Where do you buy Quest Bars?

jeichelb83
jeichelb83 Posts: 172 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I'm a big fan of these and was wondering where others were buying them from. Currently I've been ordering them form vitacost.com as they offer the same price as directly from Quest and have free shipping if you buy enough (I usually buy three boxes at a time). They also often have sales where they take money off depending on how much you spend.

I live in the U.S. and get them at $24.99/box (of 12 bars). Anybody else getting a better deal?

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I think that's about the best you can do really.
  • jeichelb83
    jeichelb83 Posts: 172 Member
    I was kind of expecting that but thought I'd try. I just got three more boxes delivered and figured it wouldn't hurt to see if somebody else is holding out some bargain place :).
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    No it definitely doesn't hurt to ask because if someone is getting them cheaper I'd like to know too. I've never bought a box at once. I'm nervous I'll go through them too fast, even though I know I'm wasting money buy them 1-4 at a time.
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    24.99 is a fake sale price. Quest inflates a box of bars for $30+ and then they are sold pretty much everywhere - including from Quest - for the fake sale price of 24.99.

    I refuse to buy a box for more than $20. I get them from Drugstore dot com. They have sales often on their sports and nutrition department, and cashback drugstore dollars that can be used towards future purchases (like future boxes of bars). They also have more things to buy than just health stuff, so it's also convenient for me.

    GNC and Vitacost and Quest even might have better deals sometimes, but I've never caught them. I've heard about some great deals after the fact, though.

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Lourdesong wrote: »
    24.99 is a fake sale price. Quest inflates a box of bars for $30+ and then they are sold pretty much everywhere - including from Quest - for the fake sale price of 24.99.

    I refuse to buy a box for more than $20. I get them from Drugstore dot com. They have sales often on their sports and nutrition department, and cashback drugstore dollars that can be used towards future purchases (like future boxes of bars). They also have more things to buy than just health stuff, so it's also convenient for me.

    GNC and Vitacost and Quest even might have better deals sometimes, but I've never caught them. I've heard about some great deals after the fact, though.

    See! Worth asking. I'm going to check out that site.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    They're all 24.99 on drugstore.com right now.
  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    They're all 24.99 on drugstore.com right now.

    Yeah, $24.99 is the price everywhere. You gotta get them when they have sales on sports and nutrition department. They also include some flavors of Quest on sale when their "green and natural" department is on sale. Sales on their departments are usually 15-20% off.

    Get on the mailing list to be notified of sales. Every few months or so I get a notification with the sale I'm interested in.

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Lourdesong wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    They're all 24.99 on drugstore.com right now.

    Yeah, $24.99 is the price everywhere. You gotta get them when they have sales on sports and nutrition department. They also include some flavors of Quest on sale when their "green and natural" department is on sale. Sales on their departments are usually 15-20% off.

    Get on the mailing list to be notified of sales. Every few months or so I get a notification with the sale I'm interested in.

    Cool! Thanks
  • z304
    z304 Posts: 84 Member
    I bought my last one at a 7-11 for like $1.50.
  • jeichelb83
    jeichelb83 Posts: 172 Member
    Lourdesong wrote: »
    24.99 is a fake sale price. Quest inflates a box of bars for $30+ and then they are sold pretty much everywhere - including from Quest - for the fake sale price of 24.99.

    I refuse to buy a box for more than $20. I get them from Drugstore dot com. They have sales often on their sports and nutrition department, and cashback drugstore dollars that can be used towards future purchases (like future boxes of bars). They also have more things to buy than just health stuff, so it's also convenient for me.

    GNC and Vitacost and Quest even might have better deals sometimes, but I've never caught them. I've heard about some great deals after the fact, though.

    Yeah, I won't buy from GNC because they don't offer discounts until you join their club for which they charge some fee and then they're not that great.

    @z304: I'll have to see if my 7-11 carries them. Thanks!
  • jeichelb83
    jeichelb83 Posts: 172 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    No it definitely doesn't hurt to ask because if someone is getting them cheaper I'd like to know too. I've never bought a box at once. I'm nervous I'll go through them too fast, even though I know I'm wasting money buy them 1-4 at a time.

    I keep them in a cupboard in my kitchen so they're "out of sight out of mind". I only have them on days I'm working out so it actually takes me about a month to go through a whole box.

