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Happy Ad Thursday!
It’s late, so I will forego the witty banter and just get right to the sales. Lots of great deals this week!
HEB
white seedless grapes 97c/lb
Pink Lady apples 77c/lb
Red Delicious apples, 3lb $1.98/ea
red or black plums 98c/lb
boneless pork loin $1.97/lb
HCF split chicken breasts $1/lb
Randalls
Safeway split chicken breasts 99c/lb
black seedless grapes $1.49/lb
Pantry Essentials milk, gallon $1.99/lb
Safeway sandwich bread 99c/ea
Fiesta
ground chuck $2.37/lb (Fiesta limit)
pork sirloin chops 96c/lb (Fiesta limit)
chicken drumsticks, large bag 37c/lb (Fiesta limit)
Tyson whole fryer 87c/lb (Fiesta limit)
Maine lobster, 1.25-1.5lbs $6.99/ea
Pioneer pancake mix, 32oz $1/ea
bulk pinto beans 25c/lb
Fiesta long grain rice, 2lb bag 79c/ea
Sprouts
seedless watermelon $1.98/ea
cauliflower 48c/lb
Pink Lady or Gala apples 98c/lb
organic seedless grapes $1.98c/lb
Fri-Sun only:
corn 6/$1
boneless skinless chicken thighs $1.49/lb
walnuts $3.99/lb
Is this your milk? Find $2 and get some more!
Weekly Flyer Links
Happy Ad Wednesday!
Did you miss the Fiesta deal on pork loin last week? Randalls pork loin is at the normal low this week, so if you’re kicking yourself you can console yourself with some pork that is still very reasonably priced. Do you find yourself sad about missing anything meat-ish that was 99c/lb? Then head over to HEB for the 97c/lb pork butt. Happiness is yours!
The back-to-school deals are in full swing, with various breakfast, lunch, and snack deals. I’ll write them up separately tomorrow so they’re all together, but for now, if you’re hoping to stock up the pantry with cereal, you might as well hit that aisle.
Asparagus is cheap at Sprouts this week. Note on asparagus–don’t buy that whole dang bunch. That’s too much. It’s perfectly fine to pull some out of the blue rubber band and put it in a sack, just don’t make a big mess of the display. Same with grapes–you don’t have to buy the pre-bagged amount. Take as much as you want, and leave the display neat.
This week I’ve also got some seafood listed. I don’t buy seafood at Fiesta, but at these prices it’s something to consider–lobster and crabs are not often this inexpensive.
Randalls
large Prima peaches 99c/lb (DD)
whole pork loin $1.99/lb
Honeysuckle whole turkey breast, frozen, bone in 99c/lb
Snack Artist potato chips, 7.5-14oz $1/ea
Florida’s Natural orange juice, 59oz $2.50/ea
Safeway flour, 5lb $1.69/ea
Campbell’s tomato or chicken noodle soup 75c/ea
Sprouts
asparagus $1.49/lb (C15)
bscb, value pack $1.88/lb
walnuts $3.99/lb
hothouse cucumbers 49c/lb (DD)
green leaf lettuce 48c/ea
honeydew melons 88c/ea
Fuji or granny smith apples 98c/lb (DD)
cantaloupe 88c/ea(C15)
organic kale 88c/bunch (DD)
wild mahi mahi filets $4.99/lb
french bread $1.29/ea
HEB
black seedless grapes 77c/lb (DD)
Fuji apples & Minneola tangelos 97c/lb (DD)
Hatch chile peppers 78c/lb
personal pineapple 97c/ea(C15)
organic strawberries $2.48/lb (DD)
organic pears, 2 lb sack $2.48/ea
Boston butt pork roast, whole in bag 97c/lb
HCF chicken drums or thighs. value pack $1/lb (less grackle)
County Post chicken drums or thighs, value pack 77c/lb (grackle)
Fiesta
peaches 69c/lb (DD)
large avocados 79c/ea(C15)
chicken leg quarters, jumbo bag 37c/lb (Fiesta limit)
pork blade steak, family pack 99c/lb (Fiesta limit)
beef back ribs, family pack $1.49/lb (Fiesta limit)
live Texas wild blue crabs $2.99/lb
live Maine wild lobster, 1.25-1.5lbs $6.99/lb
Doguet’s long grain rice, 2lbs 89c/ea
Nature’s Own honey wheat bread 99c/ea (limit 2)
Wheatsville
organic brown flaxseeds $1.69/lb
organic White Avalanche potatoes 79c/lb (DD)
Weekly Flyer Links
- HEB: grackle less grackle
- Fiesta
- Sprouts
- Randalls
- Central Market
- Wheatsville: meat & produce other groceries
- Trader Joes
That’s the round up. Happy shopping! Cheep Cheep!
