In my tips for buying in bulk, I talked
about bulk bins and how they have the great advantage of letting you buy in specific quantities.
Not exact matches
I have done the math and usually the organic
bulk price (especially on rice) is
about the same or only a few cents more to buy from the
bulk bins than the packaged foods aisle.
I didn't know
about possible cross-contamination with
bulk bins, though it makes sense.
After reading
about cross-contamination within
bulk bins, I decided to give some other packaged brands of oats a try....
So let me be clear what I'm talking
about... I am referring to food sold in
bulk bins, NOT buying bulky amounts of food from your club warehouse store.
-LSB-...]
about hazelnuts until I filled a sack with raw ones from the
bulk bins last week.
PANTRY ITEMS Fish sauce — 1 small bottle $ 3.19 Kalamata olives — 14 (
about 1/2 cup) $ 1.99 from
bulk bins Peanuts (preferably roasted, unsalted)-- 1/4 cup $ 0.36 from
bulk bins Peanut butter (preferably natural peanut butter)-- 1 tablespoon $ 2 Rice vinegar (unseasoned)-- 1 small bottle $ 3.50 DAIRY Feta cheese — 4 ounces $ 2.59
Additionally, shopping in the
bulk bin not only encourages us to eat more whole foods and avoid packaged products but from a holistic point of view, encourages us to start thinking
about meals in advance.