Bulk Barn

I love bulk barn! They have a really good gluten free selection and pretty reasonably priced too. They have basically everything under the sun there from making goods to cereals to candy. The candy is hands down the cheapest you will find in the city. I know my favourite gummies are ¹⁄₃ of the cost there then what they would cost me at an actual candy store.

After having less-​than-​desirable service at the Leduc Bulk Barn, I was reluctant to step into another Bulk Barn. I was put in charge of purchasing the candy for the Leduc Parade and knew this would likely be the most cost effective place, so I gave it a shot. I am so happy I did! Immediately I was impressed with how clean, bright and well stocked the store was. I was greeted with big smiles and offered help immediately. Everyone was more than happy to start calculating the most candy pieces per lb, and to start weighing out bags of candy for me. Management was able to offer pre-​weighed boxes. I was given many options and great deals, and they loaded up the van for me. (Trust me this was A LOT of candy.) One staff member even kept my daughter busy picking out some gummies to bring home for herself. Very thoughtful and helpful staff, while never neglecting any other shoppers in the store during this time. The Parade was a hit, and I will continue to make the drive from Leduc to shop here both personally, and for any of our organization’s needs. Thanks!

I have to say, you really can get a lot of your daily grocery needs at Bulk Barn. From honey to jam & PB, to vitamins, nuts, seeds and of course the gamete of baking products. And I don’t just mean flours and sugars; they have cookie cutters, really cute cup cake cups and toppers… And then there is the candy. People this place is the mecca of candy isles. Everything you would ever want, all of the specials for holidays, etc. are always here at Bulk Barn. The best thing is all of the candy is always so fresh. I always like to have jelly beans at events and parties I’m doing and this place always has the freshest softest jelly beans. There is nothing worse than having old hard candy. I have become a Bulk Barn believer, and you should too.

I used to live in Ontario, so I knew about Bulk Barn before they decided to expand their business to the west side of Canada. So when I saw them open up, of course I had to rush in to see what I was missing out on. Overall this place is great for getting a small amount of unique flours and spices, or stuff you might not use more than once and don’t want to buy a large amount. But for more standard baking ingredients or candies it can be quite expensive. I find it that Superstore’s bulk department is quite cheaper on the more regular items and since they are just next door, I always choose them over the highly priced items here. But if I ever need that random type of flour in a recipe, I know where to look.

The last two times the wife and I visited family up in Edmonton, my travels ended up taking me here at some point during the trip. This small, yet very resourceful store is pretty impressive with their selection of bulk goods. As someone who really loves food (preparing it and eating it) Bulk barn is a great place to get custom sized quantities of many of the ingredients needed for cooking/​baking. It’s a novel concept that I wish would spread into the United States (particularily in Los Angeles where I live.) Whole Foods and other local grocery stores in the States do not come close to offering the large variety of flours, sugars, spices, chocolates, nuts, etc. that the Bulk Barn sells. My one week trip this past summer involved two trips to Bulk Barn. Making a very elobarate cake for my mom’s birthday had several key ingredients at this store that I’m not even sure how I’d track down in Los Angeles. The other trip was to buy bread flour in the quantity I wanted rather than having to buy it packaged in a 5 lb. bag. Not sure how to comment on pricing as I have no other store to compare it to and the exchange rate is different for us, but what I did purchase didn’t seem expensive for the quanity I purchased. The store is also organized in a really easy to navigate setup. My only question is how often are these bins cleaned out? Is there 2 year old product at the bottom of some of the lesser purchased ingredients? Regardless of that thought, my wife and I were very impressed with this place!

So I’ve been given a good word about this place, people telling me its the cheapest place to buy your almost everyday uses, or foods. So i had to come here and check it out. Holy cow! They have almost everything, from your cooking spices to baking ingredients and decorations, to candy, cereal pancake mix, and so much more!!!
I went here just to burn time and have a look around, and boy did they have a lot of candy, its like a child’s and parents paradise. Candy for the kids, cheap prices for the parents, win win scenario. So i wanted to buy a couple thing, grabbed a giant green gobstopper the size of my palm, a full bag of caramel popcorn, and a quarter bag of sour belts candy. Before i got to the cashier i was thinking to myself i bought at least $ 20 worth of stuff, but in the end, it was just $ 9. You are literally paying half of what you would at the store for goods that you buy. For example, im sure that if you bought the same amount of cereal here like corn flakes and cheerios, you would be paying about half as much as in the store. (probably due to packaging and boxing it). But you can buy your own re-​usable plastic container and save a lot of money coming here. I really recommend for people to shop here.

Great place to come for any cake decorating or baking needs in general! You can find dried fruits a plenty — cranberries (and in a variety of flavors like cherry, pomegranate, blueberry, strawberry), blueberries, raspberries, etc. They hundreds of bulk bins of nuts and spices and baking goodness! If you need it for baking– they probably have! You can also grind fresh — all natural peanut butter or almond butter right in the store. They also carry reasonably priced cookie cutters and baking supplies.
I have realized that some items like plain almonds or tamarind almonds are quite a bit cheaper elsewhere — but I still give Bulk Barn 2 thumbs up for their AMAZING variety!

I discovered this place by accident one day when exploring Edmonton. My husband and I are recent transplants from the states (although he is Canadian), and when we left, I had to get rid of tons of foodstuffs.
So the thought of rebuilding my kitchen bit by bit was really daunting (especially since I’m a foodie and actually keep things like whole nutmeg, juniper berries and specialty flours in my kitchen for any interesting recipe that might come along!).
I had no idea how I was going to do this on a very tight budget, but Bulk Barn fit the bill. I went to Dollarama and got tons of their cheap spice bottles, made my own labels, and BB came through with the spices.
Superstore has some great sets of graduated Tupperware type containers, so I bought about 3 sets, and BB helped me out with flours, pastas, couscous, nuts, and just about anything I could possibly need at a fraction of the cost. I absolutely love this place, and shop there as often as I can. I’ve also turned friends onto it. What a great concept.

I showed up here thinking it was another dollar store so I was disappointed when I saw that it was a food store. I went in and browsed around.
They really do have everything you can get in bulk here! I was really surprised because from the outside and my first impressions, well, I wasn’t impressed.
I didn’t end up buying anything, but it seemed like tons of money could be saved by shopping here, so I will be back here to shop next time I need some stuff!

Wow, if you do a lot of cooking, or baking, and live in South Edmonton, you definitely need to stop at Bulk Barn.
Any, and every, ingredient you might need is here and it’s in bulk: flour, spices (exotic ones at that), pistachios, all kinds of rice, candy… I can’t even wrap my head around the amount of foodstuff that is here.
Everything is sold by weight and you get to scoop as much as you want or need. If you’re buying bulk, the price comes out to be much cheaper than if you were to buy it packaged at another store.
I can’t believe I didn’t find this store sooner. Actually, I think it only opened up recently, so I have an excuse. I could have used a store like this when I was in college, I would have saved a fortune on cooking!