i haven't tried any stores by me yet.i will but yeah i see them for 7 or 8 $ online and its just another expense..i mean ten for 80$ just seems excessive for 80$ i could have 3 months of food i feel..and im trying to do things fast here cuz im not properly prepped yet
Burger King throws out their empty pickle buckets. (5 gal food grade)
I would also like to suggest that everyone saves jars. After you are done with that jar of salsa or jar of pizza sauce or jar of pickles... save the jar and lid. Clean them. Dry them. Store them in small groups of no more that a dozen in a box or bag with the lids. That way, you are not going insane trying to match lids to jars. Or alternately number code the lids to the jars.
Get your friends, family and neighbors to store jars. Even if you don't do your own canning. Get your church to have a jar drive. Same for your local school.
Bottom line is ... if we have a collapse of some kind, or even if not, many people are moving toward self reliance and doing their own canning. If you don't use the jars yourself, I promise that SOMEONE you know will. Sell the jars to them or give them away in trade for a few jars of home canned goods.
The key to getting them for free is to go to a big store, bakery, fast food restaurants,... POLITELY ask to speak with the department manager. Tell the manager that you would like to take any empty buckets off their hands and leave your business card for them to call you when they have some buckets. If you mention that you use them for some charity/recycling/eco-friendly project they will be more willing to save them for you. Typically mayo, icing, pickles,... come in these buckets.
I work in the food biz and yes you can get these for free. I used to work at a place that would throw away 20 of these things a day, now I work for Whole Foods Market and in my store alone we throw 3 away a day.
Walmart has started recycling all they'er buckets they say.But truth be known they are selling them back to the people that they get they'er icing from.
I use these for collecting maple sap to make syrup. Burger King was glad to give me 5 gallon pickle buckets for free. You can also get slightly flimsier but useful 5 gallon fryer oil containers from Arby's for free.
@cyberdreck Hi. I don't believe they will work because they are only 1 sheet thick, the bags used for food storage are 3 to 4 sheets thick and of food grade storage materials. Don't forget if you watch a mylar baloon, it deflates within 72 hours usually. If it cannot hold helium, then it cannot keep out oxygen which will ruin any food stored in them. Hope this helps.
@cyberdreck McBrett12 is absolutely right Get the thickest Mil Mylar that you can afford , I purchased Food grade 5 Mil Mylar it is water tight and holds out air moisture ect , But when it is vacuum sealed it is still susceptible to punctures
@cyberdreck the people next door to my friend let a mylar balloon go it got caught in his tree then hit the power line and blew up and his other nieghbors called the cops on us Lol
Hello, I wanted to let you know after watching your vid, I tried this myself. Walmart told me they now recycle their buckets, however I tried 2 owner operated stores (one restaurant and one bakery). The resturant gave me 5 buckets free, the bakery sold me 20 buckets for $1.00 each with lids. They even gave me extra lids for the 5 buckets I got from the restaurant. 25 buckets with lids for $20.00 not bad. Thank you for the heads up. I have a lot of prepping to do!
@ARBuilder1776 food grade buckets are the easiest and safest buckets you can get.
As long as you
Always make sure you know what your Buckets were Previously used for . you would probably be safe.
If the Bucket was ever used to contain a harmful Chemical , Mylar Will not necessarily give you the protection that you would want to be able to store foods for long term .
My wife tried to get buckets from our grocery store(Ingles) and they wanted to charge her for them. They wanted $3 for them which is still cheaper than buying them from a hardware store. We'll try Wally the next time we are in there.
I usually get them from a local bakery but I pay $1 and the money goes to a local food bank. The benefit is they only sell ones that held dry goods so you never have the ones that held garlic in oil for example that will never clean out.
@highonimmi nothing wrong with paying. For them. If they are clean , but if you look you can still find stores , chinese resturants, walmart bakeries, bi-lo's. Deli's ,mexican resturants that give or throw them away all the time
walmart makes their bakeries return them to the company. most bakeries now realize what the hell is going on and charge. i have to pay a dollar a 5 gal bucket...still, it's cheaper than getting over the internet. if you get mylar bags, store ure food in them then store food in the buckets food grade isnt so much of a concern. not having them as previous poison containcers aside....
Good info to tell people that the buckets are easily attained, but completely wrong in disseminating the myth that the #2 means Food Grade - It Does Not Mean Food Grade
The number within the little arrows is an industry code for how the bucket is to be recycled NEVER for what it was initially used for. Everything from Rat Poison to Pesticides can and are stored in #2 Plastic.
