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Table of Contents
Produce
Deals weren’t available at press time.
Pantry
🥫 Organic Bionaturae canned tomatoes, 28.2-oz., select varieties — 2 for $7
🍝 Organic Bionaturae pasta, 16-oz., select varieties — 2 for $5
🥣 Local Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free oats, select varieties — $6.99 each
🥣 Local organic Bob’s Red Mill rolled oats, select varieties — $4.99 each
🍜 Mike’s Mighty Good Ramen, select varieties — 2 for $4
It’s peak apple season in the Pacific Northwest right now, with fresh crops showing up at stores and markets all across Portland. (Bryan M. Vance/Stumptown Savings)
Produce
🥔 Friday only: Signature Select russet potatoes, 5-lb. bag — 3 for $5
🍐 Local Bartlett pears — $0.79 each
🍇 Grapery Cotton Candy, Tear Drops, Moon Drops, or Gum Drops grapes — $3.99/lb.
🍎 Local Honeycrisp apples — $2.49/lb.
🧅 Yellow onions, 3-lb. bag — $2.49 each
🥗 Fresh Express or Taylor Farms salad kits, or Signature Select or Bonduelle salad bowls, select varieties — $2.99 each
Protein
🐟 Friday only: Fresh rockfish fillets — $5/lb.
🐷 Fresh whole boneless pork loin roasts — $1.99/lb. (limit 2 roasts)
🐔 Signature Farms bone-in chicken split breasts or wings value packs — $2.49/lb. (limit 2 value packs)
🧀 Lucerne cheese, 6-8-oz., or milk half-gallons, select varieties — $1.49 each on first 4 (with digital coupon, earn 2x points)
🐮 Tillamook Greek yogurt or Siggi’s skyr, 5.3-oz., select varieties — $0.99 each
🥩 Trimmed tri-tip roast — $8.99/lb.
🦞 Wild-caught raw lobster tails — $7.99 each
Pantry
🍝 Friday only: Barilla pasta or Prego pasta sauce, select varieties — 3 for $5
🌽 Friday only: Mission tortilla chips, BelVita breakfast bars, or Tim’s Cascade, Hawaiian Brand, or Zapp’s potato chips, select varieties — 2 for $5
🧀 Kraft macaroni & cheese — 5 for $5
🥣 Post or Kellogg’s cereals, select varieties — $1.99 each (with digital coupon)
☕ Seattle’s Best coffee or Tully’s Coffee, 12-oz. bag — $5.99 each (with digital coupon)
Produce
🍎 Organic Gala apples — $1.49/lb.
🥒 Organic Persian cucumbers — $1.49/lb.
🥝 Organic kiwi berries, 6-oz. — $3.99 each
🍓 Seal the Seasons frozen fruit, 32-oz., select varieties — 25% off
Protein
🦐 Wild-caught cooked shrimp meat — $6.99/lb.
🐟 Fresh steelhead fillets — $14.99/lb.
🐮 80% lean ground beef — $6.99/lb.
🌱 Siggi’s plant-based yogurt, 5.3-oz. — 2 for $4
Pantry
🫙 Nutella hazelnut spread, 13-oz. — $3.99 each
🌾 Bobo’s oat bars, 3-oz., select varieties — 2 for $4
🥔 Cascadian Farms frozen potatoes, select varieties — $3.99 each
☕ Local Groundworks coffee, 12-oz. — $13.99 each
Produce
🍐 Bartlett pears — $0.79/lb.
🍎 Honeycrisp apples — $1.49/lb.
🍎 Organic Gala apples — $1.49/lb.
🫐 Blueberry pints — $4.99 each
🥬 Organic green cabbage — $0.99/lb.
🧅 Local Hermiston sweet onions — $0.79/lb.
🥔 Russet potatoes, 5-lb. bag — $1.49 each
Protein
🥚 Organic Willy’s cage-free medium eggs — $2.88/dozen (on first 3)
🥩 🐟 Mix & match meat sale, choose from local beef, chicken breasts, or seafood — 5 for $29.99
🥩 Local boneless beef top or bottom round roasts — $7.99/lb.
🍗 Local chicken drumsticks or hindquarters value packs — $2.29/lb.
🐟 Local wild-caught rockfish fillets — $6.99/lb.
🥛 Local organic Umpqua milk half-gallons, select varieties — $3.99 each
Pantry
🍞 Chuck’s Signature ciabatta bread — $4.99 each
🍞 Local Franz wide pan bread, select varieties — 2 for $6
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread thin-sliced bread, select varieties — $4.49 each
🍞 Seattle Sourdough bread rounds, select varieties — $4.99 each
🌽 Local Juantonio’s chips — 2 for $7
Produce
🍎 Local SweeTango or Pink Lady apples — $1.49/lb.
