Thursday, December 26, 2013

This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

Thrown off a day by Christmas, we have a new sale starting today at our Boulder Sprouts, while the current one continues at Whole Foods through the 31st.  I'll also throw in the Longmont Lucky's Market, since I happen to already know what's happening in the new sale there, and sometime I'll get to Vitamin Cottage to learn about their new sale.  Here's what's looking good to me now.

At Sprouts through January 1st, previously frozen lobster tails are $4.99 each (same at Lucky's), but I'd want to see where they come from, since I think the ones on sale at Whole Foods for a dollar more are from Maine (forgot to look while buying mine earlier this week).  Stew beef is good at $3.99 a pound, but after standing rib roast last night and lots of leftover beef in the fridge, I doubt we'll be cooking more beef in the coming week.  Chicken sausage is $2.99 a pound, and ground chicken, pork, or chicken breast are also all good at $2.99 a pound.  Previously frozen wild coho salmon fillets can be had for $9.99 a pound, and 30 to 40 count sea scallops are $7.99 a pound.

Sprouts has only a two-page ad online and one didn't come with our paper (we're dumping hard copy of the Camera shortly anyway when the price will nearly double next month), so there isn't much news about sales in organic produce.  I can see however that organic cluster tomatoes are excellent at $1.98 a pound, and four pound bags of Valencia organic oranges are $2.50 each.  Elsewhere in the store, conventional Hass avocados are good at 48 cents each, but see below for even better at Lucky's.  With this being an abbreviated sale flyer, I'm not seeing anything else really calling to me.

The new sale at Lucky's Market in Longmont (sorry that I almost never can get to their store in north Boulder for comparison) also runs through January 1st, and in addition to the previously mentioned lobster tails for $4.99 each, they have wild snow crab clusters and 26 to 30 count ez-peel shrimp both at $7.99 a pound.  Pork loin chops are $2.99 a pound (bone not specified), and Atlantic salmon (that would be farmed) is $8.99 a pound.  More in beef sales, but again, we're already dealing with enough of that this week.

In produce at Lucky's in Longmont, conventional Hass avocados are the news at 25 cents each.  In organic produce, green cabbage is just 49 cents a pound, carrot bunches are $1.50 each, 10 ounce grape tomato containers are $2, Bartlett pears are 99 cents a pound, and green or red bell peppers are quite low at $1.50 a pound.  Elsewhere in the store, check out the frozen foods where everything except meat and seafood is 25% off.  A Colorado company, Ozuke organic fermented foods, are $6.99 for various sized jars.  I might see if I can start off the new year with some organic kim chi, if they make it.  Finally, I rarely buy pre-cooked foods, but Maryland crab cakes for $2.50 each in the deli are definitely tempting, maybe to be paired with roasted harvest root veggies at $4.99 a pound or grilled kale $5.99 a pound.

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