Frustration

Our DSL connection has been spotty this week, causing me frustration. It seems to work fine until I want to post something! So, my "cherry picks" of the best deals this week at grocery/drug stores are appearing later than I'd like. Saturday is the last day for some of the advertised specials I've listed below, and sometimes stores are out of sale items by the last day of the ad. I have had the experience of going to Walgreen's on a Saturday and finding empty shelves for the items I really wanted to buy, BUT Walgreen's is very good about issuing rain checks to use later for purchasing the items at this week's sale price. Be sure and ask for rain checks at the checkout counter there.

Trends

I wait until the last minute before Halloween to purchase trick-or-treat candy, since candy takes on magical properties in our house and--POUF--disappears! The time to buy has arrived and the average bag of candy is costing about $2.50. Walgreen's and CVS have slightly better prices, and there have been coupons in the newspaper ad inserts which can bring the cost down. Halloween is Monday, October 31, so buy that candy now, if you dare!

Berkot's 

Prices effective Thurs., Oct. 27 - Wed., Nov. 2

Centrella 1%, 2% or Skim Milk gallon 2/$5, whole milk gal. $2.99

Lay's Select Varieties or Tostitos Chips 3/$6, must buy 3, single pack purchases 3.99 ea. 

*Red Gold Select Varieties 28 oz. Tomatoes .29 with coupon on p. 2 of ad, limit 2, without coupon .99 each.

Red Gold Vegetable or Tomato Juice 46 oz. $1.79

Centrella Select Varieties Beans 15-15.5 oz. .69

USDA Choice Bottom Round Roast # $2.99

Govt. Insp. Fresh Whole Fryers # .79

Froz. Flav-R-Pac Select Varieties Vegetables 16 oz. .99

Palermo's Select Varieties Classics Pizzas 13-15.5 oz. 6/$10

Calif. Red Seedless Grapes # .99

Crisp Celery each .99

Michigan Red or Golden Delicious Apples 3# bag 2/$5

Brookhaven Market
Prices effective Wed., Oct. 26 - Tues.,  Nov. 1
USDA Premium Black Angus Choice T-Bone Steaks # $5.99
*Raccunto Selected Varieties Pasta 16 oz. .79
Palermo's Classics 12" Pizzas 6/$10
*Hot, Lean or Croissant Pockets 2 ct. $1.88
*Prairie Farms Skim, 1%, 2%, or Whole Milk gallon $2.69
Dole Orange Juice 59 oz. $1.99
Deli-Butterball Italian Turkey # $4.99
Bakery-Chocolate Frog each $2.99
*Calif. Broccoli # .79
*Kiwi Fruit 4/$1
*Haas Avocados 2/$1Cluster Tomatoes # .69
Extra Fancy Gala Apples # .69
Bartlett Pears # .59 

CVS
Prices effective Sun., Oct. 23 - Sat., Oct. 29
Mars Chocolate, Wrigley's Fun Size or Hershey's Snack Size Assorted 9.34-12 oz. or Twizzler Twists 22 oz.  Pay 4/$10 w/card-$3.00 extrabucks® reward on 4=4/$7 after extrabucks®
Palmolive Dish Liquid 10 oz. .88, limit 5.


Dominick's
Prices effective Thurs., Oct. 27 - Wed., Nov. 2
Fresh Lean 93% Lean -Extreme Value Pack- Ground Beef # $2.69DiGiorno or California Pizza Kitchen Selected varieties Pizza 12.7 to 32.7-oz.  2/$10
*Bartlett Pears # .49

Food4Less

Prices effective Wed., Oct. 26 - Tues., Nov. 1

Campbell's Chunky Soup18.6-19 oz., Kroger Selected Varieties 16 oz. Saltine Crackers 4/$5

Fresh Zucchini Squash # .98

Fresh Crisp Broccoli # .88

Jewel-Osco

Prices effective Thurs., Oct. 27 - Sat., Oct. 29th: Three Day Sale

     *Chiquita Bananas # .39

     *Select Varieties 7-UP, Canada Dry, A & W, Sunkist or Dr. Pepper 2 ltr. .79each--

          must buy 4, individual price $1.50 each

     Hershey's Select Varieties Snack Size Bag 10.5-22 oz., 

     or Mars Select Varieties 9.25-11.24 oz. Fun Size Bag,

     or Nestle Select Varieties 9.2-12.5 oz. Fun Size Bag

     Candy 4 bags for $10

Prices effective Thurs., Oct. 27 - Wed., Nov. 2

Barilla Select Varieties Pasta 12-16 oz. or Prego Select Varieties Pasta Sauce 23-24 oz. 4/$5

Cottonelle Select Varieties Bath Tissue 12 ct. dbl. roll or Viva Regular Roll Select Varieties 6 ct. $6.49 each

Celeste Select Varieties Pizza-for-One 5.7-7.2 oz. .99

Jewel Select Varieties Chunk Light Tuna 5 oz. .79

If you like grocery store giveaways, Jewel-Osco is launching "Wish Big, Win Big Holiday Giveaway." See details at the store, runs Oct. 27 - Feb. 1, 2012. 

Walgreen's
Prices effective Sun., Oct. 23 - Sat. Oct. 29
COUPON, p. 1 Hershey's, Mars or Nestle Fun or Snack Size Candy 10.23-12.5 oz. $1.99, Limit 4.
p. 7 COUPON Gain Dish Liquid 11 oz. .99 each, Limit 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.