh Month, National Cherry Month, National Grapefruit Month, Sweet Potato Month and National Hot Breakfast Month. It's a LOT more things than heart-shaped-red-satin-boxes and the Super Bowl. Lots of healthy things, like Heart Healthy Month and Fiber Focus Month and, this first week of February, Shape Up With Pickles Time (they're tasty, crunchy, and PointsPlus-free).
Friday is Carrot Cake Day. Carrots are zero-Points, so carrot cake must be healthy, right … Right? Well anyway, Saturday is Homemade Soup Day, which can be very healthy. And also Stuffed Mushrooms Day, which depends on what you stuff in them.
February 1st: National Baked Alaska Day; 1960, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond sit down at a Woolworth's lunch counter and order coffee
February 2nd: National Heavenly Hash Day; 1880, SS Strathleven arrives in London from Australia with the first successful shipment of frozen mutton
February 3rd: National Carrot Cake Day; 1959, the day the music died
February 4th: National Homemade Soup Day, National Stuffed Mushroom Day; 1930, Frank W. Mars introduces the Snickers bar; 1941, Roy J. Plunkett receives a patent for Teflon
February 5th: National Chocolate Fondue Day, World Nutella Day
February 6th: National Frozen Yogurt Day
February 7th: National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day
Albertson's:
Beef crossrib steak or roast OR London broil,, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order hams, turkey breast, roast beef, cheese, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
Laughing Cow wedges, $4.79, buy 1 get 1 free
Daisy sour cream, incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Athenos hummus, 14 oz tub, $6.49, buy 1 get 1 free
El Pinto salsa OR green chile sauce, 16 oz jars, $2.99
Sadie's Salsa, 16 oz jars, $3.99
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Albertson's fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits and Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 69¢/lb
Pink Lady apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cilantro, 2 bunches/88¢
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef t-bone OR boneless top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.47/lb
Beef top round roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork chops or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Clams OR mussels, 2 lb bag, $6
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Nabisco crackers (Triscuits & Wheat Thins), $1.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.99
Vlasic pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Red seedless grapes, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Peaches OR nectarines, white or yellow, $2.48/lb
Red or black plums, $2.98/lb
Limes, 5/$1
Cilantro, 2 bunches/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.28/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Apio Snap Pea veggie tray, 2.5 lbs, $9.99
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.79
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.77
Herdez salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Kiwifruit, 8/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Fry's:
Whole boneless ribeye, I mean the entire damn thing in a bag, boneless, $4.77/lb (but they will cut it up for free!)
Private Selection beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef London broil OR top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 3/$5
Kroger sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 3/$4
Pears, D'Anjou or Bosc, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99/lb
Dole bananas, 57¢/lb
Private Selection organic bag salads, $2.99
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Ranchers Reserve beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 4/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuit – face it, they're dip substrates), buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Kiku or Opal apples OR organic Braeburn apples, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Green onions OR radishes, 2 bunches/$1
Broccoli crowns, $1.29/lb
Eating Right veggie tray, 54 oz (almost 3.5 lbs), $9.99
Smart & Final:
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheese cubes, 2.5 lb bag, $7.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Hass avocados, 2/88¢
Roma tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, $8.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Braeburn or Cameo, 99¢/lb
Organic Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/$1
Avocados, 3/$1
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Gold or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Green onions, radishes, cilantro, 49¢/bunch
Go Patriots!
Chow.com has a series of “Dips For Any Chip”: some not quite PointsPlus-friendly (an artichoke dip made with Gruyere), some far better (salsa variants, Greek-yogurt-and-mint, a hummus made of white beans and edamame). Serious Eats has a stack of guacamole variants, ranging from roasted garlic to the improbable bleu-cheese-and-bacon. (I love bleu cheese, I love bacon. In guacamole … no.) And Summer Tomato explores how to break your sugar addiction!
Per Consumerist: beef prices are UP and likely to rise further, due partly to drought in the Plains states, partly to rising corn prices. Ground beef may rise another 4-5% this year. Turkeyburgers, anyone?
