Mesopotamia, Ohio (AP) -- Grocery shoppers looking for bargains are finding them in Amish-run salvage stores in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The stores sell expired food and medicine dirt-cheap. Non-Amish customers say the stores provide relief from the country's rising food prices.

Except for baby formula, the Food and Drug Administration doesn't prohibit the sale of expired foods or medicines.

Food becomes salvage after it's discarded by supermarkets, typically because it's damaged or nearing expiration.

There are at least six Amish-run salvage stores in northeast Ohio and nearly a dozen in Lancaster County in Pennsylvania.

Experts say the Amish are turning to micro-enterprises as a result of the decline in farming.

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