Chicago Grocery Highlights 5/16-5/23

This is my last week of grocery shopping in the Chicago area.

Wow. Good-bye Jewel. Today I shopped at Angelo Caputo’s and so hello and good-bye to Caputo’s, too. In my new home, I’ll be shopping at Trader Joe’s and Safeway, since both are a short walk from the new house.

So, this will be my last write-up of the Chicago grocery highlights as well.

Here are the highlights for Chicago grocery sales from May 16 through May 23:

SALES THAT START WEDNESDAY

  • Aldi: Strawberries $1.19/lb. Blueberries $1.49 for 6 oz. 3 pounds frozen chicken breasts $5.49. See Aldi weekly ads online. Find Aldi locations.
  • Tony’s Finer Foods: Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ sauce 79 cents. Sirloin pork chops $1.89/lb. Limes 15/$1. Organic celery 99 cents a bunch. Eggplant 49 cents a pound. See Tony’s locations and ads.
  • Fair Share Super Market (a Centrella store): Bananas 38 cents a pound. Oscar Mayer eat wieners 1 lb. $1.25. See locations and specials.
  • Angelo Caputo’s: Peaches 59 cents a pound. Red, yellow or orange peppers 89 cents a pound. Homemade Italian sausage $1.69/lb. La Bella Romana frozen pizzas $2.99. Zucchini 49 cents a pound. See the onlinead/shopping list builder and locations.
  • Food4Less: Family pack split chicken breasts 98 cents/lb. Strawberries 1 lb. or blackberries 6 oz. $1.50. See the Food4Less ad and locations.

SALES THAT START THURSDAY

  • Jewel-Osco: See Jewel locations and ad. If you haven’t already, sign up for Jewel emails to print a coupon for $5 off a $25 purchase.
  • Dominick’s: Milk is back on Just for U at $1.97 a gallon. Also on J4U, 12 oz. packs of Vienna Beef franks are $2.77.  Thurs-Mon. only, Lucerne cheese is $2.99/lb. and Nabisco crackers are $1.99. See Dominick’s locations and online sale ads. Get personalized Dominick’s deals on Just for U. Check this week’s Deal Match offers here.
  • Ultra:  Bananas 33 cents a pound. Chicken leg quarters 58 cents a pound. Van de Camp’s pork and beans 39 cents a pound. Buy 10 save $5 deal results in 88-cent Wishbone salad dressing or 88-ent Ragu pasta sauce. See Ultra locations and ads.

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