Weekly Deals: Stretch Your Grocery Dollars

We're all watching our family budgets these days. Whether shopping with coupons or looking for two-for-one deals, we're taking advantage of all sorts of offers and savings that help us stretch our dollars.

This column will be dedicated to giving you five great local deals each week that will help your family’s bottom line, and since we do the scouting for you, you can save time as well as money.

You are a big part of this column. Let us hear about the deals you've seen. Just add them to our comment box. Then come back each week and see what we've uncovered together.

This week, we take a look at some of the local grocery stores.

Stop and Shop (55 Motor Avenue) is featuring several good buys this week.

• Nestle bottled water (24 Pack) for only $3.99
• Pillsbury Boxed Cake Mix, only $1 per box.
• Stonyfield Farm Organic Yogurt, $0.50 Per Container.
• Florida's Natural Orange Juice: $2.50 per carton.
• Stop and Shop European Salad Blends or Dole Salad Blends: $2.50 per bag.
• Turkey Hill Ice Cream: $2.50 per carton.
• VO5 Shampoo or Conditioner: $0.79 per bottle.
• Boneless Pork Chops: $1.99/LB
• Stop and Shop White Gem Drumsticks and Thighs OR Stop and Shop Whole Chicken: $0.99/LB
• Perdue 93% Lean Ground Turkey: $2.49/LB
• 80/20 Ground Beef: $2.99/LB
• Strawberries (1 LB)/ Blueberries (1 Pint) / Blackberries (1 Pint): $2.50 Each
• Orchard Perfect Ripe Avocados: $1.25 Each
• Tropical Mangoes: $1 Each.

(450 Main Street) does have some notable deals, but lags overall.

• Pillsbury Grands: $1.49 Each.
• Axelrod Sour Cream: $1.5o
• La Yogurt, 6 Ounces: $0.50 Each.
• Perdue Chicken Thighs or Drumsticks: $1.49/LB.
• Super Select Cucumbers: 4 Count for $3.
• Prego Pasta Sauce: $1.99 Each.
• Breyers Ice Cream: $2.49 Each.
• Perdue Thin Sliced Boneless Chicken Breast: Discounted, Packages Retail from $2.49 to $2.99.

Meat Farms (1035 Route 109) excels in discounting fresh items (like meat and vegetables.)

• Beef Porterhouse Steak: $3.99/LB.
• Chicken Breast Cutlets: $1.99/LB.
• Beef Bottom Round Roast: $2.99/LB.
• Pork Spare Ribs: $3.99/LB.
• Fancy Squash: $0.88/LB.
• Sunkist Navel Oranges: 10 Count for $2.
• Long Green Cucumbers: 5 Count for $2.
• Yoplait Yogurt: $0.50 each.
• Axelrod Sour Cream: $0.99 Each.
• Pork Chops or Roast: $2.99/LB.

(501 Northwest Drive) also excels at discounting fresh items.

• USDA Choice Bone-in Shell Steaks: $3.99/LB.
• Skirt Steaks: $3.99/LB.
• Boneless Chicken Breast: $1.99/LB.
• Fresh Purdue Oven Stuffer Roasters or Bone-in Split Chicken Breasts: $0.99/LB.
• Fresh Purdue Chicken Leg Quarters: $0.59/LB.
• Asparagus: $1.49/LB.
• Imported Blueberries (1 Pint): $2.50 Each.
• Jumbo Size Beefstake Tomatoes: $0.99/LB.
• Certified Angus Bottom Round Roast: $3.29/LB.

Always be sure to check prices before buying and make sure to come back next week for more local deals and steals.  Until then, happy shopping.