🔴 Saturday and Sunday only: Raspberries, 6-oz. — 3 for $5
🥗 Taylor Farms salad kits, select varieties — 3 for $11
🫐 Jumbo blueberries, 9.8-oz. — $3.99 each (with digital coupon)
🔴 Pomegranates — $3.49 each
🥔 Kroger russet potatoes, 5-lb. bag — $2.99 each
Protein
🥩 Boneless chuck roasts or steaks, or boneless New York strip steaks — 20% off
🐷 Bone-in pork shoulder roasts — $1.99/lb.
🧀 Kroger cheese, 6-8-oz., select varieties — 3 for $5
🧈 Challenge butter, 16-oz, or 8-count butter cubes, select varieties — $3.99 each (with digital coupon)
🐔 Just Bare frozen chicken, 24-oz. — $8.99 each
Pantry
🥣 General Mills large size cereals, select varieties — $2.49 each (with digital coupon)
🥣 Post cereals, select varieties — $1.99 each
☕ Kroger coffee, 24-29-oz., select varieties — $7.99 each (with digital coupon)
🌾 Quaker Chewy granola bars, 5-8-count, select varieties — $1.49 each (with digital coupon)
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread, select varieties — $4.99 each
🫙 Rao’s pasta sauce, 32-oz., select varieties — $6.99 each
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Protein
🥓 Royale uncured applewood bacon, 12-oz. — $4.99 each
🥓 Jimmy Dean applewood smoked bacon, 12-oz. — $4.89 each
🥚 SimplyGO cage-free extra large eggs — $3.99/dozen
🧈 SimplyGO salted butter, 16-oz. — $3.49 each
🌱 Beyond Meat burger patties, 10-count — $11.99 each
🧀 SimplyGO shredded cheese, 8-oz., select varieties — $1.99 each
Pantry
🥤 SimplyGO 100% apple juice, 64-oz. — $1.99 each (with digital coupon, limit 2)
🧀 Pipcorn white cheddar cheese balls, 4.5-oz. — $1.99 each
🫙 Rao’s vodka sauce, 2-pack — $10.99 each
🧀 Goodles Vegan Be Heroes gluten-free mac & cheese, 6-oz. — $2.99 each
🥣 Mom’s Best oats & honey blend cereal — $1.99 each
Produce
🍇 Organic black, green, or red seedless grapes — 25% off
🍎 Local organic Honeycrisp apples — $3.49/lb.
🥗 OrganicGirl salad blends, select varieties — $6.99 each
🫐 Seal the Seasons frozen fruit, select varieties — 20% off
Protein
🥩 Beef chuck roasts — $8.99/lb.
🐟 Local seafood, select varieties — 25% off
🐮 Local organic Nancy’s yogurt, select varieties — 25% off
🌭 New Seasons pork sausage links, select varieties — $6.49/lb.
🥥 So Delicious coconut milk yogurt, 5.3-oz., select varieties — 2 for $4
🧀 Local Tillamook cheese, 16-oz., select varieties — $7.49 each
🧈 Local organic Nancy’s European-style butter, 8-oz., select varieties — $4.79 each
Pantry
🥣 Cereals, select varieties — 50% off
☕ Local Portland Coffee Roasters whole bean coffee, 12-oz., select varieties — BOGO
☕ Local Water Avenue Coffee bulk coffee, select varieties — $17.99/lb.
🌾 Organic Lundberg Family Farms wild blend bulk rice, select varieties — $8.99/lb.
🍝 Organic Muir Glen pasta sauce, 23.5-oz., or Delallo pasta, 16-oz., select varieties — 2 for $7
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread thin-sliced bread, select varieties — Buy 1, Get 1 half off
Produce
🍇 Local organic grapes — $3.99/lb.
🍑 Organic yellow nectarines and peaches — $3.79/lb.
⚫ Organic black mission fig pints — $6.99 each
🍎 Organic Jonagold apples — $1.99/lb.
🥬 Local organic green or red romaine lettuce — 2 for $5
🍄 Local organic lion’s mane mushrooms — $11.99/lb.
