Clearance Rack at Foodtown

 They have a clearance rack where things are 50% off, but they don't tell you the original price so I never tried it. Yesterday I went grocery shopping on an empty stomach (the best time!) so I risked it by buying a can of black olives (Lindsay brand, not generic). They rang up as $1.60!

Today I went back and bought 7 cans of olives and 2 jars of hot banana pepper slices.

I took a picture, but "iCloud isn't syncing because you have no local storage" and "Mac needs to cool down."

Why didn't anybody tell me that C-Town had such a good olive deal?*

*I don't like when people use that phrase because it sounds like they are entitled to be alerted to things without having to pay attention. But it did cross my mind just now. But who would tell me about a grocery deal? I am the teller of grocery deals, so here I am telling you.

C-Town has all these different types of olives for $4 for a tub like this. Which is 1 lb of olives (plus another of brine, etc.. I weighed it). I got pitted Sicilian and Ligurian taggiasche, which I don't know the meaning of, but they are good.

I only went to buy a bag of frozen onion rings for $1.69 and some salad dressing and I bought so much stuff.

What's on sale this week

I'm going to look at all the grocery circulars and write what I see. I have all the tabs open. I am not looking for anything in particular, but I might like to have a roof party, a Memorial Day party, or a burrito party. I don't have any friends or money though, so I will just imagine what I would do with any deals I find.

Green Corner: They didn't update their circular again. They're bad at that. I went there this week and bought 2 beets, 1 bag of onions, and 1 carrot. It cost $2.67.

Food Bazaar: Shrimp are $6/lb. 2 liters of Pepsi are $1, but I am trying to drink less pop. That doesn't make me less fat though so maybe I'll go back to the pop life. Kielbasa is $2.50. I should go on the kielbasa life too. I haven't bought any meat in 2 weeks, but that also has not made me any less fat. Moules are $3 for 2 lbs. Not bad. I should get those. A cucumber is $0.40. I still have most of a seedless cuke I got for $0.50 this week though. (I ate it on a sandwich with luxury butter and Ikea cheese and it was good).

Bravo: 38 oz of Heinz ketchup is $2. Stock up! (I have ketchup in my cabinet waiting for action, so I won't. But you should.) A pound of different Krasdale cheese is $3.49. That could be good for a burrito. Sour cream is $1.50 which could also be good for a burrito. The avocado price is not good, so it shall not be mentioned. White mushrooms are $1.50 for 8 oz. That's good.

Ozzies (fka Associated): Peaches are $0.99/lb. I can make peach salad! Cans of Starkist tuna are $0.89. Starkist is my favorite tuna brand because it's from Pittsburgh. I used up all my tuna this week making pan bagnat.

 

Chicken of the Sea solid white tuna is only $1 so maybe I'll get that too even though I never like it much. Flour tortillas are $2.50. That could be good for a burrito.

Key Food: This probably a lot of the same sales as Ozzie's because they are both distributed by Key Food. Peaches are $0.99. A watermelon is cheaper here: $4. And Key Food has 9 pages of sales so maybe more stuff is on sale. 18 beers are $9 after the digital rebate. A bag of lemons is $2. I could make limoncello. That's nice for summer.

C-Town: A can of pineapple juice is $2.29. That's the best price I've seen in a while. A can of olives is $1.49. I need those. A lot. I can make tapenade.  Cool Whip is $1.50. I can finally make Koolaid Pie! Cream cheese is $1.50. I should stock up on that for cheese balls and pimento cheese.

All the good sales at Key Food are over

From before Thanksgiving through the new year, Key Food had such good sales on the things I want. Mainly mushrooms and all types of cheeses, but also roasted red peppers, olives, etc. But that seems to be over now. I won't buy anything this week.

I went on Thursday, the last sale day, to get 2 more packages of mushrooms (sliced cremini and regular for $1.67 each) and pepper jack and cheddar. The cheeses were supposed to be $1.99, and they were on Monday, but they rang up at $2.49. I didn't feel like corrected them, so I am just complaining now.

That was also the first time I used my Discover Card in real life in years and years. It's giving me 5% back on groceries this quarter. That also means it's the first time I didn't have my American Express in my wallet in years.

Parrot Coffee in Ridgewood, Queens: The place for olives

I've been buying a lot of olives lately from Gala Foods because they are $5.99/lb and good and I also started drinking a lot of fino sherry and I live the tapas lifestyle. I will still buy olives there, especially the spicy ones, because it is the closest grocery store to my apartment (I have 5 within 4 blocks, but it is the closest.)

But today I went to Parrot Coffee in Ridgewood, Queens on Myrtle Ave. I didn't see any coffee, but I saw a lot of eastern European foods and a lot of inexpensive olives.

Here is what I bought.

From left to right, there are sprats (which are fish), kalamata olives, alfonso olives, harissa, and tahini. And everything was cheap!

The receipt has the alfonso olives labeled wrong, but they were still $4.99/lb. There was a much bigger container of tahini for not much more, but this size will last me two years unless I learn other things to make with it besides hummus. I have never eaten a sprat.

There was also Bulgarian feta that was $2.99/lb I want to try.