Whole Foods is a great company and they make a lot of good food. However, I would rather shop at my local grocery store and get a better deal. Whole Foods has bulk bins that are awesome. But they charge $1 – $2 for a bag of beans. I bought a bag of black beans at my local...
BuyinginBulk：购买散装
opening up in Austin, TX. So almost immediately after arriving in Austin yesterday afternoon, I headed over to this mythical zero-waste grocery store to see if it was as awesome in real life as it had been described to me back when it was still in the planning stages. And you know ...
Well, this washing or lack of washing brings me to the second reason consumers might avoid bulk bins… the perception that they are not sanitary. Some bins are located up high and have an opening on the bottom, under which you hold your bag or container to catch the food as it runs ou...
I just joined a co-op (Mariposa) that encourages that, and I’ve taken containers to my halal grocery (Makkah). Just recently, I even received an amusedly tolerant acquiescence from an Indian restaurant that let me persuade them to put this take out order in the containers I had brought...