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FORGET forking over your hard-earned dough on those orange monstrosities at Home Cheapo! Here's a way to get FREE 5-gallon buckets.
Next time you're in a Sams' Club or WalMart, stop by the bakery department and ask if they have an empty bucket. They get white icing in food-grade buckets, and the usually clean them out when empty. If it sits around too long, it will get tossed into the dumpster.
You can also do this at many bakeries and restaurants. I think Firehouse Subs hands out their empty pickle buckets, but the smell of pickles is so pervasive it's hard to get rid of it.
Sometimes they won't have any. Sometimes they still have some icing in them. And sometimes you won't get a lid. But what the hey... they're FREE! Beggars can't be choosers!
There's a local pizza/italian restaurant I frequent that gets their italian sausage in 5-gallon buckets. I can pick one up about every 4-6 weeks.
Not only are they super heavy duty (and again.... food grade), but they have a top-of-the-line lid (with thick rubber gasket!).
Plus, you're recycling. Win-win all day long.
Next time you're in a Sams' Club or WalMart, stop by the bakery department and ask if they have an empty bucket. They get white icing in food-grade buckets, and the usually clean them out when empty. If it sits around too long, it will get tossed into the dumpster.
You can also do this at many bakeries and restaurants. I think Firehouse Subs hands out their empty pickle buckets, but the smell of pickles is so pervasive it's hard to get rid of it.
Sometimes they won't have any. Sometimes they still have some icing in them. And sometimes you won't get a lid. But what the hey... they're FREE! Beggars can't be choosers!
There's a local pizza/italian restaurant I frequent that gets their italian sausage in 5-gallon buckets. I can pick one up about every 4-6 weeks.
Not only are they super heavy duty (and again.... food grade), but they have a top-of-the-line lid (with thick rubber gasket!).
Plus, you're recycling. Win-win all day long.
One bakery's trash is another mans bucket. They come in handy.
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