buying sugar

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buying sugar

Postby stillgotit » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:03 pm

Where does everyone buy there sugar from? Im doing a 190L TPW and don't really want to walk out of Coles with 43kg of sugar. Any tips would be greatly appreciated..
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Konzo » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:09 pm

It is the cheapest and easiest way ...

Buy a few bags each time you go shopping, say 6-8 kg then in a few weeks you have loads :-)
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Re: buying sugar

Postby MacStill » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:16 pm

stillgotit wrote: don't really want to walk out of Coles with 43kg of sugar. Any tips would be greatly appreciated..


Buy 44kg ?

:laughing-rolling:
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Bushy » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:24 pm

Personally, i think you might be overdoing the sugar. Stick with the 1 in 5 ratio and you will only need 38 kilos for a 190 litre wash. Much easier :-D
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Re: buying sugar

Postby MacStill » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:28 pm

Bushy wrote:Personally, i think you might be overdoing the sugar. Stick with the 1 in 5 ratio and you will only need 38 kilos for a 190 litre wash. Much easier :-D


What's he gunna make jelly with then ? :angry-banghead:
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Re: buying sugar

Postby stillgotit » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:51 pm

alright thanks I just went off the birdwatch calculator
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Bushy » Sun Oct 20, 2013 10:54 pm

?
Have we got a calculator for that.
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Andy » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:16 pm

i managed to catch the staff filling if the other night. so i bought a few trays. 6x2kg all nicely packaged. easy to carry
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Re: buying sugar

Postby AussieAndy » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:28 pm

There is lots of excuses to buying so much sugar.

Did you know sugar slows down concrete going off?? So if a concrete truck was to break down, and me being a mechanic needed about an hour to fix it, about 40kg of sugar would slow the load down enough to fix the problem and then send it back to the plant to dump that concrete......

Did you know mulberries are just starting, and the missus makes mulberry jam, about 8kg should be plenty for our 4 trees this week.....

Or you could just tell the checkout girl to mind her own business, but I like to get creative with the stories I tell :-D
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Re: buying sugar

Postby db1979 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:11 am

Just tell em you brew beer.... Lotsa beer...
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Andy » Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:14 am

checkout operators dont really care. When i worked as one i had a bloke come through and buy a couple KG of granny smith apples and a big tube of KYjelly. i served him with a straight face as well.

as long as your not buying rope, duct-tape, chloroform and a shovel, i dont think ppl care what you buy
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Bushy » Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:33 am

Eggs zacary. Your trolley, your business.
Blow up sheep? What?
I walk out evey fortnite with 24kg and just now thought about it. Sorry i'm drunk :-D
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Andy » Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:16 am

Bushy wrote: Sorry i'm drunk :-D

Eggs zacary. :teasing-tease:
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Re: buying sugar

Postby bayshine » Mon Oct 21, 2013 5:59 am

i just look at them and say " its all for jam honestly" and they just laugh :))
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Aussiedownunder01 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:17 am

I just tell them I like coffee :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: buying sugar

Postby bluess57 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:33 am

Costco sell a 20kg bag ... If there is one close
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Pugdog1 » Mon Oct 21, 2013 6:59 am

buy half in woolys then go buy half in coles :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Sam. » Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:46 am

bluess57 wrote:Costco sell a 20kg bag ... If there is one close


:text-+1: Big wholesalers have bigger bags but beware sometimes they are dearer than your run of the mill woolies or coles.

Woolies used to have the 20 or 25 kg bags but I haven't seen them for a long time :think:
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buying sugar

Postby wedwards » Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:57 am

If you have a local bulk food supply place (usually supplying bakeries, restaurants etc), you can get 20-25kg bags cheaper per kg than supermarkets and they don't ask questions
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Re: buying sugar

Postby Dominator » Mon Oct 21, 2013 1:39 pm

I tried a local wholesale food supplier. They only had caster sugar, $35 for a 25kg bag. White sugar is $1 per kg from the local shopping center.
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