Grocery Outlet is AWESOME.

The economy sucks right now and even groceries are getting expensive. Since Ivan & I are trying to curb our spending and live on a budget, I have been looking at just how much we spend on groceries.
So today, I decided to go to Grocery Outlet... a store whose name alone makes me think of dusty packages of expired generic food. I put my prejudice aside and decided to go in. Oh. My. Gosh. This store is awesome.
I know this is too much information, and you probably don't care, but I am telling you anyways. Here is my own product list and comparison, just like they do at Winco or Albertsons... lol. I was on a time crunch (and had no fridge) since I went on my lunch break, but they do sell perishables and produce at great prices too.

~~~ I bought ~~~
- 4 bottles of Amys Organic salad dressing (healthy AND delish)
- 4 bottles of wine (Cab, Rose, Pinot Gris & a blend)
- Peanut Butter cracker sandwiches (my favorite!)
- 3 Marinara Sauce (Name brand)
- 1 Alfredo Sauce (Also name brand)
- Tortilla chips (generic but not expired or dusty)
- Tostitos Nacho Cheese dip (cause everyone needs a little cheese)
- Ocean Spray diet cran-grape juice (6 pack of individual bottles)
- Irish Spring body wash (cause it makes Ivan smell gooooood!)
- Ceramic Glazed plant pot (very elegant - creme & espresso colored)
- 6 superduper big scented candles (I bought the same ones at Target & Walmart a few weeks earlier, so I KNOW these are good)
~~~ GRAND TOTAL ~~~
$44.08

Amazing isnt it? :) At any other store I would have spent around $60 on just the food, drinks & body wash, even with sale prices. The candles and ceramic pot would have cost about $70 at Target! It would have cost about $130 for everything I bought. Which gives me a total savings of...... drumroll......... $85.92.

Totally worth digging through the dusty expired generic crap. Don't you think?