How to Make the Switch to Bulk Buying! | Pantry Chat
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- Are you wanting to build up your long-term food storage supply but aren't sure how to start? This podcast is for you! Join me with guest David Stelzer from @azurestandardas we talk about the best methods for stocking up on bulk food.
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Carolyn, as one who has watched you for many years. Your face is radiant. Your detox is obviously working and your face is showing it. God bless you.
I've been an Azure drop coordinator for over a year now with 2 friends our drop in mid-state NY grew from just 7 members to over 240 in that time! It's been a wonderful experience, and we're happy to be able to be part of helping others have access to healthy bulk foods.
WOW!
This was me. I went whole food vegan then on to raw food vegan 20 years ago. I was doing great for a year but then began falling apart. Now I am whole food organic keto with low oxalate veggies/fruit. Never did well on dairy but ok on grassfed butter, parmesean cheese and hwc. Everything else makes me sick. Totally works for me. Ran an organic vegetable coop. Now grow my own veggies, buy bulk items from Azure, use local farm for meat, have my own chickens now and rarely buy at grocery stores.
Carolyn, you are a great hostess! You say just the right things to keep the conversation going and make the guest feel at ease.
He's got a calming voice and good bulk buying information thanks for the info.
You have a new customer. I was comparing your bulk products to Kroger similar products. Your prices are better and I'm certain the quality is better. I'm moving further and further away from grocery stores. I support local ranchers and I'm in the beginning stages of gardening. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful resource with us. I'm sharing with my girl friends too. We all want the best for our families.
I have been with Azure for almost as long as they have been available in California. Feeding a family up to now only myself as the children moved on and my husband passed five years ago. I still get their products about four( in Bulk)so times a year. Love the family and the folks who work with them . Thanks for the interview with David it is always fun to hear him talk about his "baby".
Just picked up our order yesterday. Love this company! We still gather good food from other stores and grow a garden. Azure is an indispensable part of our diet. They do have a deliver to your home option if you have no drop near you or are unable to meet a drop. Give them a try!😊
Great info!!!
Love Azure!!! So grateful for their company!
This was so informational and exciting! I like that he doesn't seem to be prepped with talking points, but rather with sincerity. Thank you both! ❤
Oh my gosh, so cool to put a face to Azure!! I live in Canada so can’t order, but learning about buying bulk and other things from all the homesteaders who do shop in bulk has been very helpful.
I loved your guest from Azure. We are here in Canada so unfortunately we cannot buy from them. Many years ago I married my wife who is from Vietnam and when we were dating I told her that I only bulk buy when possible, grow our own vegies and at that time wished to get into raising beef and pork. We had at that time 1 and a half quarters of land. I had not even finished my speech on why I do this (mostly for health, as of right now I am 81 and in perfect health except for a little arthritis) and she immediately said yes I will marry you. Then she backed up a bit and said, Oh you were asking right. Of course I said yes and it has been happily growing our own food ever since. We go to the grocery about once a month to buy things that we cannot grow or produce. Azure Standard when are you coming to Canada? God Bless Joe Scott Muddy Dog Ranch
I think another reason why people don't buy in bulk is because most don't know how to cook and don't want to so they buy premade easier food.
I can ready meals because it takes less space fewer jars and the food is in many smaller portions so if I drop something it's just one or two servings and not a whole bucket full of food. You can buy in bulk and store as ready meals.
Yes, I started with on big bag a month, summer is nice because I have access to a great garden
Thank you, Carolyn, for turning me on to Azure Standard! I love them and order often.
Growing up on a subsistence style farm, canning was a very essential part of our lives especially since it was unheard of for a family to have 3-4 freezers. We were feeling pretty high faluttin to have one which was mostly for meat.
One thing Mom did/taught us was her veggie combos which made use of when things would be starting or ending the ripening phase.