This is February. February is Berry Fresh Month, National Cherry Month, National Grapefruit Month, Sweet Potato Month and National Hot Breakfast Month. It's a LOT more things than heart-shaped-red-satin-boxes and the Super Bowl. Lots of healthy things, like Heart Healthy Month and Fiber Focus Month and, this first week of February, Shape Up With Pickles Time (they're tasty, crunchy, and PointsPlus-free).
Friday is Carrot Cake Day. Carrots are zero-Points, so carrot cake must be healthy, right … Right? Well anyway, Saturday is Homemade Soup Day, which can be very healthy. And also Stuffed Mushrooms Day, which depends on what you stuff in them.
February 1st: National Baked Alaska Day; 1960, Joseph McNeil, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, Jr., and David Richmond sit down at a Woolworth's lunch counter and order coffee
February 2nd: National Heavenly Hash Day; 1880, SS Strathleven arrives in London from Australia with the first successful shipment of frozen mutton
February 3rd: National Carrot Cake Day; 1959, the day the music died
February 4th: National Homemade Soup Day, National Stuffed Mushroom Day; 1930, Frank W. Mars introduces the Snickers bar; 1941, Roy J. Plunkett receives a patent for Teflon
February 5th: National Chocolate Fondue Day, World Nutella Day
February 6th: National Frozen Yogurt Day
February 7th: National Fettuccine Alfredo Day
February 8th: National Molasses Bar Day
Albertson's:
Beef crossrib steak or roast OR London broil,, boneless, family pack, $3.99/lb
93/7 ground beef, $2.79/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.67/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half ham, bone in, 99¢/lb
Cod fillets, wild caught, $6.99/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Deli: All Dietz & Watson sliced-to-order hams, turkey breast, roast beef, cheese, $7.99/lb
Jennie-O oven roasted turkey breast, $4.99/lb
USA Gold Virginia ham, $4.99/lb
Margherita hard/Genoa salami OR pepperoni, $4.99/lb
Stella Swiss/Muenster/Provolone/baby-Swiss cheeses, $5.99/lb
Laughing Cow wedges, $4.79, buy 1 get 1 free
Daisy sour cream, incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 2/$4
Athenos hummus, 14 oz tub, $6.49, buy 1 get 1 free
El Pinto salsa OR green chile sauce, 16 oz jars, $2.99
Sadie's Salsa, 16 oz jars, $3.99
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$5
Albertson's fruit, 15 oz cans, 10/$10
Nabisco snack crackers (Triscuits and Wheat Thins), 5-10 oz boxes, $1.99
Dole bananas, 39¢/lb
Texas grapefruit, 69¢/lb
Pink Lady apples, 99¢/lb
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Broccoli crowns OR cauliflower, 88¢/lb
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Red bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cilantro, 2 bunches/88¢
Fresh Express bag salads, 2/$4
Bashas':
Beef t-bone OR boneless top sirloin steaks, value pack, $4.47/lb
Beef top round roast, $3.99/lb
Beef ground chuck, fat content not listed, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, boneless, value pack, $1.77/lb
Center cut pork chops or roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.77/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $4.99/lb
Tilapia fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Clams OR mussels, 2 lb bag, $6
Kraft cheeses, 7-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 2/$5
Nabisco crackers (Triscuits & Wheat Thins), $1.99
Ragu pasta sauces, 16-24 oz jars, $1.99
Vlasic pickles, 24 oz jars, 2/$5
Red seedless grapes, 98¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Blackberries OR blueberries, 6 oz boxes, 2/$6
Peaches OR nectarines, white or yellow, $2.48/lb
Red or black plums, $2.98/lb
Limes, 5/$1
Cilantro, 2 bunches/$1
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Asparagus, $1.28/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Green or red bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Organic grape tomatoes, 10 oz box, $1.99
Apio Snap Pea veggie tray, 2.5 lbs, $9.99
Food City:
Beef chuck steak or roast, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Beef stew meat, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Sirloin cut pork chops, bone in, $1.79
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $1.49
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Daisy sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tub, $1.77
Herdez salsa, 16 oz jars, 2/$3
Kiwifruit, 8/99¢
Roma tomatoes, 4 lbs/96¢
Iceberg, 2/98¢
Red bell peppers, 2/98¢
Fry's:
Whole boneless ribeye, I mean the entire damn thing in a bag, boneless, $4.77/lb (but they will cut it up for free!)
