I appreciate this video, it really shows that you can grow your own food, but also make purchases where necessary. Bulk buying is cost effective and keeps me out of the store longer between visits, saving us money 😊

When you told the kids to get chocolate chips it was soooo sweet when your son asked his sister "can i please" and she let him get them...such a sweet sister and brother. Good job Mom and Dad.❤

The way I save money on groceries is to buy items that I normally use when they are on sale. And buy several. So if sugar is on sale, I'll buy several bags even if I don't need it right now. The next trip may be coffee on sale so I buy several cans. Over time, almost everything in my pantry was bought at sale prices.

Rumiano butter in bulk - food storage in freezer, the big blocks of raw cheese (Sierra Nevada), cultured farmhouse cream cheese (Sierra Nevada) & their yogurt to have as back up to homemade - are our monthly staples. Been doing Azure several months, it’s been awesome!

Butter, raw cheese, sour cream, yogurt, coconut oil, spice blends, popcorn, rice, flour and wheat berries....so many things!

I think one point you don’t mention outright but is implied through out this video is you know how to cook and bake. My children are now adults and their spouses don’t know how to cook. I’ve taught 2 of my children how to make bread (because they just watched growing up) but I’ve realized so many people just buy heat and serve items. Cooking from scratch, as you point out, is healthier and less expensive (though it does take more time). It would be great if more people knew how!

For us, Azure has the best price for whole grains, raw honey, cacao powder, and a few others I can't find anywhere else like organic distilled white vinegar for canning. I agree with your kiddos, its fun to imagine we are like the little house on the prairie and stocking up a couple times a year ☺️

You will love Azure! Great product, great company! 💜

I wish I had known you when my kids were young. I do use envelope system now. It's just me and my husband now so I don't buy a lot in bulk but I do get a few staples in bulk. I loved this video.

I heard about Azure Standard years before I tried it. Afterwards, I couldn't believe I waited. We are rural, and it's an hour and a half to Costco for us. The local grocery stores don't have a good selection of organic, glutin free, or bulk food. I love that Azure delivers close to us. I try to have a well stocked pantry also, and I mainly need to go to the store for dairy and foods I don't grow. I love seeing your family living a great life and being so food conscious.

I really love Azure's raw cheeses as well as The Rumiano butter.

I’ve bought from Azure since 2012. We always buy: organic grains (wheat, spelt, oats, etc) Popcorn! (Organic) organic dry beans (many varieties) honey (gallon jugs) apple cider vinegar organic coconut oil (5 gallon buckets) 5lb block cheddar cheese Cocoa powder Coconut aminos produce when it’s on sale if we don’t grow enough. Love their stuff!

I'm so excited to hear about the Azure company. When I was just becoming a young mom, I ran a health food co-op out of my home. Circumstances ended it, but Azure sounds even better for our family now that my daughter is the young mother. Thank you so much for sharing.

Although it may not always be the cheapest, it offers us a convenience of one pick up instead of driving to multiple stores to get the quality ingredients I’m looking for. I love to buy the large tortillas, grass fed butter, wheat berries (including recently getting rye berries for starting a sourdough starter after seeing one of your videos) bulk spices, frozen veggies and fruit when my crop hasn’t fulfilled our needs. I’m working today on my order for a pick up next week! I love to see Azure videos, it’s a great way to hear of other products I may not have known they carried and to hear how others use them.

Learned of your channel from the collaboration list @MorethanFarmers, thank you for sharing!

Grocery shopping is so educational for your children as well. I love Grocery shopping because I look to only buy sales so we as senior citizens can have variety.

I haven't done azure because the pickup is kinda far. I actually looked at hosting a pickup!

Your daughter is so helpful. I noticed that she put the bag back so her younger brother could get the chocolate chips. You must be proud of her 😊

Organic avocado oil, cheeses, wheat berries, natural peanut butter... so many clean ingredients from Azure.

