Grocery Stores
Springfield Bulk Foods
About Springfield Bulk Foods
Buying by weight instead of by package changes how you shop, and bulk stores exist for people who have worked that out. Springfield Bulk Foods can be found at 1889 Springfield Road, on one of the cross town routes linking the central neighbourhoods with the Pandosy side of the city.
The appeal of a bulk shop is control over quantity. A tablespoon of a spice you will use once costs pennies rather than the price of a full jar, and staples such as flour, rice, oats, beans, nuts, dried fruit and baking supplies can be bought in the amount a recipe actually needs. Shops in this trade often stock the harder to find things a supermarket aisle skips, and many carry supplies for preserving, which matters in a valley where people put up fruit every August. Whether you bring your own containers or use what is provided is worth asking, since practice varies from shop to shop.
A little preparation pays off. Write your list in weights or volumes rather than package counts, note the bin number of anything you will want again, and label what you decant at home, because unlabelled jars of white powder cause trouble in every kitchen. Anyone with an allergy in the household should ask directly how bins and scoops are handled, as shared utensils are common in this kind of shop. The store can be reached at 250-860-4585 or through springfieldbulkfoods.com, and calling ahead is sensible if you need a large quantity of one thing, since a canning season order or a wedding batch of almonds may have to come in specially.
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In the Pandosy neighbourhood of Kelowna.
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