Save your Money with Discounted Grocery Stores

Discounted grocery stores or bent and dent, as they are also known as, are great alternatives to food auctions, especially when such auctions are not very common in your area. These stores are generally surplus grocery stores where you can save around 30-50 percent on your monthly food bill. The items found in these discounted stores are quite similar to those found at the general food auctions and the inventory usually consists of items like:

• Mislabeled/ old labeled items

• Overstocked items

• At or near their sell-by dates or best-used-by dates

• Slightly damaged, ripped, dented, or bent cans and / or torn packages

• Items not selling well in the regular chain stores

Similar to the food items sold at the various food auctions, the items sold in the discounted grocery stores come with the guarantee of the USDA, stating that such food items do not pose any poisoning threat or safety hazard. However, baby food and formula is excluded from this list. Also, remember that the sell by dates refer only to the freshness of the product and not its safety.

There are many clearance aisle conducted by major retailers such as Grocery Outlet, So Low Grocery Outlet, 99 Cents Only, The Corner Cupboard, and The Dollar and Dents Grocery Store. However, they mostly sell their bent and dent items. Only few add an entire aisle dedicated for selling bent and dent items while other may have some racks that are set aside for this purpose. Thus, if you want to save a considerable amount off your monthly food bill it is recommended to purchase all that is available from these surplus stores and then buy items that you can’t find there from your local grocer.

Bargain Barn Ohio is a discounted grocery store based in Ashley and features Ashley surplus groceries from the grocery industry. These products are available because of packaging changes, over production, warehouse damage, seasonal items, or close dated product. This discounted surplus grocery in Ohio stores both private and national label brand and provide discounts well below the regular retail prices. However, being an Ashley discounted surplus grocery store our inventories constantly change due to changing availability of products.

Just like any other Ohio Bent and Dent store, this discounted surplus grocery in Ohio operates under the federal Department of Agriculture regulations.

At times, the store is asked about products’ “sell by” dates, just like any other bent and dent store, in terms of food safety. There are no standardized dating codes used by the food manufacturers; they only mention the date or time of manufacturing along with a tracking code and suggested dates, pointing towards the company’s standard for peak quality or freshness. It is important to understand that these dates are no way related to food safety. This discounted surplus grocery store in Ashley, Ohio ensures the quality of all their Ashley surplus groceries and they are safe to consume. However, if you find a bulging or leaking can product or any product with foul odor, you can bring them to the store’s attention.