On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 7:37:32 PM UTC-10, wrote:
> On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 3:10:24 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 8:37:18 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
> > > Discovered "Bulk Barn" yesterday.
> > > http://www.bulkbarn.ca/en-ca/index.html
> > > It appears to be a Canadian company but I'm sure there must be US
> > > equivalents.
> > > It is a veritable Aladdin's Cave and the temptation to buy things you
> > > might need is enormous. I stuck to what I will soon use: white choc
> > > chips, gluten flour, sprouted whole-wheat flour (for recipes in
> > > Reinhart's latest book) and pink peppercorns (for sprinkling in salads
> > > and also making "honey-pink peppercorn madeleines).
> > > However, I did give in and bought some Liquorice Allsorts!
> > > Graham
> > > --
> > > November is "Sarcasm Month"!
> > > Yeah, right!
> >
> > Is this a great country or what? Of course, we don't have Bulk Barn on this rock. We need one of these!!!
>
> My SIL used to shop at "Mr. Bulky," until it closed in her area. Google
> says there were as many as 22, in the Midwest. But now they're down to
> one in Akron (or Cuyahoga Falls) Ohio. Check out the picture and you
> will see the emphasis on candy.
>
> http://www.yelp.com/biz/mr-bulkys-foods-akron-2

Mr. Bulky is a great name although it sounds like a guy's big and tall store. Times are tough for candy stores in the US these days. Being in a room with wall to wall candies isn't so exciting as it was 50 years ago - even for kids.

"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 7:37:32 PM UTC-10,
> wrote:
>> On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 3:10:24 PM UTC-7, dsi1 wrote:
>> > On Sunday, October 25, 2015 at 8:37:18 AM UTC-10, graham wrote:
>> > > Discovered "Bulk Barn" yesterday.
>> > > http://www.bulkbarn.ca/en-ca/index.html
>> > > It appears to be a Canadian company but I'm sure there must be US
>> > > equivalents.
>> > > It is a veritable Aladdin's Cave and the temptation to buy things you
>> > > might need is enormous. I stuck to what I will soon use: white choc
>> > > chips, gluten flour, sprouted whole-wheat flour (for recipes in
>> > > Reinhart's latest book) and pink peppercorns (for sprinkling in
>> > > salads
>> > > and also making "honey-pink peppercorn madeleines).
>> > > However, I did give in and bought some Liquorice Allsorts!
>> > > Graham
>> > > --
>> > > November is "Sarcasm Month"!
>> > > Yeah, right!
>> >
>> > Is this a great country or what? Of course, we don't have Bulk Barn on
>> > this rock. We need one of these!!!
>>
>> My SIL used to shop at "Mr. Bulky," until it closed in her area. Google
>> says there were as many as 22, in the Midwest. But now they're down to
>> one in Akron (or Cuyahoga Falls) Ohio. Check out the picture and you
>> will see the emphasis on candy.
>>
>> http://www.yelp.com/biz/mr-bulkys-foods-akron-2
>
> Mr. Bulky is a great name although it sounds like a guy's big and tall
> store. Times are tough for candy stores in the US these days. Being in a
> room with wall to wall candies isn't so exciting as it was 50 years ago -
> even for kids.

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I must agree with you. I remember when one of the movie theaters put in
some bulk candy. I was excited to be able to buy a small amount of just
what I wanted. Until I paid for that handful of sweets. Over $8! The next
time I went to that theater, the bulk candy was gone.

Then I remember being at some weird little mall with my husband, but I can't
remember now what state we were in. Again, excited because they had a bulk
candy store. Seemed appealing with all of those barrels. But when I began
looking, there was nothing new there. I did buy a few hard candies.

The mall here had a candy store. We took daughter and her friend in there
when they were quite a bit younger. Again, no big deal. Everything they
had could be purchased elsewhere and for a whole lot less. But my husband
still told them to buy bags of candy. I think the friend may have eaten
hers. Not sure. The bag that my kid got, never got eaten. She didn't even
want the candy but my husband put some seemingly random items in there and
told me to pay for it.

More recently my mom called me, very excited to tell me that they had put a
new candy store in the mall. So I looked. Doesn't seem any different than
the other one but the name has changed. Oh. Candy. Big whoop.

Then again, my mom tends to get excited and I can't see why. Like when she
told me about the root beer floats they'd had where she lives. I was kind
of like... Uh huh. I take you to the store at least once a week, as does
my bro or SIL. And you have a kitchen with a fridge. At any time, you
could buy root beer and ice cream. So... I don't get it.