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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Ask a Mustachian => Topic started by: Bigote on September 08, 2013, 05:02:02 AM
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I'm looking for a place to buy inexpensive nuts online. Costco is hit or miss in terms of inventory and my local supermarkets are too pricey.
Any recommendations?
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www.nuts.com
I order all my nuts, nut flours, and herbs/spices from them. Their quality is top notch. And shipping is usually 2 day for me.
Thanks for reminding me, I need to purchase cashews, macadamia nuts, and nutritional yeast...
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Or try Country Life Natural Foods. www.clnf.org. Out of Michigan. A tad less expensive than nuts.com for some things. Excellent quality.
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Thanks for the recommendations, all.
clnf has great prices on pine nuts - those things are so damn expensive but they really make a few of my recipes.
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http://www.neuticles.com (http://www.neuticles.com)?
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Just be sure to do your search for "online nuts" with SafeSearch on.
(Serious answer: bulkfoods.com (http://www.bulkfoods.com/))
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I have a good experience with them: http://fitfood.biz/en/14-nuts (http://fitfood.biz/en/14-nuts)
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I use nuts.com too. They've got super fast shipping, good products, and great customer service. (Though I decided to try their tea one time and it's so-so. Stick with the fruit and nuts if you're not up for some trial-and-error.)
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Just be sure to do your search for "online nuts" with SafeSearch on.
(Serious answer: bulkfoods.com (http://www.bulkfoods.com/))
Lol! Reminds me of the time I searched for manholes (site design project) on google one time while at work. Not good.
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In all seriousnes, no need to buy online - just shop the store sales and stock up. For example, for almonds - this week, go to your walgreens and they have BOGO 6 oz Blu diamond whole almonds for 5.99. So $6 for 12 oz. Works out to $8/lb - cheaper than all of the links above and no shipping, plus convenient small cans instead of a giant bag. Or better yet, fit it into your Costco trip (or other club store) where they regularly sell 3lb bags for under $19 ($18.65 this week - so $6.22/lb). Heck, even Amazon sells 10 lb bags for $60 shipped ($6/lb). We don't have them around here, but I heard you can get below $5/lb for almonds at trader joe's and whole foods.
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Sometimes cheaper doesn't always equal better though. I will pay a little more for freshness. That's why I like nuts.com. I can taste a difference in their products vs. grocery store stuff. Just my opinion.