One of my favorites was green beans and tomatoes. At the beginning of the season you might have enough beans for only a few quarts and the same with tomatoes. She would toss the standard clove of garlic in the bottom of the jar then layer the green beans with smashed tomatoes and a slice of 2 of onion and top with a couple chunks of bacon. It was more flavorful than dumping those ingredients separately later because the flavors melted better plus it reduced the water added because smashing the tomatoes provided almost all the liquid providing more robust flavor. And instead of canning 3 jars of beans and 3 jars of tomatoes you would can 6 combo jars. The combo jars were always the first to run out in the winter.
I used to think a freeze dryer would be awesome because it would save over purchasing long term storage food. Well, until the pandemic/forced work from home fiasco. I decided it would be a great time to live off my prepper food storage. Turns out most of what I tried I didn't like but in fairness that could be because these companies have horrible recipes. But even many of the single food items don't do well to use in recipes. For instance, I make great potato and ham soup. Easy peasy recipe except freeze dried potatoes are horrible for this. But on the other hand, freeze drying tomatoes to turn into tomatoes powder is absolutely fabulous and versatile. You can use it for many different types of tomato based sauces, tomato paste, use as flavoring, tomato juice and even ketchup. Just don't know if there are enough thing that appeal to my taste buds to make it beneficial for me specifically.
Really enjoyed this interview, thank you!
I appreciate the small packaging for trying out a new to me product.
Thank you this was an interesting interview. Much great information. I am going to check out Azure for sure.
Lots of good information!
Love Azure. Coordinated a drop in my area 20 years ago and its grown to one of the largest drops in my state. Unfortunately most items I need are no longer available...they continue to sell out before they get to me due to the popularity of Azure. So buying in bulk helps. But Ive been out of some items for many months and refuse to buy anywhere else.
Great Pantry Chat. I believe that Grandpa had the advantage of the era he grew up in. No GMO's, fewer preservatives, and more locally grown foods.
Flip bail jars work well and are easy in the pantry and fill them from the buckets.
So glad to hear this pantry chat. I have had my first order of bulk in the Azure Standard shopping cart a few weeks...live in Florida with no basement and little storage. I am trying to be creative on how and where to store the food. When I figure it out, I will place order!
Great interview! Great company. Thank you also for pointing out cost & time for "convience" food. Time is money.
Even for this empty-nester backyard homesteader in town, it makes sense to buy in bulk, you just have to properly store things!
I live on an island so I don’t have access to their drop sites, but what they will ship I have loved.
Great interview. It's always great to hear David talk about Azure. Our family definitely appreciates them.
I had a similar situation, at age 3 or 4 i got rheumatic fever that affected my heart. (1943-1944) total bed rest for a year +. I won't go into details but probably where we lived at the time , i have a high protein diet. My heart was so bad that the dr said i should have anything that required energy to digest.
My mother made fruit juice with knox gelatin and milk shakes with fresh whole milk and raw eggs,. I also could not have any kind of a stimulate like chocolate or sugary food, I had Mostly broth from different boiled soups or stew. I have never been really sick with anything and now at 83 am not on any prescription medication.
I appreciate the great information. I would like to give a simple caution-not all doctors, nurses, or clinical medicine is “bad.” Having children in the medical field, I know the fight they fight on behalf of people who want more options. Wouldn’t it be great if health providers would work together like this on a regular basis? Indeed.
This was valuable information. Thank you.
I really admire your quest and the business he made helping people be healthy, when I lived in Santa Cruz, CA he would have trucks running up and down the coast once a week or so that he would deliver food. They would tell when they would be in town so one would just order bulk and pick it up on that day, thus another money saver. I like him showing how individuals are different and have eat differently
I like the ability to get things from Azure that are hard to find.
This was inspiring & very helpful. Thank you so much
My first foray into buying bulk from Azure was when I checked their price on Tinkyada Pasta Joy. I saw that their price for organic was the same price as the non organic at the grocery store where I could find it for a better deal(not Whole Paycheck store...lol that was much higher per ounce) have had good experiences shopping for GF there. Different experience meeting a semi truck for my purchases...lol but get to see friends there so it's a 2fer!
what a great interview! thank you Carolyn!
