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Both Safeway and Fry’s now give customers a discount of .10 per gallon of gas when you buy $100 worth of groceries during the month. This is not $100 at one time, but, when you use your reward-type cards, the computer keeps track for you. At Fry’s you can add up as many $100 increments as you want, and you have until the 15th of the next month to use the reward.
Hot deals this week:
Safeway
Cooked Shrimp $4.49 per pound
Pork shoulder country style ribs $1.29 a pound
Chicken drumsticks or thighs .79 a pound
Green Grapes (seedless) .77 a pound
Vine ripe tomatoes .77 a pound
Celery $1.00 each
Cherries $3.99 a pound
Broccoli crowns $1.00 a pound
Avocadoes $1.00 each
Cauliflower $1.00 a pound
Walla Walla Sweet Yellow onions $1.00 a pound
Lean Pockets frozen meals $1.00 each
Tide 100 oz $9.99
If you buy 5 boxes of select brand name cereal, they are $2 each
If you buy 5 boxes of the Safeway brand Eating Right cereal and Muesli it’s $1 per box.
7-Up 2 liter, Vitamin water or Fuze drinks, among others, $1.00 each
There are coupons in the Safeway ad you can use if you spend a minimum of $10, and they include Skippy peanut butter or Welch’s jelly for $1.50 each, Duncan Hines Brownies or cake mixes for .79 and Klondike ice cream novelties for $1.99 each.
Fry’s
Cook’s Shank Portion Ham .97 per pound (limit 2)
New York Strip Steak $4.88 per pound
Boneless Beef Bottom Round Steak $1.97 per pound
General Mills Cereal, (selected varieties) $1.77 each
Banquet or Michelinos’ frozen meals .88 each
Charmin bath tissue (9 large rolls) $3.99
Coke brand 12 packs $2.50 each
Red seedless grapes .77 per pound
Bartlett Pears $1.00 per pound
Plums $1.00 per pound
Peaches or Nectarines .88 per pound
Small “personal” seedless watermelon $2.50
Gala or red delcious apples $1.50 per pound
PictSweet or Kroger frozen vegetables .97 each
Hillshire Farm ultra thin lunch meat $2.50
Kroger brand peanut butter or grape jelly buy one get one free
Nature Valley selected granola bars 4 for $4.00 (You must buy 4 for the savings to kick in)
Ground beef (73% lean) $1.99 per pound, sold in 5 pound chub
Fry’s Vegetable Oil $2.50 48 oz bottle
Ragu pasta sauce $1.88
Kroger microwave popcorn $1.00
3 liter Arrowhead water $1.00
Quaker rice cakes and other snacks in smaller size containers, $1.00 each
Basha's
Boneless chuck steak or roast $2.99 per pound
Bash’s drinking water $3.33 for a 24 pack
Large nectarines .88 per pound
Dole Salad Blends $2.00 each
Doritos or Food Club chips $1.88 each
Donald Duck orange juice $1.99
Broccoli or Cauliflower .99 per pound
Cantaloupes .50 per pound
Pepsi buy 4 12 packs get the 5th free = 5 for $12.
Hot Dogs, Bar S .99 for 1 lb package
In store Bash’s coupons with minimum $20 purchase:
Nabisco crackers 2 for $3.00
Kraft singles cheese (12 oz) $1.48
Hot dog or hamburger buns .49
If you are in a hurry Bash’s also has the Complete Meal deals. For $9.99 you can choose one entrée (various chickens, meatloaf or cheese pizza), 2 side orders (vegetables or salads) plus choice of rolls or bread. This should feed a family of four.
Albertson’s
T-bone steak $3.97 per pound (Limit 2)
Tilapia Fillet $5.99 per pound
Wild Pacific Salmon Fillet (1.25 pounds, frozen) $5.99 each
Barilla Pasta $1.33
Iceberg Lettuce .50
Dasani water 24 pack $3.33
Fritos, Cheetos or Poore Brothers Chips $1.67
Powerade Buy 10 get 5 free, which is .40 each (32 ozs)
Breyers Ice cream $2.50
Post cereals, Capri Sun, Kraft Dressing and other Kraft items are $2.00 each
Pepsi 2 liter bottle $1.25
Meal Idea
The ham at Fry’s is a pretty good deal at .97 per pound, so I’d start with that. It’s easy to prepare, since it’s pre-cooked. No heating up the oven, just slice it off and warm it in the microwave. Serve with the Dole Salad Blends which are $2.00 at Bash’s, I add extra lettuce to the salad kits as I think they come with a bit more dressing than necessary. Also you can add fresh tomatoes. Even though the salads come pre-washed, I re-wash the lettuce. Sometimes there’s what I call a “chemically” smell and I just feel better if I’ve done the washing. As for the tomatoes, I learned a trick awhile back for those who don’t like the tough skins. Boil a pan of water and dip the tomatoes in for about 30 seconds. Then the peel comes off very easily, without taking any of the actual tomato with it.
Side dishes could be the frozen vegetables on sale at Fry’s for .97 and the instant mashed potatoes are pretty good nowadays. Wal-Mart carries a great generic garlic mashed potato mix for .98 per box of 2 packets. And then add some ice cream for dessert. Sounds like a special occasion meal, but it’s made up of things on sale this week that are easy to prepare.
Another thing about Wal-Mart. Even though they no longer display the area’s grocery ads on the bulletin board, they still do the price matching. This means that if you go to the store with your ads from competing stores, and find the exact same item at Wal-Mart for a higher price, they will give you the advertised price from the other store. That way you don’t have to run around from store to store. But the items must match exactly and they won’t match the buy one get one free offers, nor the ones like the Nature Valley granola bars at Fry’s where you have to buy four to get them for $1.00 per box.
Here’s a recipe from About.com for leftover ham. What I liked about this one was that you put it in the crock-pot and let it cook while you’re at work. There’s nothing as nice as coming home and having dinner already cooked!
Ham and Potato Crock pot Casserole
· 2 1/2 cups diced ham
· 8 medium potatoes, sliced
· Salt and pepper
· 2 small onions, sliced
· 1 green pepper, sliced
· 1 can (10 1/2 ounces) Cheddar cheese soup
Preparation:
In crock-pot, layer ham, potatoes, salt and pepper, sliced onion, and green pepper. In a bowl, combine 1 can cheddar cheese soup, 2 tablespoons water, and squirt of prepared mustard; pour over all. Cook on low 7 to 9 hours, until potatoes are tender.
Serves 6.
A Note from Lynne
I agree with Helen about the ham - it's a great price for this time of year. We have a large family, but we can make one ham last for about 3 meals:
First meal, we'll have sliced ham with probably a salad and mashed potatoes. And, a few slices of bread, of course!
Second meal, we would be likely to make a giant pasta salad, and add chunks of ham. (WalMart sells Rotini for about $1.12 a box, I believe.)
Third meal, we'd likely make a navy bean soup with the ham bone, or even split pea soup. I'm afraid I seldom measure anything, but here's a rough description of how I make
Split Pea Soup
1 ham bone
2 bags of split peas
1 cup (approximately) of chopped carrots
1/2 red onion, chopped
A little bit of olive oil
Choose a big stock pot. In the bottom of the pan, saute' the onion and carrots in the olive oil until soft, leave in pot. Add the ham bone, and the two bags of split peas. Add water to cover about 3 inches above the top of the peas. Bring to boil, and then reduce heat. Allow to simmer for about an hour and a half, or until the texture of the peas is to your liking. Stir frequently and add more water if necessary.
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