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Full Basket Program: How Cully and Rocky Butte Are Building Food Access That Lasts

Full Basket Program: How Cully and Rocky Butte Are Building Food Access That Lasts

Jul 28, 2026

Full Basket Program: How Cully and Rocky Butte Are Building Food Access That Lasts

Jul 21, 2026

Portland Grocery Prices: 5 Stores Hit All-Time Highs in June 2026

Parkrose Lost Its Grocery Store. Now the Community Is Building the Store It Wants

Parkrose Lost Its Grocery Store. Now the Community Is Building the Store It Wants

Grocery Outlet closed in Parkrose after months of stalled lease talks. At a press conference in late July 2026, owner Don McKeever and his backers put real numbers behind a fall reopening — but the lease still isn't signed.


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The Week’s Deals

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Portland Grocery Deals (July 29–Aug. 4): $1.49/lb. Chickens and $0.39/lb. Watermelons

Portland Grocery Deals (July 29–Aug. 4): $1.49/lb. Chickens and $0.39/lb. Watermelons

Chuck's has local watermelons at $0.39/lb., QFC has local whole chickens at $1.49/lb., and what to cook this week.

Jul 23, 2026

Portland Grocery Deals (July 22–28): $2.98 Milk and $0.98/lb. Peaches

Milk is finally under $3 a gallon at Albertsons/Safeway (via half-gallons), and Grocery Outlet's ground beef ties the summer's best price. Plus cheap blueberries, Dungeness crab, and bargain avocados from 25+ Portland-area stores.

Jul 16, 2026

Portland Grocery Deals (July 15-21): $0.99 Eggs and $2.48 Local Butter

Grocery Outlet still has eggs at $0.99 a dozen, Roth's has local butter at $2.48, and WinCo has sweet corn at a quarter each — plus deals from 20+ Portland-area stores, five new recipes, and this weekend's best food events.

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Guides

How to Make a Meal Plan You'll Actually Stick To

Jul 1, 2026

How to Make a Meal Plan You'll Actually Stick To

The secret to meal planning is starting with your needs and building from there. Use this simple framework to create a system you'll actually stick with.

Guides

The Viral Deli Meal Prep Hack: Here's What We Found at Costco and Whole Foods

Jun 30, 2026

The Viral Deli Meal Prep Hack: Here's What We Found at Costco and Whole Foods

We bought prepared deli trays at Costco and Whole Foods, ran the math on cost per meal, and found out whether the viral $35 meal prep hack actually delivers savings — or just delivers convenience.

Guides

Fred Meyer and QFC Just Made Your Rewards Points Way More Useful

Jun 27, 2026

Fred Meyer and QFC Just Made Your Rewards Points Way More Useful

Kroger's updated program lets Portland shoppers choose between fuel discounts or dollars off groceries — plus a summer bonus points push running through July.

Guides

Why Cashews Are So Expensive

Jun 16, 2026

Why Cashews Are So Expensive

Scoop a pound of whole raw cashews at New Seasons and it's $17.99 — one of the priciest things in the bulk bins. The reason involves a fruit you've never seen, a compound found in poison ivy and some genuinely dangerous work. Plus a bulk-bin tip that saves you nearly 30%.

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Portland Price Tracker

Portland Grocery Prices: 5 Stores Hit All-Time Highs in June 2026

Jul 21, 2026

Portland Grocery Prices: 5 Stores Hit All-Time Highs in June 2026

Five Portland grocery stores just posted their priciest basket totals of the year last month — in the same month. Here's what's driving it, what fell to new lows, and where to find the cheapest prices in Portland right now.

Taste Tests

We Blind-Tasted 7 Store-Brand Salad Dressings From Portland-Area Grocery Chains

Jul 14, 2026

We Blind-Tasted 7 Store-Brand Salad Dressings From Portland-Area Grocery Chains

We put Ranch and Italian from seven Portland-area store brands through a blind taste test. One store swept the field by double digits — and the results weren't what our readers predicted.

Portland Price Tracker

WinCo Portland Price Check: What Checking 13 Stores On 1 Day Showed Us

Jul 7, 2026

WinCo Portland Price Check: What Checking 13 Stores On 1 Day Showed Us

We sent 13 volunteers to 13 Portland-area WinCo locations on the same day. Prices on branded goods are rock solid. The bulk bins are a different story.

News

Fred Meyer and QFC Just Made Your Rewards Points Way More Useful

Jun 27, 2026

Fred Meyer and QFC Just Made Your Rewards Points Way More Useful

Kroger's updated program lets Portland shoppers choose between fuel discounts or dollars off groceries — plus a summer bonus points push running through July.

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