I Ordered From Martie, A Discount Specialty Food Site That Has Tons Of Cheap And Fun Snacks

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A selfie of nan writer pinch her snacks from Martie, adjacent to a screenshot of Martie's homepage

The writer pinch her snacks from Martie, a discount specialty nutrient website. Sally Kaplan/Business Insider

The advertisement that sewage maine to click connected Martie's website said, "It's for illustration shopping nan snack aisle astatine Marshalls!" Martie sells nosy and absorbing specialty foods (plus a fewer beauty and location products) astatine a awesome discount. As personification who tin often beryllium spotted successful nan snack aisle of my section HomeGoods, this advertisement was highly targeted and highly effective.

I spent astir 20 minutes adding random snacks, acai smoothie boosters, teas, and much to my cart. I recovered plentifulness of brands I already loved and tons of caller ones I'd ne'er heard of. When I went to cheque out, Martie told maine I saved $101.89 connected my bid of $106.64. Of course, I astir apt besides bought a batch much than I usually would person astatine a market store. But I could not defy getting those $10 Firehook crackers I emotion from Whole Foods for only $3.50.

Is location a drawback to nan debased prices? Well, benignant of. Here's really Martie works.

Whole Foods value of $9.49 connected Firehook Crackers adjacent to Martie's value of $3.49

I saw these Firehook crackers astatine Whole Foods for $9.49 nan aforesaid week I ordered from Martie. I was shocked to spot them truthful cheap. Sally Kaplan/Business Insider

Martie is capable to connection little prices by purchasing overstock items from canceled bulk orders, seasonal treats that haven't expired, products pinch packaging misprints, and items person to expiring than a market shop would stock. They bargain these equipment astatine a debased value since they'd different beryllium wasted, and walk those savings onto us.

Besides shorter expiration dates, nan only existent drawback is that nan minimum bid is $40, and shipping costs tin alteration depending connected nan size of your bid and wherever you're located. I unrecorded successful nan suburbs supra Manhattan, and my shipping costs was $1.99, but if you're shipping to a much distant area, you mightiness beryllium paying a batch much for shipping.

The tract carries celebrated brands for illustration Fishwife and Bonne Maman, on pinch niche specialty brands

A triptych image of a package of candy, a jar of citrus curd, and a tin of food from Martie

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I had expected to spot mostly brands I didn't cognize erstwhile I started shopping, but it turns retired Martie carries a batch of large names. I was excited to spot immoderate of my favorites, for illustration Simple Mills (known for gluten-free crackers), Bonne Maman (the champion jams and curds), Unreal (candies made pinch amended ingredients and nary nutrient dyes), and Fishwife (expensive but delicious and sustainable tinned fish). Keep successful mind that Martie's banal is perpetually changing, truthful you mightiness not find everything you're looking for.

I besides discovered immoderate caller brands that I'll beryllium looking for successful my section market stores, including nan germinated almonds from Daily Crunch, and nan greenish pome licorice (with earthy nutrient dyes) from Darrell Lea.

It's not conscionable snacks — Martie besides carries pet products, babe items, tegument and assemblage care, family goods, and more.

A screenshot of nan Martie beauty products conception adjacent to a photograph of Goop marque assemblage oil

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Endless options and scrolling time off maine pinch overwhelming determination fatigue, but Martie's sections are helpfully limited. The sections are highly curated and move complete often, truthful offerings enactment caller and interesting. Plus, you tin benignant by circumstantial needs for illustration organic aliases gluten-free.

As a erstwhile beauty editor, I'm really really impressed pinch immoderate of nan skincare and assemblage products connected nan site. I ordered nan Goop Afterglow Body Oil for $19.99, which is now sold retired astatine Martie but retails for $48 astatine Sephora. The lipid was group to expire wrong a mates of months, which is nan logic nan discount was truthful steep.

The expiration day for each point is correct supra nan "add-to-cart" fastener truthful you cognize really agelong your items will last.

A screenshot from Martie's tract showing wherever to find nan expiration date, supra nan add-to-cart button.

Always cheque to make judge nan expiration day connected your nutrient items is what you expected to find. Sally Kaplan/Business Insider

In my order, almost everything had an expiration day wrong 1 to 2 months. Since immoderate of these pantry items person really agelong support lives, you're astir apt not getting nan absolute freshest packaged food. You'll conscionable request to beryllium cautious astir only ordering quantities that you cognize you tin eat earlier they expire.

The prices besides look to spell down nan person you get to nan expiration date. For example, I paid $8.99 for nan Kos Acai Superfood Booster, which had an expiration day a period later. When I checked nan website to spot its existent value 10 days aft placing my order, nan value had travel down to $6.29.

The bottommost line: Martie is simply a awesome spot to find superior discounts connected some acquainted and caller specialty snacks.

A action of groceries from Martie displayed connected a achromatic marble countertop

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In nan clip it took maine to cross-reference prices for this review, I've already recovered respective caller snacks I want to try. It's a really nosy tract that lets you research caller brands and find awesome deals connected pricier worldly you mightiness not splurge connected astatine nan market store. I'll decidedly beryllium browsing Martie for myself, but besides for attraction packages and vacation gift baskets successful nan future.

Start browsing astatine Martie.

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Sally Kaplan

Executive Editor, Reviews

Sally Kaplan is nan Executive Editor of Business Insider’s Reviews team. She oversees each sections, including style, beauty, tech, home, kitchen, pets, and beyond. A longtime work journalist, Sally draws connected her years arsenic a merchandise reviews writer and editor to guideline nan editorial strategy and standards for nan Reviews team.ExperienceSally joined Business Insider arsenic an editor for nan Reviews squad (then called Insider Picks) successful 2018. She has since served arsenic nan elder style and beauty editor and nan lawman editor for nan style, home, and room teams. She became Executive Editor successful 2021, and for nan past respective years, has besides been responsible for nan improvement and implementation of strategies for tentpole events, for illustration Amazon Prime Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday. Prior to joining nan publication, Sally kicked disconnected her merchandise publicity profession connected nan Buzzfeed shopping team. She besides worked arsenic a manner editor astatine Hearst’s BestProducts.com, wherever she covered deals, gifts, gadgets, and more. Why you tin spot SallySally believes that nan products aren’t conscionable things to capable your location — they are a intends to unrecorded your life better. This accuracy is what she uses to guideline nan Reviews team, whether it beryllium helping to create testing methodologies for buying guides, advising readers connected things they shouldn’t buy, aliases testing products alongside her teams. Expertise

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EducationSally holds a BA from George Washington University. She studied governmental subject and worked successful legislative defense for respective years earlier transitioning to a profession successful work journalism. Outside of workSally loves interior creation and cooking. In her free time, you tin find her antiquing, scouring wallpaper patterns, cooking for her friends and family, and uncovering ways to wed beauty and functionality successful her home. She lives successful Westchester pinch her spouse and their cat, Papaya.Say hullo to Sally astatine skaplan@businessinsider.com, springiness her a outcry connected Instagram @saltykaplan, aliases find her connected Linkedin. Learn much astir really our squad of experts tests and reviews products astatine Business Insider here.

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