Saturday, October 8, 2011

Cherry Picks

Trends this week:  
Several stores have specials on roasts or stews, which are perfect for using in a slow cooker for a simple autumn meal. It's an easy way to cook a meal while you do something else!

Nearly every store has pasta and sauce on sale, so that's an inexpensive second meal or a way to stock your cupboards, or to buy something to share with a Food Pantry. 


On a related note, my husband and I are participating in the CROP Hunger Walk October 16 in Manhattan, Illinois. If you would like to make a monetary donaion or participate in the Manhattan (or other area) CROP Hunger Walk to help raise money to fight hunger locally and around the world, go to:
http://www.churchworldservice.org/


Yum, salsa...
I spent some time in our garden today, picking tomatoes, green onions and a little of the second crop of cilantro. I chopped all of those, added the juice of a fresh lime, a little salt, and pressed some garlic into the mixture and now we have a sort of pico de gallo. Now, we need some tortilla chips! I'll pick some up when I next head to the store, and in the meantime, you can see what are the best of the grocery sale items in the ads by looking through my "cherry picks" below.

Berkot's 
Prices effective Thurs., Oct. 6 - Wed., Oct. 12
*Rinaldi Select Varieties Pasta Sauce 24 oz. .99
*Racconto Select Varieties Pasta 16 oz. .79
*Doritos or Lay's Select Varieties Chips 10-12 oz. 4/$8
     Must buy 4, single pack purchase $3.00.
USDA Choice Boneless Bottom Round Roast # $2.99
Jumbo Sweet Gold Pineapple each $1.49
Deli--Kretschmar Honey Ham or Butterball Turkey Breast Varieties 1/2 lb. $2.49 ($4.98#)
Bakery--Berkot's Bakery Mini Loaves each $1.49
Froz. Birds Eye Select Varieties Vegetables 10-16 oz. .99
Totino's Party Pizza or Pizza Rolls 7.5 - 10.9 oz.  10/$10
Pillsbury Select Varieties MW Pancakes or Toaster Strudel 11.5-16.4 oz. 2/$4
Totino's Select Varieties Pizza Stuffers 14 oz. $2.99
*USDA Choice Boneless Beef Stew # $2.99
Govt. Insp. Roast Only Pork Butt # $1.39
Bear Creek Soup Mix 9-12.1 oz. 2/$6
Select Varieties Chicken, Tuna or Hamburger Helper 4.7-7.9 oz. 4/$5
Smucker's Select Varieties Strawberry Jam 32 oz. $2.99
Pillsbury Select Varieties Brownie Mix, Muffin Mix, or Cake Mix 7.5-19.83 oz. .99
Comstock Select Varieties More Fruit Cherry or Peach Filling 20-21 oz. $2.99
Zest Select Varieties Bath Bar 3 bars $1.99
Fresh Crisp Celery each .99
US No. 1 Yellow Cooking Onions 3#  2/$3

Brookhaven Market
Prices effective Wed., Oct. 5 - Tues., Oct. 11
*USDA Premium Black Angus Choice Sirloin Tip Roast # $2.99
     Steaks (family pack) # $3.49. Lesser amt. # $3.69.
Prairie Farms Whole, 2%, !% or Fat Free Milk gal. $2.69
*Progresso Soups 18.5-19 oz. 5/$5 Limit 5.
*Deli - Wisc. Brick Cheese # $3.99
Dutch Farms Butter quarters  16 oz. 2/$5
Dutch Farms Shredded, Bar (excludes Swiss) Wisconsin Cheese 8 oz. 2/$3
Green Peppers # .69
Mild & Sweet Extra Fancy Gala Apples #  .79
*Sweet & Crispy Golden Delicious Apples 3# bag  2/$3

Dominick's Prices effective Fri., Oct. 7 - Sun., Oct. 9
Barilla Pasta .89 each
Selected Varieties Classico 15-24 oz. or Barilla 24 oz. Pasta Sauce $1.77

Jewel
Prices effective Thurs., Oct. 6 - Wed., Oct. 12
Nestle Morsels 10-12 oz. Limit 6 $1.99
10/$10 Some of the items include:
     Del Monte Select Varieties Fruit Naturals or Superfruit Cups 6-8 oz. 
     Oscar Mayer Select Varieties Basic Lunchables 3.7-4.5 oz. 
     Barilla Select Varieties Pasta 12-16 oz.
     Ore-Ida Select Varieties Easy Fries 4.25-4.75 oz.
     Edy's Select Varieties Ice Cream Cups 5.8-6 oz.
     Manischewitz Select Varieties Egg Noodles 12 oz. 
     Wolf Brand Select Varieties Chili 15 oz. 
     Ro-Tel Select Varieties Diced Tomatoes 10 oz.
     Chef Boyardee with meat Canned Pasta 14.5-15 oz.
     NOTE: Coupons from newspaper inserts are available on many of these 
     products, and these sweeten the deals.


