Bulk buying - shopping
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A thread about bulk buying to save money and everybody's buying bottled water?
Englands water is literally reconstituted dead babies.
Bottled water contains reconstituted dead babies that have been underground for 1000s of years.
But its good to go then.
I do a quarterly shop at Costco for bulk stuff. Not only do we save a bit of money but it helps cut the weekly shop down and makes it quicker and easier.
Costco sometimes have great deals on random stuff as well, i probably don't break even when you add up the impulse buys....
oh well!
Costco sometimes have great deals on random stuff as well, i probably don't break even when you add up the impulse buys....
oh well!
Things we buy in bulk:
* Washing up powder/tablets
* Dishwasher tablets
* Toilet Roll
* Kitchen Roll
At wherever is having them on sale. Sometimes Amazon can be a good place.
We also bulk buy chicken breasts from our butcher. £25 gets us about 23-26 chicken breasts which we dice and freeze. Not a huge saving but the quality is so much better than supermarket meat and works out slightly cheaper per breast.
* Washing up powder/tablets
* Dishwasher tablets
* Toilet Roll
* Kitchen Roll
At wherever is having them on sale. Sometimes Amazon can be a good place.
We also bulk buy chicken breasts from our butcher. £25 gets us about 23-26 chicken breasts which we dice and freeze. Not a huge saving but the quality is so much better than supermarket meat and works out slightly cheaper per breast.
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I bulk buy meat from online butchers, but from makro and cost o wholesalers generally it is things like loo rolls, kitchen towel, soaps / cleaning liquids etc...
Interesting to know, Aldi is where I buy my staples except for goat milk, back in my day 12/13 years ago any cheap nappies were a guaranteed nappy rash so glad to see Aldi winning again.
We have a few cheap butcher places round here all selling bulk packs although I'd say the meat is a little suspect, no origin or slaughter house label on the packs.
As has been mentioned previously, the big cost savers, as far as I can make out, are
loo roll
Kitchen roll
Washing up liquid,
Dishwasher tablets
Laundry supplies (washing powder, softener etc.)
Bottles water
Cheese is stupidly cheap
Cereal
Pizzas
Rice
Clothes
Car stuff (microfibres towels, oil etc...)
I find a lot of the food isn't necessarily that much cheaper, but usually really tasty. Bangkok prawns, Goyza, peaking duck, cottage pie, curry etc...
We shop there a fair bit. It's 50 miles from us though, but then it's only 10 miles from my work.
Plus, you can't beat a hot dog and drink for £1.50.
loo roll
Kitchen roll
Washing up liquid,
Dishwasher tablets
Laundry supplies (washing powder, softener etc.)
Bottles water
Cheese is stupidly cheap
Cereal
Pizzas
Rice
Clothes
Car stuff (microfibres towels, oil etc...)
I find a lot of the food isn't necessarily that much cheaper, but usually really tasty. Bangkok prawns, Goyza, peaking duck, cottage pie, curry etc...
We shop there a fair bit. It's 50 miles from us though, but then it's only 10 miles from my work.
Plus, you can't beat a hot dog and drink for £1.50.
A thread about bulk buying to save money and everybody's buying bottled water?
My thought as well.
And hundreds of £ worth of nappies when washable ones exist.
My main Costco staples are toothpaste, bottled water (see below), and petrol from the Costco petrol stations. If I had the freezer space, I would also buy some of Costco's frozen meat and frozen fruits and vegetables.
The municipal water in San Diego tastes disgusting, and I don't have the storage capacity for a large filter in my shared house. I could buy something like a Brita jug filter but bottled water is as cheap as chips (well, even cheaper
). I will be buying a Big Berkey when I do have the space though. 
The water that comes out of Berkey filters is some of the best that I've ever drank.
One of my housemates buys a lot of the household supplies from Costco, like:
- kitchen towel
- toilet wipes
- laundry detergent
- washing up liquid
- rubbish bags
A thread about bulk buying to save money and everybody's buying bottled water?
The municipal water in San Diego tastes disgusting, and I don't have the storage capacity for a large filter in my shared house. I could buy something like a Brita jug filter but bottled water is as cheap as chips (well, even cheaper
). I will be buying a Big Berkey when I do have the space though. The water that comes out of Berkey filters is some of the best that I've ever drank.One of my housemates buys a lot of the household supplies from Costco, like:
- kitchen towel
- toilet wipes
- laundry detergent
- washing up liquid
- rubbish bags
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i do a weekly hop at costco on the way back from work, usually monday, staples are:
- Milk
- Margarine/spread
- Cheese
- Yoghurt
- Cereals
- Hummus
- Bread
- Washing up liquid/handwash
- Laundry stuff
- Almond & peanut butter
- Snacks
- Drinks
- Cakes
- Hummus
Whatever else from the local aldi/lidl/sainsburys
- Milk
- Margarine/spread
- Cheese
- Yoghurt
- Cereals
- Hummus
- Bread
- Washing up liquid/handwash
- Laundry stuff
- Almond & peanut butter
- Snacks
- Drinks
- Cakes
- Hummus
Whatever else from the local aldi/lidl/sainsburys
I Bulk buy from mostly Makro, my last shop consisted off;
48 toilet rolls
32 kitchen rolls
XXL fairy washing powder
massive vanish bottle
bleach
softner
2 flash floor and surface cleaner
5kg chicken breasts
2kg bacon
4 large bottles of branded shampoo
large bag of bakers dog food
£150 for the lot. No idea if its good
48 toilet rolls
32 kitchen rolls
XXL fairy washing powder
massive vanish bottle
bleach
softner
2 flash floor and surface cleaner
5kg chicken breasts
2kg bacon
4 large bottles of branded shampoo
large bag of bakers dog food
£150 for the lot. No idea if its good
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A thread about bulk buying to save money and everybody's buying bottled water?
We dont buy Bottled water in Surrey, champaign comes out of the tap. No one here likes it and it hurts to wash your face in the morning but its a luxury we will endure so we dont drink the same water as the peasants.
We also bulk buy quadruple ply toilet-paper and have a machine combine and double the thickness as it is more expensive
We dont have kids though, they are just far too expensive.