Bulk buy lentils

[Epona]

Thread 'So I found a wallet in the street…'
https://www.urban75.net/forums/threads/so-i-found-a-wallet-in-the-street….379043/

That thread sprang to my mind too

 

[sojourner]

This place is doing a deal - two 2kg bags for £7. Free delivery on orders over £30. If you were willing to order 20kg, that'd be £35 delivered. £1.75 a kg.

This place is doing a deal - two 2kg bags for £7. Free delivery on orders over £30. If you were willing to order 20kg, that'd be £35 delivered. £1.75 a kg.

savecobradford. co.uk

I only really want 5 - 10kg, and I'm already paying £1.80 per kg.

 

[shifting gears]

Now come to the conclusion this is an impossible task. Tesco are selling the cheapest easily accessible lentils - and there's no point buying in bulk even from Tesco because I've just read an article suggesting lentil prices are likely to fall during 2023.

Please specify which periodical you read this in? I have long heard rumour of a legumes-market based publication by the name of Finger on the Pulse, but was met with blank looks when enquiring in my local WH Smith.

 

[Epona]

Please specify which periodical you read this in? I have long heard rumour of a legumes-market based publication by the name of Finger on the Pulse, but was met with blank looks when enquiring in my local WH Smith.

Probably "The Grocer" mag, if I am going to hazard a guess.

 

[lazythursday]

Please specify which periodical you read this in? I have long heard rumour of a legumes-market based publication by the name of Finger on the Pulse, but was met with blank looks when enquiring in my local WH Smith.

I think you are taking the pea. This was a serious article about commodity prices on a website for Canadian farmers.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I buy freeze-dried bulk foods by mail that I take on hiking trips. You can't afford to buy the stuff at a hiking store so I go online. I don't know if this will work for you, but I looked up a bulk food supplier in the UK:

Beans / Pulses / Lentils

We are your local plastic-free bulk food & lifestyle store, here to make sustainable shopping easy. Whether you are a foodie or looking to reduce the waste in your daily shop, we are the place for you. We have over 500+ bulk foods and sustainable personal and household products - all 100%...

thesourcebulkfoods.co.uk

Minimum order 25 pounds and they deliver.

 

[Tones]

I only really want 5 - 10kg, and I'm already paying £1.80 per kg.

Yes buying 20kg to save a quid probably isn't worth it!

 

[Epona]

I buy freeze-dried bulk foods by mail that I take on hiking trips. You can't afford to buy the stuff at a hiking store so I go online. I don't know if this will work for you, but I looked up a bulk food supplier in the UK:

Beans / Pulses / Lentils

We are your local plastic-free bulk food & lifestyle store, here to make sustainable shopping easy. Whether you are a foodie or looking to reduce the waste in your daily shop, we are the place for you. We have over 500+ bulk foods and sustainable personal and household products - all 100%...

thesourcebulkfoods.co.uk

Minimum order 25 pounds and they deliver.

That's £3.20 per kilo for split red lentils, OP was looking for £1.80 or under and most of us can buy for £2 in our local supermarket.

So while it might be useful for hiking, it is way way overpriced for home use.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

That's £3.20 per kilo for split red lentils, OP was looking for £1.80 or under and most of us can buy for £2 in our local supermarket.

So while it might be useful for hiking, it is way way overpriced for home use.

Yep. I just noticed that.

 

[iona]

I buy freeze-dried bulk foods by mail that I take on hiking trips. You can't afford to buy the stuff at a hiking store so I go online. I don't know if this will work for you, but I looked up a bulk food supplier in the UK:

Beans / Pulses / Lentils

We are your local plastic-free bulk food & lifestyle store, here to make sustainable shopping easy. Whether you are a foodie or looking to reduce the waste in your daily shop, we are the place for you. We have over 500+ bulk foods and sustainable personal and household products - all 100%...

thesourcebulkfoods.co.uk

Minimum order 25 pounds and they deliver.

They're a posh (expensive) hippy organic brand.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

I remember the time in college a canny flatmate took his turn at the monthly budget and decided that the best way to maximise the drink-to-food dichotomy was to "invest" in a very big bag of lentils and a very large quantity of frozen fish.

The number of meal choices that could please everyone that could be made out of a a combination of fish, lentils, ketchup, a few spices and the emergency stock of baked beans was rather limited. That was a long month!

Putting the drudgery back into Kedgeree

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I know some of my neighbours put in occasional orders to Suma Wholefoods so they'll sort of club together to bulk buy whatever they need to meet any minimum order requirements. You'd need to enquire about minimum orders and prices, though, to see if it's worth your while.