Whole Foods Freakout!
They must have heard about the other meat sales this week, because Whole Foods is having a heck of a sale on roti chickens.
That should make Friday night a pretty simple meal, if you’re a WF kind of shopper!
Fiesta Limit, Going Viral
Fiesta has long had the ‘limit 2 with additional $10 purchase’ meat specials. I’ve used those sales to stock my freezer for years. Recently Randalls had one, with brisket super-cheap and a limit of 2.
Now HEB is joining in.
Which is great. I love meat sales where I can fill up the deep freeze. This is the cheapest pork butt I’ve seen in a while, keeps in the freezer forever, and can be used in so many dishes.
Cheaper than tin foil and twice as tasty!
It’s also the simplest way I know to feed a crowd–make it ahead, pull it, and warm it up before people show. Put out rolls, coleslaw, tortillas, and pickled onions and you’ve fed 15-20 people for about $25.
This deal starts tomorrow, so you’ve got time to rearrange your freezer.
Cheep cheep!
Happy Ad Wednesday!
It’s all hatch chile peppers all the time this week. Randalls is even offering free roasting if you buy 20lbs, when normally they’re a refuge for people that don’t want to smell like a garden burnt down around them.
Aside from peppers, pork loin is a great deal at Fiesta. I haven’t seen in this cheap in a while. They’ve also got sugar on the cheap. Grapes, peaches, cantaloupe and cauliflower are all at cheap summer prices, so stock up and freeze while we’re at these low prices!
Fiesta
nectarines 99c/lb(DD)
whole pork loin roast 99c/lb (Fiesta limit)
fresh chicken tenders $1.99/lb (Fiesta limit)
Fiesta brand sugar, 4lb sack 99c/lb (limit 2)
Goya Canilla rice, long grain or parboiled, 3lb 99c/lb (limit 2)
Randalls
hatch chile peppers, fresh 77c/lb (DD)
bscb or thighs $1.99/lb
HEB
white or red seedless grapes 87c/lb (DD)
Gala apples 97c/lb (DD)
strawberries, 1lb $1.17/lb (DD)
hatch chile peppers, fresh 78c/lb (grackle only)(DD)
organic peaches or Pink Lady apples $2.48/lb (DD)
County Post bscb, value pack $1.99/lb
Sprouts
peaches 49c/lb (DD)
cantaloupe 49c/ea (C15)
cauliflower 88c/ea
Fuji apples or Bartlett pears 88c/lb (DD)
organic red or green seedless grapes $1.88/lb (DD)
Earthbound Farm organic salads, 1lb $4.98/ea
It’s mail, it’s mail, it’s flat it’s paper, it’s good!
And look what came in the mail! People with me for a while know that my mail is erratic. This is two weeks in a row that my circulars showed up on Tuesday, just like they’re supposed to. Just like they did until I started this blog, and the universe decided my mail was not a priority. I’m not getting my hopes up for next week, but would like to thank the universe for these two weeks of normal mail.
Weekly Flyer Links
- HEB: grackle less grackle
- Fiesta
- Sprouts
- Randalls
- Central Market
- Wheatsville: meat & produce other groceries
- Trader Joes
Happy Ad Wednesday!
Grapes are less than a buck a pound everywhere, but Sprouts wins the race with 69c/lb green grapes. Given the forecast, if you want to try making raisins, this is your week!
It’s also Hatchapalooza time, with people jamming Hatch chili peppers into everything and anything. Central Market’s flyer this week has ‘Hatch yellow onions’ listed as a special, with those words next to a photo of an ordinary yellow onion. People just slap the word hatch in front of anything over at CM, I think. They’ve also got a Hatch chili cheesecake, I like chili peppers of all sorts, but this time of year CM cracks me up–click the link at the bottom to check it out yourself.
In other produce news, avocados are 25c and limes are 12/$1 at Fiesta, so that’s a good thing. Randalls has bone-in chicken breast and leg portions for 99c/lb and sourdough rounds for 99c, which you can put together and have most of a meal ready to go.
