Tinned food in bulk
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If you really want to go bulk I suggest getting sacks of dried pulses, fraction of the cost of tins and saves on recycling. You can reconstitute them for cooking with a 15 minute blast in a pressure cooker.
I'd also speak to the owner of your local larger sized Asian supermarket and agree bulk prices too. The one near me does wholesale to smaller shops and restaurants, (and large families too!) so usually has plenty of bulk packs of pulses, rice, flours, tinned tomatoes etc.
I'd look up Italian (bulk pasta, rice, flour, pulses) or Asian wholesalers online - you might find some good deals.
Otherwise Costco may be an option, though I usually find on the whole they sell trays of premium brand products at a decent price, but it's still more expensive than budget labels that you might find in mainstream supermarkets.
I'd also speak to the owner of your local larger sized Asian supermarket and agree bulk prices too. The one near me does wholesale to smaller shops and restaurants, (and large families too!) so usually has plenty of bulk packs of pulses, rice, flours, tinned tomatoes etc.
I'd look up Italian (bulk pasta, rice, flour, pulses) or Asian wholesalers online - you might find some good deals.
Otherwise Costco may be an option, though I usually find on the whole they sell trays of premium brand products at a decent price, but it's still more expensive than budget labels that you might find in mainstream supermarkets.
prand said:
If you really want to go bulk I suggest getting sacks of dried pulses, fraction of the cost of tins and saves on recycling. You can reconstitute them for cooking with a 15 minute blast in a pressure cooker.
I'd also speak to the owner of your local larger sized Asian supermarket and agree bulk prices too. The one near me does wholesale to smaller shops and restaurants, (and large families too!) so usually has plenty of bulk packs of pulses, rice, flours, tinned tomatoes etc.
I'd look up Italian (bulk pasta, rice, flour, pulses) or Asian wholesalers online - you might find some good deals.
Otherwise Costco may be an option, though I usually find on the whole they sell trays of premium brand products at a decent price, but it's still more expensive than budget labels that you might find in mainstream supermarkets.
I'd agree with this - the asian supermarket I go to is much cheaper than anywhere else I have found and has a better range too.I'd also speak to the owner of your local larger sized Asian supermarket and agree bulk prices too. The one near me does wholesale to smaller shops and restaurants, (and large families too!) so usually has plenty of bulk packs of pulses, rice, flours, tinned tomatoes etc.
I'd look up Italian (bulk pasta, rice, flour, pulses) or Asian wholesalers online - you might find some good deals.
Otherwise Costco may be an option, though I usually find on the whole they sell trays of premium brand products at a decent price, but it's still more expensive than budget labels that you might find in mainstream supermarkets.
21TonyK said:
I have a feeling Booker and Costco memberships are interchangeable, ie. got one you have the other (same company?)
Booker is part of the Tesco group, Costco is Costco. Both have membership requirements though year ago Costco bent those sideways for me to get membership. With both you need to know your prices in advance as they are not cheap for everything,Puggit said:
Booker/Macro is one company. Membership isn't as open as Costco 
Asian supermarket is good idea - plenty of them in Reading!
Booker / Makro is owned by Tesco.Asian supermarket is good idea - plenty of them in Reading!
Membership of Makro and Booker is separate, even though they quite often share the same building.
Makro membership is usually very simple and is often just a case of filling in a form, showing proof of employment.
Booker requires proof of business ownership.
Not ever been a member of Costco.
Without detailing the thread, Costco often seemed to me as somewhere you had to pay to have a membership to keep it feeling special, but the bulk buy aspect of it is inconsistent and sporadic.
Booker seems to be more “lots of stuff on a pallet”. Costco seems to be more bigger bags of nuggets, 4l bottles of olive oil and the weirdo domestic / brown goods offers.
Booker seems to be more “lots of stuff on a pallet”. Costco seems to be more bigger bags of nuggets, 4l bottles of olive oil and the weirdo domestic / brown goods offers.
Ham_and_Jam said:
Puggit said:
Booker/Macro is one company. Membership isn't as open as Costco
Asian supermarket is good idea - plenty of them in Reading!
Booker / Makro is owned by Tesco.Asian supermarket is good idea - plenty of them in Reading!
Membership of Makro and Booker is separate, even though they quite often share the same building.
Makro membership is usually very simple and is often just a case of filling in a form, showing proof of employment.
Booker requires proof of business ownership.
Not ever been a member of Costco.
Ways and means and all that.
Costco are definitely not the cheapest out there (even compared to normal supermarkets) but the quality of their meat, fruit and bakery products is second to none. Their single bottle wine and spirit prices are pretty good too, and they tend to sell products that are hard to get from mainstream supermarkets (a lot of US products, which is to be expected).
I still think they have a magic ray that makes you spend a minimum of £100 even if you just wanted to pop in for a hotdog!
I still think they have a magic ray that makes you spend a minimum of £100 even if you just wanted to pop in for a hotdog!
Truckosaurus said:
Camelot1971 said:
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I still think they have a magic ray that makes you spend a minimum of £100 even if you just wanted to pop in for a hotdog!
Indeed. Probably unwise for the OP to try to save money by visiting there.I still think they have a magic ray that makes you spend a minimum of £100 even if you just wanted to pop in for a hotdog!
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