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What do you buy in bulk?

mistydawn123mistydawn123 member
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FI and I are looking to start buying more in bulk to save money.  What do you buy?
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  • mistydawn123mistydawn123 member
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    edited December 2011
    P.S. The Food Saver my sister recommended will be here today.
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  • HeffalumpHeffalump member
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    edited December 2011
    Some of this will help you, some probably won't.

    Diapers
    Wipes
    Toilet paper
    Paper towels
    Laundry detergent
    Fabric softener sheets
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  • 6fsn6fsn member
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    edited December 2011

    What Heffa said and
    meat
    oatmeal
    bagels
    cheese
    razorblades
    shampoo/conditioner

    Pretty much everything nonperishable.  I tend to buy in threes and regularly go to Sam's.

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  • HeffalumpHeffalump member
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    edited December 2011

    Oh yeah, 6 reminded me, razor blades and DH's bar soap.

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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011

    are you talking about costco, the best store in all the land?

    food
    pasta
    tomatoes -- sauce, paste, whole
    tuna
    wine
    juice
    cereal
    soda
    frozen foods

    household
    cleaning supplies -- sponges, dish soap, dishwasher detergent, simple green, hand soap refill
    paper
    toner

    personal
    soap
    shampoo
    lotion
    vitamins
    shark week supplies
    contact lens supplies

    fun
    blu-rays
    apple store cards
    4eva stamps
    gelato

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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    i bought a box of powder laundry detergent from costco.  it took me two years to go through it all by myself.
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  • mistydawn123mistydawn123 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_buy-bulk?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:47Discussion:82069cf6-acba-46ff-a9ed-60172d6ba480Post:10d9d39b-6e11-48a1-84f2-222d42916ec1">Re: What do you buy in bulk?</a>:
    [QUOTE]i bought a box of powder laundry detergent from costco.  it took me two years to go through it all by myself.
    Posted by hmonkey[/QUOTE]

    LOL We haven't had to buy laundry soap since I moved in, over a year ago, I caught it on sale for cheap.
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    i also buy the costco ground beef, which is a 6lb tray.  i normally don't freeze it -- i just make it into a variety of things over a weekend, and then i freeze that: meatloaf, lasagna, chili, etc.  it's just as easy to make two lasagnas as it is to make one!
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    i considered buying my wedding invitations through costco.  i probably should have; they would have been cheaper.
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  • arbolitaarbolita
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    edited December 2011
    The stuff we regularly buy from Costco:

    - K-Cups (Coffee pods)
    - Popcorn Chicken
    - Italian Dressing
    - Laundry Detergent
    - Toilet Paper
    - Crystal Light Lemonade packet
    - Ground Turkey
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  • arbolitaarbolita
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    edited December 2011
    HMo - the Costco around the corner from me sells Berger Cookies in bulk.  It's a very amazing and bad thing.
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  • Butter CookieButter Cookie member
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    edited December 2011
    Let's see...
    laundry detergent
    bounce dryer sheets
    dish detergent
    dish washer detergent
    shampoo
    conditioner
    soap
    shaving cream
    razors
    lotion (face & body)
    meat (pork shoulder, ground turkey/chicken, chicken tenderloins)(btw, they'll cut meat up for you there, so you don't have to do it at home)
    LeSeur peas
    greek yogurt
    chocolate sauce
    deluxe nuts
    individual sized chips, crackers, etc

    We ... LOVE ... buying in bulk.

    It's nearly always cheaper. Costco even has coupons. I ended up with something like $10 off the 8 items I bought there the other day.

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  • HeffalumpHeffalump member
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    edited December 2011
    Oh, BC reminded me, dishwasher tabs.
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  • Butter CookieButter Cookie member
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    edited December 2011
    Heffa - I love the tabs. I use them up, then use the bucket for trash and scraps when I'm cooking. SO much easier. Then I toss it when I have a new bucket.
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  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    Toilet Paper, Paper towels, water, almonds, hmmmm.  Whatever is cheaper per unit to buy in bulk really.  Nothing TOO perishable.
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  • hmonkeyhmonkey member
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    edited December 2011
    i was worried about buying canned tomatoes in bulk -- am i really going to use twenty cans?  but the expiration is in 2014, so yes, i can figure out how to use 20 cans over three years.
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  • **O-Face****O-Face** member
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    edited December 2011
    I could so use 20 cans in 3 years!
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  • mrsconn23mrsconn23 member
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    edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_wedding-woes_buy-bulk?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special%20Topic%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:47Discussion:82069cf6-acba-46ff-a9ed-60172d6ba480Post:dc85890d-85e5-44dd-8f82-dc8d7ac6fb89">Re: What do you buy in bulk?</a>:
    [QUOTE]I could so use 20 cans in 3 years!
    Posted by **O-Face**[/QUOTE]

    Hell, it's winter...I make so much spaghetti and chili and stuff that I could use 20 cans in 3 months.
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  • NOLABridesmaidNOLABridesmaid member
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    edited December 2011
    I think I used my Costco card 4 times. I mainly used it for food for parties I was invited to. Now I just borrow a card when I need something for a party.

    No, I'm not the Hispanic lady on the card, but they don't check.
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  • Cant_wait!Cant_wait!
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    edited December 2011
    After reading this I feel like I'm not using costco to it's full potential. All I buy there is dog food, butter, tampons and DH's protein (and then whatever catches my eye like hummus, and the GIANT bag of pita chips.)
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  • MinMMinM
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    edited December 2011
    Remember when they checked hmo's card that her mom was using and her poor mom couldn't buy her stuff and was all embarassed?

    We buy:
    TP
    paper towels
    contact lens solution
    shark week stuff
    plug-ins
    laundry detergent
    fabric softner
    swiffer dry and wet-jet pads

    we used to buy coffee before we got the kurig.

    Also, random purchases like artichoke hearts and postacios.
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  • NOLABridesmaidNOLABridesmaid member
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    edited December 2011
    Min, I don't, but you know I wasn't looking anybody in the eye when I flashed it. I just kept it moving.
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  • MinMMinM
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    edited December 2011
    Ha! I also will buy shaving cream (for me), shampoo and conditioner (of I an going with a cheaper brand. Also, drugs....like alleve and such.

    Can't Wait - I am surprised you don't buy candy there.
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  • Cant_wait!Cant_wait!
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    edited December 2011
    I can't! I'd be housebound obese, for real. My work used to buy the big bags...and I'd kill it within a few days. I requested that we stop stocking candy in the office. I have NO self control around candy.
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  • baconsmombaconsmom member
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    edited December 2011
    Late, but we buy everything in bulk. Everything. We shop once a month at Costco.

    Things they don't offer/don't keep well: Powdered sugar; marshmallows; grape jelly; corn starch; steel-cut oatmeal; Italian dressing mix; black beans. 

    Some of those I only really need seasonally (marshmallows for fudge). Everything else either keeps, we eat quickly, or it freezes. We tend to buy hardy fruits and veg, and since we live in a dry climate, keeping things in a fridge can extend shelf life way beyond what most people would think. (Romaine lettuce, for example? That'll be good for three weeks, sometimes the whole month.) 

    It keeps us from going to the store every week and being taken in by impulse purchases and, since we buy mostly the same stuff, gives us a food/household budget for the month that we can stick to. 
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