Bulk Buying is Great to Save – Except for These 9 Items

Depending on when you grew up in Great Falls, Montana, you might remember one of the original box stores, Ryan's Cash n' Carry, near the refinery.  A place that offered bulk merchandise at better prices than the regular stores could for single items.

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As a kid, I remember grabbing the black grease marker and writing on various things my parents would be buying.  It was a great way for families to save as long as you could use all those items before they expired.

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Bulk Buying is Great to Save - Except for These 9 Items

Many years ago, while doing the family grocery shopping at one of the fancy new box stores in town, I spied what I thought was a great deal.  A 20-pound bag of rice.  I hadn't the slightest of ideas of just how long it would take to eat that much rice.  We may even have a Ziploc bag of it left after all this time.

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So, yes, buying in bulk can sometimes be detrimental to the reasons you were doing it in the first place.  Especially with items that might not have a long shelf life in the first place.  Like dairy products, or products that can't be frozen for later use.

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While the rice fiasco of my past wasn't something that I had to worry about going bad, I have had other instances of carelessness when buying in bulk.  You just don't realize how much lettuce is in a cardboard box case.

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As winter arrives, before you just start filling the cart with condiments and laundry detergent, check out the gallery below for 9 items that shouldn't be bought in large quantity.  (Yes, those two are on there!)