Notable market specials in the greater Charlotte NC exurb - check your local sales flyers as well (YMMV).
I love the cooler mornings and evenings of October, now that we're here. I always head into autumn thinking of the ambiance of leaves turning into amazing colors, and the wonderful smoky smell of bonfires from said leaves, once fallen, being gathered and burned.
Alas, I don't actually get that experience anymore. In North Carolina, some of the trees may turn colors, but most will not. Where I grew up in North New Jersey, the trees were often a riot of color, especially the maples and birches. I remember once heading through a birch grove on a sunny day after a rain, where the trees themselves appeared almost black against the intensely almost-blinging yellows of the leaves. Just amazing.
Which leads me to also remember the fifth season that occurred in the Northeast: wet leaf season. A combination of so many deciduous trees dropping their leaves at the first frost, and a couple of good rains, and there you are. I did quite a few 180s on these leaves as a young driver. Oh, they won't be on the main roads, but they'll be hiding in the corners and turns on the side streets, just waiting. Which is why people gather them up and take them away. (which is probably bad for your yard; I mulch them)
And of course, no one burns leaves anymore. So that smoky smell better be someone grilling something, or something's on fire that shouldn't be.
For that matter, no one burns their trash anymore either. When I was young, a lot of our neighbors had incinerators in their back yards (they looked like sooty metal cabinets), and they put whatever trash they thought would burn in there, and lit it up. Afterward, they'd rake out whatever was left and put it in the trash bin. This did greatly reduce the amount of trash one could put out, but it wasn't great for the environment. Also, more and more products came on the market with packaging that couldn't be burned safely. So those disclaimer we see on things, warning us not to dispose of it in a fire? This is likely why. they know someone is still out there with a working incinerator, itching to burn it.
Anyway, some decent specials this week, with our ever-evolving sense of what might be a good value in place:
Food Lion - with MVP Card
I love the cooler mornings and evenings of October, now that we're here. I always head into autumn thinking of the ambiance of leaves turning into amazing colors, and the wonderful smoky smell of bonfires from said leaves, once fallen, being gathered and burned.
Alas, I don't actually get that experience anymore. In North Carolina, some of the trees may turn colors, but most will not. Where I grew up in North New Jersey, the trees were often a riot of color, especially the maples and birches. I remember once heading through a birch grove on a sunny day after a rain, where the trees themselves appeared almost black against the intensely almost-blinging yellows of the leaves. Just amazing.
Which leads me to also remember the fifth season that occurred in the Northeast: wet leaf season. A combination of so many deciduous trees dropping their leaves at the first frost, and a couple of good rains, and there you are. I did quite a few 180s on these leaves as a young driver. Oh, they won't be on the main roads, but they'll be hiding in the corners and turns on the side streets, just waiting. Which is why people gather them up and take them away. (which is probably bad for your yard; I mulch them)
And of course, no one burns leaves anymore. So that smoky smell better be someone grilling something, or something's on fire that shouldn't be.
For that matter, no one burns their trash anymore either. When I was young, a lot of our neighbors had incinerators in their back yards (they looked like sooty metal cabinets), and they put whatever trash they thought would burn in there, and lit it up. Afterward, they'd rake out whatever was left and put it in the trash bin. This did greatly reduce the amount of trash one could put out, but it wasn't great for the environment. Also, more and more products came on the market with packaging that couldn't be burned safely. So those disclaimer we see on things, warning us not to dispose of it in a fire? This is likely why. they know someone is still out there with a working incinerator, itching to burn it.
Anyway, some decent specials this week, with our ever-evolving sense of what might be a good value in place:
Food Lion - with MVP Card
- Boneless Beef Chuck Roast - $5.99 / lb
- 85% Lean Fresh Ground Round - $6.49 / lb
- St Louis Style Pork Ribs - $2.99 / lb
- FL Sliced Bacon 16oz pkg - $4.49 / lb
- FL Boneless Chicken Breast - $1.99 / lb
- Large Carving Pumpkins - $3.99 / ea
- Strawberries 16oz pkg - 2 / $4
- FL Gold Potatoes 5lb bag - 2 / $5
- BOGO FL Raw Shrimp
- 61-70ct Raw 16oz pkg => $4.99 / lb
- 77-90ct Cooked 16oz pkg => $6.24 / lb
- 80% Lean Ground Chuck - $4.99 / lb
- Seedless Green Grapes - $1.99 / lb
- Honeycrisp Apples - $1.99 / lb
- Wednesday Deals - from 9/24
- Fresh Beef Sirloin Steak - $4.99 / lb
- 90% Lean Fresh Ground Grass-fed Beef 16oz - $6.49 / ea
- Fresh Whole Chicken Wings, Family Pack - $1.99 / lb
- Fresh Seas Scallops and Shrimp - $8.99 / lb
- Frozen Medium Cooked Shrimp 71-90 ct, 12oz pkg - $3.99 / ea => $5.32 / lb
- Large Carving Pumpkins - $3.97 / ea
- Blackberries 6oz pkg - $1.99 / ea
- Smithfield Fresh Boneless Half Pork Loin - $1.99 / lb
- Yellow Onions 3lb pkg - $1.49 / ea
- Jumbo Russe Potatoes 5lb pkg - $2.49 / ea
- Weekend Deals - Friday 10/3 to Sunday 10/5
- Perdue Fresh Organic Boneless Chicken Breast - $3.99 / lb
- Eggland’s Best Fresh Eggs Dozen - $2.49 / ea
- Monday Specials - starting Monday 10/6
- Italian specialties, assorted Pastas, Sauces, Antipasti and Frozen Entrées and Desserts
- Harvest-themed Items, including Pumpkin, Pumpkin spice, Ciders
- Pumpkins - $3.99 / ea
- Green Grapes - $1.29 / lb
- Spaghetti or Butternut Squash - $0.89 / lb
- Kirkwood Frozen Ground Turkey 16oz pkg - $1.99 / ea
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