![]() With 238 locations predominantly in California, making up an impressive 94% of all stores nationwide, it's safe to say that most Californians have encountered, if not stepped foot in, one of these establishments. In June 2023, ranked number one this warehouse-style grocery chain that caters to both individual shoppers and small businesses with a wide range of bulk products at competitive prices. You might be surprised to learn which one got the top spot. Even so, there's something special about doing your grocery shopping the old way, isn't there? Recently, a popular online platform made a list of the top 10 best bargain grocery stores in Los Angeles, based on customer reviews. “I’m going to get more of those cookies rn,” she texted.If you live in Los Angeles and do not possess a magic pantry that refills itself - you most likely do your grocery shopping just like the rest of us! You've probably seen how grocery shopping has changed, with more and more people switching from real-life shopping carts to digital ones on smartphone apps. My mom recently sent me a photo of a receipt in which the $3.97 she spent on two bars of chocolate and three packs of cookies was dwarfed by the $13.98 in savings. At the bottom of every receipt, in bold, you’ll find the amount that you allegedly saved by shopping at GOBM instead of a mainstream supermarket. That eclecticism is part of the appeal, and the rush of the fleeting deal is baked right into the premise. “There’s certain things I know they’re going to have regularly,” he says, “but mostly it’s a fun trip to see what’s in stock this week.” For Richdale, who lives in San Francisco, jaunts to his neighborhood Grocery Outlet supplement trips to the farmers market, food co-op, and Bi-Rite. Go in with a list of ingredients for a specific recipe, and you will likely need to hit up a second store to fill in the gaps. You will always find butter (in more conventional increments) at GOBM, as well as milk, eggs, produce, an impressive selection of organic foods, and alcohol, in the states that permit it. Sure, the butter came in 100 individually wrapped pats, but what’s a little inconvenience in the face of such a deal? In a coup that has become part of family lore, my mom once scored 2.2 pounds of Kerrygold butter for the unbeatable price of $3.99. New stock comes in daily and quantities are finite, so if you don’t want to miss out on the 99-cent smoked salmon, you need to be in the right place (aisle 5) at the right time. The store rewards these frequent visits, as well as “GOBM tourism” to other franchised locations with different goods. This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. That’s literally a small price to pay for something that could possibly be good (although probably not). Maybe there’s no room in your budget for ice cream, unless that ice cream is stout-chocolate-pretzel Häagen-Dazs, and it’s only ten cents. But a scavenger hunt through Grocery Outlet’s aisle is an exercise in joy. With inflation at its highest rate in forty years, consumers are streamlining shopping lists-we have less discretionary budget for silly little snacks and impulse buys when the price of eggs is up 33% year over year. A carton of plain Greek yogurt could still be cheaper than at your local market, but it’s the tub of matcha coconut yogurt that will be a downright steal. While GOBM offers pantry staples, I’m drawn to its frivolous, cheap thrills. This includes food close to its expiration date and seasonal items that are no longer in season: Expect lots of candy cane-flavored everything come February. Its business model is built on opportunistic buying GOBM takes surplus goods off the hands of mainstream grocery stores at bargain basement prices, passing those savings along to the customer. ![]() ![]() GOBM (as it is known in my family) originated in San Francisco in the 1940’s and has since expanded to seven other states. If those toys were food items, they would find themselves at Grocery Outlet Bargain Market, a supermarket franchise that I love with the passion some people exhibit for K Pop idols, or Disney. Each possesses a flaw that, while seemingly minor, relegates it to the island, unwanted and unloved. There’s the train set with square wheels, the squirt gun that shoots not water but jelly, the unfortunately named Charlie-in-the-box. ![]() On the Island of Misfit Toys, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer encounters a forlorn community of would-be Christmas gifts.
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