Buy food grade buckets new or know exactly their previous use. They are dirt cheap, likely the cheapest thing you buy
IM able to get the 5 and 3 gal. buckets for my job at a resturant. I run them thru the dishwasher. have used them for grow buckets and my worm compost. I also have some with dry good in them. So many uses for them. It's a shame that places just toss them out. Great video and I also subscribed to your channel to learn more....Paula
Bonjour, I'm new to prepping and love your BS free vids.
We have a guy at the gun club how works in the family bakery. He has 30 clean buckets for me which I`ll get on sunday. I'll give him a pack of beer in exchange. I hit the sub button and hope to learn much more from you.
Firehouse subs sell their pickle buckets for $2 each and the money goes to their charity for wounded fire fighters. Seems like a win-win to me. I don't mind paying $2 for a food grade bucket when the money is going to a good cause. Just have to clean them well and deodorize with baking soda.
I got a few from a bakery last week and had a "fun" time washing off the icing in my bath tub. What do you use to wash them with? My buckets still smell so sweet!
@mark1vs15 hey Mark yea I have used my Bathtub a few times
I have used bleach, baking soda , soap , but now I just gather up a bunch of buckets and go the the Car wash Their high Power spray gun usually shoots out super hot water and it cleans the buckets very well
@mark1vs15 it is messy but Much Much much faster than washing them by hand in the tub or sink
and Those spray things at the car wash usually will take the label right off the bucket
Another key to getting icing buckets is dont stack them until after they are rinsed out . this keeps you from having to wash the icing or grease from the outside of the bucket
That's a great idea! We're going to check a few cake bakery's near us for them. Unfortunately Walmart's won't give them away any longer, per a family member who works for them, they are now required to return them to corporate.
Here as well they have a price tag attached I was getting some for free when my daughterinlaw was working for one but she isnt there any more ... Sam's sends theirs in to be recycled ( have a friend in management I asked to get me some and she couldnt I would think Walmart most likely does the same thing So MAYBE in your area they are plentiful but here not so much so.
@southernprepper1 hey sp1 thanks for your comment every now and then in this area I will run into a business that wants to charge . I tell em no thanks , but now people will have to weigh their options
50cents to 2 dollars each for a few buckets or 30mins to 2 hours cleaning some of the greasy free buckets . I personally would rather clean them myself anyways .
Most of the bakeries around here are charging. They where free then they went to $1 now alot of places are charging $2. I guess there is alot of preppers that live here. Supply and demand. But much better than buying new ones.
I have over 300 of these. I got them free from local food store over a 1 month period. They cleaned them and gave me the tops.
treborozal71 2 hours ago
i haven't tried any stores by me yet.i will but yeah i see them for 7 or 8 $ online and its just another expense..i mean ten for 80$ just seems excessive for 80$ i could have 3 months of food i feel..and im trying to do things fast here cuz im not properly prepped yet
phatz631 22 hours ago
i have gotten about ten over the last mo. from gro. stores wally world in my town said no!
armymama86 4 days ago
Burger King throws out their empty pickle buckets. (5 gal food grade)
I would also like to suggest that everyone saves jars. After you are done with that jar of salsa or jar of pizza sauce or jar of pickles... save the jar and lid. Clean them. Dry them. Store them in small groups of no more that a dozen in a box or bag with the lids. That way, you are not going insane trying to match lids to jars. Or alternately number code the lids to the jars.
Canning works even in used jars.
henchman99942 4 days ago
@henchman99942
Get your friends, family and neighbors to store jars. Even if you don't do your own canning. Get your church to have a jar drive. Same for your local school.
Bottom line is ... if we have a collapse of some kind, or even if not, many people are moving toward self reliance and doing their own canning. If you don't use the jars yourself, I promise that SOMEONE you know will. Sell the jars to them or give them away in trade for a few jars of home canned goods.
henchman99942 4 days ago
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henchman99942 4 days ago
@snowbird Isnt that re-cycling. Re: again cycle: put through supply chain
steventhomashowe 1 week ago
I get them free too. I have tons. Never buy a bucket.
jbhelix108 3 weeks ago
Ah man you are telling the truth!
I was buying these buckets at homo depot for 4 bucks.
Then I started buying at my local bakery for 1.50 a peice.
Then I asked my local icecream parlor and they sell them for 50 cents,
So yes shop around!!!
MontanaPrepper7 3 weeks ago
When I worked at Burger King. We would toss out about 1 bucket of pickles each day.
KironStrife 3 weeks ago
I get mine, free, at the Stop and Shop bakery, washed. I just ask for them.
marieatthelake 3 weeks ago
The key to getting them for free is to go to a big store, bakery, fast food restaurants,... POLITELY ask to speak with the department manager. Tell the manager that you would like to take any empty buckets off their hands and leave your business card for them to call you when they have some buckets. If you mention that you use them for some charity/recycling/eco-friendly project they will be more willing to save them for you. Typically mayo, icing, pickles,... come in these buckets.
