An App for That: Flashfood Offers Deep Discounts at Participating Grocers

An App for That is a regular feature at LGBTSr highlighting apps and technology of interest.

Whether you’re on a fixed income or not, finding great savings these days is always welcome. I’ve recently been using an app called Flashfood that let’s you choose from certain grocery items that are marked down specifically for sale through the app. Once you set it up on your phone and provide a credit card, you can view the items different departments have made available, purchase them through the app, and pick them up at the store where they’ve been offered. Today I bought feta cheese, a container of olives, and an order of sliced deli turkey, turning a $24.00+ purchase into just over $12.00.

The app provides picture of each item and the sale-by date. Many of them have sale-by or expiration dates the day you’re purchasing them, but not all. And you pay through the app, not at the store. In my case, I went to the Customer Service counter and was helped in getting the items from a locked cooler. (The store has a corresponding application that tells them you’ve bought and paid for these items.)

It’s not complicated, and it’s a great way to save money. The app searches for the nearest participating store, and you go from there. Give it a try!

About Flashfood:

We spent our careers in a variety of industries such as management consulting, finance, and emerging technology, however we decided it was time to do something different – something that would create a better world for future generations, while creating affordable access to food to everyone.

Read their story!