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Many bargain hunters these days are trading supermarket aisles for the auction circuit in search of deep discounts on everything from cereal to spare ribs. Past the sell by date? pandora jewelry 70% off clearance Bidders are happy to ignore that detail if they're getting a good deal.

As consumers seek relief from the recession and spiraling food prices, grocery auctions are gaining in popularity as an easy way to cut costs. The sales operate like regular auctions, but with bidders vying for dry goods and frozen foods instead of antiques and collectibles. Some auctioneers even accept food stamps.

When Kirk Williams held his first grocery auction in rural Pennsylvania last month, nearly 300 people showed up. Astonished by the turnout, he's scheduling auctions at locations throughout northeastern Pennsylvania.

"Right now, people don't have a lot of spare pocket change," said Williams, 50, operator of Col. Kirk'sAuction Gallery near Bloomsburg, Pa. "They're looking to save money."

Rich Harris, 28, who was recently laid off from his welding job, showed up at Williams' auction in Dallas earlier this month looking for meat for his freezer and snacks for his kids. With his wife pregnant with their third child, "I'm basically trying to expand my dollar right now," he said. Sales of baseball cards, estate jewelry and other auction staples have "fallen off a cliff," Williams said. He hopes to average about $12,000 in sales per auction, which would net him a profit of about $1,000.

The popularity of the auctions which sell leftover or damaged goods from supermarkets, distribution centers and restaurant suppliers comes at a time when people are stretching their grocery budgets by using more coupons, buying inferior cuts of meat, and choosing store brands over national brands.

The economic downturn, paired with the worst food inflation in nearly 20 years (grocery prices spiked in 2008 before pandora jewelry outlet easing in January and February), has pandora outlet caused a "seismic shift" in consumer behavior, said Brian Todd, president of The Food Institute, an industry information service.

"Food is one area where they can save," he said.

That has fueled growth in the auctions, which can be found in at least nine states from Oklahoma to New York.

Inside the auction hall in Dallas, a pandora rings canada town north of Wilkes Barre, Pa., Williams uses a rapid fire delivery to sell everything from frozen pandora uk sale broccoli (six boxes for $2) to pork ribs ($20 for a 14 pound hunk) to candy bars (10 Baby Ruths for $2). Especially popular are the frozen foods pies, bratwursts, chicken breasts, popcorn shrimp, whole hams, french fries.

Some of the goodies have wound up here because they're out of date. But the auctioneers stress that they're still OK to eat. The Food and Drug Administration does not generally prohibit the sale of food past its sell by or use by date manufacturers' terms that help guide the rotation of shelf stock.

The same goods sold at grocery auctions also find their way to salvage stores, flea markets, closeout sales and food banks, though Williams said he avoids merchandise that is severely damaged or well past expiration.

Like any auction, grocery auctions aren't automatically a bargain. Savvy bidders should know what pandora jewelry clearance things cost at the supermarket to make sure they're truly saving money. The excitement sometimes leads bidders to overpay.

"Every once in a while, a customer bids it, and you're going, 'I'm pretty sure that's cheaper in the store,"' said Schleeter, the Ohio auctioneer.

For the most part, though, the auctions pair food that needs a home with consumers who want to save a buck.

Marvin Mason, who runs grocery auctions in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, said the percentage of shoppers who use credit cards and food stamps instead of cash has increased, indicating more people are showing up out of necessity.

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