Bulk Masterfoods Sauce Because I'm a Fatty

activ8newbs on 08/09/2022 - 13:05

Hi all

I tend to go through a 500ml bottle of Smokey bbq sauce once per 1.5-2 months. Same with Masterfoods sweet chilli

https://shop.coles.com.au/a/kings-langley/product/masterfood…

Currently on special at Coles.

Was hoping to buy it in bulk say a litre or two, and store in garage . Hoping to save some money, that's all.

Anyone know where I can get it significantly cheaper than $0.38/100ml …happy for it to be in bulk. Not a hard job to pour sauce into squeeze bottle every couple months

Everywhere I look is either out of stock or more expensive than current Coles price (after delivery)

Thanks for any pointers!
Cheers

Food & Grocery

Comments

  • tsunamisurfer on 08/09/2022 - 13:29
    +2

    I have been through this thought process as well.

    I have actually seen places that sell the catering size bottles but decided against it in the end.

    Even if you go through 500ml in 2 months that's 8 months the bottle is sitting there opened and they take up quite a bit of room in the fridge.

    I find that when they are on special, buy up and keep them unopened in the pantry until needed.

    • sjj89 on 08/09/2022 - 15:08

      Fridge?

      • onetwothreefour on 08/09/2022 - 18:26
        +6

        It's the big white box in your kitchen.

        • Daabido on 08/09/2022 - 19:50
          +4

          That's where I put my dishes and they come out clean after the magic fairies are done.

  • boomramada on 08/09/2022 - 13:33

    Have you checked in Costco ?

  • randomusername2017 on 08/09/2022 - 13:34

    4lt wholesale is regularly $16 and rising weekly.
    Better off buying smaller on special at supermarkets.

    • [Deactivated] on 09/09/2022 - 08:08

      This is NOT Smokey…

  • Fergy1987 on 08/09/2022 - 14:04
    +4

    Sounds like that much sauce stored in a garage would just go rancid

    The age old debate of - Tomato Sauce in the pantry or the fridge

    • sjj89 on 08/09/2022 - 15:08

      Pantry

      Objective

      • Cheaplikethebird on 08/09/2022 - 15:18
        +2

        Big bottle in the fridge that you use to refill a smaller bottle in the pantry.

        • sjj89 on 08/09/2022 - 15:25
          +2

          The only acceptable answer

  • activ8newbs on 08/09/2022 - 14:10
    +1

    Thanks guys. Will decide to just buy on special

  • cupcake on 08/09/2022 - 15:00

    Just buy it when it is half price and stock up.

  • freefall101 on 08/09/2022 - 15:13
    +6

    As I now get all my groceries either delivered or get ereceipts, and I have my purchase history from places like ebay, my online butcher, dan murphys, amazon, etc I have basically an itemised record of everything I buy. So I made a massive spreadsheet of it, tracked the price I pay for everything and compared key items to difference sizes and looked at bulk buying, different retailers, etc.

    What I learned was that I should get a casual job and work a few extra hours a week instead of wasting hours investigating every hairbrained idea I have. Because the items I buy constantly I always buy when they're on sale, because I know I'll keep using them. Items that last a long time I only ever buy when it's cheap and I store anyway, if I see the dish soap I like at 50% off I buy it and have a second bottle til needed - seeing the sale price is what prompts me to buy it.

    Over a year I think it came out less than $100 on groceries excluding fresh items (meat, fruit, veg, dairy, etc) and I don't have the freezer space to freeze more. So now I just worry about how much I spent on alcohol during lockdowns instead.

    • Cheaplikethebird on 08/09/2022 - 15:20
      +4

      As another OzBargainer once said, it's not about the money saved… it's knowing that I paid less then the next guy did.

  • Switchblade88 on 08/09/2022 - 16:29
    +2

    Wholesalers that provide bulk goods to food outlets/cafes/bakeries etc aren't necessarily any cheaper than supermarkets. For many items it is significantly cheaper to buy from Aldi or Woolies as the wholesaler isn't moving enough of the item overall to get a discount from the manufacturer - but a business may not really care since the convenience of ordering and free delivery outweighs the fluctuations in price for small items.

    Buying plain flour from Aldi was about 50% less per kg than from a dedicated flour supplier like Ben Furney Flour Mills - that's a big saving when dealing with about a pallet a month of flour! But then you have to deal with delivery, not to mention opening several hundred single kilo bags each day to make bread - that's a lot of labour time!

    So yes, you should feel good that you got that BBQ sauce on sale at the supermarket. But the cafe is the one that'll be making a profit on it when you buy a bacon & egg roll.

  • GrueHunter on 08/09/2022 - 18:38
    +5

    Big fans of the Masterfood Smokey but specials usually apply to the non-smokey version only. (I note it's on special at Coles at the moment though).

    We just buy 2L bottles of store brand BBQ sauce and add around 1/2 tsp of liquid smoke to each 500ml refill. Four bottles for around a fiver.

    EDIT - apparently I don't love bbq sauce as much as whoever did the product description for this

    • activ8newbs on 08/09/2022 - 21:16
      +2

      LOL

    • [Deactivated] on 09/09/2022 - 08:10

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  • pharkurnell on 08/09/2022 - 18:55
    +1

    1 bottles lasts you MONTHS? how?

    • HelpMeiCantSee on 09/09/2022 - 10:49
      +1

      He only eats once a month obviously!

  • bamzero on 09/09/2022 - 12:37

    Not sure what state you're in, but had a look on Campbells and it's $14.97 for 4.5Kg. Not sure how much that is in ml but I'm guessing it doesn't work out much better than the supermarket half price specials.

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