We have a "grocery outlet" chain out here. It is great. It is like a normal grocery store. It is a little more "industrial" because they don't have real shelving and things are put out in their boxes. They have a shelf, but is is just a long flat shelf the whole aisle long. The shelving like that also allows them to accommodate the different items they have to put out.
On their sign, they say that they have funky brands because they buy overages and the rest of "test" product runs and such. They also buy mislabeled things. I have found off-brand (like store brand) coolwhip with one brand name on the bowl part and a different brand name on the lid.
They also buy things that didn't pass the quality control checks. They have frozen "cream" pies (peanut butter, chocolate, etc) that the whip cream on top isn't totally pretty or it is missing a dollop or two here or there. They taste fine, but they just aren't as pretty. I don't care if my pies aren't totally pretty.
You definately have to watch the prices though. Sometimes, the prices are higher than what you can find on sale.
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