Anyone have a good supplier for bulk almonds?

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Looking to find some sources for bulk almonds. Lately have been buying from Costco but want to see if I can find better options if I take my quantity up and am buying in amounts of 10-30lbs a time. Might smoke some almonds for Christmas gifts.

Shelled.

Anyone have any good online sources?

Thanks!

Don't know what you were paying at Costco but Mariano's has excellent raw almonds. I think I paid $9.99 for 2 pounds.

You might want to check other factory outlets like Fisher or Superior.

4.34 lb shelled whole raw almonds
http://www.anuts.com/
ARGIRES Factory Outlet Store
12345 S. Latrobe Ave.
Alsip, IL 60803
Phone: 708.388.6250

Might be worth a call to:

Nuts 2 U
779 South Buffalo Grove Rd.
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
(847) 465-9886

My mother buys almonds from Patel Bros, they sell 4 lb bags of raw almonds for $15.

http://www.patelbrothersusa.com

They ship UPS (or you can just stop by their Devon store).

I recently purchased some from Regal Health Foods (linked to their web store, Nut Stop), and picked up from them. The quality of the nuts (hazelnuts and walnuts) was excellent, and I paid around $5/pound. Almonds appear to be $3.25/pound. You can pick up from their warehouse.

3705 W Grand Avenue
Chicago, Il 60651, USA
(773) 252-1044

FYI, Mariano's current price is $7.99 for 2 lbs.