Australians are saving hundreds of dollars on their grocery bills at a little-known ‘mega discounter’ in Melbourne.
Bargain Depot Epping, one of Australia’s largest branded grocery outlets, is helping shoppers survive the cost of living with dramatically discounted purchases.
The store carries brands like Oral B, Sakata, Bondi Sands, Chicken Tonight, T2 drinks, Sukin beauty products, Doritos, Lotus Biscoff, Aveeno and Continental Soup, and most items are only $1 or $2.
Bargain Depot also offers a wide variety of American party supplies, candy, and drinks.
The store manages to keep costs down by sourcing from wholesalers and manufacturers looking to liquidate their surplus, short-dated, seasonal or end-of-line stock.
Australians are saving hundreds of dollars on their grocery bills at a little-known ‘mega discounter’ in Melbourne
Shoppers can find deeply discounted cleaning products in the store.
The Epping fashion hotspot is shopper Carla Perichon’s favorite place to buy cheap brands.
“You won’t find deals like this anywhere else,” he said in a gushing TikTok video.
Visits are her “favorite time of the week,” and the shopper posts a video of herself. loading a full-sized cart with lots of snacks and discounted beauty products.
She makes it a point to visit the store regularly before her usual fresh food shopping to stock up on bulk products and sale items.
The Epping hot spot is shopper Carla Perichon’s favorite place to buy cheap branded products
Bargain Depot’s range includes groceries, beauty supplies, cleaning supplies and many more useful items.
Bargain Depot isn’t the only store offering a competitively priced alternative to Woolworths and Coles.
Skippy’s Fresh Frootz in Victoria Point, Queensland, which opened six years ago, is another rare haven for shoppers in Australia right now.
Its objective is to “expose” the large supermarket chains by selling cucumbers and avocados for 5 cents with great discounts and baskets of strawberries for 4 dollars, prices much lower than those of its main competitors.
Skippy’s focuses on selling greater volumes of product without prioritizing profits
Elijah Etri of Skippy’s said in relation to price gouging by big supermarkets: “Australians need to break away from convenience to challenge these big supermarkets doing the wrong thing.”
Customers recommend Sydney shoppers looking for a savings experience similar to Melbourne’s Bargain Depot to try Ten Peaks in Sydney’s Penrith.
Bargain Depot in VIC also has another store located in Cranbourne and is open seven days a week from 9am to 6pm, you can keep up to date with their latest offers by viewing their new arrivals online page.