Search results for: 'Lentils'

wholesale.suma.coop

 

[muscovyduck]

OK, but have you considered taking a half hour train ride to Manchester or Liverpool and carrying 10kg of lentils home with you?

 

[Epona]

Fuck, I think if I discovered that any of my neighbours talked with one another (and I wasn't included) I'd be in a complete tailspin.
Whether I want to be included is secondary

 

[JimW]

I know some of my neighbours put in occasional orders to Suma Wholefoods so they'll sort of club together to bulk buy whatever they need to meet any minimum order requirements. You'd need to enquire about minimum orders and prices, though, to see if it's worth your while.

Search results for: 'Lentils'

wholesale.suma.coop

They were my first thought as they used to deliver to the warehouse I worked in for a green online shop and rate their quality, but afaict their prices won't get down that low even at higher bulks. They were coy about actually showing them though without an account so might have that wrong.

 

[sojourner]

But something weird happened and I can’t see their posts anymore (on here).

I couldn't see their post about the shop either, still can't. Weirdness.

 

[danny la rouge]

I couldn't see their post about the shop either, still can't. Weirdness.

Hardly surprising. You couldn’t see an Asian supermarket in your own town, mate.

 

[hegley]

Can anyone recommend an online shop to bulk buy lentils at good prices please? I don't wanna pay any more than max £1.80 per kg, otherwise it defeats the object of bulk buying. Too many of the wholefood shops online are at least double what Tesco charge!

I think you're going to struggle to find anything under £1.80 kg tbh - I do wonder if Tesco and the like are selling KTC/Fudco stuff, and huge bags of rice as a bit of loss leaders to get people to shop there who traditionally might have gone to local supermarkets/cash and carry; it seems to be a (relatively - I'm getting on a bit!) new thing for the big chains to sell 10 or 20kg bags of rice, and anything other than tiny jars of herbs and spices.

 

[kalidarkone]

I had a look at my local Asian whole salers but the prices were higher then what you wanted.

Nacto red lentils - 2kg are cheaper from Tesco then from Nacto!

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

They're a posh (expensive) hippy organic brand.

If it were the US, I'd send sojourner to a Mormon or Mennonite supply. Chock full of dead cheap bulk foods and yummy baked goods.

 

[nogojones]

If it were the US, I'd send sojourner to a Mormon or Mennonite supply. Chock full of dead cheap bulk foods and yummy baked goods.

Never a mormon around when you want one

 

[Sir Belchalot]

These are £1.71 a kilo on offer at Asda although might be out of stock in your area

https://groceries.asda.com/product/cooking-sauces-ingredients/indus-red-split-lentils/1000000985330

 

[Part 2]

£3 for 2kg in Tesco... didn't even need my friends clubcard picture.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

If it were the US, I'd send sojourner to a Mormon or Mennonite supply. Chock full of dead cheap bulk foods and yummy baked goods.

I'm sure sojourner could fly to the US to stock up - even with the travel costs, if the suppliers you mention are dirt cheap they'll still come in under £1.80 per kg.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I'm sure sojourner could fly to the US to stock up - even with the travel costs, if the suppliers you mention are dirt cheap they'll still come in under £1.80 per kg.

Paying more for lentils is the price you pay for sending all the Anabaptists packing in the 16th and 17th centuries.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Paying more for lentils is the price you pay for sending all the Anabaptists packing in the 16th and 17th centuries.

The sins of our forefathers.

PS - sorry for exporting all the religious extremists back then. Hope you can forgive us.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

The sins of our forefathers.

PS - sorry for exporting all the religious extremists back then. Hope you can forgive us.

TBF, the Anabaptists are pretty mellow. It's the homegrown Evangelicals that are our main source of radicals these days.

 

[Wolveryeti]

I think you're going to struggle to find anything under £1.80 kg tbh - I do wonder if Tesco and the like are selling KTC/Fudco stuff, and huge bags of rice as a bit of loss leaders to get people to shop there who traditionally might have gone to local supermarkets/cash and carry; it seems to be a (relatively - I'm getting on a bit!) new thing for the big chains to sell 10 or 20kg bags of rice, and anything other than tiny jars of herbs and spices.

Although at my local big Tesco they sell the 10-20kg bags of Basmati rice but the per-kilo cost works out higher than buying individual kilos. Banking on people being bad at maths, maybe?

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Although at my local big Tesco they sell the 10-20kg bags of Basmati rice but the per-kilo cost works out higher than buying individual kilos. Banking on people being bad at maths, maybe?

I always mentally calculate the price per kilo as that's all to common these days in supermarkets, the robbing bastards.

 

[Sir Belchalot]

You could always switch to using split peas instead until the price of lentils drops.