[Sca-cooks] Getting discounted foods - was: Menus

[Micheal]

 We use all of those but still end up going to super markets for odd items.
 Taxes hmm not wanting to go there lol
 Da
>
> My favourite shopping places start with food wholesalers (where the
> restaurants shop). Since there are such good deals there I buy my personal
> bulk stuff there as well. Since we don't buy bread, we go through a mess 
> of
> flour. Getting it there is an ideal situation all round. I can also pick 
> up
> any non-food items as well (pizza boxes for tarts, steamer trays,
> containers and lids for sauces, etc). This stuff runs pretty cheap if you
> buy it in bulk. And even though our Canton has a fairly extensive kitchen
> inventory, these sorts of paper/foil products are good to have in the
> inventory.
>
> I also shop at grocery store wholesalers. For example, Loblaws (big 
> grocery
> chain in Cda) has a central warehouse which distributes to the 10 or so
> stores in our city. It is also open to the public. In most cases the 
> prices
> aren't as good as at the restaurant wholesalers but they are better than
> the grocery stores. I almost never shop at a grocery store for feasts.
>
> I have noticed that it is also a good idea to be familiar with the farms
> around you. You can get great deals on fresh meat/produce etc.
>
> Taxes are different here in Cda and are mostly not talked about. lmao
>
> Micaylah
>
>
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