I had company and went to my closest store to buy a pound of black beans, my guest wanted black bean soup and I was out -- While fine since I just needed one pound, I was shocked at the price jump, I dont usually buy this at a regular brick and mortar grocery store, $3.65/pound. Ok, yes, they were organic as my closest store is a natural grocery store, but they were also from the bulk bins, which used to imply lower cost....This is not frugal. Obviously, $5 for a pound of beans and one orange was reasonable to make the meal, but as day to day feed your family, that is showing food inflation ! Housing costs are so high here, overhead for stores must be very high

So, yes, Azure Standard food buying is the frugal winner for around here. They have organic black beans at $2.03/pound if buying a 5 lb bag, and down to $1.57/pound when buying a full 25 pound bag. ( Azure standard is order online, and a truck comes to a local drop spot once a month with everyones orders, the one by me has ALOT of families picking up food and such each month. The semi truck pulls into a parking lot at 7am and everyone heps off load items into a semblance of alphabetical ordered piles.....)

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