576865 Tue Dec 02 18:10:00 -0800 2008 16 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 4216031 San Pablo $2.29 - Mallomars Tue Dec 02 18:10:00 -0800 2008 10264 rworange 1 4216294 this afternoon at Oakland Grocery Outlet: - Fire Staton 5 India Pale Ale from Ukiah, 6-12 oz bottles, $3.99, haven't tried in yet but I like the extra hoppiness of IPA's. a link to some reviews: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4110/8708 - Newman's Own organic cilantro medium salsa, 16 oz. jar, $1.49; - Dona Maria Mole from Mexico, 9.5 oz. carton, $.99; - Jaipur Coriander Chutney, 8 oz. jar, $.99; - Newman's Own Organic Sweet Dark Chocolate and other flavors, 1.2 oz. bar, 2 bars for $1.00; - Lindt Excellence Intense Mint Dark chocolate and other flavors, 3.5 oz. bar, $.99; - Ryvita Sweet Crispbread with Fruit (currants) and Oats, 8.8 oz. box, $1.49, no fat or sodium, made in Great Britain; - Mount of Olives Mint Tea, 20 tea bags in box, $1.49, from Sri lanka with peppermint, spearmint, lime tree, olive leaves, lemon grass, grape leaves, pomegranate leaves and hyssop. also lots of chicken sausages and frozen pizzas. Tue Dec 02 19:53:27 -0800 2008 4216031 10689 zippo 1 4246444 San Pablo 69 cents - Philadelphia cream cheese 1/3 less fat ... close to expiration date 50 cents - Hunts organic diced tomatoes with basil, garlic & oregano (14.5 oz) Best by apr 07 2009 $1.99 - Maxwell House medium slow roast coffee (11.5 oz) (sell by feb 18, 2009) $2.29 - Knudson organic carrot orange juice ... the big bottle ... didn't buy it Last year they had these single serving panettonne that were greal stocking stuffers. Has anyone seen them this year? Sun Dec 14 15:59:09 -0800 2008 4216031 10264 rworange 1 4246506 Don't bother with the Betty Boop salsa. Thin and bland. Not worth the .99. Paul Newman is much better. (Sort of surreal to think of them having a battle of the salsa.) Sun Dec 14 16:27:59 -0800 2008 4216031 11231 Glencora 1 4254965 Not chow, but Oakland GO once again has Xmas trees at great prices: $34.99 for noble firs (any size) and $26.99 for sheared Douglas firs. The noble firs in particular are a great deal, as they usually start over $40 for small ones. Otherwise, slim-ish pickings: no yogurt, no premium butter. Except, if you haven't don't your holiday baking, or just want to stock up, the Hershey's chips (semi-sweet, Reese's peanut butter, Special Dark) are 2/$1. Wed Dec 17 16:03:38 -0800 2008 4216031 10159 Ruth Lafler 2 4257414 Slim-ish pickings indeed. For people who don't mind HFCS, There's one quart Crystal Springs egg nog for $1.49. There was also some refrigerated bluberry pommegranite 100% juice from Tropicana, i think, for $1.99 It comes and goes, but there is a quart of non fat half and half (who knows how that happens) for $1.49. I mention it because I saw the same thing at Raley's on sale for nearly $4. San Pablo had a special for Nature Valley Peanut butter bars (3 for $1). Expiration April 09. They are a hard bar and the peanut butter taste is good. Certainly worth 16 cents per package (two packages per box) De Cecco three color (red, green, white) penne is 99 cents for 16 oz ... woo-hoo ... someone who is actually selling a pound of something instead of 14 of 15 oz. Anyway, it might make for a nice Christmas pasta salad. The Hunts organic diced tomatoes are now available plain (2 for $1) There seemed to be lots of frozen fish at good prices ... $2.99 package ... stuff like Wild Alaskan pollock, salmon, ahi tuna ... some of it plain some of it flavored (bbq sauce, etc). Didn't take a close look at it though. Thu Dec 18 12:31:37 -0800 2008 4254965 10264 rworange 1 4255249 Hayward GO - Location: Off San Mateo Bridge, Jackson, Rt on W. Harder Rd. This time I got a