dear du cooks .

[yellowdogintexas]

15. I buy mine from the bulk bins at the grocery.

I get exactly the amount I need to have, and save a ton of money too. Fortunately I have a very large collection of Tupperware spice containers which I acquired when I was a dealer a long time ago. Doing this keeps me from feeling guilty when I have to toss things, because they did not cost me much to begin with.

We have 3 stores which have this; Winco, Sprouts and The Mother of All Bulk Bins, Central Market. They have a whole wall of spices (as well as a wide variety of grains, dried fruits, granola, dried beans, candy, loose teas and more) Their herbs/spices are in small trays and you dish them out with a spoon into a bag and weigh them. Sometimes I have to toss pennies on the scale to get it to weigh enough to price the item. Where else can you get bay leaves for a nickle?
The scale prints out a label and you stick it on the bag; each item has a code which is keyed into the scale.
All the produce is priced that way as well. Best and freshest in town; keeps longer after I get it home, too.

I love Central Market!!! It is a bit more expensive than mainline supermarkets, but it is a true food market. It is not as expensive as Whole Paycheck. I go there when I need spices and a few other things, and save so much money on spices. I will not buy fish anywhere else in town.