Where do you buy products?
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orangegato
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Where does everyone buy products like protein powder/bars/chips etc? Local food store? Whole Foods? Health food store? Vitamin Shoppe? GNC? Amazon.com? Other?
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So far I have only used Amazon and local supermarket0
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Usually on-line from the manufacturer. Amazon + food product = bad idea. As the products aren't coming directly from the manufacturer, many are old, sometimes expired by the time you get them.4
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Internet, local supplement wholesaler, supermarket.0
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I just buy normal food in normal stores. I'm boring11
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Amazon Fresh for the bulk of my groceries
GNC for supplements and protein the first time I buy them, Amazon for refills if I like the product
Tom Thumb when I'm bored and wanna wander the grocery store
Farmers market on Saturday mornings for whatever tickles my fancy at the time. This morning I bought fresh jalapeños, raw honey, and local cheese3 -
Anywhere that has a sale, which is usually online. I subscribe to newsletters, and when a legitimate sale happens (i.e.not a 10% off of $300 type sale), I stock up. I'm big on saving money, so I also account for stores that have rewards. So, if two stores are having a good sale at the same time, the one that has a rewards program gets my money. I still go to brick and motor stores like VitaminShoppe if I want to give a new product a try. It's rarely a good idea to buy a box of something without having tried it first.1
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VeronicaA76 wrote: »Usually on-line from the manufacturer. Amazon + food product = bad idea. As the products aren't coming directly from the manufacturer, many are old, sometimes expired by the time you get them.
You know that wouldn't be legal right? So is a ridiculous fear/reason to not use them? Their stock turnover is so huge I'd be very surprised if they have anything languishing in their warehouses long enough to outlive their use by dates.
OP, I'm in the UK so slightly different but Amazon, direct from manufacturer and the same place I can get meat hampers (Musclefood in case any UK bods read this). That said, I haven't used any protein supplements in ages, hit my needs with "real" food just fine.4 -
VeronicaA76 wrote: »Usually on-line from the manufacturer. Amazon + food product = bad idea. As the products aren't coming directly from the manufacturer, many are old, sometimes expired by the time you get them.
On the contrary. Amazon has such a rapid turnover in inventory its the exact opposite. The stuff I get from Amazon Fresh is always fresher and with later expiry dates than what I get at the grocery store. The produce I get through Amazon has all been amazing, and at less cost than the grocery store.6 -
I buy my protein powder from Amazon....15% discount via subscribe and save....and sometimes protein bars, if I find one I really like. Most of my bars and shaker cups come from vitamin shoppe. Vitamins come from the grocery store.0
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Amazon and a few local grocery stores. Amazon has a few specialty products I use fresher and cheaper than I can buy them locally because they move more volume than the local grocer does.1
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VeronicaA76 wrote: »Usually on-line from the manufacturer. Amazon + food product = bad idea. As the products aren't coming directly from the manufacturer, many are old, sometimes expired by the time you get them.
On the contrary. Amazon has such a rapid turnover in inventory its the exact opposite. The stuff I get from Amazon Fresh is always fresher and with later expiry dates than what I get at the grocery store. The produce I get through Amazon has all been amazing, and at less cost than the grocery store.
That's been my experience as well, and while I'm not buying produce, I am buying a few things you can judge by freshness.0 -
I like Netrition.com for things like DaVinci sugar free syrups, and funky things like sugar substitutes and wheat flour substitutes when I want to experiment with a new recipe. The shipping is rather high, so I wait and place a larger order.0
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kommodevaran wrote: »I just buy normal food in normal stores. I'm boring
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I don't. But all my food at the grocery store, and I don't subscribe to powders and whatnot.1
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I usually buy my products from local merchants: food I get from various groceries, depending on who has what on sale, or the Farmer's Market in season. The few vitamins I take (multi and D3) I either buy from Costco or Amazon, depending on who has the better price. I used to do more with protein powders which I got from Walmart because they had the best price.0
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kommodevaran wrote: »I just buy normal food in normal stores. I'm boring
Me too!2 -
Aldi's and Costco... I'm cheap and poor.
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »Aldi's and Costco... I'm cheap and poor.
Yup. My locally owned Piggly Wiggly has great sales on meat too so I stock up when I can.0 -
Online only because i can get super cheap. WAY too expensive in stores!1
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