Good prices on a couple of items as advertised in its weekly flier may not be enough to draw me to a supermarket or drug store – unless I’m driving by. But if a market or drug store has a handful of items on sale and if the advertised prices are among the lowest [...]

There’s less than a week until Halloween, and one supermarket and one drugstore have good prices this week on popular candy brands. Plus, a special offer at the Milford Stop & Shop beckons savvy shoppers to stop and save.

From Friday-Thursday (Oct. 23-29), the Milford Stop & Shop has 48-ounce containers of Turkey Hill ice cream [...]

Just about two weeks to go until Halloween (when you’ll officially need that extra bag or two of candy), so offers in Walgreens‘ weekly circular are timely. And some of the deals in the Market Basket flier are to buy for, too.

From Sunday-Saturday (Oct. 18-24), Walgreens has various fun size candy bags from Mars, Nestle [...]

Lobsters – at a good price – are a featured special this week at a couple of area supermarket chains, and there are also deals on chicken, turkey and beef for your dining pleasure.

From today-Thursday (Oct. 9-14), all area Shaw’s have live lobsters up to 1.25 pounds selling for $4.99 a pound. And that’s before [...]

The fliers from area Shaw’s supermarkets and Walgreens drug stores suggest they have the specials that are worth a shopping trip this week, and be sure to check the manufacturers coupons in The Sunday Telegraph circulars for added savings.

From today-Thursday (Sept. 25-Oct. 1), all area Shaw’s have Eastern apples, including McIntosh, Empire and Cortland, [...]

Some good grocery and meat deals at Hannaford and a chance to get a discounted seasonal flu shot at Stop & Shop pharmacies caught our eye among the weekend and Sunday circulars in The Telegraph.

From Sunday-Saturday (Sept. 20-26), Hannaford markets in Nashua, Hudson and Londonderry have select 6-ounce Breyer’s yogurts for 40 cents, 22-ounce [...]

Scarier than a mob of young ghosts or goblins heading toward our door and yet more tempting than a bag full of Butterfingers are the ads for Halloween candy sales that are in some of the Sunday fliers this week. It’s too early, please.

While we don’t need to eat candy, and certainly not that [...]

Another week, another seven breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Despite some enticing four-day specials at Shaw’s and Stop & Shop , Market Basket again has the week in, week out values that I’ll be stopping for this week.

From Sunday-Saturday (Sept. 6-12), Market Basket has center cut pork chops (bone in) for $1.69 a pound, New [...]

And the winners among this week’s supermarket fliers are . . . Shaw’s and Market Basket. Frankly, it’s rare when a chain that seems to focus on a few specials (like Shaw’s, Stop & Shop or Hannaford) can top the deals at Market Basket, where the specials run from cover to cover of the flier. But this [...]

A quick glance through the new supermarket and drugstore fliers tells us that there are some bargains to be had this week.

From Sunday-Saturday (Aug. 16-22), Market Basket has boneless, skinless chicken breast for $1.99 a pound, bananas for 39 cents a pound, romaine lettuce for 69 cents each, Chef Boyardee canned pasta 80 cents [...]