Protein
🧀 Organic Valley cheese, 8-oz., select varieties — $4.99 each
🧀 Tofutti Better Than cream cheese, 12-oz. — $3.79 each
🥛 Oatly full-fat oat milk half-gallons — $4.49 each
🥛 Organic Califia Farms almond milk, 48-oz. — $4.99 each
🥥 Harmless Harvest plain coconut yogurt, 24-oz. — $6.99 each
🧈 Miyoko’s Creamery cultured vegan butter, 8-oz. — $4.79 each
Pantry
🍞 Little Northern Bakehouse sprouted seven grain bread — $5.29 each
🍝 Bionaturae pasta, 16-oz., select varieties — 2 for $5
🥣 Local Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free steel cut oats, 24-oz. — $5.99 each
🥒 Organic Woodstock baby kosher dills, 24-oz. — $5.49 each
Produce
🍎 Local Honeycrisp apples — $1.99/lb.
🍏 Local large Granny Smith apples — $1.99/lb.
🥗 Dole salad kits, select varieties — 3 for $11
🍇 Kroger seedless grapes, 3-lbs., select varieties — $4.99 each (with digital coupon)
🍇 Grapery Cotton Candy grapes — $3.99/lb.
Protein
🐔 Local Draper valley fresh chicken full-line — BOGO
🐟 Local farm-raised Columbia River steelhead fillets — $8.99/lb.
🍖 Bone-in pork back ribs — $3.99/lb.
🥚 Heritage Happy Egg Co. large free-range eggs — $6.99/dozen
🐮 Angus beef 80% lean ground chuck — $6.99/lb.
🧀 Local Tillamook cheese, 5.5-8-oz., select varieties — BOGO
Pantry
☕ Saturday and Sunday only: Local Cutters Point coffee, 12-oz., select varieties — $5.99 each (limit 5 bags)
🍞 Local Franz wide pan bread, bagels, or English muffins, select varieties — BOGO
🫙 Rao’s pasta sauce, 32-oz., select varieties — $6.99 each
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread or buns, select varieties — $4.99 each
🍜 Progresso soup, select varieties — 8 for $10
🥣 General Mills giant size cereals, select varieties — BOGO
Produce
🫐 Blueberry pints — $4.99 each
🍎 Honeycrisp apples — $1.49/lb.
🧅 Yellow onions — $0.50/lb.
🍐 Local Bartlett pears — $1.29/lb.
🥬 Organic green cabbage — $0.99/lb.
Protein
🥚 Organic Willy’s cage-free medium eggs — $2.88/dozen (on first 3)
🥩 🐟 Mix & match meat sale, choose from local beef, chicken, pork, or frozen or fresh seafood, or more — 5 for $29.99
🥛 Local organic Umpqua milk half-gallons, select varieties — $3.99 each
🥩 Local boneless beef top or bottom round roasts — $7.99/lb.
🍗 Local chicken drumsticks or hindquarters value packs — $2.29/lb.
🐟 Local wild-caught rockfish fillets — $6.99/lb.
🦃 Butterball frozen bone-in turkey breasts — $1.68/lb.
Pantry
🍩 Roth’s Signature apple cider cake donuts — $8.99/dozen
🍞 Roth’s Signature cinnamon swirl bread — 2 for $6
🍞 Local Franz wide pan bread, select varieties — 2 for $6
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread thin-sliced bread, select varieties — $4.49 each
🍞 Rustik Oven artisan bread, select varieties — $4.49 each
🌽 Local Juantonio’s chips — 2 for $7
🧇 Eggo frozen waffle family packs — $4.99 each
Produce
🍐 Bartlett pears — $1.49/lb.
🧅 Yellow onions — $0.79/lb.
🥕 Bulk carrots — $0.89/lb.
🥬 Romaine lettuce — $1.39 each
Produce
🍓 Yumi strawberries — $3.99/lb.
🍠 Japanese sweet potatoes — $2.49/lb.
Protein
🍖 Mishima Reserve boneless American wagyu beef short ribs — $19.99/lb.
🥓 Sliced Korean-style pork belly — $4.99/lb.
🐟 Ahi tuna sashimi block — $22.99/lb.
🦐 Whole prawns, head-on — $4.49/lb.
Pantry
🍜 Pulmuone instant ramen 4-packs, select varieties — $5.99 each
🌭 Pulmuone frozen corn dogs — $6.49 each
🍙 Pulmuone Topokki frozen rice cakes, select varieties — $5.99 each
🍌 Binggrae melona ice bar, 8-count, select varieties — $4.99 each
Produce
🍇 Organic black, green, or red seedless grapes — $2.99/lb.
🍎 Organic Honeycrisp apples — $3.49/lb.
🍎 Organic Fuji apples — $1.99/lb.
🍐 Organic Bartlett pears, red or green — $2.49/lb.
🟣 Black and red plums — $2.49/lb.
🍠 Organic sweet potatoes — $1.99/lb.
