The Rock Sake is really bad. Avoid.
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Is it thanks. I only saw it on the way out since it was stacked by the front door and not with the wine
Organic freeze pops at the East Hayward GO today. And we continue to get decent, name-brand spirits. I donât get the huge amount of plant-based yogurts, thoughâweâre not Palo Alto or Berkeley. 
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Do you like the plant based yogurts at GO? I try to get the regular ones, but wonder about those made with e.g. almond milk.
I only eat regular yogurts. Once I got an oat-based Chobani by mistake and didnât like it at all. Iâm just always surprised at the proliferation of dairy-free yogurts, ice cream, etc. at my local GO.
Hi, sck -
The SO Delicious Organic Coconutmilk yogurt alternatives are very good and get them at several East Bay Grocery Outlet stores. I prefer the plain unsweetened version but the unsweetened and sweetened vanilla are usually available. If they have a batch that is close to the Best By date, the prices are very reasonable.
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The market is flooded with yogurt and people are sick of yogurt. Thereâs a massive overabundance. The only kind I can personally choke down is Fage with honey. https://apnews.com/54850a712d984974adeb73f1f2679f33
The yogurt market has become very segmented. A March 2020 article in Plant Based News claims that even though U.S. dairy yogurt sales declined by 1% in 2019, plant-based yogurt sales increased by 31% for the same period. Other egg and dairy products have also declined. What might be interesting would be to see if vegan-alternative product sales in general have markedly increased in light of COVID-19 with more people eating at home.
Alameda Grocery Outlet a few days ago. The deli and milk refrigerated sections at this GO are much better than the ones in Oakland with more variety and some real bargains on almost expiring items.
Deli/Milk
$2.99 - Hodo Tofu Veggie Burger Organic, 8 oz. (2-4 oz. patties). A tasty, chewy veggie burger, made in their North Oakland plant near the Emeryville border.
$1.49 - Green Valley Organic Cottage Cheese, 12 oz. made with milk from pasture-raised cows, 4% milkfat minimum, distributed by Redwood Hill Farm of Sebastopol, Best By Sept. 24, 20.
$1.99 - Lantana Cauliflower Hummus, 10 oz. made with white beans , cauliflower, tahini, topped with pickled carrots and red peppers.
$1.99 - Galibani Spicy Pepper Grilling Cheese, 8 oz. very similar to halloumi except that halloumi is mostly sheepâs and goatsâ milk and is from Cyprus, the Galibani is made in the US.
$1.47 - SO Delicious Coconut Milk Original, 64. oz. very low price because it was only a few days before the expiry date.
$3.99 - Bubbieâs Spicy Sauerkraut 25 oz. jar. Product of Canada.
Organic/Gourmet shelf
99 cents - Elmhurst Oat Chai Spice Creamer 16 oz. made with oatmilk and hemp cream with chai flavoring.
$4.99 - Bragg Organic Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar 32 oz.
$6.99 - Cullen Creek Organic California Virgin First Press Olive Oil 25.36 oz. from California-grown Arbequina, Arbosana, and Koroneiki olives.
$2.99 - Erato Pitted Kalamata Olives 17.6 oz, jar from Greece.
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A poster at grossoutwine is noting that there might be a 20% wine sale in the first week of November. Will post details if they become available.
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This is a terrible development because Iâm trying to eat less sweets and that ice cream flavor is right up my alley. I bought 5.
Either Haagen-Dazs dropped a truly massive quantity of this flavor on them, or they havenât been able to sell it at all. I bought it last week after they lowered the price to $1.49. It actually does have a pretty solid stout flavor!
2020-10-22 Alameda Grocery Outlet
The Grocery Outlet anticipated Fall 20%-off wine sale is not on yet and I guess that it may start next Wednesday or the following Wednesday.
