Bulk Food Shopping At The Mennonite/Amish Store.

Road trip to bulk food shop at the Mennonite/Amish stores in our state.

[@mikewood3203]

May I suggest for those that do not have access to a bulk store for spices....San Fransisco Herb Company on-line. Have used them for 5+ years, inexpensive ( I would say cheap compared to other on-line stores), excellent quality, no shipping over $30 (I think it's 30 might be 40), quick turn around, never have had an issue. I buy over $100/year in spices and their other products. I do recommend the Saigon Cinnamon, it has a flavor that will blow the top off any store bought.

[@ModernRefugee]

Thanks for sharing. That’s good information.

[@kedeglow2743]

Thank you! We've been looking for a new place to get our "Once Yearly" big spice order ever since the "lefties" at PeN_eY_ lost their last remaining brain cells a few months ago.

[@jenniferibarra7737]

Thank you I love my spices and need to save money

[@kedeglow2743]

What a huge and beautiful Bulk Store! I so much appreciate that you were so careful and respectful about their wishes not to be filmed! Thank you.

[@driftlesshermit9731]

Cool. I live close to a large Amish community and usually visit their stores once a month or so and look for deals. Like you said you really have to look at the dates. Around here they buy truckloads of expired or near expired of miss matched stuff. Never know what you're gonna find,but it's always interesting. Lol.

[@ModernRefugee]

One other thing is they always have a lot of home grown produce in season. Good place to pick up extra to can.

[@kathy48622]

I am in central Michigan and I am within a 8 mile radius of at lest 25 different Amish, Mennonite stores. Everything from bulk food stores, canvas repair, small engine repair, quilt store, garden centers, hardware store, general store, bakery, and the list goes on and on. I have the Amish build my sun room, (at 1/3 the cost of other builders) install and build custom windows, and decks.

[@tiffanywhipple3364]

When you say central mi. Could you send me the names of some of the stores I'm located in central Michigan also but Im just new to the area. I trying to find them

[@tiffanywhipple3364]

Also do you have a reference for the sunroom builders I would like to buy my aunt a sunroom for her home

[@alicel8010]

Love this!!! When I was a kid like late 80s early 90's I remember going to a bulk food store in Oxford MI. Thanks for the memories!

[@lyneberge]

Amazing! NY needs this! I need to consider moving to your state!❤

[@SoldierPoet]

That's an awesome looking store; I would love to shop there. I could spend a lot of money at that place LOL. The homemade jams and jellies are my weakness. Thanks for sharing this and have a wonderful Sunday. 👍

[@user-lv8wg5zm1n]

Thank you for sharing your trip. That is such a fantastic store!

[@ModernRefugee]

Thank you!

[@averagejoesmiling456]

Thanks for taking us along, Modern Refugee. Nice video!

[@catherinebrown7299]

I love how informative you are. I came across your channel tonight and joined. Awesome and detailed info, Thank You

[@SassyGalPrepping]

That store is really well stocked... on everything! Nice. I'm originally from Michigan and I miss going to the Amish stores. Closest Amish/Mennonite store to me here in VA is over 2 hours away. I do have a store that gets shipments of cheese, butter, eggs and deli meats from Amish farms in Lancaster County in PA. So that's cool. Enjoyed the video! Have a great week.

[@patrice3603]

They carry a very nice selection of everything in that store! I wish we had something similar around where I live.

[@JamieSantos]

Country View Market?! When we lived in the thumb of Michigan we used to go there all the time. I remember when they were a tiny store and how there was no space in the aisles for two carts passing each other before they added on and expanded to include a restaurant. Sure do miss shopping there for some of their products. Thank you for taking us on this tour! Sure do miss Michigan!

[@resoluteoutdoors]

Amish stores are some of the most underrated stores out there. On top of preparedness they typically have a cool selection of different foods and good prices!

[@Sandy-_s]

I love that store🤗. Thanks for the walk thru. Need to plan out a shopping trip. I buy the bulk powdered chicken, beef and ham stock in the fall. Nice to see they are stocked. 👍

[@joanneanderson7602]

Wait did you say powdered chicken?

[@Sandy-_s]

@@joanneanderson7602 yes powdered broth of each.

