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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Daisy Dumas

Incredible bulk: how much can Australians save on dry goods by buying a lot at once?

Woman holding watermelon in front of stacks of goods
Jasmin Asfour at Abu Salim supermarket in Greenacre, Sydney. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

“I always buy 25kg of rice,” May Lee says.

The 61-year-old town planner from Mosman is shopping at Tong Li, an Asian supermarket in Campsie. At the end of the aisle are shelves loaded with sacks of rice, sugar and flour.

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