Added on January 18th, 2010
Found in Gluten free, bulk purchase, environmental
- In addition to offering a standard 10% discount if you buy a case of any of the products we sell we also stock a great range of food in larger bulk pack sizes. Buying in bulk in this way can save you a considerable amount of money. Currently in our bulk categories you can buy :
- Bulk Organic Wholefoods - we sell large quantities of pulses and beans, for great saving, lentils and pulses keep well so buy what you need for a while.
- Bulk Organic Nuts - if you use nuts every day in cooking or just because you like them then buying in bulk can represent a great saving, good if you use ground almonds in cooking to avoid gluten.
- Bulk Organic Seeds - with seeds on your breakfast it is surprising how quickly you use a small packet, buying a large pack of expensive seeds is a great saving.
- Bulk Organic Dried Fruit - save over 40% on dried fruit by buying the larger quantities.
- Bulk Organic Rice - rice is a great staple with a long shelf life, so buying in bulk makes such common sense.
- Bulk Ogranic Grain Flour and Muesli - if you do lots of baking buy a 25kg sack of flour.
- Bulk Shampoo/Hair Conditioner/Shower Gel and Bubble bath - products that don’t go off, keep a 5ltr drum in the shed and fill up your bottle for the bathroom, its cheaper and of course much more environmentally friendly.
- Bulk Household Goods laundry and Washing Up Liquid - again a product that does not go offer, so choose the green alternative.
In January we have added lots of lines to most of our bulk purchase categories, new lines for January include :
Bulk Seeds, Pulses and Grains
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Added on October 20th, 2009
Found in Guides, environmental
1. Refill your washing up etc – you can get your old wasing-up bottle, fabric conditioner, shampoo, conditioner, hand soap in fact almost all liquid household consumables refilled. Among the makes on offer are Ecover, Ecoleaf, and Faith in Nature. Refilling is cheaper and makes environmental sense. At Naturally Good Food last year we filled on average 125 x 1 litre washing-up liquid bottles each week, as each bottle weight the equivalent of 8 plastic carrier bags in a year that is over 50,000 plastic bags worth saved to the environment.
2. Soup your tired veg - Veg past its best and left overs can make a great soup, then you can freeze the soup you don’t eat today giving you a cheap and handy tea. Don’t forget the old Bubble and Squek as an option to use up old spuds and cabbage.
3. Use a sandwich box that can be reused not a plastic bag for packed lunches.
4. Ink Refills - For home and office equipment you can usually get refills for printer, fax and photocopier cartridges.
5. Avoid aerosols – aerosols can’t be filled, instead opt for environmentally more benign solution such as Pitrok, no spray just roll on
6. Don’t bin your cardboard boxes - Can someone use your old cardboard boxes, Naturally Good Food we can use good quality cardboard boxes for our mail order customers.
7. Buy products produced using recycled materials or produced with green credentials – There are a number of green household products now available including the “If you Care” range of baking parchment, foil and muffin cups, Green Tips gloves the first FS and soon to be Fairtrade wasing up gloves, Bleach free toilet paper made with recycled paper.
8. Nappies – if you’ve got small kids think of switching to real nappies, The Leicestershire Real Nappy Network was set up by Leicestershire County Council in September 2008, so give them a go.
9. Create note pads from once used paper, we’ve all got paper written on one side, try making scrap pads to use the other side. In an office environment this can save a reasonable amount in the year.
10. Use your old fruit juice cartons in the freezer, you can get at least one extra use from them.
Added on October 20th, 2009
Found in Guides, environmental
1. Don’t waste food - The average household wastes over £400 worth of food each year. In energy terms this is roughly the same as taking 1 in 4 cars off the road.
2. Eat locally and seasonally – This is cheaper and is much more sustainable, also you enjoy food at its best. Seasonal foods often go best together. Avoid air freighted fruit and veg.
3. Plan your meals to use leftovers- Check your fridge for dates and use those with the shortest date first, if you can’t use them now can they be frozen
4. Reduce your consumption of meat – The production of 1 kg beef causes about 13.3 kg of CO2. The same quantity of CO2 is released when you burn about 6 liters of petrol, a 1kg of apples typically produces 0.55 kg of CO2. Use lentils to bulk out mince with the added advantage it counts as an extra vegetable and is much cheaper, with the savings you could use really good quality organic mince in all your cooking.
5. Buy your beans and pulses dried not in tins - This is much cheaper and you are not using any tins, its better to avoid using something rather than having to recycle. The other advantage with using dried beans is you can avoid any added salt that is sometimes present in canned beans.
6. Buy loose fruit and veg- It’s cheaper and get what you want and you can reduce to a minimum the packaging you use. If you take your own bags you may not need any packaging.
7. Buy what you want - Use a shopping list, don’t buy on impulse, if you plan your meals a little in advance you can avoid lots of waste.
8. Buy in bulk for sugar, porridge, flour etc with a long shelf life. This reduces packaging and can be much cheaper, 1kg of organic Porridge Oats is around £2.50 Kg in your Supermarket, but buy it as 5kg pack from a specialist company and the price per kg is £1.65, buy a 25kg sack and the price falls to £1.15. Can you divide a large bag with your neighbours or family.
9. Cook your veg in a steamer over your pasta or potatoes, this will cut your energy bills and give you great veg.
10. Turn your heating down, this will also help you loose weight. The International Journal of Obesity, considers our over heated houses and cars as one of the 10 overlooked causes of over weight. We spend more and more of our lives in temperature-controlled environments, this means we need to burn fewer calories to regulate our body’s thermostat.
