Survey: Buy Bulk or Buy Daily?
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto 
on 10. 8.08
Michelle Kaufmann suggests that a green frugal choice is to buy bulk, "buy foods from the bulk bins at the store. You can find everything from cereals to nuts to candy in the bins. Lots of veggies can be purchased that way, too." Donald Chong is another architect with another idea; he says "small fridges make good cities," that you shouldn't a lot of bulk purchases but instead should respond to the marketplace, the baker, vegetable store and neighbourhood vendor.
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