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Steep Hill Food Co-op’s next no-markup day is Thursday, 2 April. This means non-working members save 13% and non-members save 25% off their bills. Working members will get a further 10% off shelf prices. It’s a great chance to stock up.

Steep Hill carries:

• Bulk organic grains, flours, cereals, nuts, seeds and beans (some locally-grown)
• Organically-grown fruits, vegetables and juices
• Locally-baked goods and baking needs
• Organic/free-range eggs
• Organic beef, naturally-raised chicken and pork, and Saskatchewan fish
• Herbs, spices, coffees and herbal teas
• Special dietary needs
• Personal care and household items

No-markup day at Steep Hill Food Co-op

When: Thursday 2 April, 11:00am-6:30pm

Where: Steep Hill Food Co-op, 730 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon, SK (Google map)

For more information: Steep Hill Co-op, (306) 664-4455

Yesterday I saw a bunch of 100g Green & Blacks organic chocolate bars–milk, dark & white–in the bin next to the checkout at Blockbuster Video on 8th Street for $1.99. I’m not sure if they are on clearance or if it is a pricing mistake or a new regular price deal. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them for less than $3.99 anywhere else. Why did I only buy two?? (oh, right, because I wouldn’t be able to keep myself from eating 10 if they were in my cupboard. Maybe I should buy a time-release safe).

My source spotted a few organic produce specials at the Extra Foods on Broadway: a 3lb bag of organic BC Gala or Granny Smith apples for $2.99 and organic bananas are under a dollar. She said that organic avocados were also on sale. The flyer lists organic BC Ambrosia apples for $1.29/lb, but I’m not sure if they’re available at the Broadway location or not. The location on 51st Street has a good range of organic produce.

I also checked the Safeway flyer online and they have a lot of organic produce on sale. I like that you can search their flyer for the word ‘organic’ (or any word, obviously!): strawberries ($3.49), lots of Canadian/US apples for $1.49, celery $1.49, green peppers $2.99, Canadian white mushrooms $1.99, frozen blue/raspberries/mango $5.49, (these are all Club Safeway specials so you need to use one of their loyalty cards).

Extra Foods on Broadway has moved apples and other organic fruit further down the store to the middle aisle because the organic ‘ghetto’ section was getting too crowded. It’s great to see organic produce being normalised and put right among the ‘regular’ food. Safeway has been doing this a lot more in the past year. I was thrilled to see one of their main strawberry specials last year was all-organic and given high profile right at the front of the produce department at the 85h Street location–they didn’t even have a non-organic variety offered at all that week, which is great, considering that strawberries are one of the most chemically-treated fruits out there and a great organic choice.

Spotted at Safeway: Earthbound organic iceberg lettuce on sale for $1.47, as well as a 4lb box of organic Chinese mandarin oranges for $4.99 (our spotter got the last box of oranges on display at the 8th St Safeway that day–we’re not sure if they had more in the back or not). I haven’t seen organic mandarin oranges anywhere else, so will try to find out if more are available. Their sale runs until Saturday 13 December.

Saw at Sobey’s today that they had Bob’s Red Mill organic flours/grains on sale, as well as organic pastas by Artesian Acres (kamut linguine, spaghetti) and Eden Organics (mini alphabet soup & curly vegetable pasta). All of these things ranged from 50 cents to a $1 off; I expect the sale will run till the end of the week.

Spotted at the 2nd Avenue 10,000 Villages store yesterday…50% off Amazon Flame fair trade chocolate-covered brazil nuts (both milk and dark chocolate). These are regularly $4/85g box and are now just $1.99/box. I’m not sure if all branches of the store have this special or just this one. You might want to call ahead (242-2991) to find out if they still have them before making a special trip.