Put on your party hats, shoppers, and enjoy some of the great celebratory values at area supermarkets and drugstores this week.

Tops on my to-do list is to stock up and save at any of five area Market Baskets, three in Nashua and one each in Hudson or Milford, where they are running some amazing specials [...]

Change is good this week for shoppers who live near area Hannaford supermarkets. The chain is altering its sales week from Friday-Thursday to Sunday-Saturday. That moves it off the schedule it shared with Stop & Shop and Shaw’s and on to the schedule of Market Basket and the CVS and Walgreen drug store chains.

To celebrate [...]

Looks like a few sweet deals this week at CVS drug stores and three area supermarkets.
Got candy? At least enough for the trick-or-treaters? Visit CVS and buy two 9.5- to 13.3-ounce bags of Mars candy (Milky Way, Snickers, etc.) for $3 and use a $1 off two manufacturer’s coupon. The deal requires an ExtraCare card. [...]

Time to look for some weekly bargains, but how do we know we’re getting good deals?

Certain fliers, from Target, Kmart, Market Basket, CVS and Walgreen, will usually list the price of the item and possibly the amount saved and whether it’s the “lowest price of the season.” Of course, that blurb may be misleading just [...]