This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

Happy tax day, which means it's time for new sales at our Boulder Sprouts and Whole Foods stores. Here's what's looking good to me now, IMHO as always.

At Sprouts through April 22nd, fresh chicken breast tenders are low at $1.99 a pound, boneless center-cut pork loin chops (roast also) are $2.99 a pound, all fresh chicken sausage types are $3.99 a pound, fresh ground chicken, pork or chicken breast are all $3.99 a pound, whole Rosie organic chickens are $2.99 a pound, tilapia is $6.99 a pound, and previously frozen stuffed clams, scallops or crab are $1.50 each.

Sprouts' big emphasis this week is on organic, with sales on organic products throughout the store. In organic produce, their own five ounce salad blends are $1.98 each, one pound containers of strawberries are just $1.98 each (yup, that's for organic), bananas are 59 cents a pound, Gala or red delicious apples are both 99 cents a pound, five pounds of table carrots or three packs of romaine hearts are both $2.50 each, and four pound bags of Valencia oranges or grapefruit are also $2.50 each.

Elsewhere in the store at Sprouts, I'm liking Muir Glen organic pasta sauce just $1.99 a jar, R.W. Knudsen organic juice half off, some Cascadian Farm organic cereals or granola $1.99 each (and those things are expensive), some organic Newman-O's $2.50 a 13 ounce package, Sprouts own organic beans $1 a 15 ounce can, Annie's organic mac & cheese $1 a six ounce box (throw a can of tuna and defrosted peas into it and you have instant classic tuna casserole), Spectrum organic extra virgin olive oil $8.99 a liter, and Sprouts' own organic English muffins $1.99 a package (I haven't tried them so I must be getting hungry, as the picture looks really appealing).

At Whole Foods through April 28th, organic asparagus looks good at $3.98 a pound (one of the few veggies I usually buy in conventional because the organic is usually just so expensive), but for organic strawberries I'd get the $1.98 deal at Sprouts instead of Whole Foods' $2.98 for the same size. Their delicious fresh Icelandic cod fillets are $13.99 a pound, sea scallops are $14.99 a pound, and all varieties of their salmon burgers are $3.99 each. Brown Cow yogurts are $1 each, their own fresh mozzarella balls are $3 a half pound, Back to Nature cookies are $3 a box, and while it's only $1 off, buttermilk brined fried chicken is dangerously tempting at $7.99 a pound.