Save Big On Groceries With Woolworths New Straight-From-The-Wholesaler Bulk Service

If you’re a fan of Costco, we don’t have to convince you about the beauty of buying bulk. But if you don’t live near a mega warehouse, the savings on bulk buys are a bit out of our reach. That is until now! Woolworths has announced that they have partnered with a wholesaler to deliver BIG savings directly to your door.

Most of the big supermarkets have dabbled in bulk buys. Coles have occasionally dedicated a shelf or two to bigger-sized value products – like their 950g froot loops or a 2 kilo bucket of cake mix.

Even Aldi upsized their staples – albeit a bit late – when they recently dumped gynormous bags of flour, sugar and toilet paper onto the special buys aisle. The discount retailer had obviously hoped to jump on the COVID-chaos panic….but unfortunately they missed the boat.

Big Bulk Better!

Woolworths has taken a giant step forward in the world of bulk supply and has partnered with Aussie food wholesaler PFD Food Services, who are now selling direct to the public via Woolies online.

The new Woolworths PFD shopping site has almost 100 products to choose from including popular pantry staples such as rice, pasta and flour, as well as meat, poultry, and frozen items. The product range is expected to grow over the coming weeks, as demand increases.

The Woolies/PFD partnership was initially available to Woolworths’ business-to-business (B2B) customers, which included day care centres, schools, disability services and nursing homes. However, Woolworths has now expanded the service to include households.

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Bulk Products Delivered To Your Home

During the height of the pandemic, PFD made a leap into consumer land with their new ‘PFD 2 Home’ initiative. The major wholesale supplier for such brands as Mars, McCain’s, Masterfoods and Mainland cheese and many others, made their discounted food supplies available to home-shoppers via delivery or click-and-collect. However, there is a $200 minimum order value and the website states that delivery could take up to 2 days.

Now with the Woolworths bulk buys section, you can simply slip in a massive box of fish fingers into your regular weekly online order and save big.

Save BIG Bucks

Looking at the PFD section on Woolworths online, there are freezer items, fresh meat, as well as pantry and household items.

The biggest bulk savers for me is the 2kg tub of Lemnos feta cheese for $28.49. That’s $14.25 per kilo for the bulk buy, whereas a regular slab of feta cheese is $25 per kilo – massive saving. Planning a party? There’s a 5kg packs of Ingham’s Crumbed Chicken Drumsticks for $76.89 or 3 kilos of I & J Crispy Battered Flathead Fillets for $66.42.

There’s a mega 4 litre jug of tomato sauce for $10.27 – that’s 26cents per 100ml (the usual price is 50c per 100ml). There are also 5kg packs of pasta, 4 litre canister of olive oil and 12.5kilo bags of flour. There are also bulk bags of tea and a super-sized tin of Milo.

So make some room in your pantry, clear space in your attic ’cause it’s time to stock up and save.

Are you a fan of bulk buys? Tell us in the comments below.

46 Comments

- - meedee said
  - 09 Oct 2023
    11:07 am
I went to Costco for the first time the other week and its very impressive. but too far for me to travel and have a paid membership

- - mom268263 said
  - 19 Oct 2020
    11:36 am
This is great and especially if shopping for staples for elderly that struggled so much during Covid and can’t easily pop into shops when they run out.

- - mom437055 said
  - 14 Jul 2020
    5:17 pm
Bulk buys are really fabulous but are only useful if you are going to use all of the bulk products that you have purchased. I know it sounds mundane, but you must ensure that you are going to use all of the goods purchased within a reasonable time before they run out of use-by dates, otherwise these goods become a liability.

- - DaffyD said
  - 30 Jun 2020
    10:34 pm
Love bulk buys if the money saved is worth it as using a large quantity isn’t always possible

- - mom111059 said
  - 30 Jun 2020
    1:45 pm
Love to buy bulk goods when I can if it means a good saving.

- - tessie said
  - 27 Jun 2020
    1:42 pm
We used to bulk buy all of the time but had to travel 500km to do that. I’ve noticed that Woolworths have had multi pack buys which have saved us money. Can’t wait to see what else I can save on now. Way to go Woolworths

- - shanika said
  - 26 Jun 2020
    9:21 pm
I am not like to buy any freezer item in bulk.My freezer quite small.But rice,flour,sugar,oil,pasta are fine.

- - mom111059 said
  - 26 Jun 2020
    11:19 am
love bulk buying and use my freezer well.

- - mom109199 said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    4:22 pm
We now have more pets that people in our house so no, don’t need any bulk buys here. If only the pets all ate the same thing I could bulk buy that….LOL. As a couple, the last thing we need is to buy in bulk. Actually, even when we had our daughter and her partner living with us, bulk buys were not really necessary.

- - mom397192 said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    2:17 pm
I love costco !! and if woolies did this i would definatley look at changing where i do my weekly shopping !!

- - Number One Mum said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    12:25 pm
l love the idea of bulk buying but l also think that Woolworths should stock some of these items for people that can’t buy online or spend $200 as a minimum shop like single mother’s or elderly people 10 items at a time won’t take up much space instore & change them around fortnightly or monthly

- - mom462929 said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    11:39 am
I shop at Costco and I like bulk buying some things but I wouldnt have the storage for most of this stuff. Prices still seem high.

- - rovermum said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    9:38 am
We’re a family of 3 and we just don’t need to Bulk Buy. It becomes about storage and then using things before they go out of date. I can buy a huge bag of rice at Coles that lasts me forever, but often gets in the way in the pantry. Not necessary for me, but thanks.

- - sars_angelchik said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    8:54 am
It would depend on the items and the amount of savings I stock up when they have half price sales so it may not be better

- - Carly said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    8:26 am
I buy bulk where I can but with limited storage and freezer space I’m restricted

- - mom303889 said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    3:35 am
Yes I bulk buy stuff I need whenever there’s half price offer in the store or things that are reduced due to out of date. I have a deep freezer so everything goes in still before date and i shop from my pantry and freezer for our meals.

- - ~Loui~ said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    12:44 am
The prices don’t seem that cheap. There is also a lot of processed foods here amongst the staples. I’m pretty sure that I can get better value by stocking up when things are on special.
- Ellen replied
  
  25 Jun 2020 , 7:49 am
  I agree with the processed foods, that’s why I’m not so interested.
- - mom56587 said
  - 25 Jun 2020
    12:16 am
Buying in bulk is a good way to save money, but i don’t have the space to store a lot of stuff.

- - mom101628 said
  - 24 Jun 2020
    11:37 pm
Cannot see that those prices are realistically within my budget – I always used to bulk buy when I lived in the country, but my prices were never that high.

- - tuiman said
  - 24 Jun 2020
    10:36 pm
How would pay $76 for 5kgs of chicken drumstick where you can get it on special for around $4 kg I don’t understand how this sounds cheap yes bulk buying is great but should be cheap a lot people can’t afford to spend $200 or more for bulk stuff then still have to do a normal grocery shop. But then I’m not near a Costco either. I’m not sure how things are going to be savings or discount. I like convenient sizing so it can be sealed like fruit loops if we brought that it would take a weeks to eat by then it would be stale so haven’t saved any money cheese would be great I can put in the freezer same as flour and rice so all the bugs are dead before it goes into container well hopefully Woolworths or big w are going to have some huge container to cater for bulk food