Fresh Produce Discussion Blog

Created by The Packer's National Editor Tom Karst

Monday, February 4, 2008

Valentine Time - Feb. 6-12

Retail food page ads emphasized roses and hearts for the week of Feb. 6-12. HyVee featured a dozen roses for $25 (Celebrate togetherness)with Hen House offering a double dozen at $35 (twice the love, twice the roses) while Price Chopper offered a dozen roses for $24.99 and Wal-Mart offered a dozen for $19.96.

Here are some headliner produce ads:

Hen House
California navel oranges - 4 lb bag (2 for $3)

Hen House Inside
Red seedless grapes: $1.99/lb
Vine ripened cantaloupe: 2 for $5
Hot House tomatoes: $1.69/lb
Iceberg lettuce: 99 cents each
Red bell peppers: 5 for $5
Earthbound Farm Certified Organic grape tomatoes: 2 for $5 (10 oz. package)

Price Chopper
Fresh green asparagus $1.49/lb

Price Chopper inside
California large navel oranges: 4 for $1
Nectarines, peaches, plums: $1.99/lb
Roma tomatoes: 99 cents/lb
Large baking tomatoes: 2 lbs for $1
Texas Ruby Red grapefruit: 2 for 99 cents
Earthbound Farm Organic Romaine Hearts: 2 for $5

HyVee
Front page
Golden cantaloupe: $1.88 each
Dole Iceberg lettuce: 77 cents/head

HyVee Inside
Washington pink lady apples: $1.38/lb
Texas Rio Star grapefruit: $5.99/18 lb bag
Mini sweet watermelon: $2.99 each
Monterey whole white mushrooms: $1.28/8 oz package
Red strawberries: $2.99/16 oz. package
Braeburn: 99 cents/Braeburn
Jumbo stem strawberries: $6.99/16 oz. package
HyVee salad blends: 2 for $4



Aldi
Del Monte bananas 37 cents per lb
California navel oranges; $1.69/lb
Blueberries: $1.29/4.4 ounce package
Grapefruit: 29 cents each


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