Quote Originally Posted by pomtzu View Post
Another thing Mary - if you know someone that might want to split some of the products with you, that would be a way to buy in bulk without having to keep an excess amount. I know of a few people who do that with canned goods, paper products - anything that you have to buy in bulk. They just split the product and split the cost.

This is what my mom and my sister do with Costco, mostly with large packages of meat. Sometimes my mom even re-divides her portion with me. Works great for chicken breasts or a roast. My parents also got a great deal on car insurance by purchasing a Costco membership.

Did you see the article in Real Simple magazine about what to do with all those huge packages from the warehouse club?
http://www.realsimple.com/food-recip...998/index.html

Sam's Club and Costco both have great bakery departments, too. When I was working at UnitedHealthcare and we needed a cake for an "occasion" that would feed a crowd, Costco was the bakery of choice.