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, but only through this Saturday the 31st. Here's what's looking good to me now.

Looking best is not actually at any of those stores, since the best deal in town right now to me is the $12.99 a pound fresh wild Copper River salmon at Safeway (see the post just below this).

But back to the stores I usually cover, at Sprouts' new sale through June 4th, boneless skinless chicken breasts could be lower than $2.99 a pound, but at least it doesn't say value pack, so that's presumably any size package. The stuffed chicken breasts are $3.99 a pound, a dollar above where the sale price used to be but still not bad, and three types of link or bulk chicken sausage are $3.49 a pound, again an increase. Bone-in ribeye steaks are $8.99 a pound, and in fish, wild Alaskan cod fillets are $7.99 a pound and 30/40 count Peruvian sea scallops are $8.99 a pound, both previously frozen. They also have previously frozen Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets for $8.99 a pound, but with fresh Copper River $12.99 at Safeway, why would you do that.

In organic produce at Sprouts, bunched carrots and red or green leaf lettuce are all very low at 98 cents each, six-ish ounce raspberries or blackberries are $2.98 each, on-the-vine cluster tomatoes are $1.98 a pound, Bartlett pears are $1.50 a pound, and yellow nectarines and black plums are both $1.98 a pound. Elsewhere in the store, I'm liking Fage Greek yogurts at $1 each, Seapoint Farms edamame $1.99 a bag, some Pamela's cookies $2.50 a box, and Westbrae organic beans just 99 cents for the 15 ounce cans.

In Whole Foods' new sale through June 17th, fresh seafood kabobs look intriguing at $7.99 a pound and they have beef kabobs at that same price, while beef shoulder steaks are $3.50 off at $4.99 a pound. Organic red, green or black seedless grapes are all $2.49 a pound, which is very good for the Whole Trade seal. I managed to resist the prepared bbq chicken in the last sale, but Market Made Sriracha fried chicken at $6.99 a pound ($2 off) might be my downfall, especially if accompanied by the Market Made smoked mozzarella pasta salad at $7.99 a pound, also $2 off. Is there a cook's night off in my future? For a treat, Whole Foods' nine inch strawberry rhubarb lattice pies are $11.99, and if you are thinking ahead to summer picnics, some Olli Salumeria salamis are $8.99 each, $3 off. Finally, Alba shampoos or conditioners (12 ounces) are nearly half off at $5.99 each.