Half price cereal.
Two for one pasta sauces.
Cans of fruit for 99¢.

It's one of the best kept secrets in America: discount grocery shopping.

"The average family spends $900 per month on groceries; we can save them between 40 and 50% of that, so that's $450 a month," Mike Mitchell, President of Amelia's chain of salvage grocery stories, tells INSIDE EDITION. Chains like Amelia's sell groceries that regular supermarkets no longer want because they're almost out of date or feature old promotions.

For example, INSIDE EDITION's Les Trent spotted a Campbell's Soup can that featured a pink ribbon in honor of breast cancer awareness month from November of 2007. Though the promotion has expired, the soup itself does not expire till September of 2009. The price of the soup is just 69¢ at the salvage grocery store.

In another example, INSIDE EDITION scooped up a discontinued cereal from Kellogg's. The discontinued cereal's freshness date is listed on the box as February 2009. Mitchell says, "They are perfectly fine, fresh products...it's a packaging issue."

In these trying times, more and more cash-strapped families are turning to salvage grocery stores to save hundreds of dollars on their weekly shopping bills.

According to Mitchell, business is up 25% this year in total.

INSIDE EDITION caught up with mom of three Janine Arnesen. She says she saves hundreds of dollars by shopping at a salvage grocery store in rural Pennsylvania.

INSIDE EDITION compared Arnesen's purchases to identical products at a regular supermarket.

A box of Honey Bunches of Oats cereal was $4.69 at the supermarket.
At the salvage store, it was just $1.99!

A carton of Tropicana orange juice was on special for $4.99 at the supermarket.
At the salvage store, it was just $2.50!

A six pack of Propel Fitness Water was $5.99 at the supermarket.
At the salvage store, it was a third of that price...$1.99!

The salvage stores seem to be an irresistible deal in these uncertain economic times. 

For a list of salvage store locations around the nation, click the Download a PDF button in the header of this story.

For a full directory of Discount and Salvage Stores by state, visit www.andersonscountrymarket.net/directory.

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