Celebrate Bulk Foods Week with Bulk Savings at the Creamery
This week is National Bulk Foods Week. Created by the Bulk Is Green (BIG) Council, Bulk Foods Week is an information campaign that seeks to raise awareness of the financial, environmental, and culinary advantages of purchasing bulk foods. Keep reading to learn more about the advantages of bulk buying. But first,
here's news about how the Creamery Co-op is recognizing Bulk Foods Week.
The Bulk Section at the Creamery offers everyday low-priced BASICS including:
Organic Black Beans $1.99/lb
Organic Green Lentils $1.99/lb
Short-Grain Brown Rice (Eco Farmed) $1.59/lb
Organic Rolled Oats $1.29/lb
Look for the RED TAGS for these and other BASIC offerings throughout the store, and enjoy reduced prices year-round.
To further celebrate Bulk Foods Week, the Creamery is offering 10% off on bulk Beans, Rice, Lentils, Barley, Steel-Cut Oats, Orzo, and Quinoa through the end of October.
In addition, the Co-op is offering 50¢ off per pound on Indigo bulk coffee for the rest of October. If you like Indigo Ethiopian coffee, you can save even more: $1.50 off per pound, or if you purchase a five-pound bag, $3.00 off per pound (limit of two five-pound bags).
So come on down to give buying in bulk a try!
And, as promised, here are some Bulk Facts provided by the Bulk Is Green Council about the advantages of buying in bulk:
FACT: Organic bulk foods on average cost 89% less than their packaged counterparts. Bulk foods also prevent a significant amount of packaging from entering landfills.
FACT: Bulk goods require less overall transportation to deliver to consumers. Bulk foods do not require the packaging components that must be produced and transported prior to being filled. And the transportation of bulk product to retailers is efficient because it can be packed more densely on a truck.
FACT: The manufacture of paper and cardboard pulls trees from our forests, dumps contaminated water into our streams, and uses enormous amounts of energy, resulting in grotesque levels of carbon dioxide pumped into our atmosphere.
FACT: Food packaging may limit a consumer's ability to buy in quantities desired, which can result in food surplus and ultimately waste.
FACT: Although most natural food companies sell their food products in recyclable packaging, there are still some food companies that use nonrecyclable materials. And some consumers choose not to recycle, which creates additional burden in our country's landfills.
FACT: Packaging often limits consumers' ability to actually see the product they are buying.
FACT: In a grocery store, packaged products require more labor to ensure freshness. Shelves must constantly be rearranged.
FACT: With bulk, product density at the store level can be significantly higher. So stores can provide a wider variety of foods in the same space.
