Saving Money At Food Auctions

Paper goods, produce, even frozen pizzas were sold to the highest bidder at a recent auction in Dallas, Pa. The unusual auction drew bidders from miles around looking for deals on food from warehouses that supply the grocery stores in the rural area.

Auctioneer Kirk Williams of Colonel Kirk's Auction Gallery says everything sold is safe.

"We've been inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture," Williams says. "We have their green stamp of approval. We will not sell anything that I would not feed to my own family or my own children."

But do people really save money at these types of auctions? Williams says they do.

"We can sell, for instance, Cherry Rain Gatorade, which is a name-brand item, for $9 a case of 24 bottles." That's better than paying $1.99 at the store, he says. So yes, he adds, people save quite a bit.

Because of the success of his first food auction, he's scheduling more of them in other towns in northeastern Pennsylvania.