Ya I have tried switch over been challenging but I do go for long whike with out going but when I do go cost a fortune. Boo lol 😆 and almost to that point bc we hadnt been able to stock up but glad I did when I did have money coming in or this dry spell we had we would really been struggling. Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you😊
Not sure how long ago this was filmed before airing, but he mentioned the 1 gallon jars which are no longer available now. I loved those 1 gallon jars!
I grab them when I find them at yard sales.
I have an adult daughter with asthma. I appreciate you sharing your story. 🧡
I would LOVE to order from Azure Standard but the closets drop is an hour and a half North of me in Miami. One day I hope to have a drop close to me. Thank you for sharing!
Same except my drop is not that far I just can't go at the drop of a hat and I couldn't reach the coordinator to ask if I can have my order collected by them and picked up later.
I feel like the first thing people need to do is learn to cook from scratch. It amazes me how people just can't do that. Friends who want to start gardening always ask me what they should grow first. I tell them grow what you cook with. They just give me this dumbfounded look like they have no idea because they don't cook from scratch...anything!
Great video. I have not used Azure yet. It is just me. There are certain things I would love to buy in bulk though. I need to get some of those lids - it is like a battle opening some of those 5 gallon buckets.
I work in 4 stores doing resets and I still hate buying from them unless it is a sale or been marked down. The stores do carry local organic produce, but I still find it pricy. I perfer going to an Amish store or flee markets, but due to the hours I work, it is hard.
I tried looking for places closest to me, but it is the pickup days that are the hardest for me to get to. 😢
Great video. Great company!
I love cheese would love get some these blocks
Love Azure Standard! I’m picking up my order next week.
We are full-time RV'rs and use a European style fridge/freezer combo, not a residential size. We are able to stock a weeks worth of fresh food reasonably. As much as we would love to bulk buy, this is not feasible. We have found drop sites at many of the areas we camp but 25lbs of flour/oats/etc is a huge space sacrifice we cant make. Our storage bays are full absolute essentials. Maybe if we decide to stay put we could be bulk buyers.
I heard of a way to keep bugs out of rice (I do it w/ pasta, too, but don’t know if it needs to be done). Put it in the freezer for 10 days then the frig for 3 days then back in the freezer for 10 days. (To kill off the babies, don’t cha know?). I think it’s 10-3-10, and not 3-10-3, but I had a stroke so 🤪🤯🥵. You can probably search it.
ive done this with organic oats so far, i need to do it for sugar and flour too. im not sure what else i would need tho but def yes!
I’m so excited for this topic!!!
I wish Azure was available in Canada!
You were looking absolutely radiant! Could you please share your detox. Sorry for asking if you already have. could someone send me a link if she has? Thank you! God bless🥰
Amen to that pizza story wish get my hubs to understand that but he hungry now lol 😆 and doesn't want to wait so apparently I need some fast go to but they burned ojt on bc we are on the fam late alot night
I found bugs in my Cumin. It was expired, but …. How did they get in there? I never thought to use it. Then I discovered a recipe for taco seasoning (I didn’t add the chili power) and now i use it on everything! So I’ll go get some fresh Cumin.
First off, how does one live knowing they only have 3 days of food in their homes? Also, you need to be careful and watch price per unit. There are somethings that it is less expensive to buy the small packages than the large. Sometimes, if I'm going to buy $50.00 of flour and it is cheaper to buy the 5 pound bags, I still buy $50.00 of flour, just not in the large bags. Now, Azure would get so much more of my grocery budget if they accepted EBT as payment.
I would love that my kid would never be goijg to the doctor. My poor kiddo has epilepsy and been challenging I grow alot and make alot the things to help but yet been so hard but trying getting him to eat things he is so picky
Q: When you were tested did they look for BHA and BHT?
I was surprised they put BHT in active dry yeast.
Question for you.
When is your book coming out on freeze drying?
It will be released in September: homesteadliving.com/freeze-drying-the-harvest
The amish store 6 miles from my house is not interested in organic or avoiding additives. They have lots of candy and their pie filling has little fruit but lots of dyes and sugar. I would drive 2 hours for an AZURE pick-up. Fortunately, I only have to drive an hour. They are expensive in some things, mostly the most processed. But I don't buy anything but whole organic food.
