Where to buy pasta/rice in bulk?

miss_emmajane

Any suggestions, I want to start buying them in bulk instead of the little bags from supermarkets but also would like wholemeal instead of brown?

WantToBeSE

I have seen huge bags of white basmati rice in Lidl, about £7.99. I have only seen white though.
Have you been to cash and carry type places, or wholesale sellers?

MysteryMe

Could try Asian supermarkets

amiaspden

Morissons does a 2kg bag of brown Basmati for about £3.50, it's in the "ethnic" section, and they've had it on special offer before - down to £2.75 I think it was. Brown Basmati is gorgeous, I don't buy any other type of rice. They have bigger sacks of rice in the same section but they are all white.

Edwardia

https://www.spicesofindia.co.uk has 10kg bags of basmati for 19.95 and 10kg bags of Tilda broken basmati rice for 8.95

I haven't bought rice from them but have bought other stuff and customer service was excellent and fast delivery.

kittycatface

my mum gets hers from local health food wholesalers: do you have one near you? hers is called daily bread, we have one in Sheffield called lembas. in general most medium-large cities would have one. good luck

VfM4meplse

Asian shops for rice; large Turkish grocers for pasta.

It's always worth keeping an eye out for offers on Approved Foods, but tbh I think the days of dirt-cheap staples are long over.

rachbc

i gt 20kg of basmati from the Indian supermarket for £18 but its white, for wholemeal you could try suma or Goodness Direct,

I buy de cecco pasta from Makro or stock up in Asda when its on offer.

Edwardia

rachbc wrote: »

I buy de cecco pasta from Makro or stock up in Asda when its on offer.

IMO De Cecco is the best dried pasta it's possible to buy. I've seen it in Budgens on offer.

VfM4meplse

Edwardia wrote: »

IMO De Cecco is the best dried pasta it's possible to buy. I've seen it in Budgens on offer.

You eat pasta...? :think:

rachbc

Edwardia wrote: »

IMO De Cecco is the best dried pasta it's possible to buy. I've seen it in Budgens on offer.

its £1 a bag in asda at the mo - got 3 today and will get another few. They only had fusilli though and I am a bit fussy about matching pasta to sauce.