Look at me, Cheepin’ on a Wednesday, just as God intended.  The God of Supermarket Deals is a lower-tier deity, it’s true, which is why I can get away with slacking occasionally.  It’s time for grapes and stone fruit, watermelons and cantaloupes to get cheap, though, so High Holy Season of Produce is here and it’s time to represent.

In this context, ‘represent’ means ‘find the great deals’.

I’d always meant to put some farmer’s market posts here, and maybe review the various markets around town.  In visiting the couple near me, I just never found anything I thought was a deal.  When JBG does their big summer tomato sale, I’ll go in on that if I’ve got the time to spend canning, because I like to pretend I’m an Italian grandmother sometimes.  I’ll also sometimes buy a ton of peaches to freeze/can because every few years I forget what a pain in the butt it is to peel peaches.

If you know some sneaky cheap farmer’s market finds, please share in the comments.

In the meantime, here’s this weeks list.  Stock up items this week are: pasta & tuna at Randalls (unless you already got tuna two weeks ago), spareribs and raisins at Sprouts, pasta sauce at Fiesta or Wheatsville. For produce, navel oranges and bananas are cheap at Sprouts, and big pineapples are on sale at Fiesta.

Happy shopping!

 

Randalls

Skinner pasta, 12oz                                                           29c/ea (must buy 4)

Chicken of the Sea tuna, 5oz                                          49c/ea (must buy 4)

Signature Farms, bone-in chicken parts                   88c/lb

Smithfield boneless pork loin halves, in bag          $1.49/lb

 

Sprouts

jumbo navel oranges                             33c/b

bananas                                                      33c/lb

pork spare ribs                                          $1.49/lb

boneless skinless chicken thighs       $1.49/lb

bulk organic coffee                                  $6.99/lb

bulk Thompson seedless raisins          $1.99/lb

bulk rice                                                         50c/lb

 

Fiesta

large pineapples                                           $1.50/ea

Roma tomatoes                                            67c/ea

bscb, family pack                                         $1.69c/lb (Fiesta limit)

live crawfish                                                 $1.99/lb (sack), $2.19/lb (less than that)

Classico pasta sauce, 15-24oz                  $1.99/ea

Fiesta frozen vegetables, 14-16oz             88c/ea

 

 

HEB

tomatoes on the vine                                       77c/lb

blackberries, 6oz                                             $1.47/ea (more grackle only)

Gala apples, 3lb                                             $1.98/ea

kiwi                                                                      25c/ea

bscb, value pack                                             $1.99/ea

ground chuck, 80/20, club pack                 $2.97/lb

pork baby back ribs, in bag                          $2.97/lb

 

 

Whole Foods

4ct bag organic avocados                                  $2.98/ea (74.5c per avo.)

red, yellow or orange bell peppers                  $1.99/lb  (this is per lb, so you’ll have to look for light ones to get best price)

organic Bartlett pears                                         $1.69/lb

 

Trader Joe’s

TJ’s proscuitto, 4oz                                                 $3.99/ea

daffodils, 10 stems                                                   $1.49/ea

 

Wheatsville

organic artichokes                                                     89c/ea

Santa Cruz organic lemonade, 32oz                   $1.69/ea

Field Day organic pasta sauce, 26oz                   $2/ea

 

Weekly Flyer Links:

• HEB: more grackle     less grackle
• Fiesta
• Sprouts
• Randalls
• Wheatsville
• Central Market
• Trader Joes
• Whole Foods