This Is This Week

This week, I hit the gluten-free bagel motherload.

Do you have a local grocery outlet nearby? I highly encourage you to do your research because the discounts could really save you a ton.

In the current food climate, these costs savings can be invaluable.

My family has a number of dietary restrictions and the cost of food is expensive to begin with – gluten free, low- or no-grains (corn is particularly troublesome, eliminating many of the common gluten-free options), dairy free.

I’ve developed some mutually beneficial relationships with the staff at my local grocery outlet. When they have products that I frequently purchase, many of the staff members will alert me on social media.

This is super helpful since “local” is a relative term and this grocery discount store is still roughly 40-45 minutes from me.

When I discover they have products in stock that I need, I or one of my friends will usually head over and stock up on various items. We can buy these discounted items in quantity, secure an extra bulk discount, and split the savings!

This week, it was my turn to trek over to the store.

I was on the hunt for frozen fruit and gluten-free bread products. Some visits, I score an entire month’s worth of groceries for a steal and other trips, I regret the cost of gas to go; but I do always find something!

My finds

Gluten-free bread has been challenging to come by on sale or clearance recently, and with my one child’s corn intolerance, the pickings have been even more slim.

This week, I SCORED.

The store had an entire pallet of the gluten-free bagels that our family can eat. Praise Jesus!

Normally, these bagels retail for $7.29 for 4 bagels (which should be illegal).

The grocery outlet had them marked $3.50/pack, but since I was willing to buy a ton, I negotiated the price to $2.75 per 4-bagel pack.

Never be afraid to ask, people!

I ended up buying 8 cases (64 packs); 256 bagels for $175 and a $4.94/pack savings!

My other finds

They also had organic frozen peaches for $1.89, so I bought them all.

That was pretty much it for frozen fruit that I could use, but they were selling fresh pineapples for $1/pineapple. I knew it would be a little extra work, but I could cut, process, and freeze these into chunks and save a ton over standard frozen pineapple prices.

The average price of pineapple is $3.19/lb frozen around here. I ended up buying enough pineapple that, once processed, I ended up with 4.6 pounds for only $5.00.

The other added bonus is that these pineapples were super ripe and sweet; sometimes the frozen variety are cut and frozen a little under ripe and end up not-so-sweet.

With my handy Pampered Chef pineapple corer and kitchen scale, processing these pineapple was actually far simpler too.

I ended up sharing pineapple with Sarah and Robyn too, and I know Sarah juiced the outer bits of the pineapple (you know the parts that always end up with little spots of skin?) and the cores to really maximize the entire fruit. Since she composts too, she benefited from this entire $1 steal!

I’d love to hear your grocery savings stories. Share in the comments below!