effing Randalls

Happy Ad Thursday!

Hatch pepper time is here!  Hatch scones, Hatch salsa, Hatch tortillas, Hatch it all up!  It’s the high holiday season for the favorite pepper of grocery stores, so brace yourselves for roasters, bags of blackened peppers everywhere, and some ninny making Hatch limeade and cooling it off with artisanal ice cubes.

File_003It’s Hatch chile pepper time! The High Holy Season of the Pepper Most Favored by Grocery Stores, with Hatch scones, Hatch salsa, Hatch marinades, Hatch brownies, and Hatch tortillas.  Can you eat it? You can Hatch it up!  So prepare yourself when you head out for a shop for the wafting smoke from the roasters, the piles of bags of blackened peppers, and probably some ninny selling Hatch limeade with artisinal ice cubes. 

I joked in a Facebook post about making raisins in the front yard the week it hit over 110 degrees, but this week might be the week to actually give it a try, with the cheapest grapes I’ve seen in a long time.  Also spotted–Concord grapes and champagne grapes, which are both fun if you’ve got a fancy party or are just fancy all on your own.

20% off everything frozen at Sprouts.

It seems like half of Randalls is ‘buy four things and get lower prices’, in their ongoing effort to have you walk in the door.  You don’t have to purchase four of a single item–you can get a can of this, a box of that, some pickles and Ziploc bags and get the lower price on each item.  You might want to check their flyer out at the link below and see if any of your staples are on there at a stock-up price.  If you’re not sure, go ahead and ask me!

Sprouts

whole seedless watermelon                              $1.98/ea

green seedless grapes                                           98c/lb

large red mangos                                                    50c/ea

yellow and orange bell peppers                           98c/ea

organic celery                                                          98c/ea

organic Granny Smith apples                               98c/lb

rolled, quick or steel cut bulk oats                        69c/lb

pinto or black bulk beans                                       79c/lb

whole beef brisket                                                   $1.99/lb

 

Fiesta

peaches                                                                                         77c/lb   

Roma tomatoes                                                                            40c/lb 

pork loin chops, family pack                                                    $1.47/lb

boneless, skinless chicken beast, family pack                      $1.17/lb

Fiesta shredded cheese, 8 oz                                                    $1.50/ea

Lou Ana oil (corn,corn/canola,canola or veg), 128 oz          $7.99

 

Randalls

Blue Bell ice cream, selected 1/2 gal.                    $4.44/ea

 

HEB

black seedless grapes                                                67c/lb

Hatch peppers                                                            77c/lb

organic red or white seedless grapes                   $1.47/lb

blueberries, 18 oz.                                                     $1.88/ea

 

Remember it is tax-free weekend, so plan for crowds and lunatic actions in parking lots!

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Happy Ad Wednesday

Sure, by the time you read this it’ll be Thursday, but I started it on Wednesday and we’re all just going to agree to let me have this win, okay? I’m easing back into things. It’s a process. If pretending I hit ‘Publish’ on Wednesday makes me feel better I’m going to roll with it. I had to drive practically the entire length of Lamar during rush hour and there were a lot of people who I will call ‘lackadaisical drivers’ because all my other words for it are all really bad ones.

So let’s get to the important stuff, and for the love of god will you all promise to use blinkers and not travel in the turn lane? Thank you.  Shop on, Cheepsters!

 

Sprouts

on-the-vine tomatoes                          98c/lb

organic celery                                       98c/ea

boneless skinless chicken thighs      $1.69/lb

bulk brown or white rice                     69c/lb

Fri-Sun only:

     corn                                                  25c/ea

     pineapples                                       $1/ea

     colby jack bulk cut cheese            $2.99/lb

 

Fiesta

Ataulfo mangos                                                  33c/ea

bone in country style ribs                               1.17/lb (family pack)

Fiesta frozen vegetables, 16oz.                        88c/ea

 

Randalls

 You’re not going to believe this, but they’re upping their ‘effing Randalls’ quotient more than usual.  That is an actual tag that I use. Stuff like that is why people keep asking about my SEO, I think.  Back to effing Randalls: 

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HEB

cantaloupes                            88c/ea

strawberries, 1lb                  1.47/ea

boneless pork loin,               1.99/lb

 

Trader Joe’s

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Yes,  that last one is non-grocery, but you know what makes people happy? 20 flowers. For 150 pennies you can make someone feel like they’re important to you. Go crazy, spend $3 and get 20!

Happy Ad Thursday!

This will be short and sweet because Cheepie’s got a date!  I’m going downtown to meet up with a ton of other food bloggers at the BlogHerFood conference.  I feel somewhat like an interloper, since I focus on groceries (after that Family Dinner experimental phase) and everyone else is cooking/eating out/being famous on twitter, but I blog about food so off I go!  

Randalls has mangled their ad so much that I didn’t even try to decipher much past the meat loss-leaders. Betweeen the FAB5!, limits, minimums and $5 FRIDAY!!!, it’s pretty much as chaotic as a weekly grocery sale can be.  Sure, something you want is likely on sale, but you might have to buy only between 2-4 of them, possibly only on Friday. This is why my blog has a tag for ‘effing Randalls’.

This week’s highlights: pork loin, asparagus, apples both organic and not.

NOTE: The chicken on sale at HEB this week is Hill Country Fare brand. I’m pretty sure these are the ‘enhanced with solution’ kind. If this matters to you, make sure to read the label!

 

Randalls

boneless pork loin, whole in bag                        $1.69/lb

London broil, choice                                                $2.49/lb

       

Sprouts

asparagus                                                                  99c/lb

organic celery                                                            98c/ea

bulk organic coffee beans                                    $6.88/lb

boneless skinless chicken thighs                      $1.79/lb

         Fri-Sun only:

         whole seedless watermelon                                 $2/ea

         thick-sliced bacon                                                   $2.99/lb

 

Wheatsville

organic Gala apples                                 $1.49/lb

organic kale                                                $1.50/ea

 

HEB

Gala or Fuji apples                                   77c/lb

black seedless grapes                             77c/lb

Texas oranges, 4lb bag                           $2.98/ea

pork tenderloin, whole in bag                $2.97/lb

HCF chicken legs or thighs, bone in      99c/lb (value pack)

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Listing frozen pizza under this doesn’t make me think ‘delizioso’

Fiesta

 

 

limes                                                                      20/$1

skirt steak, family pack                                 $3.77/lb (for 2.5lbs or more)

pork picnics                                                       77c/lb

Jack O Lantern pumpkins                               $3.99/ea

         Sat/Sun/Mon ONLY:

         beef brisket                                           $1.77/lb

         Blue Bell half gallons                          $3.99/ea (limit 2)

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        Iago’s cousin, right?

 

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