Private Selection beef top sirloin steaks, boneless, $6.77/lb
Beef London broil OR top round roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Kroger cheeses, 6-8 oz chunk/shreds/slices, 3/$5
Kroger sour cream incl. Light, 16 oz tubs, 3/$4
Pears, D'Anjou or Bosc, 99¢/lb
Cara Cara navel oranges OR Minneola tangelos, 3 lb bags, $2.99
Mandarins, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Strawberries, 1 lb box, $2.99/lb
Dole bananas, 57¢/lb
Private Selection organic bag salads, $2.99
Hass avocados, 99¢ ea
Roma tomatoes, 99¢/lb
Safeway:
Ranchers Reserve beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef New York strip steaks, bone in, $4.99/lb
Ranchers Reserve beef ribeye steaks, bone in, $5.99/lb
Beef bottom round roast, boneless, value pack, $2.99/lb
90/10 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, value pack, $2.49
Pork top loin chops, boneless, value pack, $3.99/lb
Jennie-O lean ground turkey, 20 oz pkg, $3.99
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Dairy Glen or Pantry Essentials milk, gallons, $1.57
Bumble Bee solid white tuna, 4/$5
Nabisco snack crackers (Wheat Thins, Triscuit – face it, they're dip substrates), buy 1 get 1 free
Classico pasta sauces, 15-24 oz jars, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, $2.49/lb
Kiku or Opal apples OR organic Braeburn apples, $1.99/lb
Vine tomatoes, $2.49/lb
Hass avocados, 2/$1
Green onions OR radishes, 2 bunches/$1
Broccoli crowns, $1.29/lb
Eating Right veggie tray, 54 oz (almost 3.5 lbs), $9.99
Smart & Final:
Foster Farms chicken breast, bone in, family pack, 99¢/lb
First Street cheese cubes, 2.5 lb bag, $7.99
Fuji apples, 3 lb bag, $2.99
Hass avocados, 2/88¢
Roma tomatoes, 39¢/lb
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $2.99/lb
Beef rump roast or stew meat, boneless, $4.49/lb
Beef ribeye steak, boneless, $9.99/lb
Pork sirloin chops or roast OR ground pork, boneless, $2.99
Boneless skinless chicken breast, value pack, $2.99/lb
Alaskan cod fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Barramundi fillets, $8.99/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
Apples: Braeburn, Fuji, Gala, 99¢/lb
Organic apples: Braeburn or Cameo, 99¢/lb
Organic Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $3.99
Green or red seedless grapes, $1.99/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$5
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 99¢/lb
Blueberries, dry pint, 2/$5
Roma tomatoes, 3 lbs/$1
Avocados, 3/$1
Green or red bell peppers, 3/$1
Gold or orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Asparagus, $1.99/lb
Cucumbers, 49¢ ea
Green onions, radishes, cilantro, 49¢/bunch
Go Patriots!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
SMOKED PAPRIKA.
Fooducate this week aim their snark at Pop-Tarts, pointing out that the new Pop-Tarts flavor, “Wildlicious”, is hardly a nutritional bonanza: refined flour, sugars, HFCS, and (as I mention in the comments) prominent illustrations of fruit on the box but less than 4% fruit in the actual item.
Chow.com has a nice selection of recipes for winter produce: a Chinese brisket-and-turnip stew, Savoy cabbage soup, kale-and-mushroom stroganoff, a butternut-squash dish that looks absolutely delicious, and the heartbreaking discovery that while blood oranges (just coming in about now) are PointsPlus-free, a blood orange margarita almost certainly is not. And at Summer Tomato, Darya seems to have fallen entirely into List Mode: this week we have “8 Simple Tips to Avoid Late Night Snacking”, including water, herbal teas, walking, the telephone, and video games (“Though I do not consider the Nintendo Wii a particularly effective form of exercise, one bonus of playing video games is it occupies both of your hands and makes it difficult to eat”).
