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We are from WA state and used to be able to buy many food items in bulk, from 10 to 50 lb sacks of flour, farina, oatmeal, bulk honey, molasses, maple and other syrups, sugar, pasta's, all sorts of beans, spices... big canned items, all sorts of nuts, dried fruits and veggies, just about everything, even quick prepare foods, such a large boxes of Krusteaz (just add water) cakes, brownies, ect. oils, shortening. Fresh foods, such as milk, eggs, fruits and vegetables were not available there, but other bulk supply stores would carry those items as well.
We also had access to wholesale grocery stores.. called Rainbow Grocery. It made it a LOT easier to feed the family for less money that regular grocery stores.
Does such stores exist in Wake or Franklin County?
I did some searching online and can't find any nearby. I think that something like an Amish bulk foods store would be like you're wanting to find.
Here's one that's in North Carolina, it'd be quite a drive but they do online shopping... or you could always take a trip
Welcome to Yoder's Country Market, Blanch NC. Amish Style Country Store (http://yodersmart.com/index.html - broken link)
Thanks so much for the suggestions. I'll follow up on them. Hard to believe there is no demand for buying bulk quantity foods for the family household.
I'm also interested in assorted TVP flavored dry goods and tofu sources besides grocery stores.
yeah, isn't that the same as costco, sams and bj's? for cheaper groceries than Harris Teeter, etc try Aldi's. They have good products and great prices. We drive half an hour on the interstate about every 6 weeks just to shop Aldi.
That's what I was thinking too when I read this. But I assumed since those places are everywhere and the obvious answer then it must not be what she/he's looking for.
I have to chime in here... what I think the poster is looking for is a store similar to Cash and Carry (Cash & Carry). I also just moved here from the Fort Lewis, Washington area and am seeking something similar to them as well. We used to buy lots of our meats, milk, produce, etc. because they had great prices and did not charge a membership fee to use their stores.
We have a lot of mom and pop independent restaurants and espresso stands in that area and quite a few of the operators shop at Cash and Carry.
Costco, BJ's and Sam's are similar to Cash and Carry, except that the aforementioned have other durable goods where Cash and Carry is strictly food and limited restaurant supplies.
If anyone knows of anything similar to this type of store, I'd love to hear about it!
Many years ago the person in charge of bulk products at the Fresh Market in Cameron Village agreed to special order bulk oat bran for me. It may have been in the heyday of using oat bran to reduce cholesterol (some of you may remember that). The price per pound was less than the retail price in the store. The Fresh Market employee seemed willing to do this on an on-going basis, but I decided smaller amounts worked best for me. Don't know whether Fresh Market or another store will special order bulk at a discount these days, but you may want to consider asking. The key seemed to be my willingness to buy an entire bulk wholesale package or bag, which was then a minimum of 50 pounds for many dry bulk products I asked about.
Don’t know if it made a difference, but I went to the store and talked with the right person rather than phoning. The right person in my case was not the store manager (I didn’t even talk with the store manager), but the employee who had the authority to do the ordering and would do the extra work. He also had the authority to quote a cost to me, but if not, then we would have talked with a manager.
Not sure this is right, but I thought Fresh Market made a profit and saved the cost of labor and materials required for them to package bulk oat bran into retail amounts. So I thought we both probably came out OK on price.
I wish you the best in finding a local source for what you’re looking for. If you do, I’d be interested in hearing about it.
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