Grocery Wholesalers
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Topic: Grocery Wholesalers
Posted By: myfullhouse
Subject: Grocery Wholesalers
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 1:18pm
I have been inspired by Babe's blog and a very sad looking bank balance  to look into buying our groceries in bulk. However I can't really find any wholesalers apart from Gilmours and Mum thinks they aren't cheaper than the supermarket anyway.
Can anyone recommend some grocery wholesalers? Preferably West Auckland, or Central or the Shore ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 1:52pm
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Nah Linzy Gilmours isn't any cheaper. You also have to have a Gilmours card.
Can't help on a wholesaler though sorry ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 4:59pm
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The supermarkets are pretty tough to beat on price, they often undercut the wholesalers anyways.
The places to save money if buying in bulk - is places like Bin Inn or similar. Our local one sells hubbards cereals and a lot less than the packaged item on the supermarket shelves. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">   [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 5:26pm
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Do you have Moore Wilsons (sp?) in Auckland or is it just a Wellington thing?
Last year we got Bundaberg Lemon, Lime and Bitters for $1.70 a bottle when the supermarket sells the 4 packs for about $7! So you can def save some good $$ on some things! But like c&j said, the supermarket is still cheaper for some items! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 5:32pm
| We have a toops card but we find it no cheaper for 90% of things unless you wanna buy in mega bulk. Prices on the shelves are cheaper but then you get to the checkout and gst gets added and its no different |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 5:53pm
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Have you tried that place down by Kmart in Henderson that sells near to expiry date products? I have friends that shop there and they save an absolute fortune.
Worth a try perhaps? ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 6:33pm
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Moore Wilson is just in Wellington and Toops only in the Lower Nth Island. I googled and it appears that everywhere has a heap of wholesalers except Auckland!
I was actually looking for a bulk buy as in 3 or 6mths work. Sad I know but I was starting to look forward to the idea, getting my brain working to calculate quantities and using a spreadsheet! Looks like it will just be monthly shopping still 
Peachy I have seen that place but haven't been in. Doesn't look like they have everything so maybe I go there before the supermarket and get what I can, get the remainder from PnS Thanks for the suggestions ladies ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 7:28pm
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Peachy is that reduced to clear you are referring to? I got to the one in Wellington and they are great, but the one in Wellington has VERY limited stuff... We get Macoys (sp?) 1L Juice though for $1-$2 depending when it's usually $4-$5 at the supermarket (problem with faulty tops, glue didn't work iygwim) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: BriAndOlisMum
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 7:31pm
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have you tried reduced to clear? google it -------------  http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 22 August 2010 at 9:22pm
Yes it's a Reduced to Clear shop ------------- Lindsey
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Lil_Nic9 wrote:Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 23 August 2010 at 9:03pm
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I do most of our shopping at Mad Butcher and Pak n Save. I find them the best value. My bulk buying tends to be for non-perishables that I see on special at PNS that I know we'll definitely use but they won't be eaten any faster just because I've bought lots. For example, if chocolate is on special, buying a whole heap means I'm just gonna eat a whole heap! But if sugar is on special and I do a lot of baking, it may pay for me to get an extra one in advance of needing it.
In saying all that, I don't think that makes a huge difference. The biggest changes I made when I needed to get our grocery bill down was to limit the amount of cheese, ice-cream and treats. e.g. we would go through a block of cheese in a week but I would only buy it fortnightly because we would still be okay if we didn't eat it every second week. If ice-cream's in the freezer, we'll eat it. If it's not and it requires a special trip, we'll usually skip it. Only you (and your DH/family) know what you can do without, or less of, but that makes a bigger difference IMO than bulk buying. -------------  |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 2:16pm
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thanks busymum. i have been baking each week for quite a while now so don't buy biscuits, muesli bars etc. and there are never treats
i think i will go through and see what i actually need to buy for the boys and dh's lunches as i might be buying extra we don't need. the other thing is we spend $50/wk on fruit and vege as dh has at least 4 pieces of fruit for lunch so will see if i can reduce that and give him something else instead seems wholesalers are more common in the lower nth island and sth island ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 2:38pm
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I started keeping a spreadsheet of our weekly/fortnightly shop to get an idea of what we buy each week and how long it takes us to go through stuff. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> [/url] Angel June 2012 |
Posted By: sarahm
Date Posted: 24 August 2010 at 3:05pm
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I went to reduced to clear yesterday n Hendersen and it was mainly chocolate and lollies!
Got some cheap lemsip and nurafen and toothpaste but nothing else was really stuff we use (weird caned sausages in grazy, expired relish etc) or you could get cheaper at Pak n save (washing powder, wet wipes, shampoo etc) ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: jazzy
Date Posted: 25 August 2010 at 5:31pm
my friend goes there to get napisan & was told last time they would be out of it soon, so she got 4x worth. It is too far for me to go & save as I would spent too much in gas to get a few cents of stuff I don't usually use. |