This week’s sales circulars suggest it’s a better time to be looking for deals at supermarkets than drugstores or retail stores.

There appear to be bargains at area Hannaford, Shaw’s and Stop & Shop markets.

You need look no further than the cover of the Hannaford flier to find good prices: whole young Grade A chicken is [...]

The best bargains in the area this week appear to be at CVS and Market Basket.

The drugstore chain will reward its loyalty ExtraCare cardholders with 12-packs of Pepsi priced at four for $9 (after $3 in ExtraBucks). Cardholders who spend $25 on Cottonelle bath tissue, Viva towels, Huggies diapers, Kleenex, Kotex, Depend or Poise will [...]

This looks like a good week to be buying fruit at supermarkets throughout the area.

Both Market Basket and Shaw’s are selling bananas for 39 cents a pound, Market Basket lists 1-pound containers of strawberries for $2.50 and California cantaloupes for $1.50 and Hannaford has tote bags of McIntosh apples priced at 69 cents [...]

This week’s Market Basket circular has good bargains on foods and beverages from cover to cover.

We see special prices on Perdue Oven Stuffer roaster chickens (79 cents a pound), six-packs of Thomas English muffins (99 cents), half-gallons of Dole 100% Juice Blends ($2) and 12-packs of Bass Ale ($9.99) that are probably close to what [...]