Posted: 5/7/2010 4:07:58 AM EDT
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The current weak spot in my preps is Beans. I have some Black, white and pintos but really want to add small red beans, lintels and split peas. I have seen these listed at Costco but the closest one is in Atlanta. Since I do not have a membership and I am not 100% sure they really have bulk beans instock this really is a poor plan. If I was sure I guess I could buy a Costco membership and drive down.
Does any know of any other good places with cheap shipping and reasonable prices for bulk beans? |
| I've looked around a bunch of different places and it seems like Walmart actually has the best selection in terms of different types. I also have a membership to both Sam's and BJ's. Sam's never seems to have much of a dried bean selection. BJ's normally has about twice the selection of Sam's, which isn't saying much. |
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The current weak spot in my preps is Beans. I have some Black, white and pintos but really want to add small red beans, lintels and split peas. I have seen these listed at Costco but the closest one is in Atlanta. Since I do not have a membership and I am not 100% sure they really have bulk beans instock this really is a poor plan. If I was sure I guess I could buy a Costco membership and drive down. Does any know of any other good places with cheap shipping and reasonable prices for bulk beans? Your just going to have to find something in your area. Shipping rates on bulk food are never good. Co-op, LDS canneries, whole food stores, Mennonite Stores. restaurant supply stores, and specialty meg-markt stores. 
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I am well stocked on what the LDS can supply. Now I am looking for other items. Has any one shopped the Gordon Food Service (GFS) stores? The nearest on is in Nashville but that is do-able if they have what I want at a reasonable price. http://www.gfs.com/images/banners/store-locator.jpg I HATE GFS! Ruined my favorite hot-dog place when they switched over to GFS. 
Aside from that, I have found very little there in the way of good LTS food.
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The current weak spot in my preps is Beans. I have some Black, white and pintos but really want to add small red beans, lintels and split peas. I have seen these listed at Costco but the closest one is in Atlanta. Since I do not have a membership and I am not 100% sure they really have bulk beans instock this really is a poor plan. If I was sure I guess I could buy a Costco membership and drive down. Does any know of any other good places with cheap shipping and reasonable prices for bulk beans? Try Honeyville Grains. Their shipping is less than $5 regardless of size of order, and they have good variety on beans (and everything else). 25LB bag of small red beans is about $39, lentils and yellow split peas are less. Order a couple of hundred pounds of beans and pay only $5 for shipping... Lotsa other types available as well. They've got a sale going on right now, too - enter the coupon code MOTHER and it's 10% off the entire order. Until the 11th. |
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The current weak spot in my preps is Beans. I have some Black, white and pintos but really want to add small red beans, lintels and split peas. I have seen these listed at Costco but the closest one is in Atlanta. Since I do not have a membership and I am not 100% sure they really have bulk beans instock this really is a poor plan. If I was sure I guess I could buy a Costco membership and drive down. Does any know of any other good places with cheap shipping and reasonable prices for bulk beans? Try Honeyville Grains. Their shipping is less than $5 regardless of size of order, and they have good variety on beans (and everything else). 25LB bag of small red beans is about $39, lentils and yellow split peas are less. Order a couple of hundred pounds of beans and pay only $5 for shipping... Lotsa other types available as well. They've got a sale going on right now, too - enter the coupon code MOTHER and it's 10% off the entire order. Until the 11th. I know there anit no such thing as a free lunch but, Honeyville Grain has the price of shipping built in to the price. They are about $20 per bag more than Costco Business Delivery (not available in my area). |
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The current weak spot in my preps is Beans. I have some Black, white and pintos but really want to add small red beans, lintels and split peas. I have seen these listed at Costco but the closest one is in Atlanta. Since I do not have a membership and I am not 100% sure they really have bulk beans instock this really is a poor plan. If I was sure I guess I could buy a Costco membership and drive down. Does any know of any other good places with cheap shipping and reasonable prices for bulk beans? Try Honeyville Grains. Their shipping is less than $5 regardless of size of order, and they have good variety on beans (and everything else). 25LB bag of small red beans is about $39, lentils and yellow split peas are less. Order a couple of hundred pounds of beans and pay only $5 for shipping... Lotsa other types available as well. They've got a sale going on right now, too - enter the coupon code MOTHER and it's 10% off the entire order. Until the 11th. How bout Walmart? I picked up beans for under $1 a pound. |
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I buy in 1lb bags.
25lbs of rice and 7 one pound bags of different beans fit real well in a 5gal bucket w/ mylar. the mix and match approach will hopefully help w/ beans and rice becoming so boring I'd rather starve and the ratio is a little better than the 4:1 ratio for a complete protein. Lastly, I only have open what I'm eating, not 30 lbs of beans that have the potential to get buggy, spoiled, wet or whatever before I even finish one bucket of rice. Fc2 |
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I am well stocked on what the LDS can supply. Now I am looking for other items. Has any one shopped the Gordon Food Service (GFS) stores? The nearest on is in Nashville but that is do-able if they have what I want at a reasonable price. http://www.gfs.com/images/banners/store-locator.jpg GFS is pretty good, and I think that they will order food for you to be delivered to the store for you to pick up. That would give you access to all of the food that they carry for restaurants, schools, nursing homes etc. But I would call them about that first before I travel that far to be disappointed. I work in the food service and do a lot of ordering through them. If you ever come up to the middle of nowhere Indiana I can order some for you to pick up from me. Just don't tell Gordon's I think they would frown on that 
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