Protein
🍖 Bone-in beef short ribs — 20% off
🐟 Fresh wild-caught swordfish steaks — 20% off
🧀 Gouda cheese, select varieties — 25% off
🐷 Boneless pork loin chops — 25% off
🐑 Bone-in lamb loin chops — 25% off
🥚 Vital Farms True Blues and organic extra large eggs — 20% off
Pantry
🫒 Graza Sizzle, Drizzle, and Fizzle olive oils — 30% off
🥟 Royal Asia frozen appetizers and entrées — BOGO
☕ All packaged coffee — 30% off
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread and buns — 23% off
Produce
🍎 Honeycrisp apples — $1.86/lb.
🍐 Bartlett pears — $1.28/lb.
🧅 Yellow onions, 3-lb. bag — $1.48
🧅 White onions — $0.68/lb.
🍇 Green or red seedless grapes — $1.68/lb.
🥒 Zuchinni, gray squash, or yellow squash — $0.98/lb.
🥔 Russet potatoes, 10-lb. bag — $3.98
Protein
🐷 Boneless country-style pork loin chops value pack — $2.28/lb.
🐷 Pork shoulder roast, bone-in — $1.68/lb.
🧀 WinCo cheese, 16-oz., select varieties — $3.38 each
🧈 WinCo butter, 16-oz., select varieties — $3.48 each
🐔 Boneless skinless chicken breasts family packs — $1.88/lb
🌮 Del Real Dinners, select varieties — $6.98 each
🫘 Bulk pinto beans — $0.48/lb.
Pantry
🧁 Little Debbie muffins, 8.44-oz., select varieties — $1.98 each
🍝 La Moderna pasta, 7-oz., select varieties — $0.45 each
🥣 General Mills cereal, select varieties — $1.98 each
🥣 General Mills giant-size cereal, select varieties — $4.98 each
🥣 Kellogg’s family size cereal, select varieties — $5.48 each
☕ Red Brick Coffee holiday flavors, 12-oz., select varieties — $6.98 each
🍚 Bulk long grain white rice — $0.48/lb.
🍞 King Arthur Baking Company flour, 5-lb. bag, select varieties — $4.98 each
🍞 Local Franz wide-pan bread, select varieties — $2.78 each
🍔 Local Franz premium buns, select varieties — $3.88 each
Special Mentions
🥟 All month at Boo Han Market, get deals on Bibigo frozen foods like shrimp dumplings, rice balls, and Korean-style crunchy chicken.
🏴☠️ New items at Trader Joe’s include:
🧄 Crispy Garlic, 4-oz., for $3.29. If it’s anything like the Crispy Jalapeños, this will become a regular addition to my pantry.
🎯 Target has deals on the following through Sept. 20. (deals with Target Circle Rewards)
🥚 Vital Farms pasture raised eggs — Buy 1, Get 1 25% off
🧇 Kodiak frozen waffles and sandwiches, select varieties — Buy 1, Get 1 25% off
🍓 Good & Gather frozen fruit, 48-oz., select varieties — Buy 1, Get 1 25% off
🐮 Chobani single-serve Greek yogurt, select varieties — 7 for $7
☕ Dunkin’ bagged coffee, select varieties — $8.49 each when you buy 2
🛒 Natural Grocers has deals on the following through Sept. 30 (deals with {N}Power Rewards):
🐔 Organic Mary’s whole chickens — $11.99 each
🥒 Organic zucchini or yellow squash — $2.29/lb.
🧅 Organic red onions — $1.49/lb.
🐮 Thousand Hills 80/20 grass-fed ground beef — $7.75/lb.
🛒 Costco has deals on the following:
🥧 Cherry and cheese Danish braid — $5.99 each through Sept. 28
🍞 Local organic Dave’s Killer Bread 21 whole grain bread, two-pack of 27-oz. loaves — $6.59 through Sept. 21
🎃 Organic Nature’s Path flax granola, 35.3-oz. — $5.59 each through Sept. 21
🧀 Mini Babybel cheese, 36-pack — $9.29 each through Sept. 21
☕ Starbucks Pike Place Roast coffee, 2-lbs. — $11.99 each through Sept. 21
🥞 Kodiak Power Cakes flapjack and waffle mix, 4.5-lbs. — $8.99 each through Sept. 21
🛒 Zupan’s Market has sales the following through Sept. 23:
🍖 Local beef short ribs — $10.99/lb.
🐷 Local boneless pork shoulder — $5.99/lb.
🐔 Organic Smart Chicken boneless skinless chicken breasts — $8.99/lb.
🍝 Zupan’s Italian meatballs — $8.99/lb.
