Looking for gluten-free pasta, bread, oats and more? For Day 3 of Gluten-Free Shopping, I share with you some of the best stores nationwide to shop for gluten-free items.
The most well-known stores to shop for gluten-free products are health food stores, specifically Sunflower Market, Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods as well as locally owned health food stores or co-ops and Farmer’s Markets. If you happen to live near a national health food store, that can make life easier. If not, rest assured that you can still find gluten-free products in your local grocery store. Many grocery stores, list their gluten-free items as well as their gluten-free items that are on sale, on their websites. It can be worth your time, to checkout a store’s gluten-free items and deals online before going to the store so you can make a list of what you need and have an idea of what the items will cost you.
If your local grocery store does not carry gluten-free products or specific products you want or need, don’t be afraid to speak up! The grocery store near my house did not offer many gluten-free items or organic produce so I informed an employee who then let me speak to the manager. I shop there often because it is convenient. I explained that I will have to do my shopping elsewhere if some of the products I need are not offered that their competitors sell. Low and behold, there is now a small gluten-free section in the store as well as an organic produce section that has been added. I’m quite content now! 
You can also go to the store’s website and submit feedback of products that you feel should be added to their aisles.
I am excited to announce that I am giving away a $25 gift card to Bob’s Red Mill! To enter the giveaway:
-You are allowed one entry per “10 Days of Gluten Free” blog post for a total of 10 entries on this blog.
-Enter by leaving a comment on this post (and other 10 Days of Gluten Free posts).
-The giveaway begins May 7, 2012 and ends at 11:59 pm eastern time on May 18, 2012.
-This giveaway is limited to U.S. residents 18 and older.
No purchase is necessary. Odds of winning are based on the number of entries. The winner will be randomly chosen and will be contacted by email. The winner will have 48 hours to respond. If the winner does not respond, a new winner will be randomly chosen.
Be sure to checkout all of the other blogs and their fabulous posts! Remember each blogger is hosting a giveaway for a total of 10 fabulous giveaways!
Getting Started – Linda @ The Gluten-Free Homemaker
Resources – Wendy @ Celiacs in the House
Traveling – Karen @ Gluten-Free Travel Blog
Eating Out – Heather @ Gluten-Free Cat
Frugal Tips – Janelle @ Gluten Freely Frugal
Cooking – Carrie @ Ginger Lemon Girl
Baking – Jules @ Jules Gluten Free
Kids – Lynn @ Lynn’s Recipe Adventures
Lunch Boxes – Tessa @ Tessa the Domestic Diva
Thanks for the info! I also shop at Meijer which has a good selection of Meijer brand organics which makes it convenient to shop all at one place for most of my groceries.
I definitely have learned to speak up to get what I want at local grocery stores. I’ve also learned that most of them will order a case of the product for me and even give me a discount if I buy the whole case…and I’m definitely willing to buy in bulk.
I so miss Trader Joe’s & Whole Foods. I have to make special requests at the commissary for a lot of GF items or just go without. :/
I don’t have a Trader Joe’s near me and it makes me so sad!
Thanks for the great list! My son was diagnosed with celiac disease about a year and a half ago and since then has also been diagnosed with a soy allergy, mild allergy and – just last week – a corn allergy. Going to the grocery store is like torture these days, but I’m sure we will adapt to the lack of corn just like we have adapted to our previous restrictions. At least the grocery store are becoming aware that we can’t all eat everything they sell!
That should say “milk allergy” not “mild allergy”!
So true Krisi. I avoid corn as well so the recipes I post are corn-free and usually soy-free too.
We don’t have any of those here, except a very expensive Whole Foods about an hour away. But I’ll be back to check the online options tomorrow! Our locally owned grocery does have a small gluten-free section, but there is so much I can’t get there.
Love, love, love Trader Joe’s! And we shop the farmer’s markets, trying to stick to a whole foods diet. That kind of diet makes it so much easier to eat gluten-free because you know exactly what’s in your food!
For anyone in Texas who isn’t near a Whole Foods or something similar, HEB does carry a large selection of gluten free items but most aren’t very good. If you’re looking for snack food, you’re in luck. Real food, not so much.
I wish we had trader joes here! I do most of my shopping at whole foods for gf stuff.
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Thanks for the update on the stores that list gluten free items. I had forgotten Kroger had a list! 🙂
Thanks for the list of grocers~~
thanks for your gf shopping tips
Another good list of brick and mortar stores to buy GF items from. I knew about some but not all of them. Thanks! 😀
You’ve spent a lot of time putting this together. Thanks so much!
Great to know. Thanks!