and they sell tiny jars of the stuff I replace yearly, like leafy spices. I grind my own seeds up, ground spices go flat and tasteless too fast, even sealed in a jar in the freezer.

There are a lot of stores that sell in bulk but honestly, the stuff I've gotten from Penzey's has been fresher, important for somebody with a heavy French thyme habit. Besides, I'm now too blind to cope with stores.

There is a Chinese Buffet near me that I love love love, I stopped there last week. Looked at the little kids running around touching stuff, then the touching the serving utensils. I got a to go order, I have seen the kitchen crew in gloves.

Spices are outrageous, and the markup must be astronomical.

and still haven't returned. Neither have bulk legumes and grains. I wish they did - it was easier to buy the amounts I needed when I needed them.

stock them.

There is a store near that sells small bagged spices but it is a long drive to get there. I'm not really comfortable buying the small bagged spices. I bet more hands touch them than with the jars. Sometimes good advice has no option for us to follow. Penzey's is great but very $$, plus shipping. If I had a store near me, I'd use their products but the nearest one is about 40 miles away.

Wish Winco was National!

Great produce, huge selections & fantastic prices

Spices like $6 some more some less a pound for many

Who needs a pound. I save a fortune in spices. I cook lots of international recipes.

Spices have lots of micronutrients. Ever notice the big white healthy teeth heavy spice cultures have?

I had no idea they expanded like they did in the last 20 years. I learned about them when I moved to Idaho in the beginning of the 90s. Now they are in SoCal and Montana!

There's a HealthWorks store at the county seat, I go there for many of my needs, they have an apothecary, and the employee owned groc. store has locally grown spices. All of them are a fraction of the price. Those are the places where I buy the things I don't grow myself.

And they provide a lot of affordable stuff but also too expensive stuff. But it keeps them going. There are many wealthy trophy home owners around here, they'll pay whatever the asking price is.

still smell strongly.