Deli
$1.49 Sierra Nevada Probiotic Creme Kefir Creamy Labne, 8 oz. Sell by 10/29. From Sierra Nevada Cheese in Willows, CA. Has the consistency of a firmer sour cream but tastier and not as tart, Sierra Nevada has a lot of organic products but this isnât labelled as such.
from Sierra Nevada:
Crème Kefir, also known as Labne, is a thick and creamy cultured dairy product rich in tradition, a staple of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean cuisine for centuries.
$1.97 Hope Organic Hummus with Sea Salt and Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 8 oz., Best by 10/22 so that it might already be gone. Itâs the creamiest hummus Iâve had, from Hope Foods of Boulder, CO.
$1.99 Applegate Uncured Natural Beef Hot Dog, 100% Grass-Fed pasture raised beef, humanely raised, 6 dogs, 10 oz. I think that they also had turkey or chicken dogs.
99 cents Forager Organic Probiotic Cashewmilk Unsweetened Plain Yogurt, dairy-free, vegan. 8 oz., distributed by Forager Project of San Francisco, CA Best by 11/4/2020. I havenât tried it yet.
$1.97 Sabra Supremely Spicy Hummus, 30 oz. tub, best by 10/23/2020. Thatâs just over $1/lb for hummus. I prefer their organic version with olive oil but this will do for now at a bargain price.
Beer and Coffee
$6.99 for 12x12oz. bottles, Rolling Rock Extra Pale Beer, 4.4% ABV.
$4.99 Nescafe Extraforte Instant Coffee, 8.11 oz. (230 grams). Best before June 2022. from Nestle Brazil, the label is in Portuguese.
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Alameda Grocery Outlet today:
lots and lots of boxes of wines laid out throughout the store, possibly in preparation for a 20%-off wine sale starting on Wednesday, November 4, or maybe not.
Find of the day:
$6.49/lb. (cut into chubs of about 9 oz. for about $3.50) CAHILLâS IRISH PORTER CHEDDAR, milk from grass-fed cows with Guinness Porter added to the cheese. Beautiful to look at and a delight to eat.
excerpt:
Marion Cahill made Irish Plain Porter Cheese from pasteurised cowâs milk and Guinness-brewer Porter since 1759. The current version however originated on the farm in 1985. Cahill cheese is matured for 10 months and infused with porter, to create a caramel smoking undertone, giving the cheese a marbled effect.
Also some edamame hummus for 97 cents for 10 oz. and more Anchor cheeses from New Zealand grass-fed cows.
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2020-11-2 Oakland Grocery Outlet
Boxes of wine all over the place but the sale hasnât started yet.
$2.99/7 oz. Bulgarian White Cheese which technically now canât be called feta according to the EU since it is not from Greece.
From the article linked above:
Less salty than other fetas, the tart and tangy sheepâs milk used in this Bulgarian Feta recipe makes up for the lower salt content, and definitely gives it a distinctive taste, with the same crumbly and creamy texture youâd expect.
$1.49/32 oz. Manitoba Harvest Unsweetened Chocolate Hemp Yeah! Hemp Milk, made in the US for Fresh Hemp Foods of Winnipeg, Canada.
$2.99/32 oz. Old World Quality Foods Ukrainian Salad all natural made in Poland, with green tomatoes, carrots and peppers. Tart but with a lot of added sugar that can mostly be drained off.
No porter cheese over at the East Hayward GO (though there were several types of Fiscalini cheddar), but lots of Sierra Nevada beer mustard (in IPA, porter, and stout varieties; $2.99). Iâm kicking myself for not getting the Steveâs cinnamon coffee ice cream last week, as they didnât have any today, but they did have Coolhausâ Milk & Cookies ice cream and whatever their version of butter pecan is called ($1.99/pint).
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I saw Cahillâs Irish Porter cheddar at Oakland GO yesterday and Melanie at Chowhound reported seeing it at Palo Alto GO a few days ago. If you pick up the Bulgarian feta, let me know what you think and take a close look at the Anchor grass-fed pasture-raised cheese from New Zealand especially the aged, vintage cheddars.
Weâve been noshing our way through the Anchor cheddar, and I agree that itâs very good. Weâve got plenty of feta for now.
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