Snacks in Small Bags

I was looking for small bags of snacks like pretzels, popcorn and such and realized the perfect store for such things (America's Market) is gone. Where else can one find small bags of treats? By small, I mean 4 ounces or less, like you'd find in a goodie basket. Preferably a storefront rather than an online shop.

Costco.

Why don't you just buy small bags and then put whatever you want into them?

Seriously. You'll save a boatload of money repackaging, and greatly expand your options. I buy big packages of the very good fruit/nut/seed mixes from both Marketplace on Oakton and Treasure Island, and the PB pretzels and sunflower seeds from Trader Joe's, and do just that.

(May not really fit this thread, but it is a snack in a small bag.)

Sometimes I acquire interesting foodstuffs from friends. I take it home, put it aside and forget about for a while.

This evening I opened a mystery snack from Japan. I handed a piece to my Mom asking her to try it. She gave me a look. I pressed on. She tried it, then I told her, "It's fried fish skin!" She immediately shoved whatever was left into my hand.

Yep, a yummy two ounces of fried fish skin in a puffy bag. It was really quite a texture bomb with lots of black pepper. I enjoyed all two ounces.

I borrowed the cheaters to read the small nutrition label pasted on. Supposedly there were three servings with a caloric hit of 100 calories per serving.

I may never revisit this opportunity to eat fried fish skin. I may even miss it.

Regards,
Cathy2

I have been doing one of two things.

At the new Fry's (Kroger's) store in town, they have a bulk food area that is fairly reasonable price. They have small sealable baggies. I can fill them as heavily or lightly as I want. They have a scale with a printer so you can make as many bags as you want without tying up the entire check out line when you are done as they can scan your labels.

At Winco Foods, we buy large amounts of bulk foods we like and take them home for repackaging. Their prices are lower than Fry's BUT it is a hassle to write out all of the numbers on the twisty and all of the numbers manually entered at the check-out stand which can add a few minutes if we have a lot of merchandise. We utilize the bulk foods at Winco a lot as their prices on items such as spices are absurdly low and they are fresher than I was getting at Penzey's. Also, Winco sells 10x the number of SKUs offered by Fry's