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Where to bulk buy groceries in Berlin?
I am looking to buy 10-20kg of Rice, 10kg of lentils, oats, chickpeas, nuts and maybe a few other staples. Maybe even some bulk spices. I have heard that in Germany it is not that much… Moin zusammen,
I am looking to buy 10-20kg of Rice, 10kg of lentils, oats, chickpeas, nuts and maybe a few other staples. Maybe even some bulk spices. I have heard that in Germany it is not that much cheaper to buy in bulk than it is to buy 10x1kg from Netto for example. My usual go to when I was living in Bremen was the asia laden by the HBF or in Bremen Walle and I would be able to get a decent discount if I bought 10-20kg of rice (compared to grocery chains). However, in my exploration of three asia ladens in Berlin the prices were often the same if not more expensive compared to buying 10x1kg bags from any grocery store chain (including rewe at times).
So I thought perhaps instead of aimlessly walking into every store I could ask here and get some store locations and names that are good. Perhaps there are stores that sell these products loose and I can bring my own containers?
My Reasons to try and buy bulk:
- Saving some money (budget is tight)
- Not creating so much waste (1 bag vs 10 bags)
For the rice and lentils specifically, head to the Dong Xuan Center in Lichtenberg. It's a wholesale market for Vietnamese and East Asian goods, and they sell 25kg sacks of jasmine rice for around 30-35 euros, which is easily 20% less than the per-kilo price at an Asian shop in Neukölln. The stalls there aren't set up for browsing, they expect you to buy a whole sack, so bring cash and maybe a friend to help carry it.
For oats and chickpeas, try the "Unverpackt" stores around town. There's one on Weserstraße in Neukölln and another in Prenzlauer Berg near Helmholtzplatz. You bring your own containers and pay by weight, and while the per-kilo price on oats isn't much different from a discounter, the chickpeas and lentils are usually a bit cheaper and you skip all the packaging. The bulk spices there are decent for basics like cumin or turmeric, but for specialty stuff you're still better off at the Turkish shops along Kotbusser Damm.
honestly I'd skip the asian shops for lentils and chickpeas, they're not really their thing. instead go to the big turkish supermarkets like Eurogida or Bizim Markt, the ones out in Wedding or along the Seelower Weg in Neukölln. they sell 5kg sacks of red lentils for like 6-7 euros, and chickpeas are similarly cheap. for oats that's trickier in bulk here, the Unverpackt stores are ok but tbh you might just be better off getting the 1kg packs at Lidl when they're on sale for 0.89 cents and accepting the waste on that one.
for spices the place nobody mentions is the little shop inside the Arminiusmarkt in Moabit, there's a spice stand that sells loose stuff by weight way cheaper than the touristy markets. cumin, paprika, turmeric all around 1-2 euros per 100g. bring your own jars or bags, they weigh em first. also worth checking out the bulk section at Alnatura on Schloßstraße if you're near Charlottenburg, their oats and nuts are cheaper than the Unverpackt stores ime.
Check out the weekly markets, not the touristy ones. At places like the one at Maybachufer on Tuesdays and Fridays, some of the Turkish grocery stalls sell rice and lentils from big sacks and will give you a price break if you buy 5kg or more. For spices, go to the small shops along Kotbusser Damm, especially near Hermannplatz, where the big 500g bags of cumin or paprika are often cheaper per kilo than anything at DM or Rewe. You won't find everything in one spot, but the savings add up if you're willing to walk between a few places.
What is the correct spelling for a street name that appears differently on multiple signs in Charlottenburg?
Worth noting that Berlin street names have official umlaut and ß rules that trip people up, so a sign showing "Strasse" versus "Straße" is not actually a spelling error, just an older transcription. Same with "ue" versus "ü" (e.g. "Kantstrasse" vs "Kantstraße"), both are considered valid renderings and you'll see the ß version on the blue Schilder and the ss version on older plaques or in databases that predate Unicode. If the difference you're seeing is between those two forms, there's nothing to fix and both are technically correct.
if the signs u mean are the old enamel ones on the house facades those are often protected as Baudenkmal so nobody's allowed to correct them even if the spelling is outdated. the binding version is whatever is in the Berliner Strassenverzeichnis plus the entry in the Liegenschaftskataster, so if u tell me the street i can point u to the right Bezirksamt Mitte or Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf page. tbh the merged district thing is real but the facade signs are a separate story, theyre basically museum pieces at this point
honestly thats super common in Charlottenburg, the district offices were merged from older Bezirke and nobody ever fixed all the Schilder. if its a real street you can check the official strassenverzeichnis on berlin.de, that list is what the Burgeramt actually goes by. which street is it? some of the Kaiserdamm / Kantstrasse signs are notorious for this.
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