January 27th, the day after tomorrow, is National Chocolate Cake Day. Always remember, a two-inch square of cake tastes just as cakey as a four-inch square.
January 25th: Burns Night, National Irish Coffee Day; 1945, Grand Rapids becomes the first US city to fluoridate its water
January 26th: National Peanut Brittle Day, National Pistachio Day, National Popcorn Day; feast of St. Timothy, patron saint of stomach ache sufferers
January 27th: National Chocolate Cake Day; 1832, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) born
January 28th: National Blueberry Pancake Day
January 29th: National Corn Chip Day; 1924, Carl R. Taylor of Cleveland patents the first ice-cream-cone rolling machine
January 30th: National Croissant Day
January 31st: National Brandy Alexander Day; 1882, birth of Russian dancer Anna Pavlova; 1990, first McDonald's in Moscow opens
February 1st: National Baked Alaska Day; 1960, the "Greensboro Four" order coffee at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef bottom round OR chuck tender roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.88/lb
Pork picnic roast, whole in bag, $1.69/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half hams, bone in, $1.27/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray-pack chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Catfish (farm raised) or rockfish (wild caught) fillets, $5.99/lb
Albertson's butter, 2/$5
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Deli: Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Joseph Farms Colby/mild Cheddar/cojack/pepperjack/Provolone cheeses, $5.99/lb
Earthgrains wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Kellogg's Special K or Fiber Plus cereals, 3/$10: buy 3 and get a gallon of milk free
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5, buy 2 and get 1 Barilla pasta free
Snyder's pretzels, 10-16 oz bags, 2/$5
Green Giant boil-in-bag veggies OR “Steamers”, 9-12 oz frozen, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Sonya apples, $1.29/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Bashas':
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roasts, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.47/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms split chicken breasts or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Bertolli olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $4.99/lb
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $2.88
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, from Chile, $1.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, from Chile, $2.99/lb
Red or organic green bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cucumbers, 79¢ ea
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢/lb
Food City:
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 57¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 5/99¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Private Selection Angus t-bone/boneless strip/boneless ribeye steaks, $8.99/lb
Entire selection of fresh pork, 50% off
Whole frying chickens, 98¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz standard loaves, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz boxes, 2/$5
Red or yellow bell peppers, 4/$5
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken leg quarters, value pack, 75¢/lb (10 lb IQF bag)
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk OR 12 oz singles, 2/$4
Safeway canned fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Pantry Essentials canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢
Safeway pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, $1.49
PictSweet frozen veg, 6-7 oz pkg, 10/$10
Red seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb OR 4 lb bag, $2
Kiwifruit, 2/$1
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5-6 oz containers, 2/$5
Organic heirloom tomatoes, desperately odd-looking but tasty, $3.99/lb
Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$4
Organic cauliflower, $1.29/lb
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef top round steak OR London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
First Street chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, 89¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey burgers, 3 lb pkg, $5.99
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
First Street quick or old-fashioned oats, 42 oz round box, $2.49
First Street pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.79
Navel oranges, 39¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lb pkg, $2.49
Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Beef chuck roast or steaks, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.97/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
White nectarines OR yellow peaches OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Apples: Ambrosia, Fuji, Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$4
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Chow.com has a nice selection of recipes for winter produce: a Chinese brisket-and-turnip stew, Savoy cabbage soup, kale-and-mushroom stroganoff, a butternut-squash dish that looks absolutely delicious, and the heartbreaking discovery that while blood oranges (just coming in about now) are PointsPlus-free, a blood orange margarita almost certainly is not. And at Summer Tomato, Darya seems to have fallen entirely into List Mode: this week we have “8 Simple Tips to Avoid Late Night Snacking”, including water, herbal teas, walking, the telephone, and video games (“Though I do not consider the Nintendo Wii a particularly effective form of exercise, one bonus of playing video games is it occupies both of your hands and makes it difficult to eat”).
