Don’t throw out that empty glass pickle jar. Use it to store dry beans, lentils or coffee.
When the brown sugar is gone, save the bag because it makes a fine container for walnuts or pecans.
This new specialty store, which opened recently at 355 N. 500 West, has the same self-serve dispensers found in the bulk aisle at large supermarkets. But, unlike those chains, customers can bring in their own bottles, boxes and bags.
Allowing customers to bypass the cost of packaging “is what sets us apart,” said Jamaica Trinnaman, store owner and founder. It also saves money, because packaging averages about 13 percent of an item’s costs.