Sprouts And Sunflower Sales

As I previously mentioned, most of our natural Boulder grocery sales are continuing ones this week, with prior reports. Sprouts and Sunflower do have new ones however, lasting through next Wednesday, September 14th, and I finally have found some time to look over those specials, so here goes.

Mysterious fresh salmon prices: both Sprouts and Sunflower have strikingly low prices on fresh salmon, farmed at Sprouts, wild at Sunflower, and both are so low, I have to wonder about them. Sprouts is offering farm-raised fresh salmon for $4.99 a pound, which they note is their "lowest salmon price in years!". Indeed, how are they managing this? At Sunflower, it's fresh wild caught Columbia River king salmon for $8.99 a pound, an excellent price, but how late does this season run for fresh wild salmon?

Other deals of interest to me at Sprouts through the 14th include boneless ribeye steaks for $9.99 a pound, chicken tenders for $2.99 a pound (same at Sunflower, and certainly not the best sale price we ever see), very big ez peel raw shrimp (16/20 count) for $8.99 a pound, and chicken (or pork) Italian sausage at $2.99 a pound. In organic produce, grape tomatoes are excellent at $1.50 a pint, yellow peaches are $1.99 a pound, baby carrots are $1.50 for a one pound bag, Italian squash (think zucchini) is $1.49 a pound, yellow onions are $1.99 for a three pound bag, and cantaloupe is 69 cents a pound. Select Brown Cow yogurts look good at 69 cents each, and Muir Glen organic pasta sauce is good at $2.50 a jar (Muir Glen organic tomatoes are also okay on sale at $1.50 a can for the smaller size, but I stocked up at a better price at last month's sale at Vitamin Cottage).

At Sunflower through the 14th, I'm interested in their grass fed 93% "super lean" ground beef for $3.99 a pound, chicken tenders family pack for $2.99 a pound (same at Sprouts, see the comment above), boneless pork loin chops or ground chicken breast for $3.99 a pound, beef stew meat at $4.99 a pound, ground pork for $2.99 a pound, and wild caught MSC certified Northern Chef bay scallops for $6.99 a one pound package. In organic produce, fall is looming, with acorn squash, sugar pie pumpkins, and jewel or garnet yeams all $1.50 a pound, and three types of apples from Colorado at $1.88 a pound. Organic produce bringing us back to summer includes celery for 99 cents a bunch, Hass avocados $1.25 each, and organic bulk spring mix or baby spinach looks great at $3.99 a pound. Wallaby organic lowfat yogurts are 69 cents each, and Sunflower is matching Sprouts on a great price for Muir Glen organic pasta sauce at $2.50 a jar (and on the Muir Glen canned tomatoes, see above).