[@mariebooze956]

my fav mennonite bulk store in michigan💞..hoping 2 go this weekend, haven't been since the borders 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 closed..my mom and i really enjoyed your vid🥰..thx marie from 🇨🇦

[@StabbinJoeScarborough]

Thanks MR , I buy in bulk quite often now , great vidja man !

[@keeperofthehomestead9193]

Oh my God!!! You're in Snover, right around me. I love that store. I've been shopping there since the building was only one pole barn. They've expanded over the years.

[@jasonharris9990]

I've been to that store a few times, great selection of everything, in the Fall they'll have pallet boxes of local winter squash and apples outside. You must have lunch there at the cafeteria/lunch room. Homemade soups and all the sandwiches are on homemade bread and the prices are great!

[@AlaskaPrepper]

Awesome video, thank you for the tour.

[@sarahashley580]

My family home! Just stocked up at country view last weekend. I love this store. All my spices and canning supplies I get here.

[@ruralqueen1568]

Great video! I am lucky to live not far from a great Mennonite community to shop and a little further from the biggest Amish Community in the country. Love to be a patron of their businesses.

[@tammybrennan2040]

I love Michigan, a preppers paradise. 🇺🇸💞

[@MichaelR58]

Very cool store and tour , thanks for sharing , God bless !

[@karenminor4541]

I love going to our local amish area in Ohio. I'm in northern Ohio, I'll have to check & see how far out is from me. We're always interested in other areas to visit. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@janwc1]

Really appreciated this video.

[@ncmomma7384]

We love Country View! We grew up just north of there!

[@cpieper73]

I live in central Michigan, my favorite places to shop are the Amish stores. I get 98 percent of my canning supplies from there. I try to go at least every couple weeks to pick up bulk supplies to add to the shelves.

[@tiffanywhipple3364]

Could you please share the names of the stores that you like. Thank you so much

[@ambrosemclaren145]

We have one in Bloomingdale MI. It is nice and the proprietors are great people. Not as large or varied as this one. Blessings, MR.

[@marygallagher3428]

Great store! I love going to the Amish and Mennonite-run stores near me in PA but I don't think I've ever seen one as large as that one near Sandusky :-)

[@jerrimenard3092]

I like the smoked cheddar and the soft goat cheese. What a selection! Thanks for sharing.

[@SomewhereInIndiana1816]

I love shopping at the Amish bulk food store in Shipshewanna Indiana!! It's awesome!!

[@jayboston9620]

Never Seen a Shop like That…. Amazing, I’ll be sure to seek 1 out. ThankYoU

[@ModernRefugee]

Your welcome.

[@stevea.8816]

Those people put the work in, so clean and organized also. Upstate has a population of Amish and they damn good builders. There weren't many in the Bronx growing up and l dont blame them.

[@davebrooks2942]

I miss those stores. Probably what I miss most about leaving Lancaster county Pennsylvania. In Tennessee now guess I'll have to investigate and find some

[@paulinehecht2353]

I didn't know you were a fellow Michigander!! Hello from Vassar! Me and my fiance go to Country View store often☺☺

[@ModernRefugee]

Yup born and bread.

[@justusupnorth8262]

We have a Mennonite grocery nearby, great resource. Sometimes they’re the one who has certain things.

[@JT-2012]

I would go nuts in that store.😀. Those spices are incredible. I wish we had an Amish store.

[@wildadventures4173]

Great video, thank you for sharing 😁🥰💪👍

[@brendaackerman9941]

I remember the old store they stated with. I was in the new store once before I moved out of Mich. They didn't have the green house. Been a long time and I really miss that place.

[@subdawg1331]

very cool, thank you... we have bulk material stores or sewing cloth stores run by the Mennonites here in Ontario

[@SuperPangloss]

Besides the Amish stores there are also "Bishops Warehouse" stores. They are the LDS (Mormons). Even cheaper for bulk items than the Amish. Lot of the larger communities have them.