few things: Mom's best quick oatmeal $2.49 x 2 El Torito salad dressing .99c Campbell's golden mushroom .79c - One friend said it's hard to find. I'm going to try it. Snow's minced clams in a can 6.5 oz for .99c Deep Cove sardine in spring water .59 x 4. Hubby tried a can & said it was awful & tasted like sawdust. So skip it. 2-pk dryer balls - supposedly it's $5.99 at other places marked down to $2.99. Tried them out. Very noisy in the dryer, not sure if it's better. They have Butter Toffee Popcorn Candy Corn in a tub 20 oz - I think they are $2, got some from a friend last time but saw a pile in the candy aisle this time. Subtotal $13.10 + .26 tax = $13.36 Credit cards taken. Wed Dec 17 18:04:24 -0800 2008 4216031 10677 hhc 2 4257256 5 different kinds of the Mothers cookies at Oakland yesterday. Frosted circus animals, gingerbread men, molasses cookies and a couple of others. Prices $1.49-$1.99. Some were in the cookie aisle but most were in an end display near the cold cuts/bacon. Enjoy! Thu Dec 18 11:43:18 -0800 2008 4255249 216552 bbq babe 3 4258771 Some possible wine gems in Berkeley although I haven't tried any yet: 2005 Flood Plain Syrah (Paso Robles) for $4.99. The sign says it was originally $19.99. 2006 Salmon Harbor Merlot (Washington) $2.99 200? EOS red wine $3.99 Thu Dec 18 22:54:47 -0800 2008 4257256 84603 baron45 3 4259164 Those Mother's cookies are supposed to ALL be $1.49 - and come January they're going down to $.99... Fri Dec 19 06:52:28 -0800 2008 4257256 80769 David Carlson 1 4278417 Another stop at Newark Grocery Outlet. Things I got Sun 12/28/08: Fat free milk $2.79 a gallon Shredded dry jack cheese exp 12/15/08 - $.99 - marked down. Hope we don't get sick. Annas Ginger Cookies 2 pk for $1.99 Triscuits Hint of Salt 9.5 oz - $1.69 Lentil beans .99 Triscuit Thin Crisps Quattro Formaggio $1.69 Banana Boat SPF 30 sunblock $2.99 Didn't buy: Xmas wrapping paper $1.99/roll - called Walgreen's & they are selling Xmas wrapping paper for $1.99/roll too. Mother's cookies: assorted, iced lemon, oatmeal $1.49 - will wait for Jan when they are .99c to get them (per David Carlson) Total $13.39. Credit cards taken. Sun Dec 28 16:48:03 -0800 2008 4216031 10677 hhc 2 4282024 Are you guys getting Oreos up in the Berkeley area? I saw them here in the OC stores. The big packages (a little over a pound) was $1.99 and the regular package $1.49. Some of the oreos were stuck together with the logos inside out. Mon Dec 29 22:22:44 -0800 2008 4278417 10246 choctastic 3 4282420 Oreos are spotty - we get them frequently, but in very small quantities. Tue Dec 30 06:30:46 -0800 2008 4282024 80769 David Carlson 3 4282639 San Pablo had some banana Oreos a few weeks ago ... chocolate cookie with banana filling. I was tempted but talked myself out of it. I saw the Mallomars at the Berkeley store too. That $2.29 price is good. Raley's was selling them for close to $5. Tue Dec 30 07:52:33 -0800 2008 4282024 10264 rworange 4 4282694 Banana Oreos? What the heck are those like? They could be really good...or really bad. Thanks to everyone, I'll have to go by Berkeley for some Mallomars. Tue Dec 30 08:10:57 -0800 2008 4282639 27275 ML8000 5 4282807 Yeah. That's what I was thinking. I focused on the really bad option and didn't buy them. There was only one package left a few weeks ago and I haven't seen them since. Maybe they were great. Maybe that's why they went quickly. Maybe I should have bought them. HFCS and all, is there such a think as a bad Oreo? Too late. Tue Dec 30 08:46:13 -0800 2008 4282694 10264 rworange 6 4283022 I've had stale oreos before, which were bad. However, the ones I got at GC were not stale at all. They were bad-ass. Tue Dec 30 09:53:24 -0800 2008 4282807 10246 choctastic