Meal Deal
We had a rockfish tacos meal deal back in June. This time, we’re putting a slight twist on them for a more traditional fish taco experience. (Bryan M. Vance/Stumptown Savings)
This week, we're taking advantage of a fantastic Friday-only deal on fresh rockfish fillets at Albertsons/Safeway to create a meal that’s quick, flavorful, and incredibly fresh. We’re making blackened rockfish tacos topped with a fresh homemade pico de gallo, a zesty, crunchy slaw, and a simple lime crema. This entire meal comes together in about 35 minutes, making it perfect for a weeknight dinner that feels like a weekend treat.
Blackened Rockfish Tacos with Pico de Gallo & Zesty Slaw
Yields: 4 servings (2-3 tacos each) | Cost: About $17.99 total (About $4.50 per serving) | Time: About 35 minutes
Featuring deals from Albertsons/Safeway through Sept. 23
Ingredients
For the Pico de Gallo:
4 tomatoes on the vine, diced
1 jalapeño, minced (remove seeds for less heat)
½ a yellow onion, finely chopped
½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped
1 lime, juiced
Salt to taste
For the Blackened Rockfish:
1 ¼ lbs. fresh rockfish fillets
1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. smoked paprika
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. onion powder
½ tsp. dried thyme
½ tsp. cayenne pepper (or more, to taste)
½ tsp. black pepper
1 tsp. kosher salt
For the Zesty Slaw & Tacos:
1 lb. green cabbage (about ¼ of a medium head), finely shredded
½ a yellow onion, thinly sliced
1 lime, juiced
8-12 corn or flour tortillas
Optional toppings: Sliced avocado, cotija cheese
For the Lime Crema:
½ cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt
1 lime, zested and juiced
Pinch of salt
Instructions
Make the Pico de Gallo: In a medium bowl, combine the diced tomatoes, finely chopped onion, minced jalapeño, and cilantro. Squeeze the juice of one lime over the mixture, season with salt, and stir to combine. Set aside for the flavors to meld.
Make the Lime Crema: In a small bowl, whisk together the sour cream (or Greek yogurt), the zest and juice of one lime, and a pinch of salt. Set aside in the refrigerator.
Make the Zesty Slaw: In a large bowl, combine the shredded cabbage and the thinly sliced yellow onion. Drizzle with the juice of one lime, toss to combine, and season with a pinch of salt.
Prepare the Fish: Pat the rockfish fillets completely dry with a paper towel. In a small bowl, mix together the smoked paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, thyme, cayenne, black pepper, and salt. Sprinkle the seasoning mix generously over all sides of the fish fillets.
Cook the Fish: Heat the olive oil in a large skillet (cast iron works best) over medium-high heat. Once the oil is shimmering, carefully place the seasoned fillets in the pan. Cook for 3-4 minutes per side, until the fish is blackened and flakes easily with a fork. Remove from the skillet and break into bite-sized pieces.
Warm the Tortillas: Warm the tortillas one at a time in a dry skillet over medium heat for about 30 seconds per side, or wrap them in a damp paper towel and microwave for 30-45 seconds.
Assemble the Tacos: Fill each warm tortilla with a generous portion of the blackened rockfish. Top with the pico de gallo and zesty slaw, then finish with a drizzle of the lime crema. Serve immediately with tortilla chips and extra pico de gallo on the side.
Cost Breakdown
1¼ pounds fresh rockfish fillets (Albertsons/Safeway deal at $5/lb.): $6.25
4 tomatoes on the vine: Approx. $1.20
1 lb green cabbage: Approx. $0.98
1 whole yellow onion (from 3-lb. bag at $2.49): $0.50
1 bag Mission tortilla chips (Albertsons/Safeway deal at 2 for $5): $2.50
12 corn tortillas:Approx. $2.33
3 limes: Approx. $1.50
1 jalapeño: Approx. $0.37
Fresh cilantro: Approx. $0.86
Pantry staples (spices, olive oil, sour cream): Approx. $1.50
Total: $17.99
Per serving (for 4): $4.50
A Final Thought Before You Go
Every deal you see in this email is the result of hours of work from a one-person operation dedicated to helping you save money. Today’s email .
I love doing this work, but I can only continue doing it with the direct support of readers like you.
To make Stumptown Savings sustainable, I’ve set a goal to reach 100 paid Savers Club members by the end of the month. I’m 10 members away from hitting that critical goal.
If this newsletter has ever saved you money or helped you discover something new, please consider becoming a member today. Your support keeps this resource going for the entire community.
Happy saving!
Bryan,
Founder/Publisher,
Stumptown Savings
