Wednesday, January 28, 2015

This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

We have new sales starting today at our Boulder Sprouts and Whole Foods stores. I stopped by Vitamin Cottage yesterday and confirmed that they remain on hiatus as far as their big Hotline sale goes, although there are specials to encounter as you walk around the store. No word from their customer service regarding when the next Hotline might be. Here's what's looking good to me now.

At Sprouts just for this Friday through Sunday, all fresh chicken sausage (pork also) will be $3 a pound, a good price for them these days, but the Lucky's Market in Longmont has had their own fresh chicken sausage for just $1.99 a pound all week, ending today. In Sprout's regular sale through February 4th, I'm liking boneless pork loin chops for just $1.99 a pound, value packs of boneless skinless chicken breasts also $1.99 a pound, their own very good stuffed chicken breasts $2.99 a pound ($1 less than their usual sale these days), and ground chicken breast or turkey breast $3.99 a pound. In fish, previously frozen Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets are $9.99 a pound, Peruvian sea scallops are $7.99 a pound, fresh farmed tilapia is $4.99 a pound, and 26/30 count cooked shrimp are $9.99 a pound.

In produce, while I usually buy organic, the big news to me this week is conventional, with Hass avocados 49 cents each (guacamole for the game of course), and asparagus $1.99 a pound. Back to organic produce, red bell peppers are 99 cents each, celery bunches or one pound bags of baby carrots are $1.50 each, butternut or spaghetti squash are both 99 cents a pound, table carrots are $2.99 for a five pound bag, grape tomatoes are $2.50 a pint, and Braeburn and red delicious apples are both 99 cents a pound. Elsewhere in the store, there's a 25% off bulk trail mix sale (over 25 varieties), some game day snacks are 25% off (I see my favorite rice chips in the picture), and some Annie's organic salad dressings are $2.99 each.

In Whole Foods' new sale through February 10th, Whole Trade pineapples are $3.50 each (they're $1.99 each at Sprouts but without that pedigree), organic Gala apples are $1.68 a pound, organic cauliflower is $1.98 a pound, and Brussels sprouts, presumably conventional, are also $1.98 a pound. Sockeye salmon fillets with a fine pedigree are $13.99 a pound, very fine American Homestead pork loin chops are $5.99 a pound, and turkey breast tenders or ground turkey are also $5.99 a pound. (Whole Foods and Sprouts are running quite a bit in parallel this week, underscoring the question of how much to pay for that pedigree.) Spectrum chia seeds are very good at $7.99 a bag, some Amy's pizzas are $4.99 each, Cotswold cheese is $6 off at $12.99 a pound, Late July crackers are $2.50 a box, and Andalou Naturals lotion or shower gel are both half off at $4.99 each.

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