This Week's Hot Grocery Deals (IMHO)

We have new sales starting today at our Boulder Sprouts and Whole Foods stores. There also should be something new happening at Vitamin Cottage, as their prior long-lasting sale ended this past weekend, must check that out. Here's what's looking good to me now.

At Sprouts, before I get to the regular or even 72-hour sale, the big news is the return of the $100 gift card for $89.99, a deal available for today only, November 4th. Sure you could get it to actually gift to someone, but why not get them for yourself (limit 10) and effectively get 10% off all your purchases, even those that are already great deals?

Sprouts will also do another 72-hour sale for this Friday through Sunday. Items appealing to me in that one include Hass avocados three for $1, bulk mild cheddar $2.99 a pound, 750 ml bottles of San Pellegrino sparkling water four for $5, and all full service seafood 30% off.

In Sprouts' regular sale through November 11th, chicken breast tenders are $1.77 a pound, their very good stuffed chicken breasts are $2.99 a pound, Cornish game hens are $2.49 a pound, whole or split chickens are $1.69 a pound, ground chicken is $2.99 a pound (looks like a good week for poultry), bone-in country style ribs are $2.99 a pound (shoulder roast and steaks also), and stew beef is $4.99 a pound.

In organic produce at Sprouts, on-the-vine tomatoes are $1.98 a pound, five pound bags of table carrots are $2.88 each, cantaloupe or honeydew melons are 88 cents a pound, and black seedless grapes are $1.98 a pound. And if you don't care if your hard squash is organic or conventional (that's something I don't worry about so much as other veggies), conventional acorn, butternut or spaghetti squash are all just 48 cents a pound, and local too. Elsewhere in the store, I'm liking Chobani Greek flip cups 99 cents each, my favorite Blue Diamond Nut Thins at a stock up price of $2 a box, some Near East rice, quinoa or couscous $1.50 a box, 30% off all Frontera products, and the big 100-is ounce size of Seventh Generation laundry detergents $9.99 each.

At Whole Foods through November 17th, I'm liking fresh conventional asparagus at $1.98 a pound, organic Fuji apples $1.99 a pound, six ounce organic raspberries $2.98 each, prepared turkey ficelle sandwiches with smoked mozz and peppers $5.99 each, four ounce packages of Applegate Farms soppressetta $3 each, and if you're feeling really decadent, slices of chocolate eruption cake are $2.99 each.

Sprouts Gift Card Deal Today Only

For today only, the 5th, you can buy a $100 gift card at Sprouts for $89.99 (limit of 10 cards per customer), effectively making everything you buy with it an additional 10% off.  Or get started on your holiday shopping for friends and family.

Gift Card Special At Sprouts Tomorrow

In their new sales flyer preview, our Boulder Sprouts is showing that for tomorrow only, the 9th, you can buy a $100 Sprouts gift card for $89.99. That makes everything you buy there with the card effectively 10% off, in addition to whatever great sale savings you are getting.

Return of the Sprouts Gift Card Deal

It's not in their weekly ad, but Sprouts just tweeted that they'll be doing their gift card special again in their Colorado stores from today through the 5th: a $100 gift card can be purchased for $89.99. That effectively makes everything you buy with the card 10% off, even if you're starting with a really good sale price, making it that much better. (And you don't need to use the card by the 5th - you just have to buy it by then.)

Gift Card Deal at Sprouts

Many thanks to my astute shopper friend, Ms. A., for giving me a heads up on the three-day gift card sale that Sprouts will be doing tomorrow through Sunday, when you can buy a $100 gift card for $89.99. Of course it would be a nice gift, but whenever they've done this sale in the past, everybody in the checkout line (moi included) has bought it for themselves, then immediately started to use it to effectively get 10% off their entire purchase. Pretty smart shopping. Thanks, Ms. A.!

Gift Card Deal at Sprouts

As mentioned in the sales highlights on the left, Sprouts this week is selling their $100 gift cards for $89.99, making everything you buy with it 10% off. People were snapping them up while I was there, myself included. This week's sale prices run only through tomorrow, so this might be your two day warning. One time they ran this deal for several weeks in a row, but we won't know about that until their new sales flyer comes out.