[@BigSkirtMcGirt]

That’s a really cool store. I don’t think we have anything comparable to that here in Central Texas.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

A tip for those that can't find something you're looking for. I asked if they could locate a 25# bag of large lima beans (butter beans). They weren't available locally. They found a supplier, ordered them & were

[@sunsetheritagefarm1189]

I just came across this video, but I was shopping at Country View this week. I managed to get out of there just under $1,000 😂 and I forgot some stuff 😆. Lorie 😊

[@The.DirtyWitch]

Great video thank you! I just found one only an hour from me. Can't wait to check them out. 😅😊

[@cbass2755]

1.5 hours away from me. I’m going. Thanks MR!

[@GUITARISTED]

We were there today, awesome market. Chicken tenders…wow.

[@Diebulfrog79]

great video

[@ModernRefugee]

Thanks Al.

[@marylafrance9547]

Hey Michigander! Thanks for the heads up - this would make a nice little day trip. Not too far (an hour maybe!) Here's a tip for you: if you head toward Ludington, there's a town called Dublin and the butcher makes friggin awesome smoked meats and jerky. They sell at the grocery store there.

[@ModernRefugee]

I’ll put it on my list. Thank you!

[@itsallperfectlynormal9805]

If your over on the West side, Sanders in Custer, MI is a must visit. They have the absolute best ham. Excellent butcher shop!

[@hardnackfarms1736]

Good morning! I enjoyed this video a lot! However, you went really fast so I wasn’t able to view the products. I would really like to see everything. I am growing herbs and making my own spices. My husband built me a solar food dehydrator. I would spend a fortune in that store! Have a very blessed day! Wendy🎄⛄️🐞

[@tiffanywhipple3364]

How does your solar food dehydrator work? It sounds absolutely incredible 😁

[@truthinplainsight1602]

I'm in Indiana and have 2 stores within about a 30-45 min drive. The lunchmeat and cheese selection kills the big box grocery stores and the prices are way cheaper too. Most everything is $2-3/lb cheaper than Kroger or Walmart.

[@fitgirlism3038]

Fountain.Acres.the.End! :)

[@trustingod9160]

I live in Mississippi and I don't know if there's one close to me, need to keep them in our prayers, love there butter I buy from the store,they where hear after the Katrina Storm and helping out with building homes,

[@eleanorjpoindexter4299]

Nice market!

[@tomm2812]

Oddly that is my weekend trip. About 30 minutes or so away. GREAT place. Best

[@ambrosemclaren145]

MR, I have a 1955 Settlement Cookbook I would be glad to send you. It has a ton of old fashioned ways and recipes. I got it for next to nothing at a thrift store. I already had one when I got it but it was too good a bargain not to pick up. Tells you how to make a fireless cooker, window cooler, how to make your own liquers etc...I made the Cherry Bounce and it was fantastic! Maybe you could provide a P. O. Box or a public address that you could receive it from. A store, workplace or similar place. Dang! Sandusky is 4 hours from me. It would be worth the trip though. Thanks!

[@ModernRefugee]

Thank you very much. I’m sorry I don’t have a P.O. Box and I don’t want to put my address out there. I do appreciate the offer, and I hope you understand. Take care.

[@ambrosemclaren145]

@@ModernRefugee I do understand. No problem. Cheers.

[@itsallperfectlynormal9805]

I remember going to the co-op in Columbiaville when I was a kid! Love the Amish stores, we go to the ones in Clare country when we're in the area. The Braggs has gotten SO expensive. You can unpasteurize cheap apple cidar vinegar. Pour a cup out of a new half or full gallon and add the Braggs with the mother back to it (glass jars preferred). Let it sit in a cool dark place and the mother will do its thing 😉

[@kevinjoseph517]

??? vinegar + cider or apple juice or?

[@itsallperfectlynormal9805]

@kevinjoseph517 put the Braggs into new, pasteurized apple cider vinegar. Tuck it in a cool, dark cupboard. The mother will grow and the color will darken. You'll end up with beautiful, flavorful, unpasteurized vinegar. If you get a quality red wine, or other vinegar with mother in it, you can do the same. Currently aging some cheap red wine vinegar I added the last of a quality vinegar with the mother into. I hope this helps!

[@pattyevans7444]

I love this store!

[@gailsfoster3406]

My favorite place to shop!!!

