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Salvage Grocery Stores in California
Where to Buy Salvage Food in California
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The following companies deliver salvage groceries within California:
Misfits Market works with farmers and food makers to help them prevent food waste. The Misfits Marketplace offers fruits, vegetables, meat, seafood, cheese and other dairy products, cereals, coffee, baking supplies, beverages, pet food, canned goods, cookies and other snacks — all at prices that are up to 40% less than you'd pay at your local grocery store — delivered directly to your door.
Learn more about Misfits Market at www.misfitsmarket.com
Imperfect Foods will deliver salvage produce, grocery staples, snacks, and other favorite pantry items right to your door! To see if they deliver to you, head over to imperfectfoods.com/join and enter your zip code or view map at Imperfect Foods delivery map. Learn more about Imperfect Foods at www.imperfectfoods.com

Find a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program Near You:
Community Supported Agriculture programs can reduce your carbon footprint, reduce waste from packaging, and reduce food waste at the farm production level. CSA's are a less wasteful model that gives imperfect produce a fighting chance. Many CSA's will deliver within their local area. Find a CSA near you at LocalHarvest.org or learn more about CSA's at USDA National Agriculture Library.
Use the Too Good To Go app to find participating restaurants, bakeries and cafes near you and rescue Surprise Bags filled with delicious, unsold food. Collect your food at a pre-set time, and enjoy it knowing you’ve done something good for the planet!

The following nationwide stores sell salvage groceries:
If you don't have a salvage grocery store near you, you can find grocery bargains at dollar stores and discount stores. These stores sell some of the same products that are sold at salvage grocery stores such as close dated, outdated, overstock and discontinued shelf stable foods. Read more about Dollar Stores.
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The following companies have retail locations in California:
Grocery Outlet Bargain Market on Facebook |
Over 400 stores across the nation and more than 1.5 million shoppers hitting the aisles each week makes Grocery Outlet the nation’s largest extreme value retailer. Whether it’s through packaging changes, surplus inventory or product overruns, our buyers source it all — everything from fresh meat and produce to natural and organic items.
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