Wholesale Groceries!

My parents belonged to a wholesale grocery club - they paid a membership fee every year and bought in bulk monthly from the club. We went to the warehouse and shopped and each month there was a "premium" prize for shopping - nothing large, usually just a household item of some kind such as a blanket or towel set. I shopped at this same warehouse when my children were small, but it eventually was bought out by another company and closed. I would love to be able to find something similar to it - or somewhere I could order and have it delivered. There was a short piece on something similar on Good Morning America a few weeks ago where neighbors were forming coops and purchasing directly from suppliers, but I haven't found anything nearby like that either. When we lived in Missouri, I purchased from Angel Food Ministries - they have a monthly package that you can buy - good food and reasonable prices, but you get what they have for the month and don't get to choose. Now that we're in North Dakota, we can't get it because there are no host sites here. If you want to check it out, the site is http://www.angelfoodministries.com - it is a food coop that uses churches to take orders and process and distribute the orders and some goes to help the needy.

I shop a lot at Costco. It isnt quite the same though. I pay a yearly membership. I have the top level that is $106 a year. The normal membershis is $45 but we get 2% with our membership back in a yearly gift certificate to the store and it always covers our membership fee and then I get about $50 to spend on groceries. It is all huge packages but I do one big shop trip to last the month so it works for us. ( I sneak into a grocery store two weeks after to buy more milk, but its a small trip. ) The groceries are cheaper but you need to buy a large ammount so it does not work for everyone.

I go to sams store and buy some stuff in bulk and some I don't but it does save in the long run makes it easier and it's always nice to have it last all month long with the prices the way they are now.

I missed the ABC segment and I've only heard about wholesale groceries because I home schooled my son for years and lots of those moms spoke of that. They also started a co-op and were involved with angelfoodministries as well. I hope if you make some wonderful discoveres that you'll share what you've learned.