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

so glad we've so many Amish round here. catching up missed this one nice store indeed

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

prices good except the tourist trap items lol

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

I'll have to look for those sprouting seeds

[@ModernRefugee]

@@PenntuckytheCrag yup

[@capnjimmy7357]

My aunt lives up by this store. She loves it.

[@CharityS-Minnesota]

We’re lucky here in Northwestern Minnesota to have an Amish/Mennonite store real close to me.

[@usha777]

Im sure someone else has said this but its not an expiration date, its a best buy date. This is very important to know. Good vid

[@patriciandcowgirl6044]

I’m jealous! Very cool

[@allienoneya4257]

My town has a small Mennonite/ Baptist brethren store in the 45807 area NW Ohio, also has a large Amish community here in SE Ohio I run in town once a month and filling up the pantry. I cook from scratch daily so it helps me out a lot.

[@ModernRefugee]

I remember going to the Amish communities in Ohio when I was a kid with my parents. Good memories.

[@allienoneya4257]

@@ModernRefugee The Amish learned how to merchandise and advertise from the “English” They know their high quality productse are respected and used by the English. It’s a preppers paradise. But cost is another thing. A lot of the high end products like grinders, wood stoves, propane refrigerators and stoves are very expensive but excellently made. I loved the bakery sections. I bought Amish aprons, utensils, grains, flours and bought several oil lamps,wicks,oil. Bought a book on how to dig a root cellar or storm shelter. I was amazed to see the simple toys I played with as a child…jacks,dominos, checkers, simple rolling wood toys like trains. Gives ya that warm fuzzy feeling looking back at the life on the farm as a child being so similar to the Amish in many ways.

[@patmitchell2389]

I like your channel so I signed up

[@merccadoosis8847]

For several years I have watched many of these Amish/Mennonite thrift store shopping videos and have repeatedly pleaded with those folks to give us a shop or two here in St Paul, MN. Sadly, all my pleadings have been ignored. I guess they hate us.

[@lakelili]

Pea green... wish we had something like that around here but the only Costco in our province is a 7-hr drive and more than once a year is not happening. The price you pay for living on the fringe... and for the most part we are happy to pay it... just occaisionally small twinges of envy.

[@theresamoshier1768]

I shop there all the time. Love buying there pasta is bulk

[@augustcanyon3438]

Remember: if you are going to prep ask yourself what would you do if none of these items ever became available again, and how much do you have to last you until you can be self-sufficient on your own land.

[@ModernRefugee]

We grow what we can right now, and some the things come from our area. We prep season to season.

[@michelledavis5455]

Wow wish we had one in Alabama

[@sadie21962]

If you buy the gallon bottle of molasses it will keep on the shelf after opened for many years. I've done it. I love my local Amish bulk food stores.

[@ModernRefugee]

I was going to get the gallon, but my wife gave a “hard no” on that. We already have some lol.

[@sadie21962]

@@ModernRefugee lol. I understand. I use it to make my brown sugar. Mix white cane sugar with a small amount till you like it. My 91 year old mother in-law said it's the best brown sugar. Great video tour.

[@barbarasutherland8000]

Nice bulk items like the cheese.💯👍💯🥰💯👏💯💃💯✌️💯☘️💯😋💯

[@CamppattonFamilyCompound]

We don't have any around here 😭 Wish that we did.

[@docgalt2801]

Holy Cow MR! That place looks like a Prepper’s wet dream! 😂 Gee Whizz! That place is well worth a road trip even if you are not local. If you have the money, bulk up all at once! Excellent video!

[@ModernRefugee]

Thank you!

[@helenjones604]

Such an amazing and terrific store omg I'd love to shop on an Amish and Mennonite store is that possible if you're not close to any I know they really don't do the internet so How Would someone Be able to buy from The Stores Could you please Let me know if you could purchase from there

[@LifePrepared]

Hey next time you get to Countryview, hit me up. I'd love to meet up. It is my go to store!

[@ModernRefugee]

Will do, but probably not going back for awhile.

[@LifePrepared]

@@ModernRefugee How long of a drive is it for you?

[@ModernRefugee]

@@LifePrepared couple hours. I’m a back roads guy. Always traveling the back roads in the mitten.