I buy tomato powder from Azure and use to make my own tomato paste. No more partially used can of tomato paste. I buy all my bulk grains, beans and many organic items. I love their 1 gallon jars to store my working stock of grains in my kitchen. Just be sure to order the lids, they are sold seperately.

we love the Nancy's full fat yogurt and the cottage cheese-and every other month we get the sour cream- they are just so good- better than anything else we get at costco we get 4 large yogurt and 6 cottage cheese- we also love the toasted coconut- we get a 5 lb bag- store some on the counter and the rest I keep in the freezer (last forever) we add to oatmeal- and I add to yogurt and cottage cheese with fruit it is so good

I've bought from Azure for years. I buy my peanut butter exclusively from Azure. They sell CB's 2 organic peanut butter in the case of big jugs and it doesn't have to be stirred. I hate having to mix peanut butter every time I want to eat it. No extra oil is used. It's a clean just peanuts in CB's 1 or peanuts and salt in the CB's 2 peanut butter. All canning jars are much cheaper. You'll understand when you see your final price yet another big reason to buy at Azure. I love many of the refrigerated items yogurt, butter, cheeses etc but Costco won me back when they started selling grassfed organic butter from NZ so darn cheap. Raw cheese in five pound blocks and the 2 packs of 5 lb block cheeses are really economical if you freeze or freeze dry cheese. Chopped dates are fabulous. Azure's multicolored popcorn is the only popcorn I buy. Organic beans are the other items I buy. If you use gamma lids for your 5 gallon buckets Azure has the best price.

I love their butter ours is organic from New Zealand which is the no 1 country for dairy

I so enjoyed this video!

The majority of our bulk food is from Azure. Have been buying from them for years. Wheat berries, flour, cane sugar, oats, raw cheeses, butter, honey, maple syrup, coffee beans, frozen fruits, frozen vegetables, canned fruits and vegetables, dry beans, spices, potatoes, onions, coconut oil, olive oil, avocado oil, chocolate chips, cocoa powder, apple cider vinegar, molasses, cleaning supplies, tortillas, enchilada sauces, five gallon buckets, gamma lids, glass storage jars, canning jars.............I love Azure!

We are gluten free so i love getting Tinkyada brand noodles from Azure plus their coconut oil and cheddar

I don’t have a COSTCO within a few hours of me in Florida, but I’ve been bulk buying from Azure Standard monthly for the past 4+ years. Little by little it’s made such a difference in our household.

I am blessed to have Azure Standard out my back door. We go to their market in Dufur Oregon weekly and buy various things, it's the only health food store around for miles. We love their dried fruit, pineapple, pears, we love their Organic pecans too. All of it is a treat for us. One thing we have discovered is that you can pop Sorghum like popcorn and they sell it already popped or you can buy the grains and pop them yourself. I am a popcorn lover so anything like it is a yummy snack for me. I buy their wheat berries and their flour too and have been experimenting with sourdough bread and yeast bread recipes. They have a KZfaq video on wheat and how it's grown and the different types. This week they will have ordered "Dehydrated milk kefir grains" I am excited to try them with our raw milk we purchase locally. I have been making raw buttermilk from a starter that I bought online, but I bet Azure would have that too. Love your videos, thank you for the inspiration to make things from scratch, with nutritious ingredients ♥️

I have been ordering from Azure since before it was “cool”. I LOVE their coconut oil! It’s a way better quality than Costco’s and about the same price. Also, popcorn, oats, various GF flours, apple cider vinegar. Costco is cheaper for organic frozen broccoli, almond butter, peanut butter, maple syrup, almond flour, olive oil, and dried fruit.

In the last year Azure & Costco have become my main shopping. Fresh fruits, veggies and a few bakery items from the store - but not much! I LOVE AZURE!

Love Redmond. Thank you for the discount code!

