Does anyone else wholesale shop?

[matthew2riches]

As I am self employed, I got a Makro card for the sake of it. Still haven't been though. Will eventually drag myself 2 1/2 miles down the road to it but once I get in there I will probs go mad and won't be out for hours.

[kirsty b]

We've got a Costco card but I never really use it. A lot of the food is processed stuff which I don't eat and there is no information about the meat's source (except country of origin and that can be suspect due to the way the laws work). OH bought some chicken breasts in there once, they were pumped full of water and really horrible. Might have been cheap in theory but I'd never buy them again and would much rather buy a smaller amount of good quality meat. Tend to buy washing powder etc in bulk on the internet and they don't sell the varieties I want anyway and all the toiletries are the horrible chemical ones full of SLSs etc.

What site(s) do you use for washing powder Alison? I would like to buy in bulk as I have storage space for it, and buying a big box monthly does push my grocery bill up.
We would deffo consider bulk buying - the problem with us is being organised enough to actually do it and prepare storage space before we go!!

[Alison]

What site(s) do you use for washing powder Alison? I would like to buy in bulk as I have storage space for it, and buying a big box monthly does push my grocery bill up.
We would deffo consider bulk buying - the problem with us is being organised enough to actually do it and prepare storage space before we go!!

I buy ecover powdered stuff and vary where I buy it off depending on where is cheapest. Also bought a 5l container of their washing up liquid for decanting into smaller bottles. Not too sure where I bought them from last time but know it was cheaper than buying the smaller boxes and I like the fact that I used less packaging which is very important to me.

[vikkib]

As I am self employed, I got a Makro card for the sake of it. Still haven't been though. Will eventually drag myself 2 1/2 miles down the road to it but once I get in there I will probs go mad and won't be out for hours.

I remember the time my OH and our then flat mate (no longer, thank goodness!) went to Makro, they were gone for ages and came back with two cases of tinned kidney beans, a HUGE block of cheese and very little else (they were not in posession of their full faculties at the time)... the thing is none of us liked kidney beans and the use by date on the cheese was the following day.

My OH kept saying 'but the cheese was sooooo cheeeap'.

[allotmentlady]

i used too......but ended up spending more than I needed too.....now I just shop about at the usual suspects. Comparethesupermarket.com is a good way to find bargains

[blackkitty]

We've had a couple of crates from Laithwaites/Virgin/Tesco/Times, using promotions, but tbh, it's usually cheaper to stock up when your favourites are on BoGoF

although it's nice to come home dirty & tired from the lotty and find a crate of wine on your doorstep

We find that the trick with Laithwaites is not to buy for ages, we held out for so long last time that they sent us two £60 off vouchers, so we were drinking Black Stump (very nice ozzie Shiraz) for three quid a bottle