January 27th, the day after tomorrow, is National Chocolate Cake Day. Always remember, a two-inch square of cake tastes just as cakey as a four-inch square.
January 25th: Burns Night, National Irish Coffee Day; 1945, Grand Rapids becomes the first US city to fluoridate its water
January 26th: National Peanut Brittle Day, National Pistachio Day, National Popcorn Day; feast of St. Timothy, patron saint of stomach ache sufferers
January 27th: National Chocolate Cake Day; 1832, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) born
January 28th: National Blueberry Pancake Day
January 29th: National Corn Chip Day; 1924, Carl R. Taylor of Cleveland patents the first ice-cream-cone rolling machine
January 30th: National Croissant Day
January 31st: National Brandy Alexander Day; 1882, birth of Russian dancer Anna Pavlova; 1990, first McDonald's in Moscow opens
February 1st: National Baked Alaska Day; 1960, the "Greensboro Four" order coffee at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
Albertson's:
Beef petite sirloin steaks, boneless, $8.49lb, buy 1 get 2 free
Beef bottom round OR chuck tender roast, boneless, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork loin chops, bone in, family pack, $1.88/lb
Pork picnic roast, whole in bag, $1.69/lb
Hormel spiral sliced half hams, bone in, $1.27/lb
All Sanderson Farms tray-pack chicken, buy 1 get 1 free (same item)
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $5.99/lb
Catfish (farm raised) or rockfish (wild caught) fillets, $5.99/lb
Albertson's butter, 2/$5
Albertson's eggs, AA large, dozens, $1
Deli: Rotisserie turkey breast, $5.99/lb
Jennie-O “Honey Smoked” or “Oven Brown” turkey breast, $5.99/lb
USA Gold honey or baked ham, $5.99/lb
Joseph Farms Colby/mild Cheddar/cojack/pepperjack/Provolone cheeses, $5.99/lb
Earthgrains wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, $2.49
Kellogg's Special K or Fiber Plus cereals, 3/$10: buy 3 and get a gallon of milk free
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$5, buy 2 and get 1 Barilla pasta free
Snyder's pretzels, 10-16 oz bags, 2/$5
Green Giant boil-in-bag veggies OR “Steamers”, 9-12 oz frozen, 2/$4
Green or red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Kiwifruit, 1 lb bag, 2/$3
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Cantaloupes, $1.99 ea
Sonya apples, $1.29/lb
Grape tomatoes, 12 oz box, 2/$3
Eggplant, 77¢ ea
Leaf lettuce, green/red/Romaine, 99¢ ea
Bashas':
Beef crossrib OR bottom round roasts, $3.99/lb
Assorted pork chops, value pack, $1.47/lb
Center cut pork chops, value pack, $2.99/lb
Sanderson Farms split chicken breasts or leg quarters, bone in, 97¢/lb
Steelhead fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Swordfish steaks, wild caught, $7.99/lb
Bashas' milk, half gallons only, 88¢
Bashas' cottage cheese incl. Light, 24 oz tubs, $2.39
Barilla pasta sauces, 24 oz jars, 2/$4
Bertolli olive oil, 17 oz bottles, $4.99/lb
Healthy Choice frozen entrees, $2.88
Blueberries, dry pint, $1.88
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Peaches or nectarines, from Chile, $1.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, from Chile, $2.99/lb
Red or organic green bell peppers, 99¢ ea
Cucumbers, 79¢ ea
Roma or slicing tomatoes, 88¢/lb
Broccoli OR cauliflower, 99¢/lb
Eggplant, 99¢/lb
Food City:
Beef skirt steak, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.69/lb
Pork shoulder steak, bone in, value pack, $1.99/lb