We are in a Southern California suburb. Though we have a tiny flock of backyard chickens, we do not have great access to low cost, organic cheese & dairy in our local area. I love that I can buy what makes sense price wise from Azure. I also get my bulk baking & spice items from them. They even carry our preferred brand of chicken feed at a better price than our local feed store. I have also purchased bulk apples in season from them.

We love Azure! Let me start by saying the closest Sams is 2 hours away, and Costco is 3. Even Wal-Mart is 1.5 hours and 120+ miles round trip. The Azure pickup is 45 minutes! I’m just getting into growing our veggies. So, I buy a lot of frozen broccolis from Azure which is the absolute best quality it comes all in florets and the perfect little bitesize pieces. The bulk fruit like apples and oranges is great. This year I bought the Azure plant starters which were cheaper than what I could find “locally”, their cheese and other milk products are amazing. Also, the customer service is suburb! Its only happened once, but I had an issue I called they credited my account and no harassment, no questioning, just “oh no I’m sorry let me take care of that for you.” I really can't say enough good things about Azure.

We love Azure for grains, popcorn, spices, rice, etc!

Looks like some smart shopping.

I buy from the sales items on Azure for added savings.

I just love your channel so much!! We have Sam's Club and they do not have the organic oats, wish they did. Now I'm thinking of grinding my own flour, never done it before. We have Sam's Club, Aldi's, and Walmart. So I stopped at a farmers market on my way home from work today and got Strawberries and Rhubarb. I want to make that barbecue sauce from your one video. We don't have a homestead but we just do what can and buy what we can afford. I do food prep on Sundays for our lunches and dinners during the week since I work full time in an office, I'm trying to eat healthier. The time thing makes it hard so I spend all day Sunday cooking so we can reheat during the week. God bless you all 💕

Another informative and super helpful video! Thank you! It's really great to see what you do buy and helpful for those of us still in between being able to grow/do more of our own and still relying on the stores. Of course we always try our best to source local but it's also nice to see what can be done when or if that isn't an option. I didn't realize Azure and Costco had so many options for folks that eat like us (real whole ingredients)

Thanks 😊 where is the redmonds salt discount code please? Always wanted to try it!

I love your videos. I'm looking at ordering from Azure Standard as well, and your video showed me that it looks really doable. I loved your video where you made your chocolate milk. I think it was one of the first ones of your family's that I watched. Thanks for sharing very valuable information!

Great video Azure has been a great one stop shop for my family since 2018, they’re a great source for grains, beans, sugar in bulk . Their also great for gallon jars with lids for kitchen storing, I love their orange honey and bulk seasoning

I haven’t shopped at azure but I have been looking at it for several months. I like to buy in bulk because I don’t like going to the grocery store. ❤lifeatthenutthouse

This was good to see. We let our Costco Membership lapse and got a BJ's one which was a 1/3 cheaper- but doesn't have as many things as Costco. We love the frozen broccoli, maple syrup,nuts,dates and I don't know if they sell them anymore- but seaweed. Our kids loved it. Especially trip around the holidays- it's fun to see decorations etc.

I buy organic flour, sugar, granola, butter, crafters organic fruit spread, dates and figs.

Azure for grains and organic bulk items like beans, dry milk, etc.

Parts of rural Australia Which is we’re I live We need a Costco , that would be real handy

Have you ever considered the Gamma lids for your buckets? I bought them and like them allot. Maybe add them to a Christmas list?!

We also only spend $300 / month. But that is for all of our groceries. If you put the quail eggs into an incubator they will hatch.

I use Azure’s flour, sugar, oils, butter, beans, onion, garlic, bulk spices. I love their quality and their service. We are an ingredient household also. It’s hard at times, but, definitely worth it.

We are in New Zealand, so we can't get Azure, but I sure wish we had something like it. I do love to buy in bulk for the things we can't get from our farm. We only have 1 Costco in NZ, and it is a 2 hour drive away, but I still love to go a couple of times a year. I loved the idea of asking for the membership costs as a gift.

