Cheap spices

Glaucus · 27 Aug 2012 at 12:46

My sister found this awesome company at a fair.
It's very good prices and they do a load of good stuff. One of the ones I like is coconut milk powder.
So rather than buying a tin and wasting half of it. You can just make up what ever qua tity you need.

Unfortunately they still live in the dark ages and it's mail order, you need to phone for a catalogue to be sent out.
But improvement is on the way

Fox's Spices
Mason's Road
Stratford upon Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 9NF

Tel: 01789 266 420
Fax: 01789 267 737

Orders by telephone and mail. No website yet (but soon).

electric ant · 27 Aug 2012 at 19:56

For cheap spices just go down to your local cash and carry and buy big tubs of spices. Far cheaper when bought in bulk like this.

Oynas · 28 Aug 2012 at 18:24

electric ant said:
For cheap spices just go down to your local cash and carry and buy big tubs of spices. Far cheaper when bought in bulk like this.

Second this. This is how I buy all my spices.

glitch · 28 Aug 2012 at 19:17

Moses said:
Big tubs of powdered spices? Won't they just lose their potency, over time?

They start losing potency from the moment they are ground.

Exposure to sunlight, moisture and air all accelerate the process. Big tubs are something of a false economy unless you really rattle through them at a rate of knots.

Oynas · 29 Aug 2012 at 07:52

I always buy the smallest possible quantity, which I think is about 100g, for the reason of freshness. Big tubs would probably be only viable to catering.

pitchfork · 29 Aug 2012 at 13:29

I buy 250g-1kg bags of spices and dried herbs from a little asian deli by mine.
They cost much less than those silly pots in supermarkets and are much stronger flavoured by a long way. Schwartz are such a huge rip off, how they ever get away with £2 for a tiny box of peppercorns when I can buy a huge bag of them (enough to fill the box 20-30 times) for £1 I'll never know, I suppose supermarkets have led to consumers who don't care about shopping round for the best the "**** it that'll do" crowd constantly wondering why their food isn't as good as a restaurant.

Also got a fresh herb garden, which is likely to be dead when I get back to Plymouth guttingly enough.

j.col · 29 Aug 2012 at 17:59

i am lucky i live in Luton, there are about 100 asian grocery shops with a 5 mile radius, and i get my spices from them.
i have to agree with pitchfork, Schwartz are such a rip off, its unbelievable lol

for some, who dont have these shops near them, i would recommend the OP's shop, even for mail order, it has to be cheaper then those silly glass jars

pitchfork · 30 Aug 2012 at 09:30

To be honest it's worth travelling to stock up, there are some massive bargains to be had at these shops.

decmatt · 15 Dec 2012 at 00:47

Any recommendations where to go in London? (Live West London)

SINDRONE · 15 Dec 2012 at 03:56

I generally only buy spices if they're on offer, the last few times i've been to Tesco Schwartz spices have been on 2 for 1 lately so i've stocked up. I'm reliant on bus travel so Supermarket's are pretty much the only place in range, and Schwartz spices are usually very good quality in my experience.