This Week's Hot Deals (IMHO)

We have new sales starting today at our Boulder Sprouts and Sunflower, while current sales continue at Alfalfa's, Whole Foods, and Vitamin Cottage (Vitamin Cottage ending on the 13th, so a heads up there). Click those links for prior reports. Although I rarely cover Lucky's Market since I'm not often that far north in Boulder, I happen to have already been there today, so I've included them this week as well. Here are the deals that look particularly appealing to me.

At Sprouts through August 17th, the standout is chicken tenders for $1.77 a pound. Also looking good are whole or cut up chicken for $1.49 a pound, fresh wild Alaskan coho salmon at $8.99 a pound, Alaskan cod for $7.99 a pound, and boneless rib eye steaks for $9.99 a pound. They're doing a "big cheese sale," with all bulk cut cheese 30% off, and a ground meats sale, with seven types of ground beef, pork, chicken, and turkey all 25% off. In organic produce, grape tomatoes look great at $1.50 a pint, celery is 99 cents a bunch ($1.50 at Sunflower), red or green grapes are $2.50 a pound, red plums are just 99 cents a pound (same at Sunflower), and organic cantaloupe is just 59 cents a pound (88 cents at Sunflower).

At Sunflower through the 17th, I'll toss my organic locavore tendencies out the window for asparagus at $1.57 a pound. Also looking good to me are bone-in New York strip steaks for $8.99 a pound ($10.99 for boneless), and ground turkey or pork stew meat for $2.99 a pound. They have family packs of chicken tenders for $2.99 a pound, but Sprouts wins that one big time at $1.77 a pound. In organic produce, on-the-vine cluster tomatoes look very good to me at $1.88 a pound (gala apples and Bartlett pears also at that price, the pears cheaper at Lucky's, below), red plums are just 99 cents a pound (same at Sprouts), three pound bags of yellow or red onions are $2 each, and baby carrots are good at $1.50 for a one pound bag. Organic cantaloupe (88 cents a pound) and celery ($1.50 a bunch) are also on sale, but Sprouts wins on those, above. Also, a one pound ball of Bella mozzarella looks good at $4.99 each, and my favorite Cascade Fresh yogurts are great at 59 cents each.

Since I got to Lucky's, where a new sale starts today (through the 17th), here's the scoop on what I saw. Organic produce looks good as usual, with Valencia oranges 99 cents a pound, cucumbers or green onions 99 cents each, peaches or Bartlett pears $1.50 a pound, organic broccoli also $1.50 a pound, baby carrots $1.50 a one pound bag (same at Sunflower), and organic bulk spring mix is positively stunning at $2.50 a pound. They also have organic roma tomatoes for $2.50 a pound, but I'd prefer the organic on-the-vines at Sunflower for $1.88 a pound at Sunflower. Three flavors of marinated boneless skinless chicken breasts (promising no antibiotics, in addition to the usual suspects) are $5.99 a pound. Select Kozy Shack natural puddings (a favorite in this house) are $2.50 for a four-pack, one pound bars of Organic Valley medium cheddar are $6.49, and select Back to Nature crackers are $2.50 a box.

Happy shopping!