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Does Buying in Bulk Save Money, or is it a False Economy?

posted by martyb on Monday September 25 2017, @10:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-does-Betteridge-buy? dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

The entire big box economy is a big honking subsidy to people with cars living in the suburbs by the poor, the singles, the seniors, the urban, the cyclists.

It only works because of the highways and the parking lots and the infrastructure paid for by everyone (road taxes do not cover the cost of the roads) and enjoyed by the drivers. The companies charge twice as much for small packages as big ones because they can; the purchasers without cars and access to the big boxes, the ability to drive between the Walmart and the Costco and the Price Club, don't have a choice.

Read on for Treehugger's reasons. Is bulk buying bad after all?

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday September 26 2017, @11:51AM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Tuesday September 26 2017, @11:51AM (#573046) Journal

    For example, I buy only a few items at Costco: organic olive oil (2 liter bottles, because I use quite a bit for cooking), toilet paper, paper towels, as well as a few other items (e.g., organic flour which they finally have in large bags at my location).

    That's our experience also. We switched the family to a ketogenic diet a year ago because I was diagnosed with pre-diabetes. My dad died from a diabetic coma so it gave us the push we needed to switch to a healthier way of eating. So, basically, you can eat meat and veg. No carbohydrates or sugars at all, no artificial sweeteners beyond Stevia or anything that will monkey with your blood sugar.

    So when we go into Costco now, we buy as you do, the olive oil, the TP, paper towels, the coconut oil. Everything else seems like "poison," "poison with nuts," "glazed poison," "crunchy poison," "poison with poison sauce," "dried poison," etc. There's very little that's healthy there. And you look at the customers in the aisles, who are struggling with their weight, and the connection seems obvious: The bulk stores are selling obesity.

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