Economies of scale

Towser

Recently I shared a particularly large delivery of firewood with my neighbour for a really good price.

Which got me thinking what else is there that I can share.

So far I have thought of half a pig and a sack of spuds.

What else saves money by sharing the Economies of scale?

trailingspouse

I've often thought this - any BOGOF deal for a start. The difficulty is finding someone who wants to buy what you've just bought, even if it is a bargain.

krlyr

Toilet rolls - Groupon often do deals with giant packs (e.g. 100 rolls).

Most things are cheaper bought in bulk/multipacks to be honest.

caronc

My Dad and I often share multi buys, bogofs and on-line deliveries. We both live alone so this works well for us.

tori.k

Have a look at sustainweb. org they had a list of community food buying groups, there is bound to be something going on in your area.

tessie_bear

at playgroup a few years ago when argos did the 3 for 2 on toys in run up to christmas we used to try and put similar toys together and you got a third off

sillyvixen

Many years ago my mum and myself were at at a car boot sale when a local fruit farmer was sell in large bags of ripe Apple's and pears at £1 a go (about 12 in each bag) initially we were both going to by a bag of each, untill I put the apples back realising I would not eat all the fruit before it was past its best, my mum then put the pears back realising the same, we then split both bands between us ... an epiphany moment a bargain shared is a better bargain.

GreenQueen

Around this time of year we visit a local farm shop and buy a large sack of potatoes, a net of carrots and a net of onions. They usually last at least until Christmas, and towards the end if it's a mild winter, some have to be prepped/processed and frozen before they go off.

If you are rural and use heating oil, there are companies that let you join with other local folk to get all your deliveries at the same time, and receive a discount (boilerjuice is one, but I think there are others).

The idea of sharing is brilliant!

GQ

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I once years ago went halves with a pig with a friend of mine .Never again I have never seen so much meat and my half seemed to go on for ever and a day.I ended up giving a great deal of my half away as I just didn't have the room to store it .My sis-in-law nabbed the head as she made brawn from it, another neighbour had a few of the joints .I thought if I have had half, what size was this beast when whole !!!.Good Idea though if you have the freezer space and like eating pork for ever :):)

Potato's are a good bet I used to share a sack with my friend when the children were small, but now I live alone its just not worth it.

I did manage to nab a huge bargain a couple of years ago I popped in to the local sainsbobs the week before I was going on holiday and spotted a net bag of onions around 10 lb in weight that had been reduced to 10p I nabbed it and brought it home and spent several hours dicing up these blooming things until my freezer couldn't get any more in I then went up and down my road giving the rest away to neighbours

For 10p I had months supplies and my neighbours were quite happy to get them One of their little boys used to call me the onion lady :):) for ages afterwards. I had lots of windfalls from folks trees when I cam back from my holidays so spreading a little joy has its rewards :):)