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Where Do You Shop For Groceries?

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clnewberry1 Contributor
clnewberry1
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I live in a small town - near a city that does have Whole foods so I know I can get some gluten free stuff there.

However I go to Wyoming often and stay with my family - small town with Walmart and Albertsons. They don't seem to have much gluten free.

Where do you shop, do you orders stuff online?

Thanks!!

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Mother of Jibril
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We do most of our shopping at a local co-op... lots of organic and local products. They just started labeling the shelves with little gluten-free and DF stickers, so that makes it easier to spot things... although I still read the labels just to make sure (plus there's no "corn free" sticker ;) ). I also discovered that one of the ethnic stores (Lebanese) has a gluten-free aisle and frozen-food section! Even Kroger is getting better about organic and gluten-free food.

flourgirl Apprentice
flourgirl
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Hi there. I still consider myself to be fairly new at all of this, too, and it'a already been a year since my diagnosis! Anyway, the Walmart here does not carry gluten-free labeled products. For a while I was going to a health food store for someof the flours, which I still need to do now and again. I don't buy anything else there anymore because of the prices....wow! We have Martins Food for groceries and I find most of what I need right there. Like a lot of grocery stores there is a natural section. My diet now is mostly fresh and unprocessed foods and things I can feel safe with. I read labels each and every time (a pain, I know, but better safe than sorry). I've gotten glutened by assuming that if something was safe once, it would continue to be. Not always so.

I've read here somewhere that Target carries some things, as well as costco. I guess just check out each store. I haven't mail ordered anything. I'm too cheap to pay for S&H for one thing. Secondly I am darn tired of paying too much money for things only to decide that they are disgusting and toss them out. I make and bake almost everything these days, and I feel a lot safer knowing what is going into it.

Hope I've been some help. Im sure others will be chiming in, too.

ShayFL Enthusiast
ShayFL
Posted

I mostly shop at my local super market: meats, veggies, fruits, plain raw nuts & seeds, squashes, sweet potatoes.....these are ALL NATURALLY gluten-free. :)

Eggs, Plain rice, most corn meal, corn tortillas, milk/plain yogurt (if you tolerate it) etc. are also naturally gluten-free.

I forgo the processed junk. It just spikes my BS and is empty calories that cause weight gain and bloating.

Worriedwife Apprentice
Worriedwife
Posted

We do most of our shopping at the local Walmart. Their generic brand "Great Value" has a lot of items that are gluten free. Even their soy sauce is gluten free! The labels are clearly marked on the back if an item is gluten free, and we have had a lot of success shopping there.

Hummingbird4 Explorer
Hummingbird4
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I shop at Costco, Trader Joe's, New Seasons, Albertson's (they don't carry any specialty gluten-free foods) and occasionally Whole Foods. There's a specific food item I pick up whenever I'm at Target, also. I have also ordered things from Amazon - great prices on Pamela's baking mix.

GFqueen17 Contributor
GFqueen17
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Well where I live gluten-free shopping is incredibly easy thanks to Wegmans. You may not have heard of it but its a huge deal where i live in upstate new york...theyre amazing because they label all of their products with a G symbol if they are gluten free. i still read the labels to double check but i have never been mislead by them. also they have a hugggee natural food section with all of the major gluten free brands--tons of pamela's, amy's, ian's, glutino, etc.

also where i live, there is a gluten free italian restuarant where they bake homemade breads, dinner rolls, and hamburger buns....all of which are FLUFFY! idk how the guy does it but his breads are not dense at all, theyre so light like real gluten breads.

so i guess im just lucky that i have these places to shop at...but i have seen a bunch of good stuff at target....and ordering online isnt a bad idea if you know that you'll like the product.

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lpellegr
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It might take a while for you to find the stores around you that have the items you need. I gave up on most gluten-free baked goods except for the occasional Van's waffles. I figured out over the course of time which stores around me have the items I need - none of them have it all except maybe Whole Foods. So I go there for specialty items and get a lot at one time. I go to several regular grocery stores, each of which has a few items, and just keep mental notes of which store has gluten-free pretzels, which has Nut-Thins crackers, etc. I go to an Asian store for rice flour and tapioca for my baking. Don't expect to find it all in one place, and if you learn to live without processed foods, you won't have to look as hard to find stuff to eat.

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Juliebove
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I get some stuff here and other places online. Also a lot from my health food store.

Puddy Explorer
Puddy
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I order a lot of my gluten-free stuff from Amazon....Pamela's products, Gluten Free Pantry mixes, Mary's Gone Crackers, Mrs. Leeper's dinners, Tinkyada pasta. If you order $25 or more on certain products, you get free shipping. Can't beat the convenience.

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