Wednesday, March 27, 2013

This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

We have a new sale starting today at our local Sprouts stores, while the current ones continue at Whole Foods through April 2nd, and at Vitamin Cottage through April 6th (click for prior reports).  Here's what's looking good to me in the new sales.

In Sprouts' new sale running through April 3rd, bone-in Presidential-cut rib roast or steaks continue to be an excellent price at $5.99 a pound, all grass-fed lamb is 25% off (although, as I've previously mentioned, I haven't had good luck cooking lamb), fresh ground chicken, pork, or chicken breast are all $2.99 a pound, bulk (that's the loose type that isn't in links) chicken sausage (pork also) is $1.99 a pound, and boneless pork shoulder roast or country style ribs are also $1.99 a pound.  In fish, fresh (farmed) Atlantic salmon is $8.99 a pound (bear in mind that Whole Foods has previously frozen wild coho for $11.99 a pound through next Tuesday), and previously frozen wild Alaskan cod fillets are quite low at $4.99 a pound.  Sprouts also has a low price on spiral-sliced hams, but I'll head to either Whole Foods or Vitamin Cottage for my Easter ham.

In organic produce, Sprouts has garnet yams for $1.29 a pound, one pound packages of baby carrots at $1.50 each, bulk spring salad or spinach remain fantastic at $3.99 a pound, and organic on-the-vine tomatoes will bump up a bit to a still pretty good $2.49 a pound, up from this week's great $1.99 a pound, good through today.  There are also good organic fruit specials, including Cameo or red delicious apples at 99 cents a pound, and four pound bags of Valencia oranges for just $2.50 each.  In conventional produce, avocado fans will be dismayed to find them at 99 cents a pound (you can get the organics for the same price), and asparagus is okay at $2.50 a pound (conventional asparagus.is $1.49 a pound at Safeway and $1.69 at King Soopers with card through Tuesday, if you happen to be heading that way).

Elsewhere in Sprouts' store, select Horizon Organic "baking essentials" (the picture includes butter and sour cream) are 25% off, some Near East side dishes are $1.50 a box (I'm particularly partial to their rice pilafs), and Sprouts' own organic spices are 25% off.  Also, I don't usually cover much in the body care sales, but since Sprouts' new sale is advertising 25% off Avalon Organics hair care, I'm compelled to mention that today is the last day of Sprouts' "line drive savings" on Avalon, with a whopping 35% off the entire vast line of Avalon Organics products, that includes some very fine ones.  I used to spend ridiculous amounts on cleansers and makeup removers at Boulder's skin boutiques, until I discovered Avalon's CoQ10 Repair facial cleansing milk that gets it all done as well or better in one product, at a much lower price, and largely organically, to boot.

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