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 September 27th, which is creeping up on us. Here's what's looking good to me now.

At Sprouts through September 24th, previously frozen wild Alaskan cod fillets are very low at $4.99 a pound, and we're back to an advertisement of farmed instead of wild fresh salmon for $9.99 a pound, but salmon lovers should stayed tuned to something I'll post tomorrow regarding the weekend at Whole Foods. Back to Sprouts, grass-fed organic ground beef is $4.99 a pound, any size package of boneless skinless chicken breasts, including the stuffed ones, are $3.99 a pound (I have a freezer stocked with the boneless skinless ones on sale at the Lucky's in Longmont for $1.97 a pound through today), Rosie organic whole chickens are $2.99 a pound, and there's an end of summer rib fest, with bone-in pork country style ribs $2.49 a pound, pork spare ribs or beef back ribs $2.99 a pound, and pork baby back ribs $3.99 a pound.

In organic produce at Sprouts, two pound bags of carrots in rainbow colors are $2.50 each, pints of grape tomatoes are also $2.50 each, celery or arugula are both just 99 cents a bunch, red, green or black seedless grapes have bumped up a bit to $2.50 a pound (they're $2.19 a pound at Vitamin Cottage through the 27th), and gala apples or Bartlett pears are both $1.49 a pound. Elsewhere in the store, it's a sure sign we're headed for fall when Imagine organic soups or broths start going on sale, $3 each for select varieties. That's a pretty tepid sale price, but that's the way it goes - tepid to start, then increasingly competetive pricing as we get through Thanksgiving and on to Christmas. I use copious quantities of the organic broth in all kinds of cooking, including always using it instead of water to cook something as simple as rice. Some Earth Balance buttery spreads (no cholesterol!) are 25% off, some Evol burritos are $2.50 each, the big 25 ounce size of Westbrae organic beans is also $2.50 each, and seven ounce blocks of Kerrygold Irish cheese are $4.99 each. Nobody does dairy like the Irish in County Kerry.

At Whole Foods through September 30th, organic red, green or rainbow chard are all very good at $1.50 a bunch, and organic butternut squash makes its dreaded end of summer appearance at 99 cents a pound. I truly love butternut squash - its the end of summer part that gets me down. Whole Foods has fine whole chickens for $1.89 a pound, London broil or top round steaks are both $4.99 a pound, $3 off, and two-packs of lobster and shrimp egg rolls look tempting at $2.99 each. I'm very enthused about DeLallo organic pastas at $2 a bag, including the whole wheat ones, and Bella Terra organic San Marzano organic tomatoes look stunning at $2 for the big 28 ounce can.