It would be nice if the location to pick up your order was closer to us. It's an hour plus away. In Valparaiso
Mine is also an hour away and their answer is to start our own drops but due to my full time job and Azure’s ever changing drop times, it is impossible for me to commit to doing that.
@@ohiofarmgirl3384I am in the same situation. I have been debating about doing a drop but I have a full -time job.
@ohiofarmgirl3384 yes the changing drop times is making me hesitate to order since I cant just be available to go pick up my order on such short notice and I have a pretty tight schedule so most times wouldn't work if I must be there when the truck gets there. I need more flexibility
Man wish I could get azure standard 😕
I’m just reading the comments and this isn’t just buying at Costco. And unless you have EVERYTHING you need, it really doesn’t save you a trip to the grocery store.
Very much wish we could order from Alberta Canada
I used 5 gal plastic buckets and the rats chewed into them
Ok, how do you store in a cool dark place in Florida? I would be interested in flour. I found a great easy bread recipe that I made even easier. If things get really bad, I would like to make it for friends & neighbors when things cool down.
I have so much stored under my bed and even under my clawfoot tub. I have also bought a few 35 gal barrels with lids that open. You can fill it with food. When you seal the barrel, the food is now in the dark.
How do you know if produce are farmer’s markets are organic?
Well, I just searched it. There is a drop 5-6 miles from my house. I’m think I’m too old, but I’ll watch the video now.
At our drop there is always someone around willing to help you get things into your car.
@@TheChickenHouse Thank you, but I meant I won’t be around to eat it all! (75). 🤣🤣🤣. I’ve been stocking up.👍
@@Jan-qq9xc Oh I see!😄 They do have regular sizes of stuff too. Im almost 72 but raising a teen granddaughter. The amount of food we go through is amazing.😄
@@TheChickenHouseI’m all alone and have a few years stocked up. But I have my eye on a couple things. 😊
@@Jan-qq9xcSorry you are alone. That can be a difficult journey at times.
I'm in the UK so only hear about azure standard on the podcasts. My question is if you use plastic tubs from 20 years ago surely they have BPAs in the plastics? And the other similar bad types of plastic. Even Tupperware didn't produce BPA free until 2010. You can get carcinogens leaching out into long term food stored in plastic containers. I am interested to hear your thoughts.
i am in ontario canada and do not have that store or any store that does stuff simalar😊
I’m in Melbourne, Australia. Does anyone know an Australian equivalent to Azure Standard please?
Thanks 😊
Everyone microbiome si different and every diet needs to go towards the microbiome
So I’m curious, you promote azure standard a lot for bulk buying and you say that it’s cheaper to buy in bulk, but is it really still cheaper with azure’s 8.5% shipping fee tacked on?
Azure is not always cheaper some things I have found Amazon is cheaper on. You have to shop prices.
What is best way to stop the bulk supply..I don't have a large storage space
where can i buy bulk mustard seeds
Do they ship to Canada?
I just have 1 Q: How many sets of triplets did you have???!! You look beautiful!
How do I order your freeze dry book
Here it is: homesteadliving.com/freeze-drying-the-harvest
I bulk buy meat when it's on sale
a better optimized title would have been something like, "Azure Standard: Make the Switch to Bulk Buying"
Don’t have time to unload truck to find my items ..there’s no guarantee it’s going to be on truck … then to drive an hour to pickup spot.. 😮NO thank you .. I’ll drive to an Amish store
It's awesome that you can support more local.
Yeah I wish they would operate the drops more like a store/ warehouse where there's more flexibility with pick up. Have the truck deliver and unpack it and you have a day or 2 to pick it up. Being tied down to a ever changing truck arrival just won't work for me
By having here a founder of a business, you are interfering with businesses of similar companies! Please don’t do that, avoid as much as you can having guests like this, which is something people see as an obvious ad anyway!
People are genuinely curious about where they get some of their bulk products. They have talked about and with several companies that they support here on their channel for many years.
I don't think there's a similar company to Azure standard. If you know of 1, please do let me know! I've been looking!