This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

We have new sales starting today at our Boulder Sprouts and Whole Foods stores, while the current one continues at Vitamin Cottage through April 5th. Here's what's looking good to me now.

Sprouts is once again launching a 72-hour sale for Friday through Sunday, including 24-packs of Arrowhead water bottles for $2.99 for the case, some Voskos Greek yogurts 4 for $3, and conventional pineapples just 98 cents each. In their regular sale through March 19th, value packs of boneless skinless chicken breasts are $1.99 a pound, bone-in ribeye steaks or roasts are $6.99 a pound, boneless country style pork ribs or the shoulder roast are both $1.99 a pound, stuffed chicken breasts or ground pork are both $2.99 a pound, fresh (farmed) Atlantic salmon fillets are $8.99 a pound, and 30/40 count Peruvian sea scallops are also $8.99 a pound.

In organic produce at Sprouts, the hot item for Saint Patrick's Day is green cabbage at just 25 cents a pound. Organic butternut squash is 88 cents a pound, celery is $1.50 a bunch, table carrots are $2.98 for a five pound bag, and Valencia oranges are $2.50 for a four pound bag. It's also possible that organic red potatoes are on sale for 50 cents a pound, but I find the flyer a bit ambiguous as to whether that price is for organic. Elsewhere in the store, I'm enthused about some Imagine organic broths at $2.50 a box, not a bad price outside of the winter holidays competition, some DeLallo whole wheat pastas (my new fave) $2 per one pound bag,  Fig Newmans at $3 a 10 ounce bag, and some seven ounce Kerrygold cheeses $4.49 each in time for St. Paddy's day.

In Whole Foods' new sale through April 1st, Market Made or Wellshire corned beef or buffalo brisket are $6.99 a pound (although I believe the Lucky's Market at least in Longmont has a considerably lower price, also antibiotic-free like Whole Foods, must check on that). Alaskan king salmon fillets are a whopping $19.99 a pound, but that's $5 off. Organic Bartlett pears are good at $1.69 a pound, and artichokes (presumably conventional) are tempting at $2 each, and they are usually quite handsome at Whole Foods. The large 28 ounce size of Muir Glen organic canned tomatoes is $2 each, Fage yogurts are $1.25 each, my favorite Seeduction bread is $3 a loaf, yummy Cotswold cheese is $13.99 a pound, San Pellegrino water is $1 a 25 ounce bottle, and I'll be sorely tempted by all Two Bite desserts $1 off at $3.99 a tub.