There are many ways to save money on the food bill, but according to Lifehacker, salvage grocery stores are a great way to find incredible deals on a random assortment of products. These stores, sometimes called grocery outlets, may offer savings of 50 percent or more as compared to a traditional grocer because they are often selling food that other stores are trying to get rid of for one reason or another.
If a grocery store orders too much food, damages the packaging or has out-of-season inventory, then they will sometimes move it to these secondary stores to open up space for new items. Manufacturers themselves can even bring products that have gone through a packaging change or rebrand to avoid having them in major retailers. Many larger cities will have at least one of these places available to supplement a traditional grocery budget.
Rick Good spent ten years in the newspaper business, including with The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC) and The Greenville News (Greenville, SC). He co-wrote, with Melinda Coleman, Rutledge to Riley: Governors of South Carolina, 1776–Present (Published by The Greenville News), and is the author of Mind Games Trivia #1 (Amazon). He has recently spent 15 years creating original trivia content through Sounds Good Mobile Entertainment and continues that with his new company, SGME Software. He edits The Smart Reader’s money, real estate, and business coverage.
