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connie's avatar

I admire the IRL research! Another way to solve this problem (perhaps not with fish sauce specifically) is bulk stores, which manage to make a lot of sense in NYC and avoid some of the environmental issues. At least for the one I’m thinking of, they stock nicer version of goods ranging from dish soap to nuts to a limited produce section, so as a consumer you pay more per oz of each item - BUT you mostly have to bring your own reusable containers. That way the store doesn’t have to worry about restocking or packaging costs, except small brown paper bags for low volume purchases of dry goods, and you can choose precisely how much you buy. Case in point: I am still working through a $3 purchase of 1 oz of ground cardamom I bought a year ago and put in a random jar I had lying around, instead of forking out the $7 for the shaker.

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David Muccigrosso's avatar

You had me at “This is a fun idea”.

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