Do You Buy In Bulk? If So, What Items?

I think the last things I bought in bulk were graham crackers, laundry detergent, gatorade, and strip steaks. I went to BJs.
 

Speaking of spices and herbs Pensey's has gift cards on sale at 30% off. They never expire and make great gifts. USD $35 for a $50 card and $69 for a $100 card. The sale ends tonight.

They are die hard liberals(if that matters to you), offer great products, and 30% off can't be beat. Try the ground black pepper, bay leaves, vanilla extract, garlic powder, or salad dressing bases, like green goddess. You won't be disappointed, I promise.
 
@Jules & @hollydolly, bulk food stores doesn't mean that they have open bins & you help yourself. Not what you see at some chain markets. This is a small Mom & Pop shop in my area that buy in bulk & then package it themselves in small sizes for purchase.

We aren't a member of a Costco-type store because of the membership fees. When Sam's opened up, they gave some large companies a discount membership for their employees & it had started out at $10 a year. I found out that they always didn't have the best prices or what we were looking for. Now I just buy what we need in bulk when it comes on sale when I see at the stores we go to. All of they places we go to are on one street within a mile of each other, so I call it our "one-stop" shop.

My local newspaper just started putting coupons in again which surprised me.
 
fuzzybuddy said:
I live alone. I used to be a member of Sam's Club. That cost a yearly fee of $35. The savings of buying in bulk were wiped out by the fee. And I don't have the space to store 10,000 paper napkins. Buying in bulk is great if you are using the items up, but for just me, living alone, I don't have need of 1,000 rubber gloves.
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I live alone and I use a box of 200 latex gloves every 3 months, because I use them for all sorts of food prep etc...
 
Lilac said:
@Jules & @hollydolly, bulk food stores doesn't mean that they have open bins & you help yourself. Not what you see at some chain markets. This is a small Mom & Pop shop in my area that buy in bulk & then package it themselves in small sizes for purchase.

We aren't a member of a Costco-type store because of the membership fees. When Sam's opened up, they gave some large companies a discount membership for their employees & it had started out at $10 a year. I found out that they always didn't have the best prices or what we were looking for. Now I just buy what we need in bulk when it comes on sale when I see at the stores we go to. All of they places we go to are on one street within a mile of each other, so I call it our "one-stop" shop.

My local newspaper just started putting coupons in again which surprised me.
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Lilac.. no, I know the open bin stores are not bulk.... I was talking about bulk food as one would buy in Costco etc..

The annual fee is only £24 and I easily get that back in bulk buying.. and of course much cheaper fuel than anywhere else..
 
againstthegrain said:
Speaking of spices and herbs Pensey's has gift cards on sale at 30% off. They never expire and make great gifts. USD $35 for a $50 card and $69 for a $100 card. The sale ends tonight.

They are die hard liberals(if that matters to you), offer great products, and 30% off can't be beat. Try the ground black pepper, bay leaves, vanilla extract, garlic powder, or salad dressing bases, like green goddess. You won't be disappointed, I promise.
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I've been to Pensey's. They do have nice spices.
 
I sometimes buy dry foods like beans and rice or powdered milk in bulk, because it is easy to store, and if the economy does take one of those nosedives where store shelves are empty again, I want to have something that we can easily cook and eat. They are foods that we eat all of the time anyway, so we just re-supply ourselves.
Canned foods I do not buy in bulk but do try to have several cans on hand, so that I do not run out and then need something and not have it.
Toilet paper, I buy in bulk from Sam’s , so we always have a good supply of that.
 
@hollydolly, Walmart & Speedway have good prices on gas for us. We have their card/membership which is free & get reward points for buying gas from them. Out of the two, Walmart is usually the best. Costco & Sam's is clear across the county from us.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
I sometimes buy dry foods like beans and rice or powdered milk in bulk, because it is easy to store, and if the economy does take one of those nosedives where store shelves are empty again, I want to have something that we can easily cook and eat. They are foods that we eat all of the time anyway, so we just re-supply ourselves.
Canned foods I do not buy in bulk but do try to have several cans on hand, so that I do not run out and then need something and not have it.
Toilet paper, I buy in bulk from Sam’s , so we always have a good supply of that.
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I think more people than ever are buying in bulk who never would have before Covid and the food shortages..it was almost like a war with rationing.. so after that many people decided they would not be left without essentials ever again.

I have the space here to store bulk buys, but I was talking to one woman a year or 2 back who lives in a small 2 bed house , with only one freezer.. she was buying huge amounts of Toilet paper, and when I asked where she stored it she said she stored it in the loft... I never even thought of that... lofts here are generally not like spacious attics.. but more like dark cold places where the Water tank is stored.. so it never occurred to me anyone would be storing toilet paper up there lol
 
Lilac said:
@hollydolly, Walmart & Speedway have good prices on gas for us. We have their card/membership which is free & get reward points for buying gas from them. Out of the two, Walmart is usually the best. Costco & Sam's is clear across the county from us.
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we don't have Sams here... or Walmart.. altho' at one point walmart owned one of our more downmarket supermarket chains.. and they do tend to sell fuel cheaper than most garages.. only because they're self service, where all other garages and supermarket chains aside from Costco, have small stores attached with staff.. so I suppose that has to be paid for out of the fuel prices....but they are still more expensive than Costco...

Costco however are 10 p a litre cheaper than the garages.. so that's around 50 p cheaper on the gallon...

The one drawback for most people is that they don't live near a Costco here, which are few and spread out over just certain parts of the country ... in the UK... I'm fortunate that I live just about 10 miles from the nearest one..
 
The only times I've ever bought in bulk:
a) Lived isolated rural - meats for freezer, milks, canned goods, loo rolls, soaps blah blah
b) When we had a boat. Canned goods, loo rolls, dog food etc. etc.
b) Pandemc time - loo rolls, Carex/soaps, toothpaste
 
OneEyedDiva said:
Those are just some of the items I buy in bulk. What about you?
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I buy a case of 96 rolls (500 sheets per roll)

Other things, not so much

Most things I buy are a month's worth
I have an order point
If something gets down to two week's worth, I get another month's worth
Makes it easier to rotate stock

We do have a pantry full of canned goods
 
I wouldn't say it's extreme as far as the meaning of BULK.

However, once a month, my tins/cans purchases are bulky. Always 13 soups, 8 mushrooms and 8 chopped tomatoes 😂😂😂
 
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