File this under alternative shopping venues - bulk buying @ your local restaurant supply store. If it's good enough for my favorite eatery & their bottom line then it's good enough for me. Besides the main advantage of purchasing food for pennies per once, (50 lbs. of movie house grade popcorn for 49 cents per pound), the shopping experience borders on old fashioned. Almost brings you back to the local corner store with simple metal shelving, perhaps an old am radio playing, and a simple cash register. No multiple receipts with frivolous coupons on the flip side. Just the facts.Besides the bushel sized sack of pop corn I buy vegetable oil, 5 lbs. bags of yeast, and high gluten/bread flour a.k.a. Occident flour. This is also a great place to buy spices. If the quantity is an issue organize a co-op or use for gift giving.
Did I mention the lack of membership fees ? No old lady bouncers @ the door. No flat screen t.v. or radial tires. Just commercial quality stoves and really huge blocks of mozzarella. Ask about discounts on bulk order. My Resturant Supply Store offers 10% on any order that is more than 3 cases pick up only.
The flour pictured above was a 3 way split put together by my prima bbgf. 50 lbs. = $17.99 divided 3 ways so $6/16 lbs. or 37 cents per pound.
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The Niagara Frontier Food Terminal has some good vendors. Don't forget the good prices on restaurant-grade cookware and accessories!
ReplyDeleteIs that on Transit road going away from Clarence ? I think I stopped in their once after a night shift. Good selection.
ReplyDeleteand would afore mentioned restaurant suppy house be located? There used to be one on Jay..or was it Maple? Didn't know there was still one in the area that sold baking supplies.
ReplyDeleteOMG, you writing about Jay Street really brought back memories. No the place I am talking about is in Batavia. But I'm sure that there's gotta be one in Rochester. Google girl, Google.
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