This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

Good cold and snowy morning Boulder!  After a week of turkey leftovers and a sale hiatus at Sprouts following Thanksgiving, we have new sales starting today at our local Sprouts and Whole Foods stores, while the current one continues through December 14th at Vitamin Cottage.  Since my newspaper is either buried in the snow or never got delivered today, I'll attempt to get this together entirely from the online versions.  Here's what's looking good to me now.

At Sprouts' new sale through December 11th, I can see avocado fans rejoicing about Hass avocados at three for $1.  They're conventional, but you'll peel them anyway.  (Ms. A., I do hope you're still enjoying your avocados, and we continue to miss you at FAC!)  Value packs of boneless skinless chicken breasts are $1.99 a pound, but if you have a chance to get to the new Lucky's Market in Longmont, they are also $1.99 a pound there, and Lucky's meats boast "never ever" standards, and are even tested to ensure no antibiotics.  To show you how good a sale that is in Longmont, the sale price on them at the Lucky's in north Boulder this week is $5.99 a pound.  Back to Sprouts, pork tenderloin is $2.99 a pound, stuffed chicken breasts and three types of chicken sausage are also $2.99 a pound, ground pork is $1.99 or ground chicken $2.99 a pound (both great for Thai lettuce wrap dishes), and for a salmon fix, previously frozen Alaskan wild coho is $9.99 a pound.

Sprouts has issued an abbreviated ad this week (guess we're all a little burned out on food right now), and the only word on organic produce is curly green kale at $1.49 a bunch and four pound bags of Valencia oranges just $2.50 each.  Elsewhere in the store, I'm impressed by 24-packs of Crystal Geyser spring water at three for $10.  With company dropping in for the holidays, these are convenient to have on hand.  Also, Chocolove or Endangered Species chocolate bars (2.9 to 3.5 ounces) are $2 each, but we typically see an even better price arriving on Chocolove during a brief stocking stuffer sale at Whole Foods at this time of year, so stay tuned for that possibility.

At Whole Foods' new sale through December 17th, Hass avocados are $1.25 each.  While the ones at Whole Foods generally run larger than the ones at Sprouts, they'd have to be humongous to be a better deal than three for $1 at Sprouts.  Even though we're just past turkey time, I'm intrigued by Market Made stuffed game hens at $3.99 a pound, $2 off.  They come in both traditional and cranberry herb.  Excellent Norwegian salmon (so silky) remains $2 off at $13.99 a pound, which often means we might get a one-day sale where it drops to $11.99 a pound if we're lucky.  I'm not into whole crab, but those who are might want to know that whole Dungeness crabs are $9.99 a pound. American Homestead boneless pork shoulder roasts are $2.99 a pound (you'll often see a lower sale price elsewhere but not on very fine American Homestead).  And I'm a bit dismayed to see beef bracciole continuing to be advertised for $6.99 a pound (the pistachio version this time), as in the past two weeks, it took me four attempts to get my hands on the Korean ones, which by the way were absolutely delicious, once I finally found a meat guy who knew what they were and offered to prepare some for me.  Yummy Ford Farm Seaside cheddar is $8.99 a pound, $4 off.  Finally, they are continuing to advertise "Imagine global animal partnership rated broth" at $3 for a 32 ounce box.  Being a longtime rabid fan of Imagine broth, I looked last week for this particularly esteemed version, but was only able to find my usual favorite varieties.  If this sale in fact refers to the regular broth, you'll do better to stock up at Vitamin Cottage, where it's $2.29 a box through the 14th, although supplies can sometimes run low there towards the end of a sale.  I already have a closet filled with it from Sprouts' recent sale at just $2 a box.

So enjoy the snow, stay safe and warm, and watch the lighting of the tree in Rockefeller Plaza this evening to get into the holiday spirit!