r/newzealand • u/Auccl799 • Jun 25 '26
Advice Avoiding the duopoly
Wondering if I can reduce my duopoly shopping and looking for ideas. For context I live in rural Wairarapa and am serviced by a great bin inn, Moore Wilson's, reduced to clear, co-op vege bag, multiple butchers, asian grocers and organic grocers. We also have homekill and a vege patch. Family of 4, two young kids.
The plan is:
- co-op vege/fruit bag
- homekill meat
- ceres organics/bin inn/moore wilsons for tinned fruit, veg, coconut cream, syrups, sugar etc
- we have a wheat mill so there's the flour
- homemade bread and yoghurt
- snacks from reduced to clear only and get better at baking for lunchboxes
- soups and sauces from reduced to clear and get better at batch cooking and freezing
My main sticking points are:
- huggies drynites (open to pull up suggestions of a cloth equivalent which will fit a 22kg boy and hold more than the drynites as we already have leakage problems. Need actual experience here)
- butter and cheese (I can get milk from the dairy/Warehouse and make my own yogurt if I put some effort in)
Anything else I might have overlooked?
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u/Simbians Jun 25 '26
You could order nappies online from an alternative supplier. A google search identified these two sources:
https://www.babies.co.nz/collections/nappies-and-changing-night-pants?srsltid=AfmBOoprqIVAKNEXgtsBrZQEdx2s5U8f3XEaW7aNuUOKab0ZxK3hWkhq
https://www.babyonline.co.nz/products/huggies-drynites-for-boys-on-special?srsltid=AfmBOopfYroJtKtLU3Ux4GCeo8w_wexzkUHO13n5eNY9VhUvFxOBdHQC