Chicken leg quarters, 57¢/lb
Large tomatoes, 3 lbs/99¢
Avocados, 5/99¢
Red onions, 3 lbs/99¢
Green bell peppers, 3/99¢
Fry's:
Beef New York strip steaks, bone in, family pack, $4.67/lb
Private Selection Angus t-bone/boneless strip/boneless ribeye steaks, $8.99/lb
Entire selection of fresh pork, 50% off
Whole frying chickens, 98¢/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, $6.99/lb
Fry's milk, gallons, $1.57/lb
Nature's Own bread, 20 oz standard loaves, $1.99
Barilla pasta, 12-16 oz boxes, 10/$10
Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 5/$10
Red seedless grapes, 88¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb
Anjou or Bosc pears, 99¢/lb
Dole bag salads, $1
Grape tomatoes, 10 oz boxes, 2/$5
Red or yellow bell peppers, 4/$5
Mini sweet peppers, 2 lb bag, $2.99
Safeway:
Beef crossrib roast, boneless, $2.99/lb
Beef top sirloin steaks, value pack, $3.99/lb
Beef ribeye steaks, bone in, value pack, $7.99/lb
80/20 ground beef, $2.49/lb
Pork shoulder blade roast, bone in, whole in bag, $1.29/lb
Pork tenderloin, boneless, whole in bag, $4.79/lb
Pork sirloin chops, boneless, value pack, $2.49/lb
Chicken leg quarters, value pack, 75¢/lb (10 lb IQF bag)
Swai fillets, $2.99/lb
Dover sole fillets, wild caught, $7.99/lb “weather permitting”
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $7.99/lb
Lucerne cheeses, 8 oz chunk OR 12 oz singles, 2/$4
Safeway canned fruit, 15 oz cans, 88¢
Pantry Essentials canned veg, 14-15 oz cans, 89¢
Safeway pasta sauces, 25 oz jars, $1.49
PictSweet frozen veg, 6-7 oz pkg, 10/$10
Red seedless grapes, 99¢/lb
Navel oranges, 99¢/lb OR 4 lb bag, $2
Kiwifruit, 2/$1
Blackberries OR blueberries, 5-6 oz containers, 2/$5
Organic heirloom tomatoes, desperately odd-looking but tasty, $3.99/lb
Safeway Farms bag salads, 2/$4
Organic cauliflower, $1.29/lb
Hass avocados, 10/$10
Smart & Final:
Beef top round steak OR London broil, boneless, $2.99/lb
Pork shoulder butt roast, bone in, $1.69/lb
First Street chicken thighs or drumsticks, value pack, 89¢/lb
Jennie-O turkey burgers, 3 lb pkg, $5.99
Sara Lee wide-pan bread, 24 oz loaves, 2/$5
First Street quick or old-fashioned oats, 42 oz round box, $2.49
First Street pasta, 2 lb pkg, $1.79
Navel oranges, 39¢/lb
Red seedless grapes, 2 lb pkg, $2.49
Granny Smith apples, 3 lb bag, $2.49
Roma tomatoes, 2 lbs/$1
Sprouts:
85/15 ground beef, value pack, $3.89/lb
Beef chuck roast or steaks, boneless, $4.49/lb
Pork loin chops, boneless, $2.99/lb
Boneless skinless chicken breast, $3.99/lb
Chicken breast tenders, $1.97/lb
Atlantic salmon fillets, farm raised, $6.99/lb
Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets, wild caught, $8.99/lb
Green or red seedless grapes, 97¢/lb
Navel oranges, 49¢/lb
White nectarines OR yellow peaches OR black plums, $1.99/lb
Apples: Ambrosia, Fuji, Braeburn, 99¢/lb
Organic Gala apples, 99¢/lb
Whole pineapples, 2/$4
Pears: Bartlett, D'Anjou, Bosc, 88¢/lb
Roma tomatoes, 77¢/lb
Cucumbers OR green bell peppers, 49¢ ea
Red/gold/orange bell peppers, 88¢ ea
Hass avocados, 77¢ ea
Eggplant, 88¢ ea
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Bargain guide, week beginning January 18th
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
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
.
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 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)
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