Olie's is a brick and mortar discount store in competition with BigLots among others. A new one opened in Lexington Park MD, one is in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and it started interestingly enough in Oklahoma but I don't know the location for the first store.On Sat, 22 Sep 2012, Dena Polston wrote:
> I've never heard of Olie's. Would this be an online store or is it only > available in certain parts of the U.S.? I've heard of Aldi's though. But > they don't seem to have that many spices there. Thanks. > This is Dena from Muncie and the wonderful Bratador named Vern. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jude DaShiell > Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 12:08 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CnD] Buying Spices? > > My suggestion is to buy spices at Olie's if one is local to you. The Olie's > brand of ginger for instance costs 97 cents for a jar and it's six times the > quantity of MacCormack's spices. This is often the case with most other > spices sold at Olie's too. > > On Fri, 21 Sep 2012, Sandy wrote: > > > Spices are very! Expensive; I have a friend who does a lot of > > Mediterranean cooking, and she says saffron would really break one's > > bank account! You might try places like those dollar stores, and get > > off brands. The trick is, due to their exhorbitant costs is not to > > waste them, but some times there are recipes where you only need stuff > > occasionally, and they go flat; wish you could store spices in the > freezer! Any feedback on my thought? > > > > Let two! grins! grow! where one! grouch! was before! > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Claudia > > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 4:13 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [CnD] Buying Spices? > > > > > > hi, > > > > Bought ginger and nutmeg yesterday, at grocery store. > > I could only find the McCormick brand, and i paid almost $5 for each. > > And, I believe jars are only 1.6 ounces. > > It is ridiculous that spices should cost this much, and for so very > little. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > jude <[email protected]> > Adobe fiend for failing to Flash > > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- jude <[email protected]> Adobe fiend for failing to Flash _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
