Reduced for Quick Sale

After reading Jessica's post on freeganism, it's got me thinking about the amount of money we spend on food. As a loyal reader you already know that my oldest son is on the Autism spectrum and we've had him on the gluten free diet for almost a year. Food is a huge expense for us. Almost all of the food we consume is organic and made from scratch. I'm not ready for dumpster diving but I did recently discover the "reduced for quick sale cart" at my local co-op and natural market. I was able to find a huge bunch of almost brown, organic bananas for 99 cents! Which I then turned into GF Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins. Even the local Safeway, which I don't frequent often, has a reduced for quick sale cart full of breads and pastries. Ask the produce guy/gal that you see stocking veggies the next time you go to your local grocery store to see if they have a reduced cart. It may not be visibly out in the open, so take the time to ask.