BIN INN

Bin Inn - a great place to shop!

While the prices are a big attraction at Bin Inn Whakatane, customers also benefit from the fact that you can buy products in whatever quantity you want, meaning there's less likelihood of waste. You can also bring your own container, enabling you to save even more, while also doing your bit for recycling.

The go ahead co-op make a big effort to keep up with changing consumer demands and at the moment, the hot items are specialty organic foods - and home brew supplies such as "brew your own" beers, spirits and wines.

Demand for gluten free products from those who cant tolerate food containing wheat is also increasing at a rapid pace, and as an indication of how busy modern lives have become, so are easy bake cake, biscuit, muffin, bread and scone mixes.

A glance around the shelves shows that theres not much Bin Inn doesnt stock - and theres quite a few specialty items that can be hard to find in conventional supermarkets including dried fruit and nuts.

Products include Asian foods, confectionary and a huge range of cleaning products, vinegars, sauces, herbs and spices, cereals, mueslis, grains, seeds, beans, peas, lentils, and coffee beans, as well as a big range of pet supplies such as bird seed, cat, dog and goldfish food.