This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

We have new sales starting today at our Boulder Sprouts and Whole Foods stores. Here's what's looking good to me now.

In Sprouts' sale through February 5th, value packs of boneless skinless chicken breasts are $1.99 a pound, boneless ribeye steaks are $8.99 a pound, and stuffed chicken breasts are $2.99 a pound. In fish, previously frozen 30/40 count sea scallops are $6.99 a pound (those were good in a chowder a couple of weeks ago), and previously frozen Alaskan coho salmon fillets are $9.99 a pound. If you're looking for a way to expedite your Super Bowl cooking, 22 ounce full racks of cooked baby back ribs are $12.99 each (they were really good when I caught them recently for an even better $9.99). Also, for Friday through Sunday only, all fresh sausage is just $2.50 a pound.

In produce at Sprouts, the news to me this week is in conventional, with asparagus for $1.48 a pound and Hass avocados 50 cents each. In organic produce, curly or Lacinato kale are $1.50 a bunch, broccoli is $1.50 a pound, one pound bags of baby carrots are $1.50 each, three pound bags of yellow onions or five pound bags of russet potatoes are $2.88 each, and Fuji or Granny Smith apples are both $1.88 a pound. Elsewhere in the store, select "game day snacks" are 20% off (Garden of Eatin' blue chips are in the picture, and that would give you a hard-to-come-by blue food for Sunday), Seapoint Farms' frozen edamame are $2 a bag, and select Asian products are 25% off for the Lunar New Year.

Whole Foods' new sale runs through February 11th, but this time, their taste and mine aren't matching up a whole lot. Organic broccoli is a very good price for them at $1.69 a pound, but it's still cheaper in the Sprouts sale above, and the same goes for organic Fuji apples at $1.99 a pound. Their fine American Homestead boneless pork shoulder roast is $3.99 a pound, but that's only 50 cents off the regular price. Two pound bags of individually frozen Nature's Rancher chicken are $5.99 each, and it looks like you can choose from a variety of cuts. Aleutian Islands sockeye salmon fillet is $14.99 a pound, and the $7.99 a pound salmon burger sale this time is the spinach feta variety, and I unfortunately can't stand feta. I'll spring for the ones I love at their regular price instead, which I think is $9.99 a pound.