Wednesday, March 21, 2012

This Week's Hot Deals (IMHO)

Happy Wednesday, our day of new food deals every week. This week, we have new sales starting at our Boulder Sprouts and Sunflower, while current sales continue at Vitamin Cottage and Whole Foods (click those links for prior reports). Here's what's looking particularly good to me in the new sales, IMHO as always.

The big news at Sprouts is that they're doing a Big Brand Sale all the way through April 4th, with major brands and products 20 to 35% off, with the majority looking to be 25% off. Not knowing the starting price before the discount, this makes it hard to know in advance just how good the sale price will be, but the products that are included will make it worth a tour around the store. There are too many to mention (and the special insert isn't online), but here's a taste of the options (some with select varieties), with respective percentages off: Applegate meats, including organic (25%), Earthbound Farm organic salads (25%), Clif, Mojo or Luna bars (30%), Kashi organic cereal (25%), Lundberg organic foods (25%), Organic Valley cheese (20%), and lots more. In other news, in their regular sale running through March 28th, boneless skinless chicken breasts are $1.99 a pound, and London Broil is $2.99 a pound. Their very good boneless center cut pork chops are $2.99 a pound, and whole or cut up chickens are $1.49 a pound (although I'd consider the $1.99 a pound fine chickens at Vitamin Cottage also). Organic produce is continuing to look good, with celery 77 cents a bunch, one pound bags of baby carrots the lowest I've seen at $1.29 each, leaf lettuce 99 cents a head, kale $1.29 a bunch, red yams $1.29 a pound, green onions just 59 cents a bunch, Bosc pears $1.99 for a three pound bag, and more. They're not organic, but if you're a Cuties fan, five pound boxes are $3.99.

The news at Sunflower through March 28th is an All Natural Chicken Extravaganza, with several family packs of cuts all 40% off (making the boneless breasts hard to compare with Sprouts' $1.99 a pound price above). Fresh chicken sausage also looks good at $2.99 a pound. Spring is springing in organic produce, with large artichockes $2 each and fresh English peas $1.99 a pound. Organic leaf lettuce or romaine are $1.50 a head (but 99 cents for the leaf lettuce at Sprouts), green cabbage and red or yellow onions are all $1 a pound, and I'm happy to see the organic hothouse tomatoes continue at $1.50 a pound.

Both Sprouts and Sunflower have sockeye salmon on sale, but any wild caught salmon would have to be from last year's season, which is a little too far removed for me at this point. Salmon fans might note that fresh farmed salmon is $6.99 a pound this week (through next Tuesday) at both King Soopers and Safeway, with card.

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