Wednesday, June 29, 2011

This Week's Hot Deals (IMHO)

It's a big week to cover, with new sales starting today at all our Boulder natural grocery stores except Vitamin Cottage. Here's what I see in the advertised new deals.

Wild salmon wars: $9.99 a pound the going price this week for fresh Alaskan sockeye at Sprouts (through July 6th), and also at King Soopers and Safeway (both with card through July 5th). Sunflower has wild sockeye for $7.99 a pound through July 6th, but fresh isn't specified in the ad.

Chicken breast sale news: If you're okay with chicken from Sprouts and Sunflower, stock up on the boneless, skinless ones for under $2 a pound at either place at the sale that runs through today. Starting tomorrow, both places will up those "sale" prices: $2.99 a pound at Sprouts, $3.99 a pound at Sunflower, family/value packs at both places through July 6th.

Other deals looking good to me at Sprouts through July 6th include extra lean ground beef for $1.99 a pound (value pack, beating Sunflower by $1), chicken sausage for $2.99 a pound, and haddock for $5.99 a pound. In a weekend special only good Friday through Monday the 4th, shrimp skewers are 99 cents each. Center-cut pork loin roasts or chops are good at $3.99 a pound, but were much better a couple of weeks ago at an astonishing $1.99 a pound. Organic produce looks good, with red or green seedless grapes $1.99 a pound (same at Sunflower), Cameo or Fuji apples or butternut squash all 99 cents a pound, celery 99 cents each, grape tomatoes $2.50 a pint (probably same at Sunflower), and Packham pears $1.49 a pound. All sliced cheese is 30% off, party trays are 25% off, and Oasis hummus is BOGO.

At Sunflower through July 6th, I'm liking boneless Harris Ranch New York strip steaks for a stunning $4.99 a pound, pork country style boneless ribs or pork spare ribs both $2.99 a pound, and beef stir fry $3.99 a pound. In organic produce, red or green seedless grapes are $1.99 a pound (same at Sprouts), cluster and hothouse tomatoes are very good at $1.99 a pound, one pound bags of baby carrots are $1.50, grape or cherry tomatoes are $2.50 (probably same at Sprouts for grape), and red or green leaf or romaine lettuce are very good at $1.50 a bunch. Mozzarella Fresca's fresh one pound mozz log is good at $6.99 each, but you can get a Crave Brothers one pound mozz log at Whole Foods for $5.99. Select Annie's dressings are $2.50 (also on sale at Vitamin Cottage), and my favorite Nature's Grilling briquets are $4.99 a bag.

At Whole Foods through July 12th, I really like organic peaches for $1.99 a pound, organic cantaloupe for $2.50 each, and organic spinach at $1.50 a bunch. Their yummy Market Made teriyaki salmon burgers are $7.99 a pound, and you can get some picnic classics from their fine deli, potato or macaroni salad or firecracker cole slaw, all at $3.99 a pound. In cheese, jarlsberg looks great at $5.99 a pound, as do one pound logs of Crave Brothers fresh mozzarella for $5.99 each (beating Sunflower on mozz logs). For your grilling, their 365 Everyday Value charcoal bags are $1 off at $4.99 each.

I'll report on Alfalfa's when I pick up their new flyer at the store. They're also putting it in their Facebook photos section, but the new one isn't posted as of this writing.

You can find my take on Vitamin Cottage's long-running specials (through July 9th this time, so we're getting close to the end) at this post.

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