A stunning national discount supermarket chain has surprised shoppers by offering a surplus of affordable luxury items.
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market offers deep discounts from brand name and private label vendors nationwide.
With 484 locations across the United States, the retailer has stores on both the East Coast and West Coast, including New Jersey, Washington, Pennsylvania, and 273 stores in California alone, according to Scraping hero.
Many of the locations operate independently and offer a variety of local options tailored to their specific areas. All items are purchased directly from manufacturers, never from other retailers.
Some of the notable sale items customers can score include ground Wagyu beef, high-end ice cream brands and manuka honey at over 50 per cent off.
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market offers deep discounts from brand name and private label vendors nationwide. (pictured: Manteca, California location)
The discount store sells Free Graze Wagyu and Kobe ground beef for $5.99, which normally sells at Walmart for a little more than $9.
The company was founded in June 1946 by James Read, who purchased surplus food from the government to sell in empty stores throughout the Bay Area.
Read originally named his company Cannery Sales, but after he acquired Globe of California, he renamed it Canned Foods.
In 1971, Canned Foods signed its first deal with American food manufacturing company Del Monte Foods, before signing with other well-known brands such as Revlon, Quaker Oats Company and ConAgra.
The first independent canned food store opened in 1973 in Redmond, Oregon.
After Read’s death in 1982, his two sons, Steven and Peter, took over the business and in 1987 it was officially renamed Grocery Outlet. About 10 years later, 100 stores were opened across the United States.
In 2001, the grocer acquired the remaining liquidated inventories of Webvan, an online grocery company that filed for bankruptcy just three years after launching.
The company acquired Wine.com, an online wine retailer, that same year after the company filed for bankruptcy.
Another great bargain the store offers is discounted manuka honey, which typically costs around $40 at other stores, while Grocery Outlet Bargain Market sells it for just $14.99.
Pints of assorted flavors of Rebel Ice Cream are currently on sale in the store for $1.99, while they normally cost upwards of $6.
In 2002, the grocer changed its name to Grocery Outlet, Inc., before purchasing 16 Yes!Less grocery stores in Texas and one in Louisiana.
In 2006, Steven Read’s son MacGregor Read and Eric Lindberg, Peter Read’s son-in-law, were promoted to co-CEOs.
Three years later, “Bargain Market” was added to the company name and Berkshire Partners, an American private equity firm, invested in the store.
The store went public a decade later and began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market in June 2019.
Effective January 2023, RJ Sheedy was named the bargain store’s new president and CEO.
According to the establishment’s website, each location has its own weekly circular filled with local discount items for each area.
The grocer has great deals on Free Graze American-style Wagyu and Kobe beef for $5.99, which usually sells at Walmart for a little over $9.
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market also offers high-quality ice cream products, including lactose-free and keto-friendly Rebel Ice Cream brand.
Currently, pints of assorted flavors are on sale in the store for $1.99, while they typically cost more than $6, according to the ice cream company’s report. website.
Other typically pricey items, including Truff marinara sauce, sell for $9.99 at the bargain store.
Other typically pricey items, including Truff marinara sauce, sell for $9.99 at the bargain store. It usually sells for $29.99 on the company’s website.
Rapper Snoop Dogg’s 19 Crimes rosé can be purchased in-store for a whopping $2.99. The bottle typically sells for $15 or more online and in liquor stores.
Another great bargain the store offers is discounted manuka honey, which typically costs around $40 at other stores, while Grocery Outlet Bargain Market sells it for just $14.99.
Manuka honey, commonly known as one of the most expensive honey varieties, is used for more than just flavor as it promotes other health benefits, including wound protection and infection prevention, according to WebMD.
The store also offers a selection of discounted wines, such as a bottle of rapper Snoop Dogg’s 19 Crimes rosé that can be purchased in-store for a whopping $2.99.
The bottle of wine typically sells for $15 or more online and in liquor stores.
High-end chocolate bars have also hit store shelves, but for much less than competing retailers.
Hu’s Organic Chocolate Company typically sells chocolate bars for about $6, according to the website, but at Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, a bar is just $1.99.
Organic chocolate company HU normally sells chocolate bars for about $6, according to the website, but at Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, a bar is just $1.99.
Other well-known brands the store sells include KIND, Justin’s, Amy’s. Udi’s, Tyson, Hillshire Farms and many more.
“Whether through packaging changes, excess inventory, or excess product, our shoppers get everything from fresh meat and produce to our natural and organic NOSH items and WOW deals we can barely believe ourselves,” the site said Web.
The company added that it owes much of its success to the “hundreds of local families” who own and operate their own stores across the country.
So come in and see for yourself. It may seem like a dream, but we guarantee the savings couldn’t be more real,” the company stated.