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Default (2009-04-30) NS-RFC: To Brand or Not To Brand...


> I am starting to buy more and more from Bulk Barn these days. Steel cut
> oatmeal is less than a quarter the price of the name brands. I picked up
> some Wheatlets (Cream of Wheat) and paid only 88 cents for a close to 2
> pounds of it. Various herbs and spices were 25-40 cents for small bags
> which held the equivalent of 2 jars of the commercial stuff that sell for
> $2-4 each
>
> The best thing about buying bulk is that they don't screw around with
> package downsizing. There is none of that reducing a container from 12 oz
> to 10 oz and charging the same price.


I get all my spices and dried herbs at Bulk Barn as well as other things.
I get small quantities and refresh more often. Just have to stay out of the
candy aisle though....Sharon