[@elizabethschurg6341]

Quick question. If things are close to expiration, how about the bulk foods? Is it fresh enough to vacuum seal in mylar bags? I live in se lower Michigan.

[@ModernRefugee]

The bulk stuff is all new products.

[@glen1arthur]

Do you also have family member with celiacs? My wife and youngest boy are. I would be too worried about those "Best Before' or 'Best By" products all that means is that the manufacturer is only guaranteeing the product to that date and they often have a lot of wiggle room usual you can add a year or more to the date before there is any problems.

[@ModernRefugee]

Yes there is a family member with celiac. The storage method is more important then the date in my experience.

[@glen1arthur]

@@ModernRefugee very true - nothing else matters if you don’t store it correctly.

[@lornacs8036]

I go to Seneca Falls in NY--they have better and bigger cuts of meat.

[@grind75hoursaweekjusttoget48]

Are those meat fresher and more nutritous than the ones at walmart cause i have a feeling the one at walmart has been processed and doused with some chemicals

[@ModernRefugee]

I’d buy meat there any day over WMT.

[@AlwaysSurvive]

We got one kinda close try to hit them up about once a month

[@ModernRefugee]

They are a great resource.

[@AlwaysSurvive]

@@ModernRefugee most definitely

[@irmuggle]

Huh Looks like I'm moving to Michigan

[@7392318]

Was that a 60’s Plymouth at the end?

[@ModernRefugee]

Not sure

[@marilynhill6358]

I live in north Ga. Which the Amish would come to the south.

[@thehungrygoldfish]

There's an Amish community in Florida so they're not all in the north.

[@sandytmobile4467]

I own a store that's not a expectation date that's a ( Best By Date , so you can wait three year's past the Best By and if it doesn't look right cook it feed to farm animals and it doesn't smell right give to pig's, if it's growing green mulch it. Tossing food in our house will get your butt spanked many times . All good cheese has a wax keep refrigerator endless you dry and waxed in parts but cheese not touched will last tell it turns to water mold cut off carful because age cheese is six times more money then new age.

[@jenniferk1129]

Can some one tell me where this store is? I also live in Southeast Michigan

[@ModernRefugee]

It’s by Sandusky Mi.

[@jenniferk1129]

@@ModernRefugee Snover?

[@ModernRefugee]

@@jenniferk1129 yes, that is a bit west of Sandusky.

[@darleneeide7090]

Where is this place located

[@ModernRefugee]

Sandusky, Mi

[@andrekentjr]

A.P.A.N.C.E.

[@ModernRefugee]

👍

[@CorsairTrainers]

Bacon cheese!!!!!

[@ModernRefugee]

Yum

[@glen1arthur]

oh my god did you see all the shortages!!!! 😝

[@glen1arthur]

@@ModernRefugee but is it Canadian bacon or just american?

[@ModernRefugee]

@@glen1arthur lol, probably just plain American.

[@glen1arthur]

@@ModernRefugee I drop you some of the good stuff in the mail for ya. 😋

[@ultramagapatriot5874]

What state is this in please?

[@ModernRefugee]

Michigan

[@ultramagapatriot5874]

@@ModernRefugee thank you so much

[@loridavis5699]

Did you even watch the video? He repeatedly says MI

[@andrekentjr]

P.O.W.

[@ModernRefugee]

👍

[@andrekentjr]

@@ModernRefugee why is your name refugee. As an Alumnus of Health Occupations Students of America and in the collegiate and professional divisions with plans to enter Future Business Leaders of America Phi Beta Lambda Collegiate and professional divisions I’m curious. I’m not a refugee and live in North Carolina, Virginia and Texas. Curious as to what type of refugee you are.

[@ModernRefugee]

@@andrekentjr I strive to live a older way of life like my ancestors. I try to bring there way of life back to the modern world. They lived a life of constant preparedness. So I am a refugee to the modern world we live in longing to go back to my old time home land. I hope this explains the name to you. Peace.

[@bendover3838]

There's an even better priced "Amish" store not veryfar from where you're standing

[@ModernRefugee]

Yes, that dented can one on that side road.

[@bendover3838]

@@ModernRefugee yeah