Sliding in under a dollar a pound

Let's face it. Old school merchandisers (or old consumers) don't consider hot ad prices for produce truly hot unless they break the $1 per pound level, particularly for summer fruit items. Even by that outdated, inflation ignorant standard, we have some HOT ad prices this week in the Kansas City market. Here is a look at what produce items are advertised for July 25-July 31.

Price Chopper ( Chopper card)
Yellow peaches or Prime Time black or red plums: 97 cents/lb
Washington jumbo bing cherries: $3.99/lb
Fresh cut watermelon: 49 cents/lb
Driscoll's blackberries: 2 for $5
Green Giant whole mushrooms (8-ounce package) 2 for $3
California Bartlett pears: 99 cents/lb
British Columbia Hot House tomatoes-on-the-vine: $1.49/lb
California jumbo red onions: 89 cents/lb
Fresh green beans: 99 cents/ lb
B-sized white or red potatoes: 99 cents/lb
Sunkist pistachios: $3.99/12 ounces
Dole salad blends: 2 for $5 (10 to 12-ounce)

Dillons (plus card)
Golden ripe bananas: 39 cents/lb
red or black plums: $1.49/lb
Jumbo kiwi: 3 for $1
Peaches, nectarines or green grapes: $1.69/lb
Tomatoes on the vine: $1.99/pound
New crop Australian navel oranges: 2 for $1
Driscoll's strawberries (1 lb) or blueberries (pint): 2 for $5
Fresh corn on the cob: 5 for $2
Northwest sweet red cherries: $2.99/lb
Private Selection organic salads 5-ounce: 2 for $6
Ripe cantaloupe: 2 for $4


Hy Vee
(in store sampling Friday July 27 4-7 pm and Saturday, July 28 10 a.m. to 2 pm for Great White nectarines, Stemilt cherries, Kandy label honeydew melon, Ripe N Ready peaches or sweet red peppers)
Thompson seedless grapes: 99 cents/lb
Great white nectarines: $1.48/lb
Kandy label honeydew: $1.99 each
Ripe N Ready peaches; $1.48/lb
Sweet red peppers: 3 for $2
Stemilt cherries: $3.88/lb
Australian navel oranges: $1.58/lb (More Matters logo)
Driscoll's strawberries: $5.98/4-pound clamshell
Australian minneola tangelos: $1.99/lb
Dole classic iceberg: 88 cents/1-lb
Monterey baby bella mushrooms: $1.88/8 ounces
Popeye spinach: $1.88 /10-oz. bag
Purely Juice: pomegranate juice: $5.88/ 32 ounces


Hen House (rewards card)
Color ad features a blurb about Kyle Mathison of Stemilt. "Kyle Mathison's family has been growing cherries for nearly 100 years in the world's premier cherry growing region in Wenatcheee, Wash." And more...
Artisan Natural Golden Rainier cherries: $3.99/lb
Certified organic sweet dark cherries: $3.99/lb
Large summertime Calif. Bartlett pears: 99 cents/lb
Big blueberries: $5.99/ 18 ounces
Heirloom tomatoes *Twin County Farms in Rush Hill, Mo. : $3.99/lb
Fresh okra (grown by Debbie Genova in Nortonville, KS: $5/ for one quarter peck
Driscoll's Finest strawberries: 2 for $5 (1-lb)
Hearts of romaine: 3 ct: 2 for $4
Sweet to eat nectarines, peaches or plums: $1.18/lb Wiwona Packing