The Hidden Gem......Grocery Outlet!!!

I want to highlight a great little place that so few people seem to cover, in terms of beauty and skincare. It's a place known for great deals on edible and household items and over the past several years, (thanks in part to our tragic economy) has seen a rebirth.

Grocery Outlet.

Yep, you read it right. Now I don't know how many of you remember this chain when it was called Canned Food Outlet, but I do (showing my age, I know, I know). Back in the 80's and 90's my penny pinching father used to take me on great excursions to the far away store, (by far away, I mean like 20 miles) as our small town didn't have one at the time. There we'd search the aisles, looking for dinged up cans and sift through other nearly expired items. Yeah, as you might gather from this little story, I didn't grow up in the lap of luxury! I remember being so embarrassed because I was scared I'd run into someone that I knew and they'd discover just how poor I really was. Sad, I know. However, that's because the store had a bad image associated with it. Like creepy crack heads and prostitutes. (I'm speaking from my only association with the place which was in a very run down area.)

Today it's a totally different story. Do you remember about 5 years ago when Grocery Outlet started hitting the airwaves with massive catchy commercial jingles? They went from being the place where no one openly admitted they shopped, to an overnight heavy hitter in the grocery biz. The customers are from all walks of life now. Just check out the parking lot and you'll see busted beater cars (like mine) and high end model SUV's (Land Rovers, Mercedes...etc..). It's a far cry from the store I used to shop at with my father. It doesn't take a genius to figure out how they went from one of the biggest losers in school to one of the most popular and liked kids. When the economy tanked a few years ago, so many people were displaced and had to find a new way to live. A lot of those people gravitated to G.O. for their household needs.

Which brings me to my shopping trip this morning, where I decided to take some photos to share with you the kinds of beauty and skincare items they carry, for HUGE markdown prices. Most of this stuff is natural skincare, but I wanted to show you guys that you don't have to make pilgrimages to Whole Foods or Sprouts to get your natural care needs, or pay a ton of shipping fees by ordering from Vitacost or iherb.

Nature's Gate In the Beginning Gentle Cleaning Lotion, $5.99 at Grocery Outlet. Current price on Vitacost is $14.51! G.O. also had the accompanying toner for $5.99 as well. Great deal!

I also found a bunch of ELF products too. Various kits of lip glosses, eye looks and foundation. Prices on these ranged from $.99-7.99.

 G.O. had a large selection of Nature's Gate shampoo's and conditioner's. Most retailers sell the smaller version, (Vitacost has the 18 oz. for $4.79) while G.O. has the 32 oz. size for $5.99! Again a great bargain.

EO Essential Oil Products shampoo's and conditioner's in the large 32 oz. size, just $7.99! While the small 8 oz. sizes are going for nearly $6.00 on Vitacost.

Andalou Naturals Get Started Brightening and Clarifying kits, $9.99! (Vitacost has them for $14.33 and $13.99, respectfully.) And Kiss My Face products for $1.99!!

And finally, I found The Body Shop Body Butter Duo in macadamia for $3.99! (I checked TBS's website and it looks like this might be a discontinued product, as they only had one comparable in Sweet Pea.)

Yes, Grocery Outlet sure has come a long way! And I love walking up and down the aisles, discovering new deals. Now, I love the selection of natural items at Whole Foods and Sprout, but honestly, I can't afford their prices. Lately I have been ordering from Vitacost, but in order to avoid paying shipping fees, I have to have over $49, which is not always smart when you are trying to be thrifty. So, to find all these awesome products at Grocery Outlet for a fraction of the cost is so amazing.

Anyhow, I just wanted to share with you guys some of the hidden gems you can find at your local Grocery Outlet. Hope you found it useful!

PS- I'll be doing a review on a few of the items I bought on a previous trip soon.

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