Sprouts
green seedless grapes 68c/lb
avocados 33c/ea
Fuji or Granny Smith apples 99c/lb
black plums 98c/lb
Fiesta
avocados 25c/ea
peaches 69c/ea
cucumbers 33c/ea
limes 12/$1
Hatch chili peppers 79c/lb (38 1/2th st only)
country style pork ribs, family pack 97c/lb (Fiesta limit)
bscb, family pack $1.58/lb (Fiesta limit)
Fiesta stack pack bacon, 24oz $3.99/lb (Fiesta limit)
Ragu pasta sauce 99c/ea
Randalls
split chicken breasts, drums or thighs 99c/lb
sourdough bread, 16oz loaf 99c/ea
Skinner pasta, 12oz. 33c/ea
Ragu pasta sauce 99c/ea (limit 4)
HEB
black seedless grapes 87c/lb
Fuji apples or large peaches 88c/lb
red or black plums 97c/lb
xl tomatoes 97c/lb
chicken drums or thighs, value pack $1/lb
bone-in pork chops or ground pork $1.97/lb (grackle)
center cut loin/rib pork chops or whole pork tenderloin $2.97/lb (less grackle)
4″ pot of mini roses
$1.99/ea
Wheatsville
local organic tomatoes $1.79/lb
organic kale $1.50/ea
Weekly Flyer Links
- HEB: grackle less grackle
- Fiesta
- Sprouts
- Randalls
- Central Market
- Wheatsville: meat & produce other groceries
- Trader Joes
Happy Ad Wednesday!
Cheepie is back on patrol!
If you’ve been celebrating summer with friends, your freezer might be looking a bit sparse. Have no fear–Fiesta is here to fix that with sales on ground beef, pork chops and chicken drumsticks. They’re all on stock-up Fiesta limit prices, so even if Fiesta isn’t on your usual shopping rotation you might stop by this week. They’ve also got potatoes for the goofily cheap price of 10c/lb!
Two good buddies, both on sale!
Nectarines and grapes are on sale all over, so those are great choices this week. 50 cents for a cantaloupe is a good reason to hit Sprouts. Randalls has london broil for $2.49/lb, which is an excellent price for that cut of beef. Lots of tasty things on sale this week!
HEB
nectarines 88c/lb (DD)
organic Gala apples/green grapes/peaches $2.48/lb (DD)
Pink Lady apples 98c/lb (DD)
green pears 98c/lb
spinach or kale bunch 98c/ea (grackle only) (DD)
pork butt steaks $1.97/lb (grackle only)
Sprouts
red grapes 98c/lb (DD)
avocados 49c/ea (C15)
canteloupe 50c/ea (C15)
nectarines or peaches 98c/lb (DD)
bscb $1.88/lb
ending today:
strawberries, 1lb 98c/ea (DD)
mangos 33c/ea (C15)
Fiesta
pineapples 99c/ea
white potatoes, 5lb sack 49c/ea
red grapes 99c/lb (DD)
Bartlett pears 25c/ea
pork sirloin chops,family pack 96c/lb (Fiesta limit)
ground beef, 75/25, family pack $1.99/lb (Fiesta limit)
drumsticks, large sack 49c/lb (Fiesta limit)
Randalls
large seedless watermelon $2.98/ea
london broil $2.49/lb
fresh baguettes 50c/ea
Gatorade, 32oz 59c/ea
Sabra hummus, 10oz buy one get one free
Wheatsville
organic red grapes $2.49/lb (DD)
organic Pink Lady apples $1.99/lb (DD)
organic celery 79c/lb (by the lb, weirdos)(DD)
Weekly Flyer Links
- HEB: grackle less grackle
- Fiesta
- Sprouts
- Randalls
- Central Market
- Wheatsville: meat & produce other groceries
- Trader Joe’s
Happy shopping–Cheep Cheep!
Oh, Fiesta
Fiesta, you know how to make me laugh. That’s why I can’t quit you. That and the occasional week of 25c avocados.
What’s not to love?
Cheepie is back on patrol, and will be back to the regular posting schedule. So look forward to $10 dinners, store reviews, and all the deals!
Cheepie at Rest
This week I’m taking a break. After nearly a year, it’s time for a cheepiecation!
I’m going to be back in two weeks, hopefully with an improved format, and as always, all the deals.
If you spot a great deal, feel free to comment. If you’ve got any thoughts for the blog in general I’d love to hear those too.
Thanks everyone! Cheep cheep!
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