Calandro’s Blog
Taste Calandro’s @ #ATasteOfTigerTailgating 2014: 8/23 | 5p-8p
We're prepping for our yearly mecca... ...to the Baton Rouge River Center to kick off LSU Tiger Tailgating in great style (and great taste) at #ATasteOfTigerTailgating 2014 (Saturday, August 23rd from 5pm -...
Calandros.com: Updated, Upgraded, and Generally Fancier!
Updated, Upgraded, and Generally Fancier! Folks - back at the end of 2010, we moved from the stone ages of our prior webhosting and web design service, and took our website in-house, where Calandro's Supermarket web experts (not really...) conceived, constructed, and...
Calandro’s Summer Wine Sale! (Thursday, 7/31 – Sunday, 8/3)
Crazy savings and discounts on some of our very best wines. Bottles available as low as $1.99 and some items discounted up to 90% below regular retail. You'll want to be here early on 7/31 too because at these prices, we don't know how long our stock will last - and...
Calandro’s Featured on WAFB Facebook Fan of the Week!
1. Do you LOVE Calandro's Supermarket? 2. Are you on Facebook? 3. Do you like free money for making groceries at Calandro's? If the answer to those three simple questions is yes, then WAFB Channel 9 News and Calandro's have you covered with the...
Do you hear the people sing?!
Do you hear the people sing? Singing the song of angry men? It is the music of the people wanting their Wild Turkey again! ...If you sang along, we praise your beautiful singing! It's the haunting, yet catchy melody from the famed musical "Les Miserables" about the...
The Angels have landed.
Angel's Envy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, we welcome you. Well, if there ever could be an envious angel, you'll find a few on our shelves. Come by soon.. very soon.. to claim your bottle of Angels Envy, a 6-year-old bourbon finished in port wine barrels. Priced...
WAFB Channel 9 “Find the King Cake Baby” Contest
WAFB Channel 9 in Baton Rouge and Calandro's Supermarket are running a King Cake contest where if you can find the baby in WAFB's virtual king cake online, you can register to win one of 9 king cakes being given away during the Mardi Gras Season. If you find the baby...
Calandro’s Winter Weather Store Hours Update…
UPDATE (1/29/2014 @ 2:48pm): Calandro's Govt. is open now until 6pm; Perkins is closed until Thurs. morning. Both stores open @ 8am on Thurs. 1/30. Be safe out there today! Folks - with the icy, winter-y weather we'd posted on Facebook and Twitter that we would be...
Calandro’s New Salad Bar Oil / Vinegar Dressings & Samples
Try a new oil or vinegar on our Salad Bar today - it just might blow your mind! Many of you have discovered the wonderful, fresh, and healthy salad bar we introduced at our Perkins Rd. store earlier this year. And if you haven't - you've got to try it - its the...
Calandro’s New Salad Bar Oil / Vinegar Dressings & Samples
<img src="https://calandros.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/117853073_121254132760188_4714292736415062195_n.jpg" alt="" /> Ok, so it’s HOT outside. That’s why our August Wine of the Month is basically Whiteclaw for wine lovers! Refreshing, slightly...
Annual Veuve Clicquot Sale…
Get ready for the LSU vs. A&M Game, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and, of course New Years celebrations with this classic - Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label Champagne. For those of you not familiar, Wine Spectator recently (Dec. 2012) gave this champagne a spectacular...
Sushi Lovers Rejoice!
Folks - Sushi has been officially upgraded at Calandro's! While we have had sushi for some time, it had previously been made offsite. It was good, but we knew we could do better. So right now we are conducting a "soft opening" on our new live chef, made-to-order...
Spring Wine Sale
We will be holding a Spring Wine Sale this Saturday at our Perkins Rd location. Make sure to stop by and stock up!
New Belgium Has Arrived!
Craft Beer fans in Louisiana have received another gift today with the rollout of New Belgium Brewing Company. At both of our locations you will find Fat tire, Ranger IPA, Trippel, Sunset Wheat, and Shift Pale Lager. Here's to 5 o'clock!!!
Local Craft Beer Fans Rejoice!
We are proud to be carrying Lafayette's long awaited micro-brewery flagship beers. Parish Brewing Company's Canebrake is now available for sale at both Calandro's Supermarket locations. www.parishbeer.com "Canebrake is crisp and smooth... ....A new Louisiana...
ELKARITA
Elke from Elkarita will be at our Perkins Road location today from 2-5pm pouring samples of her delicious new mixer, Elkarita! It is made with only four ingredients: Water, 100% Frozen fruit Puree, Key Lime Juice, and Stevia. Read more about her and her...
A Westvleteren Lottery Story
So...the Westy 12 is here. We received four 6-packs.to sell. Due to the extremely high demand for this Trappist Ale our Perkins Road location will be holding a lottery on saturday the 15th of december. This is so that everyone can have a fair chance to purchase one....
Taste of Tiger Tailgating August 25th 5 – 8 p.m. @ the River Center
Calandro's will be at the Taste of Tiger Tailgating tonight at the River Center. We will be at booth 55 right off the center. Russell's seasoning will have brisket (while it lasts), and Momma Mia's Italian Cookies will be sampling their cookies, which have been a...
Momma Mia’s Italian Cookies
Momma Mia's Cookies are here! We are currently offering 6 varieties of Momma Mia's homemade Italian cookies: Almond Biscotti, Seed, Fig, Lemon, Cherry, and Wedding. They will be sampling in our Perkins location Saturday, Aug 4th, from 11:00 - 5:00 Check out their...
Food Truck Wroundup this evening at Government Street
The BR Foodtruck Wroundup is at our Government St. location from 5 - 8 p.m. this evening. If you don't know about the Wroundup, ask somebody cool... For a list of trucks, and what they serve, check them out here: BRFoodTrucks



















