Produce promotions - summer deals aplenty

Consumers better enjoy summer produce deals while they can get them, and there is a pretty broad range of bargains available right now.

The weekly food ads in the Kansas City market featured "mega-fresh" savings from Hy-Vee, with a three day ad (Aug. 21-23) for bananas at just 39 cents per pound and a 5.6 ounce container of Oregon blackberries at $1.98. Meanwhile, the Aug. 20 to 26 ad featured homegrown muskmelon at 3 for $5 and Colorado peaches at $1.38 per pound. Olathe, Colo. sweet corn was featured at 8 for $2.88, with mangoes at 3 for $2 and thompson seedless grapes at $1.28 per pound.

Hen House countered with locally grown seedless watermelons at $3.49 each and a locally grown peaches at $4.50 per basket.

Price Chopper's three day sale (Aug. 21-23) featured red seedless grapes at 99 cents per pound and Dole classic salad mix at 10 for $10(!!??), while their weekly ad (Aug. 20-26) highlighted peaches for 99 cents per pound and new crop California bartlett pears or California red or black plums for $1.19 per pound.

All in all, some pretty attractive summer fruit bargains this week.