  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,255 Member
    Trader Joe's also carries them ,but only three flavors. I don't think the box price is any lower than $24.99. The individual bar price is $2.39.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    edited July 2015
    $20 per box at local supp stores in my area!(: you can mix and match too as long as it adds to a box worth! This is in the San Diego area!
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I buy them in bulk from websites like vitacost, iherb, vitaminshoppe, lucky vitamin etc. They always have sales and coupon codes like 20% off, 10$ off etc that I combine and end up getting 5 boxes for 80-100 usually.
  • shetripsalot
    shetripsalot Posts: 34 Member
    My buddy works for a Quest distributor & she keeps me stocked with bars & protein powder...otherwise I get the from HEB. :)
  • abble_pie
    abble_pie Posts: 144 Member
    I buy mine from kroger, I don't want a whole case--just a few, they are 2 for 5 which is perfect for me
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    edited July 2015
    Publix and 7/11 carry them here. I don't know what Publix charges, but 7/11 had them for $2.50. Both had limited selection.

    I tried the white chocolate and raspberry one. It was good. Not great, but edible, for sure, which is more than I can say for the protein bar I tried last year, which I threw away. I think the one that was disgusting had a name of two guys on the label, like Lenny & Benny or Larry & Carl or something...but I'm not sure. It might not even be two guys...but if you see two guys' names on the label, skip that one, IMO.

    I kind of wanted more when I was done with the Quest bar, though. I don't know what was in that thing, but if I'd had another, I might've eaten another. I can see people craving those things. But at $2.50 per bar (7/11), I'll eat real food and not worry about it, lol.

    That's a lot of money for a bar.
  • iLoveMyPitbull1225
    iLoveMyPitbull1225 Posts: 1,690 Member
    My Golds sells them at 2 for $3. best price I have ever seen them for.
  • s2mikey
    s2mikey Posts: 146 Member
    I havent been able to get better than $24.99 for a box of 12. Even my local grocery store sells them for that. Vitacost sends me coupons and then I can get like 10% or 12% off and that helps. Otherwsie though...they seem to be like Nike shoes or Levi jeans and are price "fixed".
  • kwtilbury
    kwtilbury Posts: 1,234 Member
    Jet.com typically has them for less than $24.99 a box. The more you buy, the greater the discount. They're offering a free 3 month membership at the moment.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I buy them at work. I work at a health food store, so I can buy them 25% off. $18.70 a box, or $1.90 for singles.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    I buy them at work. I work at a health food store, so I can buy them 25% off. $18.70 a box, or $1.90 for singles.

    Wow, you are lucky!
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Either Quest's own website or Amazon. Whenever I've gone to GNC or Vitamin Shoppe their selection is very underwhelming, plus I like the newest flavors better (got a S'mores and Mint Chocolate Chunk last week).
  • spfldpam
    spfldpam Posts: 738 Member
    Local GNC store. Online GNC or online Quest website. Hy Vee has them 12 bars for $24.99 and today you get 10% off that price so takes $2.50 off them and you also get gas points too!
  • CSARdiver
    CSARdiver Posts: 6,252 Member
    I check between GNC and amazon. Every now and then they go on some buy 3 get 1 free sale and I stock up. Still sitting on a case I picked up and after the breakdown 1.29/bar.
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I buy them at work. I work at a health food store, so I can buy them 25% off. $18.70 a box, or $1.90 for singles.

    Wow, you are lucky!

    I know. I get 25% off all supplements and 20% off all grocery items (and off everything that our attached raw foods cafe sells,). Anything that we don't stock I can special order and still get my discount. Plus, I can get the expired stuff for free. It rocks. :)
  • Strawblackcat
    Strawblackcat Posts: 944 Member
    I got a really good deal on the peanut butter supreme ones today! Our grocery manager ordered the wrong flavor (we only carry the ones that don't have sucralose, and the peanut butter quest bars have it,) so all of the ones that were ordered by accident were discounted to $1.75 a bar. With my discount, they came out to $1.31 a bar. Ah, the benefits of the almighty employee discount!
  • vadim605
    vadim605 Posts: 9 Member
    EBay sometimes has some for 18.50 a box just keep checking and Allstarhealth has the cheapest ones online. Or if they don't they'll match it.
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