In article >,
jay > wrote:

> On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:59:28 -0500, Melba's Jammin' wrote:
>
> > and I buy the tablespoon I need at my local food co-op where I can
> > purchase any quantity I want. And do,
>
> I still have not ordered anything from Penzeys (for me) so delete my post.

Mercy, no!

> I have purchased gifts however. We have great bulk sources locally and at
> a fraction of the cost of Penzeys.
(snip)
> It is good to run out of things and start fresh. There is rumor that
> Penzeys is going to open here and if they do I will go. I want to try
> their adobo. Sheldon gives it great reviews.
> jay

I had a very small hand in starting up our local co-op some 25-30 years
ago. I buy a lot of my stuff in bulk from them, sometimes a tablespoon
or two at a time, sometimes (black peppercorns) by the quarter-pound. I
love buying a tablespoon of something that's marked $22/lb. And I
shudder to imagine what a pound of dried parsley flakes looks like. :-)

If you have need and can get past the Alexawful price, Penzeys' soup
bases are very nice - at least the beef and the shicken.
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