{"id":1860299,"date":"2023-03-06T08:36:38","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1860299"},"modified":"2023-03-06T08:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T14:36:38","slug":"salvage-grocery-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/salvage-grocery-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know About Salvage Grocery Stores"},"content":{"rendered":"Inflation has driven the price of groceries<\/a> up for Americans for over a year, and it doesn't show signs of slowing. In an effort to save money, many families are looking for creative ways to cut food costs<\/a>.\r\n\r\nSalvage grocery stores might be the solution to stretch your grocery dollars. According to some reports, salvage grocery stores help shoppers save as much as 50%! At the same time, these stores help reduce food waste by giving products a second chance to be \"rescued\" and sold at a discount rather than tossed out.\r\n\r\nHere's what you need know about how salvage grocery stores work and where to find one near you.\r\n

What Is a Salvage Grocery Store?<\/h2>\r\nA salvage grocery store is a type of discount retail store that offers food products that traditional grocery stores are unwilling (or unable) to sell. Sometimes called outlet grocery stores, shoppers can often score deep discounts in exchange for buying products that are near or past their expiration or suggested \"sell by\" dates, dented cans, out-of-season items or overstocked items. Some salvage grocery stores may also sell imperfect produce, baked goods and meat.\r\n

Where Do Salvage Grocery Stores Get Items?<\/h2>\r\nThe items that end up on the shelves of a salvage grocery store often start out at a manufacturer, distributor or store. When one of these entities no longer wants certain items to remain in its inventory (such as foods that are not selling fast enough or products that are slightly damaged), it may reach out to a third-party food liquidator.\r\n\r\nOnce the unwanted products are in the hands of food liquidator, there are several potential paths they might take. The products could end up at food banks, with salvage-type food delivery services (like Misfits Market<\/a> or Imperfect Foods<\/a>), at dollar stores<\/a> or, you guessed it, on the shelves of salvage grocery stores.\r\n

Is Food at Salvage Grocery Stores Safe to Eat?<\/h2>\r\n\"Two\r\n\r\nThe government inspects the food you buy from a salvage grocery store like it inspects food at traditional grocery stores. So as long as you follow some key rules of thumb, consuming items you purchase from a salvage grocery store should be safe.\r\n