Here I am, with summer sales, and happy grocery thoughts. Corn, tomatoes, watermelon are the basis of at least half my summer meals, being cheap and requiring very little in the way of cooking. Are you wondering how Cheepie feels about all those watermelon salads that started turning up all over the place a few summers back? The ones with the feta and mint, and what-all? No? Too bad. I’m here to tell you watermelon doesn’t go with cheese. It can go with mint. That’s fine. Please don’t mess up your watermelon and feta by mixing them together.

This week is kind of a mixed bag, with HEB’s listings thin on the ground, and Randalls/Sprouts with too many, and certain days. This week I’ll be getting corn and strawberries at HEB, frozen fruit, butter, milk and tuna at Randalls, and berries, grapes, watermelon and cheese (under $2/lb for the first time in a while!) at Sprouts.

Fiesta has some great meat prices, but I’m still trying to cycle out my freezer so I can defrost it. Because wire shelves shouldn’t be 6 inches thick and require a power tool to release a brisket. So I’m told.

That lesson shared, here are the deals!

Randalls

BlueBell half gallons $4.44/ea

SK frozen fruit, 3lbs bag $4.44/ea

Lucerne butter, 1lb $2/ea

Value Corner milk, 1 gal $2/ea

StarKist chunk white albacore tuna 49c/ea (must buy 4)

Yoplait yogurt, 4-6oz T 39c/ea (must buy 4)

Kellogg’s cereals $1.99/ea (must buy 4)

SK frozen waffles, 12.3-14.1oz 99c/ea (must buy 4)

Thurs-Sun ONLY:

boneless pork loin $1.49/lb

vine ripe tomatoes 69c/lb

boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs $1.79/lb

split chicken breasts, drumsticks, bone-in thighs 99c/lb

Open Nature frozen pizzas $2.99/ea (limit 4)

Fiesta

beef top sirlion steak $2.98/lb

bscb $1.67/lb

center cut pork chops $1.77/lb

roma tomatoes 43c/lb

cucumbers 25c/ea

today only:

onions 20c/lb

Gala apples 6/$1

Saturday only:

boneless skinless chicken breast $1.27/lb

assorted pork chops $1.27/lb

Sprouts

blackberries, 5.6 oz 98c/ea

red seedless grapes 98c/lb

blueberries, 6oz 98c/ea

green bell peppers, cucumbers 33c/ea

organic baby carrots, 1lb 77c/ea

on the vine cluster tomatoes 88c/ea

london broil $2.88/lb

organic oranges or grapefruit, 4lbs $2.98/ea

bulk oats 69c/lb

Fri-Sun only:

seedless watermelons $2/ea

bulk cut cheddar cheese $1.99/lb (yay! do not mix with watermelon!)

grape tomatoes, 1 pint $1/ea

Wheatsville

organic artichokes 99c/ea

organic Gala apples $1.49/lb

HEB

strawberries, 1lb $1.47/ea

small mangos 50c/ea

corn 20c/ea

baby back ribs $2.89/lb

Happy shopping everyone! Let me know if you find any deals I missed, or if you find anything really helpful to share. Cheep cheep!