Comments on: Buying in Bulk — Save Money or Supersize? http://www.frugalpig.com/frugallife/frugal-shopper/frugal-grocery-shopping/buying-in-bulk-save-money-or-supersize/ Frugal Living Tips and Ideas Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:24:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Becky http://www.frugalpig.com/frugallife/frugal-shopper/frugal-grocery-shopping/buying-in-bulk-save-money-or-supersize/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Becky Thu, 23 Dec 2010 10:50:17 +0000 http://www.frugalpig.com/frugallife/?p=34#comment-388 I can quite cheerfully scoff an industrial sized bag of chocolate raisins in under an hour. For this reason, I don't buy them in bulk. A bulk shop is supposed to last you longer, you're wasting money if you're getting through your purchases in the same time. One thing I'd add about bulk buying is that you have to take your own household into account. It sounds obvious but a lot of people go charging into the nearest <a href="http://www.makro.co.uk/servlet/PB/menu/-1_l2/index.html" rel="nofollow">wholesale</a> outlet without thinking about it much. You can only rely on online guides so much. Most online guides advise you not to buy eggs in bulk but I'd be worse off if I didn't. I can quite cheerfully scoff an industrial sized bag of chocolate raisins in under an hour. For this reason, I don’t buy them in bulk. A bulk shop is supposed to last you longer, you’re wasting money if you’re getting through your purchases in the same time.

One thing I’d add about bulk buying is that you have to take your own household into account. It sounds obvious but a lot of people go charging into the nearest wholesale outlet without thinking about it much. You can only rely on online guides so much. Most online guides advise you not to buy eggs in bulk but I’d be worse off if I didn’t.

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