Grocery Outlet March 2011

[Melanie Wong]

Yesterday I made my first visit to the newly opened Gilroy Grocery Outlet.
http://www.chow.com/restaurants/5080/gilroy-grocery-outlet

Like my visit the week before to the Berkeley corporate owned store, the pickings are pretty slim these days. But I did find two items to purchase there.

Creekstone Farms Premium Black Angus Beef Burgers, 6 - 1/3 lb burgers (frozen), 32 oz. for $5.99, sell by date 5/19/11
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/din...
I was familiar with the brand because I'd had a branded steak from Creekstone at Cafe des Amis. Searching later, I found a grocery store circular in another state that offered this package for the same price. So $3/lb for frozen patties is a good price, but not necessarily discounted heavily. The patties are individually frozen, separated by wax paper and in a recloseable plastic bag. I cooked them according to the package instructions and like the taste a lot. This is a good thing to have handy in the freezer for the nights you don't feel like cooking something more elaborate.

Tropicana orange juice, sell by date of 5/7/11, $1.49

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Grocery Outlet
2001 4th St, Berkeley, CA 94710

[Ruth Lafler]

I hit the yogurt jackpot at Oakland today. Both Stonyfield "Oikos" and Brown Cow 0% fat greek yogurts in various sized containers:

$2.99 -- Oikos quart
$1.49 -- Oikos fruit on the bottom strawberry (pack of 4 4-oz)
2/$1 -- Brown Cow greek style key lime or plain
$1.49 -- Brown cow greek style pint

Most of it was in the glass refrigerator cases, not the open shelving with the other yogurts, etc.

$1.49 -- Eagle brand sweetened condensed milk (be careful, some of the other, cheaper brands are "filled" with vegetable oil)
$.79 -- Golden Grain penne, 1 lb. box
$.99 -- Polar solid yellowfin tuna in a real six-ounce can!
$7.99 -- twin-pack of 44 ounce bottles of Heinz organic ketchup (HFCS free -- chowhound wisdom is that it tastes like the original they grew up with, unlike the HFCS reformulation).
$5.99 -- Earth First paper towels (I was annoyed, I just bought some at Costco yesterday).

Last day of the wine sale and it was pretty picked over, but I got a few bottles (under Melanie's direction).

[Melanie Wong]

Some of the stuff I've bought in the last two weeks that might still be in stores.

Santa Rosa:
Mexican Coke or Fanta made with cane sugar 89¢
Niman Beef franks $1.99
Organic soy sauce, $1.99
Costa Rica 71% bar $1.99
Lindt 85% Excellence $1.49

Rohnert Park:
Spanish Turron, $1.49 - these are really good. three different kinds with almonds, crocant, and/or chocolate.

Gilroy:
Odwalla OJ, $1.49 - not buying this anymore, only marginally better than Tropicana in flavor
Lindt dark chocolate Easter bunnies, 3.5 oz, $1.99 (white and milk choco also available)

Novato:
Hansen's zero calorie 4/$1.99
Cantuccini - made in italy - $1.49, good product, went back for more, have only seen in novato
Parchment paper, $1.99

South San Jose:
De Cecco pasta, $1.49
Carrs water crackers, $1.29
Polly O whole milk mozzarella, $2.99
Stuffed manzanilla olives, $1.79

Salinas:
Illy cappuccino can, 99¢, Mom likes these, bought more
Coppola farfallone, $1.49 - cooks up gummy, not good
Panda licorice cremes, $1.49

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Grocery Outlet
1116 4th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Grocery Outlet
6335 Commerce Blvd, Rohnert Park, CA

[oniontears]

Grocery Outlet is having another one of their 20% off all wine sales. This one goes until April 3rd.

[ML8000]

Saw the Mexican Coca Cola in Berkeley today. Looked like 3 cases left.

[Robert Lauriston]

Picked up a Corsican pinot noir in Berkeley for $4.99. Not bad for the price. Belles Caves de Graton 2005 VdP de l'Ile de Beauté.

[Melanie Wong]

One of the Wine Warehouse inventory wines I saw today was 2006 Poderi Colla Langhe "Campo Romano" Pinot Nero for $13.99.

[baron45]

RWC store has 2004 Legends Merlot made by Cosentino Winery with Larry Bird's name on it. Bought at $6.99 (sign on shelf said originally $34.99).

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Cosentino Winery
7415 Saint Helena Hwy, Napa, CA

[Melanie Wong]

From the Salinas store outside the Bay Area, but worth running over to your local Grocery Outlet to see what wines might be had for $15.99 or less from the Wine Warehouse inventory. Here's my post on the Wine Board,
$15.99 Luigi Einaudi Rosso delle Langhe & Wine Warehouse Close-outs @ Grocery Outlet
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/774292

[Cary]

"Tropicana orange juice, sell by date of 5/7/11, $1.49"

I went to the one in San Jose today on Williams. I saw lots of March 7 and March 10 dates.
I also picked up a box of the beef patties. Looking forward to trying them tonight.

[Ruth Lafler]

At Berkeley today:

Stoneyfield Oikos organic nonfat Greek yogurt -- $2.99/quart (I may have gotten the last of it, though)

So Delicious coconut water lemonade sorbet bars -- $1.99 for a box of four. I tried one in the car and almost went back for more. I don't know how big a bargain they are, but they really are so delicious with a wonderful creamy texture. I didn't buy, but they also had Ben & Jerry's Chocolate Fudge Brownie, Mission to Marzipan and Vanilla.

The "wine lovers" chocolates are down to 99 cents a tin -- only a couple different types in the 50 percent cocoa solids range left

Del Monte Harvest Select sliced bartlett pears in "extra light syrup" 99 cents a 20 ounce jar

[ML8000]

In the Berkeley store I picked up a vacuum package of two bacon wrapped filet mignons, 12oz for $4.99. Haven't tried them yet. They also had Tillamook salted butter for $2.49/lb...not exactly a deal but okay.

[courtneyp]

I got the bacon-wrapped pork chops at the Berkeley store last month, and they were pretty tasty.

Also, I spotted Vicolo pizzas in the freezer section but most of them were well past their use or freeze by date. Wonder when they were actually frozen.