I once bought something at one of these stores. Was in need for a specific kind of sugar for a recipe and they had it. Honestly it’s probably mostly failing on price point and convenience, because a) most of the products they sell are organic and high quality; so more expensive and b) you have to know what you want to buy beforehand so you can bring your own containers… Also the store was in an awkward location and not well advertised.
Yeah, we don’t make companies recycle/reuse the trash that they wrap around food and it’s dirt-cheap to produce more plastic trash, so somewhat unintuitively, it’s not really cheaper to buy food without packaging.
And at that point, you need to have customers that are willing to bring their own containers, just because they themselves want to reduce trash. Those kind of customers will also want organic, so now you’re more expensive. 🫠
Welp, if you’re willing to buy organic anyways, it’s kind of cool, because it’s a selection of food worth buying.
One time, the guy also let me try unroasted peanuts, which I probably would not have bought otherwise. Like, that’s also kind of cool, that they can have more exotic foods, because you can just try a nibble of it, or buy like a single portion, if it needs to be cooked/prepared…
What sort of stuff did they have? You wouldn’t buy flour and other bulk dry goods?
I once bought something at one of these stores. Was in need for a specific kind of sugar for a recipe and they had it. Honestly it’s probably mostly failing on price point and convenience, because a) most of the products they sell are organic and high quality; so more expensive and b) you have to know what you want to buy beforehand so you can bring your own containers… Also the store was in an awkward location and not well advertised.
Yeah, we don’t make companies recycle/reuse the trash that they wrap around food and it’s dirt-cheap to produce more plastic trash, so somewhat unintuitively, it’s not really cheaper to buy food without packaging.
And at that point, you need to have customers that are willing to bring their own containers, just because they themselves want to reduce trash. Those kind of customers will also want organic, so now you’re more expensive. 🫠
Welp, if you’re willing to buy organic anyways, it’s kind of cool, because it’s a selection of food worth buying.
One time, the guy also let me try unroasted peanuts, which I probably would not have bought otherwise. Like, that’s also kind of cool, that they can have more exotic foods, because you can just try a nibble of it, or buy like a single portion, if it needs to be cooked/prepared…