Congratulations! That is if you have started on the road to self-sufficiency and are putting up food for your family! If you've gone to all the trouble to acquire bulk foods, now you need to get those foods in a safe container: away from air, dampness, and "critters". Here are some great places to start your search for either some used or new storage containers.
1. Look in the classified ads in your local newspaper. Since Y2K, there are those who still specialize in selling 5 gallon buckets or 55 gallon plastic drums. Often these are used, but are easily cleaned! And, you will save a lot of money.
2. Visit or call restaurants. A deli or small hamburger stand are the best. Restaurateurs buy every thing from pickles to mayonnaise in bulk, and they often come in 5 gallon, food grade buckets. These establishments will often sell ( or perhaps give) these buckets to you.
3. Go to your local recycling center. I have found used 55 gallon barrels....they had had jalapenos in them! You may also find jars for canning or buckets....it's worth a look!
4. Look in the yellow pages for wholesale and retail bakers, candy and confectionary manufactures. These are prime places to perhaps pick up some new and possibly some used containers.
5. Go to your local building supply stores. They often have buckets and some times barrels!
6. Check in to a feed store....they often have barrels that can be used for food storage.
7. Finally, there are many companies that specialize in new storage containers. They are easy to find on the internet.
Take good care of your investment by getting your bulk food out of bags where bugs, mice, air, light, and dampness can spoil your best efforts.
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