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VANITY - Best place to buy bulk food?

Posted on 01/02/2009 5:32:49 PM PST by PinkChampagneonIce

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1 posted on 01/02/2009 5:32:49 PM PST by PinkChampagneonIce
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To: PinkChampagneonIce

Found this place but have never bought anything http://www.thereadystore.com/

and this one

http://www.pleasanthillgrain.com/


2 posted on 01/02/2009 5:37:44 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: PinkChampagneonIce

Costco.


3 posted on 01/02/2009 5:38:07 PM PST by LiberConservative ("I, you know, can see, you know, upstate, you know, from my house, you know.")
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To: PinkChampagneonIce
Sam's Club has fifty pound sacks of rice for about $25 and fifty pound sacks of Pinto beans for about $12.50. I've been stocking up on both.

As long as you don't open the bags they are protected from bugs.

You can live on rice and beans indefinitely.

4 posted on 01/02/2009 5:38:10 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors are the opium of the people.)
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To: PinkChampagneonIce

I buy 25 pound bags and 50 pound bags of flour at Costco. I have also bought 10 pound bags of salt, and giant containers of honey. Probably 5 pound boxes of oatmeal. They have 25 and 50 pound bags of rice, too.


5 posted on 01/02/2009 5:38:36 PM PST by Marie2 (Hunkered down until something better comes along)
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To: PinkChampagneonIce
Well, my method is way ‘over simplified’ compared to what those ‘in the know’ do: WalMart, Sams Club and/or Costco.

Mostly canned goods and large bags of basic staples, dated and stored in large ‘bug-tight’ bins.

Rotate about once a year... and hope I never ever have to tap into it!

6 posted on 01/02/2009 5:39:19 PM PST by elpinta (Insured by Walther, Glock, Smith & Wesson.)
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Thanks, LiberConservative, but the closest Costco is in Missouri. There IS a Sam’s Club in Tulsa, but when I add the cost of the membership to my relatively frugal needs, it inflates the price above what I would like to pay....I would only be going there once a year. They also don’t have wheat, and the flour I bought there once (with a one-day free pass) had weevils in it when I opened it! Their pasta is MORE expensive than Wal-marts, as are many of their other staple items. I just think I can do better than Sam’s Club, even if I have to pay shipping.


7 posted on 01/02/2009 5:41:53 PM PST by PinkChampagneonIce
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To: PinkChampagneonIce

Yes, everyone. I am the tightest of tight-wads. I’m in search of the mother-lode of all rock-bottom bargain staple food places.


8 posted on 01/02/2009 5:45:25 PM PST by PinkChampagneonIce
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To: PinkChampagneonIce
We buy our wheat here.
9 posted on 01/02/2009 5:47:48 PM PST by kc8ukw
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To: PinkChampagneonIce
Do you have a Kroger's or a Smith's grocery store? The Smith's here in Nevada has a case lot sale about three times a year. Beats the pants off Costco. Also sounds weird but watch Amazon.com they are stocking groceries and often have free shipping days.
10 posted on 01/02/2009 5:48:02 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Nemo me impune lacessit.)
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To: PinkChampagneonIce

Generally, I’d say Costco has slightly lower prices than Sam’s Club, and a bit nicer selection.


11 posted on 01/02/2009 5:59:24 PM PST by Mogwai (Muslim is the new gay)
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To: PinkChampagneonIce; glock rocks; Gabz

Food Ping...


12 posted on 01/02/2009 5:59:47 PM PST by tubebender
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To: tubebender; Pete-R-Bilt; NormsRevenge

Utes continue to Roll the Tide

21-0 Utah

4:00 in the first

Knocked every bit of smug off the Fox announcers faces.

Go Utes!

Oh, food thread? Um, yes, we’re eating food. Thanks for the ping.


13 posted on 01/02/2009 6:03:22 PM PST by glock rocks (Well, it sounded like a good idea at the time...)
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To: PinkChampagneonIce
Next time you are at your local Wal-Mart go to the bakery area ask them if they have any empty 5 gal and 2 gal. plastic pails. They get their icings and other stuff in these pails and they just throw them away after they are empty. These are food grade pails with a gasket seal in he lid.

They are free, which you will appreciate. You will have to wash them out.

I use them to store the 25# bags of flour and rice and other items like pasta that I buy at Sam's. A 5 gal pail will hold a 25# bag of flour.

14 posted on 01/02/2009 6:06:17 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: PinkChampagneonIce
I have some acquaintances from various faiths that buy in big quantities. I'll ask around and ping you back if they have access to any exceptional bargains.

Wal-Mart is getting over rated in my area, also.

15 posted on 01/02/2009 6:07:29 PM PST by labette ( Humble student of Thinkology)
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Yeah all the grocery stores raised their prices when gas was $4 and have yet to reduce their prices IMO.

Now the Feds want to hike gas taxes by 50% which will result in everything costing more ... not just gas. Which in the long run brings in more tax money for states and municipalities because they wont have to even raise taxes ... the more things cost the more they rake in.

16 posted on 01/02/2009 6:19:27 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: driftdiver

Thanks, driftdriver, for the great site. I don’t think they can beat waltonfeeds.com on prices for grain, but I love the wonderful tools and utensils. I’ll spend a while looking at what they have!


17 posted on 01/02/2009 6:25:10 PM PST by PinkChampagneonIce
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To: Red_Devil 232

THANKS! I have been looking for a source for plastic pails, and just didn’t know where to ask. Everyone in my town is very helpful, so I’m sure I won’t get an attitude if I ask the next time I’m at Wal-mart (which is fairly frequently).


18 posted on 01/02/2009 6:27:55 PM PST by PinkChampagneonIce
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To: PinkChampagneonIce

a good source of leads and some mail order vendors links.

http://www.survivalblog.com/


19 posted on 01/02/2009 6:30:53 PM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Large quantities of open items should have ‘bay leaves’ placed inside, and that will prevent bugs as you use out of them.


20 posted on 01/02/2009 6:31:33 PM PST by Kackikat (.It's NOT over until it's over and it's NOT over yet....The Trumpet will sound....)
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