I tend to do most of my grocery shopping at two stores: a “discount” food store and my local co-op. My goal is to buy as many natural products as possible (no high fructose corn syrup, no preservatives, etc.) while still getting the best bang for my buck. Well I tend to eat a lot of snacks during the day, and one thing that I like to nibble on is crackers and cheese. Over the past few months I’ve been perusing the isles of both stores and I made an amazing discovery: where I live, natural crackers at the co-op are no more expensive than popular, name-brand (sugary) crackers at the discount store, and if they are on sale, they are actually much cheaper. One of the brands that I like is Blue Diamond, which makes a number of nut-based crackers . You can actually purchase their crackers in bulk from their online store at $29.95 for a dozen boxes (which is only $2.50/box). I also like Back to Nature’s Stoneground Organic Crackers. They can be purchased at the company’s website at $9.99 for 3 boxes, or on Amazon for $24.90 for a dozen boxes. Both of these are cheaper alternatives to Triscuits purchased at Amazon. If you have any natural crackers you love, please share.