Bulk Food Marketplace

I was so excited to find this little gem near me. I LOVED Mr. Bulky at Oakland Mall when I was growing up, and now to find a place just like it — HEAVEN. When my son first started solids I went here to get different spices and oats that I thought he should try. It’s so perfect that you can buy just 2 ounces of something, instead of buying 16 ounces at Kroger and then it maybe going to waste. I also went here to get certain colored items for wedding and baby showers. Sometimes the stock is low, but just ask the cashier and he will tell you when they are getting more in or if another location has it in stock right now.

I was amazed at the variety of household cooking necessities they have. Saves money. I buy all my spices there.

Due to my boyfriend’s gluten/​dairy/​yeast allergy, I’ve taken to cooking gluten free at home. While I’m not a baker, I do like to keep a few flour alternatives in the pantry. These ingredients tend to be expensive and I had trouble using them up before their expiration date. Bulk Food Marketplace to the rescue! I was able to purchase small quantities of buckwheat, millet, and a few other flours to take home to VA. (Note: if he had been diagnosed with celiac or had a nut allergy, I would not have shopped here due to possibility of cross-​contamination.)
I was also surprised to find dried lavender and some other hard-​to-​find spices. I felt like I made out like a bandit with with the amount of dried chives I purchased. Dark and light brown sugar was on sale at $ 0.99/lb, so that went into my basket, as well. Through sheer force of willpower, I was not tempted by the candy. I was also not too impressed with the bulk tea, as the quality of tea degrades with exposure to air and light. This is why tea shops like Teavana and DavidsTea and even Wegman’s store their teas in big tin canisters. If you’re a casual tea drinker, then that might not be an issue for you, though.
When I got home, my boyfriend’s mom asked how much I spent, and apparently $ 10 was «a lot» to spend at Bulk Food! This is definitely a unique store and I am planning to stop here the next time I’m in MI.

According to my doctor, I should not return to this place. Something about adult swing set diabetes or something. But I don’t care, have you seen the candy bins at this place? My god! They have everything I’ve ever heard of. And it’s all really cheap too.
Huge selection. Hard to find items. Cheap. It’s got everything I need to perpetuate the growth of the meat planet I call my stomach.

How am I just now finding Bulk Food Marketplace?
I ran out of cinnamon chips and was looking for places to purchase them (other than the internet) when my husband suggested this business to me. Sure enough, they had them, along with so many other common dry goods that I had NO idea you could purchase in bulk: Frosted Flakes! Hot Cocoa mix, currently on sale! Combos, the tubular shaped snack food!
I wanted to forgo any dry good with packaging. I wanted to run to the other patrons quietly shopping and shake them, «Are you as blown away as I am? What have we been DOING with our lives?!» I wanted to travel to the past; not to have some grand historical impact… No, I wanted to tell myself about this business.
Baking, spices, rice and other grains, tea, candy, snacks, pie filling, COOKIES… I was amazed at the selection of bulk items. They have a number of general grocery items as well. I’m going to buy another set of storage containers.
Save yourself some money, support a local small business, and make less of an impact on the environment by using less packaging. Shop at Bulk Food Marketplace, before you head over to your regular grocery store. They might have everything you need!

Picked up some organic throat coat tea for the upcoming cold & flu season. Little did I know that I would be making said tea just a couple days later.
They have to carry the largest selection of teas I have ever seen in one place. I’m not a coffee drinker, but I noticed a decent selection of beans as well.

Love this place! Best veggie chips and great prices. Sidebar-​They have a lot of different kinds of rice (over by the spices)

I’m very thankful to have this place in my neighborhood. I have been slowly moving my family away from processed, packaged food and doing as much slow, whole food and all-​natural cooking as I can. At Bulk Food Marketplace I regularly buy loose tea, lentils, raw nuts, different types of flours (including coconut and buckwheat), dried fruits, dried and roasted nuts, pasta, spices, gelatin, shredded coconut … you name it, they’ve probably got it. If you’re going Paleo or GAPS or trying something similar, this is an invaluable resource to have nearby. A good number of items are also organic.
If you’re looking for junk food and cake decorating stuff, you can get that here too. A lot of the candy and party-​type mixes and foods have trans fats as the number one ingredient on their list and are full of artificial flavors and colors, and are most likely GMO. So whatever you’re looking for, they probably have it.
I have NOT compared items’ price per ounce to what you would pay at, say, Kroger down the street. I’d like to in the future, but I know I’d like to still shop here and support a small business owner in my neighborhood. And because I store a lot of my food in the freezer and/​or in labeled mason jars, I’d rather not be restricted to pre-​packaged amounts of food.
Overall, totally awesome place.

Okay — YES! This place has a great variety of cereals, oats, grains, flours, nuts, dried fruits, pastas, (no rice, though?), grind your own coffees, and of course candy of all kinds. I always leave with multiple bags of great pantry staples for suuper cheap.
Great place to come when you are having a party and want to get some snack items for setting out on the tables. Or when you need a last minute gift for a friend: fill up a cute container with hand picked trail mix.
I am so glad this place exists. There is so much more here than I even forgot to mention. Anything you would ever need for baking, an extensive line of bobs red mill products, SPICES (the only place in town I can find Sumac). You really need to make a trip out here. Or, better yet, add it to your monthly routine.

I go to the place a lot! I get my dog’s treats from here in bulk. Well that’s how my relationship began with Bulk Food. Then I would stop in for granola or some pasta maybe a spice or two… now I am completely sucked in!
99% of my dried goods come from here. I love that they have such a large variety of just everything. Wheat pasta in bulk… hello awesomeness! Where else can you grind your own peanut butter and buy candy dots all at the same time!
Speaking of candy! This place is a Candy lovers paradise! I love those Sunkist gummy orange slices. I know I know all sugar but all orangey goodness too! ahaha!
The staff is always sooooo nice when i go in there too. I can never just go there for one thing.
If you are looking for the unusual or the usual staples go here they have it all and I think the price is pretty darn good too!

Living right down the street from Bulk Food really is convenient. Tonight, for example, we needed some citric acid & corn starch (Heather is making homemade bath bombs). Ran up to Bulk Food and they had both. $ 8 later I had my citric acid, corn starch, and Larvets (worm snacks). Yes, worm snacks — that’s the other thing about Bulk Food, they have nearly every dry grocery item you could possibly want.
I noticed tonight there is also a huge gluten free section. Lots of international goodies, every kind of Jelly Belly flavor you can think of, tons of candy, snack mixes, there’s even a peanut butter grinder.
The prices seem a touch on the high side, which is why I’m saying 4 stars instead of 5. Other than that, this place is great.

I love this place! They have every imaginable candy, spice, pasta, cereals, granolas, coffee, and other baking items you could ever want. Just scoop them out into a bag, and write what you bought on the label.
Don’t feel like paying for an entire container of celery salt when you just need a pinch for your bloody mary? Get it here.
Only want 2 cups of powdered sugar for your recipe? Instead of being stuck with a whole bag, get it here instead!
This is a great place to get items for any recipe, if you only need a little bit and don’t want to buy a whole container of it… particularly if you are single, or making a very small recipe.
Their candy section is plentiful, and they also have lots and lots of Sugar-​Free candies, too. During the holidays, they have special «holiday themed/​colored’ candies, and they go on sale after that particular holiday is over. They even have Wayne State/​MSU/​UM colored candies which would be great for a big game, or graduation party.