Grocery Outlets: Gaining Popularity

Grocery outlets are gaining popularity in some areas of the United States. What are Grocery Outlets? They are stores that feature close-outs from the grocery industry. Items are purchased when they don't sell well at grocery and national chain stores and sold at outlet prices. There are also some items near or recently past expiration dates. Many items find their way to outlet shelves because companies changed the packaging. There are name brand and store brand items.
There are no fancy displays at most grocery outlets and cashiers ring all items by hand. Food is stacked in warehouse fashion. They do not accept coupons.

In Pennsylvania there is a grocery outlet chain called Sharp Shopper. I love to shop there because I can pick up items at really great prices when coupons aren't available for them. Many times prices are lower than I could have paid even after a coupon. Here are just a few examples of the prices I saw at the Sharp Shopper today:

Land O'Lakes Packaged Cheese - $.99

Box of Fiber One Bars - $.50

1-lb. of Pretzels - $.79

Food Land Turkey Hot Dogs $.50

20 pack Hot Dog Buns $1.25

Ians All Natural Organic foods - $1.39

Delmonte Canned Fruit $.50

Quaker Oatmeal Pancake Mix - $1.35

Kraft Marshmallows - $.33

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The store where I shop has most of the things regular stores do. Produce, dairy, canned goods, toiletries, dog foods, laundry soaps, and frozen foods are neatly stacked. You can't always count on the items you see one day being there the next but there is always something new in its place.

There are grocery outlets in many states. Here are a few I've found:

Grocery Outlet, Inc. - Texas, California

Call 1-877-GR8-BUYS for a store near you.

Amelia's Grocery Outlet - Lancaster, PA & Southeastern PA

R Grocery Outlet - Ohio

The Sharp Shopper - Western Pennsylvania

Check out this CBS news article about grocery outlet stores to learn more. If you are interested in finding an outlet store near you just search "grocery outlet store + your city name" at Swagbucks or Google. You might be in for huge savings!