Walts
Prices effective Wed., Oct. 5 - Tues., Oct. 11
*Fresh Express Garden Salad 12 oz. bag .99
Dean's, Centrella or Bareman's 2%, 1%, or Skim Milk gal. 2/$5, 
     Must buy 2, Limit 2. Single or addl. purchases $3.99 each.
*Froz. Birdseye Regular, Steam Fresh Select Varieties Vegetables 10-16 oz. .79
*Butternut White or 100% Wheat Bread 20 oz. 2/$3


NOTE: I make every attempt to be accurate, but check your store ad for details. Unless otherwise specified, all prices listed require store loyalty cards, if available.

*Denotes best of the best prices--these may beat the price other stores are currently offering for the same item, or are better than the regular price at this store or elsewhere.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Cherry Picks - Monday, October 3, 2011

Trends this week: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to increase support and awareness in the fight against this disease. You may have seen the information among the Sunday newspaper inserts Sunday on Bake for The Cure®. 


Click on the link below to check out what Bake for The Cure® is doing to combine sharing recipes and a love for cooking and baking with helping to fight breast cancer. 
 
Bake for the Cure®

Berkot's
Prices effective Thurs., Sept. 29 - Wed., Oct. 5
*Berkot's Extra Lean (3 # or more pk.) Ground Chuck # 2.49
USDA Choice Round Steak # $2.49
Hygrade select varieties Hot Dogs 1#  $1.67
*Centrella 1%, 2%, or Skim Milk gal. 2/$5. Addl. $2.99 ea. Whole $3.49 ea.
Dutch Farms select varieties Bagels 14 oz.  .79
Red Gold select varieties 46 oz. Tomato Juice $1.39
*Purex 2X Select varieties Laundry Detergent 50 oz. $1.99 Limit 6, addl. $2.49.
Deli-Mickleberry's Smoked Ham 1/2# $2.49
Deli-Land-O-Lakes American Cheese 1/2# $1.99

Brookhaven Market
Prices effective Wed., Sept. 28 - Tues., Oct. 4
Hass Avocados each 2/$1, Florida Avocados each .99
California Nectarines # .69
USDA Govt. Inspected Whole Beef Tenderloin # $6.99, steaks # $7.99.
Grade A Family Pack Boneless Chicken Breasts # $1.49, lesser amt. # $1.69.
Barilla Pasta 16 oz. .99

CVS
Prices effective Sun., Oct. 2 - Sat., Oct. 8
Specials on Dawn dish liquid (check coupon inserts in your Sunday paper for 25¢ off coupon), and Puffs.

Dominick's 
Prices effective Thurs., Sept. 29 - Wed., Oct. 5
Pantry Essentials or Dairy Glen Whole, 2%, 1% or Fat Free Milk  gal. $2.99 w/card.

Food4Less
Prices effective Wed, Sept. 28 - Tues., Oct. 4
Boneless Cross Rib, Bottom Round, Rump or Sirloin Tip Roasts or Steaks, Beef Chuck family pack  # $2.78
Kroger Orange Juice 128 oz. $2.98
Barilla Selected Varieties Pasta 12-16 oz. .98
Eggo Waffles 10 ct.  3/$5
Kroger Value Russet Potatoes 10# bag $1.98

Jewel-Osco
Prices effective Thurs., Sept. 29 - Wed., Oct. 5
Mix or match includes items such as:
     Progresso Select Varieties Vegetable Classics Soup 18-19 oz. 10/$10
     Navel Oranges each 10/$10
     Ronzini Smart Taste select varieties 12 oz. or Prince select varieties 12-16 oz. 10/$10
Best Life Select Varieties Buttery Spread 15 oz. 2/$3
Redi-Serve selected varieties frozen 9-10 oz. 2/$3

Walt's Food Centers
Prices effective Wed., Sept. 28 - Tues., Oct. 4
*Starkist In Water or Oil Chunk Light Tuna 5 oz. .59
*Rosebud Farm All Natural Grade A Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts # $1.99
*Dutch Farms Regular, 1/3 Less Fat or Fat Free Cream Cheese 8 oz. .99. Limit 3, addl. $1.39 each.
Dean's TruMoo Chocolate Milk gal. $3.99
Dutch Farms Orange Juice 1/2 gal. 3/$5
En-Cor Selected Frozen Traditional Entrees 2/$4
*Maxwell House selected varieties Coffee 10.5-14.3 oz. $3.99
Zeiglers Fresh Pasteurized Apple Cider gal. $2.99
Michigan Red Delicious, Jonathan, Gold Delicious, Macintosh or Gala Apples 3# bag 2/$5

NOTE: I make every attempt to be accurate, but check your store ad for details. Unless otherwise specified, all prices listed require store loyalty cards, if available.

*Denotes best of the best prices--these may beat the price other stores are currently offering for the same item, or are better than the regular price at this store or elsewhere.