ArthurKanzler 3 weeks ago
I work in the food biz and yes you can get these for free. I used to work at a place that would throw away 20 of these things a day, now I work for Whole Foods Market and in my store alone we throw 3 away a day.
ArthurKanzler 3 weeks ago
Walmart has started recycling all they'er buckets they say.But truth be known they are selling them back to the people that they get they'er icing from.
TheSnowbird020 4 weeks ago
Thanks so much for this vid. It's true any bakery will gladly give them to you.Sometimes you have to catch them on the right days ~ just ask.
deec269 1 month ago
I use these for collecting maple sap to make syrup. Burger King was glad to give me 5 gallon pickle buckets for free. You can also get slightly flimsier but useful 5 gallon fryer oil containers from Arby's for free.
passantgardant 1 month ago
@Drone1njj awesome man now I will have to start checking burger king
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
I pick up 4 from Burgerking every week. They have the rubber gasket and they wash them for me all the time. Great video Brother. Be Safe
Drone1njj 1 month ago
I just found another Chinese restaurant that will give them to me for FREE !
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
Will mylar balloons i see all the time work as well as bags? I see them all the time at the stores.
cyberdreck 1 month ago
@cyberdreck Hi. I don't believe they will work because they are only 1 sheet thick, the bags used for food storage are 3 to 4 sheets thick and of food grade storage materials. Don't forget if you watch a mylar baloon, it deflates within 72 hours usually. If it cannot hold helium, then it cannot keep out oxygen which will ruin any food stored in them. Hope this helps.
mcbrett12 1 month ago
@cyberdreck McBrett12 is absolutely right Get the thickest Mil Mylar that you can afford , I purchased Food grade 5 Mil Mylar it is water tight and holds out air moisture ect , But when it is vacuum sealed it is still susceptible to punctures
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
@cyberdreck The LDS has good prices on their Mylar
250 1 gallon bags for $94
store.lds.org/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product3_715839595_10557_21003_-1__195615
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
@cyberdreck the people next door to my friend let a mylar balloon go it got caught in his tree then hit the power line and blew up and his other nieghbors called the cops on us Lol
mxislikesex308 1 month ago
Hello, I wanted to let you know after watching your vid, I tried this myself. Walmart told me they now recycle their buckets, however I tried 2 owner operated stores (one restaurant and one bakery). The resturant gave me 5 buckets free, the bakery sold me 20 buckets for $1.00 each with lids. They even gave me extra lids for the 5 buckets I got from the restaurant. 25 buckets with lids for $20.00 not bad. Thank you for the heads up. I have a lot of prepping to do!
mcbrett12 1 month ago
You should be using mylar bags to store your food and if so it wont matter if they are food grade.
ARBuilder1776 1 month ago
@ARBuilder1776 food grade buckets are the easiest and safest buckets you can get.
As long as you
Always make sure you know what your Buckets were Previously used for . you would probably be safe.
If the Bucket was ever used to contain a harmful Chemical , Mylar Will not necessarily give you the protection that you would want to be able to store foods for long term .
Thanks for checking out my vid and commenting
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
Are #2 food grade buckets free from BPAs?
slwslw09 1 month ago
@slwslw09 you would probably need to do a google search but from my search on the subject It looks as though alot of the #2 buckets are BPA free
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
My wife tried to get buckets from our grocery store(Ingles) and they wanted to charge her for them. They wanted $3 for them which is still cheaper than buying them from a hardware store. We'll try Wally the next time we are in there.
CVObservatory 1 month ago
@CVObservatory $1 is not a bad price if the buckets are clean with Lids , but
$3 is too much
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
@CVObservatory Try other stores, bakery, costco,sams....
pnk67floyd 4 weeks ago
If there is a Wegmans near you they use buckets in their bakeries. They have various sizes and have always given them at no cost.
pittysbad 1 month ago
I usually get them from a local bakery but I pay $1 and the money goes to a local food bank. The benefit is they only sell ones that held dry goods so you never have the ones that held garlic in oil for example that will never clean out.
rooftopeagle 1 month ago
They still let me have free buckets at my local walmart
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
@highonimmi nothing wrong with paying. For them. If they are clean , but if you look you can still find stores , chinese resturants, walmart bakeries, bi-lo's. Deli's ,mexican resturants that give or throw them away all the time
Patriotsurvival 1 month ago
walmart makes their bakeries return them to the company. most bakeries now realize what the hell is going on and charge. i have to pay a dollar a 5 gal bucket...still, it's cheaper than getting over the internet. if you get mylar bags, store ure food in them then store food in the buckets food grade isnt so much of a concern. not having them as previous poison containcers aside....
highonimmi 1 month ago
Good info to tell people that the buckets are easily attained, but completely wrong in disseminating the myth that the #2 means Food Grade - It Does Not Mean Food Grade
The number within the little arrows is an industry code for how the bucket is to be recycled NEVER for what it was initially used for. Everything from Rat Poison to Pesticides can and are stored in #2 Plastic.
