This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

Good very rainy morning, Boulder. Let's just hope for no flooding, as last year's was obviously enough for a lifetime. In any case, we have new sales starting today at our Boulder Sprouts and Whole Foods stores, while the current one continues at Vitamin Cottage through August 9th. Plus, don't forget that with the double ad Wednesdays, today is the last day to catch 25% off all vitamins and body care at Sprouts. Here's what else is looking good to me now.

At Sprouts through August 6th, fresh wild Alaskan sockeye salmon fillets remain good at $10.99 a pound, and they are advertising farmed Atlantic salmon for just $6.99 a pound. Bone-in New York steaks are $6.99 a pound, ground chicken is $3.49 a pound, but otherwise their meat and seafood sales aren't doing a whole lot for me. In organic produce, green curly kale is great at 98 cents a bunch, red or green grapes are $2.50 a pound, blueberries or blackberries are $2.98 each for a six-ish ounce container, yellow onions and russet potatoes are both 98 cents a pound, and dapple pluots are $1.50 a pound.

Elsewhere in the store at Sprouts, there's a buy 10 save $5 sale with a back to school emphasis, things like juice boxes and fruit cups, although some Santa Cruz organic products are also included in the promotion, and they are already starting at 25% off. Outside of that sale, Chobani Greek yogurts are good at $1 each, and personally hating coconut, I shiver to see a go crazy for coconuts sale with a whole lot of coconut products 25% off.

In the new sale at Whole Foods through August 12th, organic yellow nectarines are $2.49 a pound, organic heirloom varietal cherry tomatoes are $3.99 a pint, and organic blackberries are $4.99 each for a 12 ounce container, beating Sprouts' price on that if you break it down to the per ounce price. Their fine fresh (albeit farmed) Norwegian salmon fillets are $14.99 a pound, and crab cakes made with U.S. crab are $6.99 each. I've been getting my crab cakes when they go on sale for just $2.99 each at the Longmont Lucky's or $3.99 each at the Boulder one. Didn't note the country of origin, but Lucky's has been doing well on domestic fish. Don't yet know what's happening there this week, but those crab cakes are at those sale prices at least through today. Back to Whole Foods, Fage Greek yogurt cups are $1.25 each, Belgioioso ciliegine mozzarellas are $3.99 a container, Diestel smoked turkey is $2 off at $9.99 a pound, and Whole Foods' own black and blue crostatas are $7.99 each. That's only $1 off, but boy are they good.