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cosmo105
08-02-2005, 01:27 PM
it's a good thing.

i love buying things in larger quantities - it's cheaper and more convenient. but, i usually am only cooking for one or two, so it's harder to do.

anyway, is there any food you go through enough to buy in bulk?

for me it's cereal, rice milk, pasta, and drinks - fruit juice, tea, etc. i get a big discount if i buy a case.

just curious :)
HEIRESS
08-02-2005, 02:06 PM
hummus, frozen mangoes/peaches/raspberries, millet, and rice!
ToucanSpam
08-02-2005, 02:10 PM
We have this place called Bulk Barn.


EVERYTHING you could imagine.

Candy. Pasta. Snack food. Spices. Soup powder. Even dishes, it's retarted.
CiaoBellaXO
08-02-2005, 02:15 PM
Coffee, ceareal, beverages. . .snacks.
ms.peachy
08-02-2005, 03:33 PM
before moving to the UK I was in a food co-op and as a group we'd buy lots of stuff in bulk and divide it amongst our six households. It was definitely good, and cheaper. But here in London, people's living spaces are smaller so it's not as practical.
AKAsharpchedda
08-02-2005, 04:38 PM
top ramen (y)
b-grrrlie
08-03-2005, 01:35 PM
As I only make meals for one and usually try to use fresh produce (vegetables, cheese, low-lactose milk) so I can't really buy in bulks. Only time I buy larger amounts if the cat food my cats prefer is on sale, cause they're in cans. I haven't got a car so I can't make to the Cheap-o-Markets (not that I would want to anyway, they have such bad personel policies).
JBernas
08-03-2005, 02:04 PM
I'm a Costco whore.....paper products are great to buy in bulk, drinks, meat (just split it up into portions and freeze), pasta, rice (jasmine all the way), shampoo & conditioner, diapers, I could go on and on
beastiegirrl101
08-03-2005, 03:08 PM
top ramen (y)

sodium (n)
adam_f
08-03-2005, 03:09 PM
Salt (y)

I don't buy in bulk because I'm afraid I'll get sick of what I have.
CiaoBellaXO
08-03-2005, 04:04 PM
Salt (y)

I don't buy in bulk because I'm afraid I'll get sick of what I have.

I live alone and it is so hard to cook for one...you make all this food and you think ok leftovers...then you get sick of eating it so it ends up going to waste.
AKAsharpchedda
08-03-2005, 04:27 PM
sodium (n)


oh well. they're still good.
enree erzweglle
08-03-2005, 04:29 PM
almonds

stuff for granola

gum

if i could buy yogurt in bulk i would
jabumbo
08-03-2005, 10:04 PM
before i go back to school, i'll take a trip out and my mom will buy me almost anything bulk i want. usually its things like snacks, crackers, and some canned goods that won't go bad

i'll go for anything i can freeze though
louise
08-04-2005, 02:36 AM
everything that's possible save's time so i don't have to go out for every single thing - milk, coffee, suger , coffemilk ,bread, butter, hagelslag , vlokken ,eggs, tea............................
monkey
08-09-2005, 07:00 AM
snapple peach iced tea

<3s costco
Rancid_Beasties
08-09-2005, 07:38 AM
Alcohol. Especially beer. Like as if i'd pay 13 bucks per 6 pack for domestic beers, when I can buy a slab for 30!!
And Cascade Apple Isle (ask zorra or pres, its tassies finest :))

We seem to also buy chocolates in bulk. My mum has a friend who knows someone who works at cadbury (chocolates) and you can get like 10 kilos of chocolate bars unpackaged but like in huge cadbury bags for like 5 bucks (y). Or like the sarah lee ice cream factory, you can get all kinds of cakes, yoghurts and ice cream really really cheap :D
open letter
08-10-2005, 11:15 PM
i like to buy tea and milk in in bulk cause i just eat so much of the stuff (y)