Buy food grade buckets new or know exactly their previous use. They are dirt cheap, likely the cheapest thing you buy
NurseMeister 2 months ago
IM able to get the 5 and 3 gal. buckets for my job at a resturant. I run them thru the dishwasher. have used them for grow buckets and my worm compost. I also have some with dry good in them. So many uses for them. It's a shame that places just toss them out. Great video and I also subscribed to your channel to learn more....Paula
Allen2045 2 months ago
Bonjour, I'm new to prepping and love your BS free vids.
We have a guy at the gun club how works in the family bakery. He has 30 clean buckets for me which I`ll get on sunday. I'll give him a pack of beer in exchange. I hit the sub button and hope to learn much more from you.
With thanks from France.
fusil56300 2 months ago
Why are food grade buckets found in bakeries specifically? Anywhere else they can be found?
skecanj 2 months ago
i use pickle buckets
BradMr1975 2 months ago
@BradMr1975
I can't get the smell out if the pickle buckets. How do you do it?
kmkdenali 2 months ago
@kmkdenali i just wash them out with bleach an water an that helps ..........
BradMr1975 2 months ago
@kmkdenali bleach
CombatArchery 2 months ago
I get all mine from Sharis pickle and butter buckets With Lids even!
Thepockets88 3 months ago
Thanks!
arkons1961 3 months ago 2
@arkons1961 your welcome
Patriotsurvival 3 months ago
Thank you for the info. Much appreciated.
gentlegiant6585 3 months ago
Firehouse subs sell their pickle buckets for $2 each and the money goes to their charity for wounded fire fighters. Seems like a win-win to me. I don't mind paying $2 for a food grade bucket when the money is going to a good cause. Just have to clean them well and deodorize with baking soda.
nikki4612 3 months ago
great tip.
ABGAN100 4 months ago
I got a few from a bakery last week and had a "fun" time washing off the icing in my bath tub. What do you use to wash them with? My buckets still smell so sweet!
mark1vs15 4 months ago
@mark1vs15 hey Mark yea I have used my Bathtub a few times
I have used bleach, baking soda , soap , but now I just gather up a bunch of buckets and go the the Car wash Their high Power spray gun usually shoots out super hot water and it cleans the buckets very well
Patriotsurvival 4 months ago
@mark1vs15 it is messy but Much Much much faster than washing them by hand in the tub or sink
and Those spray things at the car wash usually will take the label right off the bucket
Another key to getting icing buckets is dont stack them until after they are rinsed out . this keeps you from having to wash the icing or grease from the outside of the bucket
Patriotsurvival 4 months ago
@Patriotsurvival thanks for the tip!
mark1vs15 4 months ago
@mark1vs15 my bakery sells those flour buckets for 50 eurocents a piece (50l) and they are cleaned out :)
herbalpeace 1 month ago
@herbalpeace really?! lucky you! i have to clean mine out multiple times, but at least i don't have to pay $8-$10! what a great deal you have!
mark1vs15 1 month ago
That's a great idea! We're going to check a few cake bakery's near us for them. Unfortunately Walmart's won't give them away any longer, per a family member who works for them, they are now required to return them to corporate.
HomePrepper1 4 months ago
Here as well they have a price tag attached I was getting some for free when my daughterinlaw was working for one but she isnt there any more ... Sam's sends theirs in to be recycled ( have a friend in management I asked to get me some and she couldnt I would think Walmart most likely does the same thing So MAYBE in your area they are plentiful but here not so much so.
SasyBecause 7 months ago
@southernprepper1 hey sp1 thanks for your comment every now and then in this area I will run into a business that wants to charge . I tell em no thanks , but now people will have to weigh their options
50cents to 2 dollars each for a few buckets or 30mins to 2 hours cleaning some of the greasy free buckets . I personally would rather clean them myself anyways .
Patriotsurvival 10 months ago
Most of the bakeries around here are charging. They where free then they went to $1 now alot of places are charging $2. I guess there is alot of preppers that live here. Supply and demand. But much better than buying new ones.
southernprepper1 10 months ago