DATE: Wednesday, April 2, 1997              TAG: 9704010128

SECTION: FLAVOR                  PAGE: F1   EDITION: FINAL 

COLUMN: MARKET REPORT

SOURCE: BY KAREN SANTOS, VIRGINIAN-PILOT STAFF 

                                            LENGTH:   50 lines

STORES OFFER SPECIALS ON BEST OF LAND AND SEA

TAKE ADVANTAGE of these specials to prepare a surf-and-turf meal.

T-bone steaks are $3.99 a pound, mahi-mahi fillets are $5.99 a pound and farm-raised catfish is $3.99 a pound, all at Hannaford. Live lobsters (1 to 1 1/4 pounds) are $6.88 a pound, and medium shrimp are $5.48 a pound at 3 Stores, 1 Roof.

There are still plenty of roast specials available. Boneless shoulder roast is $1.48 a pound at Hannaford. At Rack & Sack, bottomless bottom round roast is $1.48 a pound. Boneless chuck roast is $1.28 a pound at 3 Stores, 1 Roof, and blade beef chuck roast is 87 cents a pound at Farmer Jack.

Other meat specials include family packs of ground beef for 78 cents a pound and Perdue pick of the chicken for 88 cents a pound at Farm Fresh. Rack & Sack offers fresh pork tenderloin for $2.98 a pound. Perdue Oven Stuffer roasters are 58 cents a pound at 3 stores 1 roof. Farmer Jack has Tyson Holly Farms whole fryers for 67 cents a pound.

Produce buys this week include avocados, two for $1 at Farm Fresh, and heads of lettuce, 47 cents each at Rack & Sack. Bananas are 19 cents a pound, yellow or zucchini squash is 43 cents a pound and strawberries are 89 cents a pound at 3 Stores, 1 Roof. Farmer Jack has cantaloupes for 88 cents each, five ears of sweet yellow corn for $1.49, and collards and curly kale at two pounds for $1.

Additional buys include 27-ounce cans of Hunts spaghetti sauce for 88 cents each at Hannaford. Farm Fresh has Sparkle paper towels, two for $1, and 18-ounce Kellogg's Corn Flakes for $1.39. A gallon of Clorox bleach is 69 cents and Oscar Mayer bacon (1-pound package) is $1.78 at Rack & Sack. Kraft cheese singles (16-ounce package) are $2.99 and 16-ounce boxes of Mueller's spaghetti or elbow macaroni are two for $1 at Farmer Jack. ON THE SHELF

Quaker's Cap'n Crunch is sailing into stores with a new snack. The marshmallow bar comes in two varieties: regular and Crunch Berries.

Individually wrapped bars are great for on-the-go snacking and lunches. Each bar contains two grams of fat and 90 calories.

Cap'n Crunch Bars and Cap'n Crunch's Crunch Berries Bars are available in eight-count boxes. at a suggested retail price of $2.39. Twenty-four-count boxes are $4.99. ILLUSTRATION: Color photo

QUAKER

Cap'n Crunch's new marshmallow bars come in two flavors: regular and

Crunch Berries.

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