Supply Bulk Foods

Supply Bulk Foods is a Dorchester-based online grocery that sells dry bulk foods without plastic, describing itself as Boston’s first store of its kind. The catalog covers beans, nuts, coffee, spices, pasta, oats and dried fruit, much of it organic, including fair trade dried mango, flame raisins, Medjool dates and radiatore pasta. Because everything is sold in bulk, customers can buy exactly the amount they need, from a pinch to a pound.

Shopping works in three steps: pick the food order online, choose one of many pickup locations in Eastern Massachusetts, and collect the order once it is ready. The store skips fancy packaging, which keeps costs down, and the packaging it does use is biodegradable. Product descriptions are written in a personal voice, with notes on flavor, nutrition and cooking uses, and the site flags items that are temporarily out of stock.

What to Know

• Customers can sign up for specials and updates.
• The dried mango is free from added sugar and preservatives.
• It is listed by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.