Bulk foods
Bulk foods are food items offered in large quantities, which can be purchased in large, bulk lots or transferred from a bulk container into a smaller container for purchase.[1] Bulk foods may be priced less compared to packaged foods because they're typically packaged in large generic bulk containers and packaging for grocery outlets, which utilizes lesser natural resources.[1][2][3] Additionally, less packaging is congruent with the environmental conservation of natural resources[4] and sustainability.[3] One study found a 96% reduction in packaging used for bulk foods compared to packaged foods.[4]
National Bulk Foods Week
A National Bulk Foods Week[1][2] had been designated between October 16 - 22, 2011 in ten U.S. states.[5]
Products
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Some commonly available bulk foods and products include:
Dry goods
Liquid and wet goods
Household goods
- Dish detergent [1]
- Laundry detergent [1]
Retailers
Notable retailers of bulk foods include:
- Cub Foods [2]
- Food 4 Less
- Bulk Barn
- Giant Eagle [3]
- Lunds [2]
- Real Canadian Superstore
- Rainbow Foods [2]
- Rungis International Market
- Whole Foods Market [2]
- WinCo Foods [8]
See also
- Costco
- Grocers – originally sold dry goods out of bins and barrels
- Grocery store
- Warehouse club
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Carpenter, Susan (October 14, 2011). "Buy in bulk: Those big bins mean fewer recyclables". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "How Buying Bulk Foods Saves Money, Environment". Fox News (Twin Cities). October 17, 2011. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Major, Meg (April 7, 2010). "Sustainable Food Trends: On Board with Bulk". Progressive Grocer. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Corbin, Lori (November 17, 2011). "Save money by purchasing bulk food in bins". KABC TV (Los Angeles). Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ↑ "National Bulk Foods Week 2011". Huffington Post. October 18, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Beck, Joanne (August 16, 2011). "Molasses Hill Bulk Foods brings eclectic fare to city". The Daily News (Batavia, NY). Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "Precycling." Indiana 4-H, Purdue University. Accessed June 2011.
- ↑ "Bulk Foods". Wincofoods.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
Further reading
- Dickinson, Meg (March 30, 2011). "Amish bulk-food store a great resource". The News Gazette (Central Illinois). Retrieved February 29, 2012.
- Hinton, Dave (October 30, 2011). "Bulk food service to start in Rantoul". The News-Gazette (Central Illinois). Retrieved February 28, 2012.