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Oh yes, love Azure and Costco!! Not only prices but I can see they are both great companies. Azure specific- I buy oats, dried beans, lentils, gallon vinegars. Quite good deals at Costco for other organic bulk items so I usually price them out first. Or bulk section at health food stores. This was a great video, thanks for sharing.

Oh my goodness! That was so funny. I was watching when you were standing in the kitchen unloading and I saw the doorway wondering who could possibly fit through that door!! Then I realized the door I saw was to the next room as your husband walked through the actual door. Oh my. I need a nap.

I am a mom of 7 most of our kiddos are flying the nest. But a good meal plan and shopping list is a must for me!

Azure carries Redmond salt and its less expensive!

Every few months I order 25 lbs bags of flour and sugar from azure. It is cheaper buying 25 lbs bags than getting organic 5 lbs bags at the stores

Thanks

We buy the wild caught salmon in the freezer section at Costco. We wait till it goes on sale and buy several packs. I buy at azure hard red wheat berries, hard white wheat berries and soft white wheat berries, organic oatmeal, organic black beans and then always look at the sale items. I, like you, grow my own produce and support local farms and our local food co-op for what I can't grow.

I forgot to say, we get our maple syrup from a farm in Vermont, Collins Farm. It is our cheapest option for maple syrup at $124 for two gallons. We buy our honey from a local producer at 5 gallon buckets for $150. Coconut oil is from Costco, or Azure. Other oils and vinegar we get from Azure most of the time.

From Azure, I love to buy hard red wheat berries, soft white wheat berries (I think they both happen to be winter but I can’t remember), buttermilk powder, cane sugar (trying it out but I think I like Costco’s price better but Azure’s taste better, AP cleaner concentrate, leeks, garlic, onions, potatoes (not a farmer - YET)

Azure has excellent sugar, oil, vinegar (I use it for salads only), pectin, flour (as you already do), butter, all kind of beans including vanilla beans and I even buy the jars, lids and bands. Love your videos

When I go to Costco I love to get their olive oil and minced garlic. Both last me for a really long time...I also paper towels and toilet paper. Might have to start looking into things like flour though now that I've watched this video

We love shopping at Costco, even though we are empty nesters. We also buy the organic frozen broccoli, and we found a recipe on roasting it in the oven (yum!) We also just found frozen, organic green beans. I was surprised at how similar our list is to yours. We stay away from processed foods, although if my husband goes to Costco alone, we might end up with some dumplings or frozen ravioli! What would be helpful for us is how to store the bulk items from Azure. Especially as we would be storing it longer since there are just the two of us. We used the envelope system for many years. I actually liked spending CASH!! Thank you for sharing all this great information with us!!

Thank you for sharing 😊 Was great to follow along and see how you do it 😊👍🏻 Buying ingredients and not the more convenient stuff really helps 😊🤑 I am single, and don’t buy that much in bulk, but I do buy oats, protein powder, chia seeds, dried fruit, especially dates and dried mango. I also buy frozen berries and veggies when I get a coupon at a store, and stock up for some time. I usually get a coupon about 3-4 weeks for 20-25% off, and I don’t have the biggest freezer so I buy for having for a good month at the time. I also buy coconut yogurt by the case (my local store order it for me, so I need to buy a case at the time), and soy milk when it’s on sale. I have a milk allergy and the coconut yogurt is a treat, and not cheap, but I just have a smaller amount and make a dessert with it, with chia seeds jello, just a little protein powder for taste and texture, and frozen berries, especially frozen cherries, and it’s really good 😋 I go to the store on more regular basis, and don’t grow that much food. I do get to pick my neighbors berries in the summer, and buy other fresh berries in bulk in the summer for freezing over the winter months. It’s a blessing everything you can grow yourself or buy local at a good price. My neighbor don’t eat there berries, and I can empty the bushes 😅😊❤ Love and blessings from Johanne, Norway 🇳🇴

I love azure. I buy most of our wheat berries from them with one exception. I found that breadtopia for einkorn was most cost effective. They can’t call it organic but they source it from organic farmers.

