Every store will have a little different policy about their buckets, and they may or may not have any when you are there, so just keep asking. Really, maybe they’re waiting to be thrown away, I don’t know, but all it takes to find out if there are any is to ask, “Hi, do you have any empty plastic buckets?” They’ll either say yes or no or ask you what size you’re looking for. When the buckets are empty, some places just stack the empty buckets in the back hall or wherever waiting for someone to come ask for them. All that delicious chocolate frosting and creamy gooey donut stuffing come to the bakery in buckets. Any store that has a bakery section may have buckets for sale. So if uniformity is important to you, just go looking for a specific size and pass up the ones that don’t fit your needs. The buckets will be random sizes and may or may not have lids, and will rarely be cleaned out, but remember, you don’t have to buy or take any you don’t want. You can purchase these buckets new, or you can find a place that will sell them to you used for way less–usually $1-$2 per bucket and sometimes they just give them to you for free. Food grade buckets have the recycle code “2” in the triangle. They can be made from plastics that held paints, tar, etc. It’s not a good idea to put your food in them. There are buckets out there that are not food grade. Here’s where you want some food grade buckets.
If you have access to an LDS cannery, you could rent the canner and can your bulk foods up at your house, but sometimes it’s easier or cheaper or works better for you to put it in a bucket. It invites bugs and rodents that can ruin all that good food and then you just paid for mouse food. But keeping your food in a sack is not a good idea long term. Lots of times you can get bulk foods like oats or wheat or beans in a sack LOTS cheaper than buying it in a can or bucket. Getting food grade buckets cheap or free. Time to give you one of my super frugal food storage secrets.
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