The 25lb bags of Redmond Real Salt are way cheaper on Azure than on the Redmond website!

New sub from Texas!❤xo

Our top three Azure items are their oats, dried cranberries (and their raisins) and mozzarella cheese.

I’m about to try azure for the first time thanks to this video. Currently, I use costco, Sam’s and my relatives’ restaurants lol All my relatives own restaurants. So what I do is ask them to order what I need in bulk from their food providers, and it arrives at their restaurant within 2 days. That saves me money big time! And sometimes they dont charge me or they give me a discount bc Im family 😁

Azure Standard.. I buy their organic carrots so good and $1.39 per pound in 5 pound bags. I only bought 10 lbs this last time to try them they are so good will be buying 20 pounds this coming month, I shared with a friend/neighbor last month between her and her kids they went through 5 pounds within 2 days Wow! I can't eat carrots without my dogs begging for some too so Yeah at least 20 pounds. I shop Sam's Club in store once a month, have just started using their Online home delivery ( Free Shipping with Plus Membership) their Folgers Coffee 40.3 oz is cheaper than any of our local stores plus our local stores don't sell that bigger size container. I buy 6 heads of Romaine lettuce $4 something, a big box of tomatoes $5 something. I share my membership with my daughter and we're saving a lot her membership is free with the purchase of mine. Anna In Ohio

We do love those oats. Have you ever done your own rolled oats? I wish i could find organic rice at mine!

I appreciate all of your videos. I couldn't believe your price on Chocolate chips. In Canada, they have gone up to $27 per bag. Absolutely outrageous!

I get rice, toilet paper, butter & honey from Costco. I get popcorn, sugar, dry beans, flour, herbs and coconut oil from Azure.

Check out Azure's coconut oil. It is huge, and is a better price

Have you tried the Fisher Nut Outlet Store (I-90 and Randall Road) for bulk nut purchases? A lot of the nuts sold in the U.S. appear to be processed and packaged at the attached factory. I’ve seen pallets of nuts with various labels on them. All the same product, but some are CVS brand, some are Jewel-Osco, etc. I’ve gotten 5-pound bags of pecan halves there for under $18, but it is kind of hit or miss as to what they have as they package different things each day.

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Azure has the best cocoa powder and chocolate chips.

I love paying with cash, but fewer places are taking it. I went to return a pair of shoes I had paid cash for, and the store didn't have the $55 cash to give me my return. They said I could get store credit or come back on the weekend when they have more cash. Now I have to go back when they're crowded on the weekend. So irritating!

I usually go over budget at Costco because i want to buy our regular items but if any of our regular items are on sale then i buy a bunch. How do you handle that in your budget? I often don't know what of our staple items will be on sale when we do visit

Nosey question I realize, how much are you putting toward your bulk envelope each month? I’m trying to decide what’s realistic. We are a family of 5. 3 kids 5 ,3,2.

I haven't tried Azure. What kind of foods can you get?

You really do need to price check the things you buy. Azure is not the cheapest option out there. We get our bulk grains from them as well as items like sugar, salt, frozen fruits and veggies, and other baking goods. I have also purchased canned olives, mushrooms, tortilla chips, and cheeses. We have goats for milk, but don't have enough for making our own cheeses. We don't have a Costco membership, but a friend will get things for me sometimes. Most of our dairy comes from Walmart even though I detest that store. Our meat, poultry, we produce ourselves. Beef is local pasture raised. Lamb is home grown. I am still working toward growing most of our fresh veggies/fruit. We have a long way to go for that. I also will take advantage of fresh produce from Azure in order to can, such as cherries, apples, pears, etc.. I like seeing what others get from others. Sometimes there is something I didn't see or I didn't think to get.